This is seventy Sixers. Rewind time now to listen back to postgame reaction from the team's most recent game, seventy Sixers fight the defending champion Golden State Warriors, hard, come up just short one twenty one seventeen. Brian Seltzer with you here on the Sixers Radio Network. Tough loss for the Sixers tonight, standing by we hope for Brett Brown
and his postgame press conference. Sixers got some great performances tonight, but Golden State closing out the Sixers with a big second half, in particular, outscoring the Sixers by fifteen in the third quarter to gain control. They played even in the fourth, but overall the Golden State Warriors outscoring the Sixers by fifteen in the second half. After the Sixers went up by twelve at the break. In the first half,
Sixers twenty one turnovers that did not help. They also finished the game going one for six in the final minutes of play. They had to score tied at one eleven apiece after Mike Scott free throws with three minutes to go at that point, but just one basket the rest of the way. Tobias Harris and at that point the Sixers were battling uphill Golden State when it had one seventeen one eleven with just over thirty eight seconds
left in a driving steph Curry lap. He had two big free throws before that, and prior to that a go ahead, tie breaking seventeen foot jumper. Curry had a bit of an up and down game, but he got Golden State off to a relatively decent start early on, and then he also helped the Warriors close things out tonight as the Sixers split their season series with the
Warriors with a one twenty one seventeen loss. You know, this was obviously a game with so much excitement and anticipation surrounding it going into the evening because he had two of the top teams in the league. I mean, that's been one of the most fun and enjoyable aspects of the Sixers resurgence over the last two years that you have relevant, really exciting regular season basketball games, and this was without question at the top of the list,
Sixers coming in fourth in the Eastern Conference. Golden State was number one out West. The Warriors, you know, they've been locked around in two games in Florida earlier this week against the Miami Heat. In the Orlando Magic, the Sixers admirably fighting through a shorthanded stretch without Joel Embiid, grinding out a pair of close, narrow victories on the road, they were able to get some good momentum going Tonight's game,
no Joel Embiid, they played small. Mike Scott was fantastic with twenty two, Ben Simmons with his tenth triple double of twenty five points, fifteen rebounds and eleven assists, twenty one from Jimmy Butler and twenty from Dubias Harris. But it was Golden State with a monstrous second half led by Kevin Durant's thirty four points, Steph Curry with twenty eight, and to Marcus Cousins with twenty five. I believe we do have Brett Brown right now, so let's go to
him after the Sixers one twenty one seventeen loss. When it's I don't, this is when I do. When anything. If you when you study the league and say like you're up three, some team is up three, half the league will use it. Half the league will use it thou to make them go shoot two free throws. The other half won't that's the first point. Those that do use the foul it's always And Coach Kyle was the first person I've ever seen do this a few years
ago when he coached Sacramento. Do it about eight seconds and under you with me so far. So if you can run a play, you based it on the studies that you've seen, and you look at if you can run something that's got some pop to it and it's quick and it beats that eight second deadline, you feel comfortable that's just gonna go foul beat And you know, we got into the play slowly. We're trying to like free up JJ and Tobias and an action and uh,
you know, Draymond really didn't even want to foul. Like if you looked at right, you know he didn't want to foul. He was upset at that. I thought they were going to But I felt like we needed to get into the play quickly. Three year, three year top scorers, you know, struggle to shoot the Paul Yeah you still score? He was six, Yeah, should be so kind of what do you what is it? What was it different? Um? I think you know I turnovers ben Ben's and I
turnover is hurt. I thought he had a tremendous game. Otherwise, I think when you look at you know what you miss in like they miss Clay, we don't have Joe Um. DeMarcus hurt us. You know. I thought Jonah was really good, But there's a weight factor or a physical factor that we we we just struggled with. I thought Mike scott Um hurt him because he could step up and make some threes. But in general, you got shot in those two shot makers and Kevin and stuff, and then you
got some some bulk you know in DeMarcus. Uh, that that hurt us. And so I feel like when you look at the stats and you say what you just said and it's still we're in the game. I look forward. I hope we have the opportunity to play them in full health. What do you make of JJ's game, I mean it seems like he's been struggling for a few weeks now. Yeah, I don't read too much into it. I do think there's some things that I can do
better to help him. I think that none of us can dismiss the pairing in the relationship that Joel has had with JJ. I think he misses Joel. Those two guys I think play well together, and sometimes just you know, periods of time in the season, you go through a little bit of a drought and you know, I'm playing him a minute load that at times I don't think is I like doing I don't feel like I should do that on a regular basis. So I think all
that stuff. I gotta look at seventy Sixers head coach Brett Brown after a tough loss, and I had one twenty one seventeen. No Joel embat for the Sixers, No Clay Thompson for the Golden State Warriors, no bobod Nanovitcher a Mere Johnson for the seventy Sixers either. But this was a really competitive game between two of the better teams, two of the best teams in the entire NBA. Twenty one lead changes, eleven ties. You run down the stat
sheet verving in so many areas. The Sixers had twenty five free throws, Golden State twenty four, each team with fourteen three pointers. Golden State made two more baskets, and the Sixers Warriors outscored the Sixers in terms of fast break opportunities. They were able to get their run game going, they outscored the Sixers in the paint, but certainly the Sixers with twenty one turnovers did not help the cause.
The Warriors committed only fourteen they really cut down on them in the second half, and in the second half the Sixers had a tough time getting their shots to fall. To Bias Harris with the big first half he had sixteen points, only made one basket in the second half, and the Warriors made some adjustments. I thought Draymond Green, he finished with six points in the game, took only
four shots. He had nine rebounds and ten assists. But when the seventy Sixers went through that wretch in the final three minutes when they just could not get shots to go, there was Draymond Green manning up for some really big rebounds that keeps scoring opportunities the other way, in particular for Steph Curry. Curry with a big finish helping the Golden State Warriors get over the top and get out of a two game funk. Sixers lose one
twenty two, one seventeen. We're gonna touch base with Tom mc ginnis coming up after this and play some of the highlights from ade dramatic, exciting game between the seventy Sixers and the Doubs. Here at the center, it's the postgame showing the Sixers Radio Network. Club seventy six is the official season ticket waiting list of the Philadelphia seventy Sixers. Get priority access for twenty nineteen twenty twenty season tickets by signing up for either Club seventy six Elite or
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hard tonight. Twenty one lead changes eleven ties, but it was Golden State that came out on top one twenty to one. Seventeen on Brian Seltzer were rejoined now by Tom McGinnis. Tom. Both teams two of the best in the league. There were shorthandsed tonight. This was another great game between these clubs. Golden State. I mean that's you look at big picture stuff. They figured some things out in the second half and they were able to ultimately
fend off the Sixers, no doubt about it. And their big three was bigger than the Sixers big four or five in terms of scoring in this game. When we met before the game and talked about what it might take for the Sixers, you were talking about high twenties for certain players, maybe two or three players. And they got that, and they got a career night from Mike Scott, and it still wasn't enough. So Cousins was really good.
Kevin Durant good throughout Curry early and late again that stretch where Curry had eight in a row, Durant added the free throw to give him and Couria combined nine points that that provided the margin of victory. And again a lot of positives for the Sixers. Really, I mean when you consider to me, I look at like Mike Scott, I think in these like his playoff games, like what it's going to take in the playoffs. And maybe that's
from being around coach Brown. But now I'm not saying Mike Scott's gonna give you six threes in the playoffs, but to know he has he's done it. Over the last three games, he's knocked down that open three, and that's one of the reasons you brought him here was to be able to make a shot and to be able to defend. And for the last two games he's played the five spot at times and it's done a
decent job in that regard. And then even Jonah Bolden, and again I'm not counting on Jonah Bolden for three threes, but just to know that he's going to be a confident three point shooter tonight, other than following Cousins, which you really can't fault him for it because he was overmatched. I thought he played maybe one of his more confident games.
He's always had a little bit of a moment where you know, you can just kind of see him hesitating and makes a little air, oftentimes a mental air, but not tonight. He came out, how about he'd made the first basket of the game, Jonah Boulden. I threw out Doctor Jane right. It hasn't been lumped into the call with a Jonah Boulden basket as of yet, but a beautiful baseline right to left reverse and so there's certainly a lot of positives other than turnovers, which that's saying
a lot because Ben had nine turnovers. He was dominant at times and so a lot of positives. But again, the turnovers in total twenty one, and you know it's a bit of an anomaly, and that the Sixers still scored more points off the Warriors turnovers than Golden when the Sixers had almost seven or eight more. But and you've said this before, when you don't get those shots, and the Sixers took more shots, but in a game you lose by three, and you know you turn it
over twenty one times, you're missing out on opportunities. And that's not that's a problem for the Sixers and you want to play big time championship game that pushes you deep into the conference playoffs and Lord William in the finals, you can't turn the ball over like that, and that's something they've got to graduate from beyond. But again, and I've said this before, but if this game was on
national TV so tonight, it rings true. You could have watched this game at Tacoma, Washington, or in the Florida Keys, or in Des Moines or right here in South Philadelphia. This was an exciting unbelievable game, but the lead changes and the extraordinary play. But for the Sixers it's a heartbreaking loss. They're not in the moral victories. They had a chance to get into third in the East with any end of losing to Orlando, and they couldn't get it done. Obviously, they missed Joel and they had a
very good game, but just not good enough. Seventy six Ers come a three point short one twenty one seventeen to Golden State, and you know, thinking about different aspects of this game, and you know, maybe it might be a little bit foolish to project out this far. I don't know how you feel about it, but between the first game against Golden State and this one, I mean, there are ways you could look at and say, like
the Sixers could have worse matches. They've matched up worse against other teams that have been amongst the NBA's elite. I mean, we've seen them hang real tough, real competitive, and I know we've talked about the nine turnovers with Ben Simmons. Brett even said himself, you can't excuse that, but I mean Golden State in many ways has not had much of an answer for Ben Simmons in particular, he had a big time triple double time. Well, as I said earlier, and it's not funny or any but
their colors are golden. They're the gold standard. I mean they're they've won two in a row. And you're right, I mean, you know, Brooklyn. You you could argue that Brooklyn gives us sixers a harder time than the Warriors, but I also think it's part of you know, human nature being what it is, where you have to bring
your a game. And again, their best two players were better in the end in terms of Curry and Durant, and Durant is just I mean, they're both amazing, but Kevin Durant is just you know, he almost shoots it likes and Curry, but he's six nine, six ten. He shoots over the top and he's just an incredible talent and they're fun to watch. And Graymond Green, You're like, well, he didn't have that big of a game. Well, I mean he almost had a triple dumpling. He only scored
six points and this rebounds late. Yeah, but he puts his impact on the game and in so many areas, and he quarterbacks their team in a lot of respects. So you know, I think we're they're hurting, and the Sixers have a little bit of this, not necessarily tonight, but you know they have, you know, a lot of their salaries and a lot of their best players are their starters, so and again they interspersed, not unlike the Sixers keeping Butler or Simmons out there, but you know
where they keep maybe Duran or somebody with that. My whole point is that second unit, and tonight the Sixers got tremendous play from TJ McConnell again and in a career night from Mike Scott six three. So that's an area that I'm sure they would like a little bit more scoring off their bench, and most of the time that would be held through for the Sixers. But like I said, in all of really exciting night, and the Sixers,
you know, they keep playing really good games. They've been really good at home, but you look back they lost. They've done well against the West, but the thunder have come in here, the Blazers have coming here, and now the Warriors and defeated the Sixers here in Philadelphia. And another big game coming up on Tuesday with a surging Magic team that beat this Warrior squad by seven, and
they won again. They beat the Indiana Pacers, so they're really you know, they struggled early in the season, but Dvussovic and Aaron Gordon, they're doing a good job for the Magic. That's not going to be an easy game either. Seventy six was loose to Golden State one twenty one seventeen. It's like you're expecting at some point this stretch against really difficult teams is gonna end. I mean, it's going back to the end of January that started with that
West Coast road trip. But now you look at the Atlanta Magic, as you said, the Chicago Bulls and the second night of the back to back on the road, and then next Friday you've got the Houston Rockets, so the Sixers, it's gonna be a loaded for bear stretch. The vibes felt good in terms of what was coming from Joel Embiid before the game, But obviously that's gonna be something we look at too this week. Right, Well, that and you're gonna mention the games. You gotta mention
the game next Sunday against Indiana, of course. Yeah, so you got to do well during the course of these next three games, but that sets up to be made. The Sixers have the season's edge so far, but they could seal the deal in terms of a potential tiebreaker, but no doubt. I mean Chicago with marketing and Levine. How about Arch playing well and that was an incredible game. We watched the highlights of that game a condensed version.
It was still about an hour long. The game of the Bulls played with the Atlanta Hawks last night in terms of a four overtime game. But first things first, Orlando, it's a team the Sixers have fared well against. But again this it'll be interesting to see this version of the magic because, like I said, they've seemed to turn things around a little bit. And tonight they beat Indiana
on the road, Indianapolis by five. And back to your point about Joel, he had said himself and it remains to be seen, but that he would be back this week or he said next week. So that would be great. But you're right, difficult games, they're all hey, there's no
easy games, particularly at this time of the year. It seems like they come each and every day, or at least every other day, and a great matchup, but a great crowd on hand, tremendous atmosphere, awesome and just really a privilege to be here in these environs and treated to tremendous basketball. But the Warriors just a little bit better with a three point win tonight. All right, Tom,
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is not gonna go. Here's Harris the other way. Harris in the milane closes with a bank got on Graymond Green. So the Warriors tried an allayope to Kevin Durant that was thwarted. And then at the other and Tobias Harris gets a layup eight point Sixers lead and the seventy
Sixers would lead by one thirty two thirty one. After a period of playthings really opened up a bit in the second quarter and the bull tipped by Ben Simmons on the runout seventh down Cross Street, a big time slab Sixers stealing and dun get and the Warriors want time. Ben Simmons like a freight train here Pince South Philadelphia, and the crowd loves that. A cacophitus roar as the Sixers go back up by seven, matching their largest lead in the game. Sixers would be by twelve at the break,
the score was sixty seven to fifty five. Things were looking good in seventy six Ers Lamb, but then came the early stages of the third quarter, Golden State going a sixteen to nothing run. At one point, seventy six Ers unleased the weapon known as Mike Scott in this game. Ben out to Mike Scott, opened three ball, it's up and good. Mike Scott with a sixty three and now the Warriors take time. Sixers would be in front seventy
six to seventy three. At that point. This game was so back and forth between these two squads throughout the entire night, very competitive between two of the best teams in the league. The seventy Sixers trailed Golden State ninety three to ninety going into the fourth quarter. That man Mike Scott, he was a factor big time in the second half. That would certainly be a theme in the
final minutes. Here's Ben Simmons knocking down Green, out to Mike Scott for three and Mike Scott with a career night here in Philadelphia his fifth made three and the Sixers go from down two to up one. It was one oh four, one oh three with six and a half minutes to go in regulation, and after Golden State took the lead a few moments later on a couple of free throws from de Marcus Cousins, that man Mike
Scott was ready to fire again. Butler to Mike Scott, Scott bankes on Curry, Stide steps up, shoots another three and it's good again. Another trip up by Mike Scott and the Sixers now thirteen threes in the game and Scott with a career high six one oh seven one oh six, seventy sixers just under six to go, Jimmy Butler, with a big jump shot, gave the Sixers the lead one o nine, one o eight with four minutes left.
The Sixers would also get another timely contribution from Scott two free throws to tie it with three twenty one to go, but from their Golden State and namely Steph Curry, took over. Curry scored, Golden State got it stops, big rebounds from Draymond Green, and the Warriors closed half the seventy six one twenty one seventeen. A lot of even stats in this one. Seventy six or shot forty eight five percent from the field, Golden State fifteen and a a
half percent from the field. The seventy Sixers and Golden State each finished with fourteen three pointers, the Sixers with a mark of twenty five and twenty nine from the line the Warriors with twenty four of thirty four from the stripe. The Sixers outrebound and Golden State by seven, but in crunch time down the stretch, it was the Warriors grabbing key rebounds off the glass. Twenty one turnovers
for the seventy six ers, fourteen for Golden State. Thirty four points, a game high went to Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and DeMarcus Cousins with twenty eight and twenty five respectively for the Sixers. Ben Simmons his tenth triple double twenty five points, fifteen rebounds, eleven assists. He did have nine turnovers. He was ten to fifteen from the field, five or six from the line. His only miss was a deliberate one in the final seconds twenty two from
Mike Scott that was a season high. He also had six three points, seven to fifteen overall, four rebounds for Mike Scott, twenty one for Jimmy Butler with nine rebounds, and to assist twenty for Tobias Harris, but only one basket fors in the second half. Twenty one lead changes, eleven tie seventy Sixers now forty and twenty three on the season Golden State and proves to forty four and nineteen.
These two teams split the season series and the seventy six will now next play on Tuesday against the Golden State, I bigger pardon against the Orlando Magic and Mark el Foltz on the roster for the Magic, and then the Sixers will head out to play in Chicago the very next night and visit Houston next Friday before coming back home and hosting Indiana. So a tough stretch continues for the Sixers. Big thanks to everyone involved in tonight's broadcast.
Pat Egan, Tyler, Zulie back at the studio, Marty Dickerson here and now for the radio voice of the seventy Sixers, Tom mcguinnis. Brian self is saying so long for now one final time. The final score Golden State one twenty seventy Sixers one seventeen. Have a great rest of your Saturday night from all of this year The Sixers a radio network you've been listening to seventy Sixers rewind. Be sure not to miss new episodes the day after each game this season, all year long,