The BroadCast 11/19/18 - Rewind Vs. Suns

fourteen over the Phoenix Suns. Down here at the center, Bryan Selt with you as we begin our postgame coverage. We are standing by for the arrival of Brett Brown, the winning head coach, at the podium. You know, it's funny because you think back, it wasn't too long ago.

The seventy Sixers were a team cast in the underdog role that was young, with quality talent, but still not refined enough to compete with some more accomplished clubs around the rest of the NBA, And that kind of felt like the role of the Phoenix Suns were cast in tonight, and to their credit, they came out on the road set the tone in tonight's game, led by as many as fifteen and a half, went into intermission leading by five points sixty two to fifty seven, and challenge the

Sixers to summon up something in the locker room, come out of the break and figured things out the rest of the way, and the Sixers credit they did just that, led by Joel Embiad who had a big third quarter part of a large second half, and Bead was fantastic in the third, fourteen of his game best thirty three points for the seventy Sixers, also added seventeen rebounds. His effort in the second half was a central of the

seventy Sixers getting the win tonight. The rest of the newly formed at Phillip three or seventy Sixers Big three, they did well too, Ben Simmons with nineteen points, eleven rebounds, nine assists, Jimmy Butler with sixteen points, eight for eight from the line, and the free throw stripe was a critical space for the Sixers in this game, plain and simple. They were thirty one of forty two from the free throw line compared to the Suns going thirteen of twenty four.

Forget the fact that the Suns didn't shoot efficiently from the free throw line. The Sixers went there nearly two more times than Phoenix did in tonight's game, and that was a key element to the Sixers win, now twelve and seven on the season, while Phoenix drops to three

and thirteen. But there's some other things that happened tonight's game that I'm pretty sure we'll hear Brett Brown discuss in his postgame press conference, and one was that the team came out with more spirit, fire and energy in the second half. T J McConnell came in in the third quarter when the Sixers were up by five. He was the backup point man for the Sixers in the second half, and you could not overlook the energy and intangibles he brought to the floor helping the Sixers build

upon their lead and get control of this game. And you know what, Mike Muscala had an awesome night, nineteen points. He had another big game from the line, nine of

eleven and five rebounds. Really good stuff. Let's go now to Brett Brown, who's taking a seat at the podium right out of that second quarters if you wanted to go just right his chest, you guys, says that those moments are coming where he just says, throw me the ball and oh yeah, oh yeah, you know, and you just you probably feel and see what I do, you know, just except I get a closer closer view, you see

it and you feel it. And and there are times that he's right like you want to go, you know, try to get him the ball as much as you can. Isn't it always that's that uh slippery slope where you won't you feel it, you see it, you know, when you just want to know, like what's the people going to be doing around him? Is it going to produce

a bucket a turnover? But I love his spirit. I really thought his spirit was great tonight and when he started, you know, having that body language like you're talking about you try to get him the ball right now, very disappointed by It's it's hard winning in the NBA. It's hard winning in the NBA. And I thought that we were flat. I think that that was my motivation to go with TJ and whatever reason. You know, at times

that happens. We were nine and zero at home. Um, But but I thought the first half was flat, and uh, you know, I thought we came out at halftime doing decent things. And then they they're talented and young, and you know, they don't know what they don't know, and they just play and the book is good. But I thought Buying Large the first half was flat. We needed an injection. I came in with TJ. Shuffle the lineup around a little bit, and uh, glad to get out

of there with a wink. Are you going to keep at the back? I don't know. I don't know. Just when I think it through deeper and look at tape and see who we're playing the next opponent, those things that I should do. Want to be able to play channel twice seven minutes. Also that was playing the scalops to stretch five. I thought Mike was a bell ringing tonight. And the the energy that he had going to the

offensive boards. I mean, if you want to, in my opinion, when I study this statue, the game was won because of our offensive rebounding. You know, we turned the ball over, but we recoup some of those possessions because we got second chance points. I think we had twenty one second chance points. And Mike was instrumental at making efficts going to the board. A few times, he got fouled, a few times, he got them. You know, was able to like you say stretch the floor and make make a three.

But yes, we decided to go with Mike instead of Amia in the second half, and I thought that he did a good job. Seventy Sixers head coach Brett Brown highlighting some of the themes from tonight's win one nineteen one fourteen over the Phoenix Suns. The Sixers a season best third consecutive win. They're now three and one with Jimmy Butler in the fold, the team winning its nineteenth straight regular season game down here in South Philadelphia and

b thirty three point seventeen rebounds. He had nineteen and twelve in the second half alone. Ben Simmons for a second straight game, flirting with a triple double Big Time nineteen eleven and nine. Jimmy Butler, steady, didn't force too much, came through when the Sixers needed him, sixteen points, eight for eight from the line, four of nine from the field, day critical slam dunk cut into the basket to give the Sixers a six point lead going on the final

two and a half minutes of play. Mike muscal in the bell ring or nineteen points big from the line. That was one of the themes from tonight's game. We'll talk about that and some other stuff more with Tom McGinnis. He is awaiting. We'll talk to him next here on the Sixers Rating Network, Club seventy six is the official season ticket waiting list of the Philadelphia seventy six Ers.

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eight seven Philadelphia's home. I'm thus Sixers five Fanatic seventy six ers over the Phoenix Suns one nineteen one fourteen. Down here at the center. Brian Seltzer with you from Sixers dot com. Let's pause for a top of the hour station idea on the Sixers Rader Network. Plee only place to hear Mike Missinelli if we we date from to list six seventy seven five the Fanatic n Burlington, Philadelphia,

broadcasting from the Exfinity Studio fully from Comcast. Seventy six Ers knock off the Suns one nineteen one fourteen behind a big second half. We're gonna join in progress. Jimmy Butler at the podium. I believe he's answering questions about having had the chance tonight to interact with Alan Iverson, someone who he stayed in touch with over the course of his career, did it the long way and had

to go to Jico and all of that stuff. Um, he saw a lot in me since day one, I guess, and he let me know start the actually a team and that I hate what will come now sick up especially, and I just I felt like we turned the ball over a lot early and they got out and transition got some easy ones. And it's always hard whenever you see the ball going to the basket on the defensive end when they're scoring consistently, um to get a stop. But I think in the end, we took care of

the ball guarded and m put out a win. Some postgame thoughts from new seventy sixer Jimmy Butler since the four time All Star was acquired this time last week, the Sixers, I mean they really could be four and oh they lost that tough game in Orlando in his debut, but since then three consecutive victories. That is a season high. Jimmy Butler talking about Alan Iverson and keeping turnovers down

as the game went along. What you did not hear was that Jimmy walked up to the postgame press conference podium area singing the ANITA Awards song ring My Bell, which obviously is a nod to the Sixers postgame locker room tradition of ringing a miniature bell. Anyhow, let us get to Tom McGuinness his highlight calls from tonight's game Sixers against a young, hungry Phoenix Suns team that jumped out to a ten point lead Joel and b trying to get a squad back. Here's a big Godley hops

by Holmes and a two hand slam. Nice job by Joel and B. That would only become a more prominent storyline as the evening went along. Joel Embiid doing work. Sixers trailed by ten after one thirty six to twenty six. In quarter number two, Ben Simmons tried to pick up the slack. Simmons gets around Areza and jams it ball Pop three. It was almost like he rolled it to himself. Ben Simmons gets to Dunkey Street for three. Sixers made inroads. They had a good final minute of the first half.

They were down sixty two fifty seven at the break. In the third quarter. You could tell Joel Embiide he was salivating to try and take this game over, and he certainly had success. And the Sixers with an opportunity to take the leave. Butler breaks outside left guarded by a reason. Now Joel Embid with it on the left wing, one on one with John Drayton right hand, drubble spins middle goes underneath them back to the rim up and

good way. He made that look easy and he got the free throw to go, making it seventy to sixty eight. There's the first lead to the game for the Sixers. They were up ninety two to eighty six after three periods of play. In the fourth quarter, it was mostly controlled by the Sixers. T Jim McConnell locks some nice minutes. The Sixers lead grew as large as twelve and throughout the night. Mike Muscala, he was awesome on the glass,

particularly offensive rebounding. He got to the line as well, but he also did a little of this reddick back in. I would imagine in a minute or so, if Beid would return, it's a five point game. Muscalar for three. That's up and good. Mike Muscala a clutch three outside left and the Sixers now seven trays in the game. That made it one oh five, two and ninety three

in favor of the Sixers. And Jimmy Butler. He was someone who knocked down his jump shots early, got to the line a lot, but this was a really nice play that gave me the reassurance the Sixers wouldn't let this one slip away. Two thirty five, a gold Reddick and Simmons combined to steal it Ben on the drive to Jimmy Butler. Jamson and the Sixers lead one twelve one oh four. Butler with a strong finish and the Sixers would hang on to win this one by five,

nineteen one fourteen. Final notes from the final statue shee Sixers shot forty nine percent from the field, the Phoenix Suns fifteen and a half percent. Sixers got by with only six three pointers. That's because they were thirty one to forty two from the free throw line. I mean they still left some out there, but Phoenix by comparison at thirteen threes only thirteen of twenty four from the line.

I mean, Phoenix just make a couple more of those in This might have gone a different way, but the Sixers with eighteen more opportunities from the stripe and Phoenix that was telling. Also telling was the rebounding disparity. The Sixers plus twenty two on the glass plus eight offensive rebounds and that led to a twenty one zip edge in second chance points. Pretty telling statistics right there. Sixers

overcame nineteen turnovers, Phoenix had thirteen. Devin Booker with thirty seven for the Sons Tje and twenty one DeAndre eight and this year's number one pick with seventeen and nine, but a lot of his scoring came when Joe Ellenbiad was not on the court, especially in the second half for the Sixers, and Bead led the way with thirty three and seventeen is eleven thirty ten game. The next closest player is Anthony Davis uh and he has just

four on the year. Ben Simmons nineteen, eleven and nine, Jimmy Butler with sixteen, Mike Mascal with nineteen and real quick, we'll check in one last time with the postgame podium before turning it over to the vine Givens, Joel and beat and Mike Mascala. I believe her up the one going, um yeah, we had a boy start, uh and then coming out of the half, you know, we knew we needed to pick it up, and uh my teammates put them in the best position and to be able to

turn it on. Then I did what I did. You especially motivated one against eight? Noah, it was um nah, No, I'm no more to buy than anything. He's just a regular game to me, Like I said, I've matured a lot, uh so, but he has a lot of potential. It is gonna be a really good big in this league. You consider just tell short of time did have had

to what together done? Second quarter strass starts to start picking games up, being pressed by what you've done so far with a little in another time dependent Jimmy, h yeah, I'm not surprised. Uh, Jimmy came in here is an All Star. Uh, you know, we we know what he can do. Uh, and since the beginning of the season, you know, we've been trying to adjust. We got a lot of new guys. Mica has been contributing a lot, so we've always been you know, adjusting and getting used too.

So that was nothing um special, um, but it's an All Star. We know what we can do. Obviously, learning actually how to play together uh where you know, guys like to be on the floor. That's gonna take a lot, a little bit of time, but uh, you know, we have a lot of potential. Some postgame thoughts from Joel and b Thirty three points and seventeen rebounds in tonight's game.

You know what I forgot Devon He was doing some firsthand advanced scouting work down here watching his cousin mcaal Bridges should also mention mcaal at thirteen points in tonight's game, and I just generally confused great talent for great talents. So we actually have Joe Torty coming up next in the flagship with the Sixers ninety seventy five to the fanatic, big thanks to everyone involved in tonight's broadcast back in the studio, Carnemoli and Brian McLaughlin here on site, Marty Dickerson.

Now for the radio voice the seventy six Ers, Tom McGinnis, Brian Seltzer, saying so long for now one final time. The final score seventy Sixers one nineteen, Phoenix Suns one fourteen and a great rest ofer Monday night from all of us here at the Sixers or Radio Network. Following the Sixers win, Tom McGinnis had a chance to catch up with one of the players afterwards, in bound to Areza. He grabs it and that's the final. So the Sixers

win the game one nineteen, one fourteen. They outscored Phoenix by eleven in the third. They had Phenix able to nip him in the fourth. Of the six who was hold on the wind and we're gonna be joining court Gide by JJ Reddick, JJ. Thank you, congratulations, you all right. You took a couple of knocks out there tonight. Yeah, a couple of blows to ahead. So Phoenix was hot early and you guys prevailed in the third out of things turned around a little bit in that early part

of the second half. I think better throughout the second half. Yeah, we had a twenty four point third quarter, and then we're pretty good for most of the most of the fourth. You know, they hit some threes there right at the end, but overall, solid, solid defensive half force and perfect at home. That has to make you feel good. It does, it does. It'd be nice to get a few road winds, but you know, we need to take advantage we got, including

this game six of seven at home. Game up in Brooklyn on Sunday, but we were hoping to take advantage of this home stretcher. We'll let you go, but that's what coaches talking about. With the schedule opening up a little bit more of a steady diet here at home, that should help long term. Absolutely, thank you, all right, JJ Reddick. Sixers win by five one NIT nineteen one fourteen. Back after this on the Sixers Radio Network, you've been

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