The BroadCast: 4/10/2018- Rewind vs. Hawks

head coach, Brett Brown. You know, at times like you want it all, you want to play fast, you want them playing free, and you don't want turnovers, and at times, you know, there's a little bit of a contradiction there. And I thought that we were just too sloppy, too loose in that first half. We ended up with twenty nine assists. I thought that was a good number, that's a big number. But the first half I thought we

were too sloppy. To walk off the court briefly when he was assessed that technical that's something to kind of call himself down. That's something we don't see all often from him. I only start out of the corner of my eye and I just, you know, flipped around and started coaching again. Um, I'll learn more, I'm sure later.

How concerned are you about Daria? I mean, we're always concerned it's not a sort of an ideal time a year to lose a starting player, you know, the first play of the game, and again we were a man down. Now you're two men down. We had had some practice playing without Dario, you know, for I think it was a stretch of three games. We tried a bunch of different things. You know. We ended up sort of looking at a small ball type game. I think it helped

our three point percentage. But not having Dario tonight heard us and we'll learn more about his status later. I assume when we get back into Philadelphia. I realized one game left in regular season. How important as strongly as you have been in the last few weeks. I mean, we have momentum. We broke a club record tonight without fifteenth win in a row. And it's not like we're a young club. We are an old club with a tremendous amount of culture and a tremendous amount of history.

And taking that type of momentum into the playoffs is is important. It doesn't guarantee anything, but it certainly lets you feel like you've been doing the right things. The team has been fantastic. We got one more game that we we understand the opportunity that we have going back tomorrow to play at home against the Milwaukee Bucks. I think the momentum is nothing but a benefit, but certainly not anything that we feel like it is going to continue to steer us. We have to continue to fight

for stuff and make stuff happen. Finished the season on a sixteen game winning street. How have you been able to keep your guys grounded through this drift? I mean, they've really done a good job themselves. It's a good it's a good group. You know, you you coach them, they let me coach them. There's a high level of accountability of what we want to get done. The locker room has tremendous presence with with some veterans that a good people. Well, it's a really simple group to coach,

and it's a prideful group to coach. And I think because we have sort of stuck to something from day one, it's not like we're making stuff up. They understand exactly what we want and what our standards are and how we want to play and what our defensive rules are. It's not a mystery. And I think that you know, I love my assistant coaches. The locker room has been fantastic, and the momentum, and you know, just coaching this group

really has been quite easy. Seventy Sixers get past the Atlanta Hawks one twenty one to one thirteen at Phillips Arena tonight. They improved to fifty one and thirty a chance two, as Molly Sullivan brought up during that postgame scrum, set a new NBA record by closing out a regular season with sixteen consecutive victories tomorrow night against the Milwaukee Bucks, already a new franchise record for the seventy Sixers, with

now a fifteen game in season winning streak. Veterans hey for a season that has been characterized so much by youthful contributions and promise. You're talking about guys like Ben Simmons, Dario Scharitch, Joel Embiid. Tonight was all about the veterans.

JJ Reddick leading the team and scoring for a fifth consecutive game with twenty eight ersan Iliasova, who stepped up after Dario Shariz went down with a broken tooth and cut lip in the opening minute, twenty six points and eight rebounds, a couple really big shots in the final quarter, one that pushed the Sixers lead back to seven points with less than three minutes to go, and another that gave the Sixers an eight point lead with around forty

five seconds left. Marco Belinelli, like Ilyasova, a former Hawk, with twenty points, and you cannot forget mister Amer Johnson. What a great second half from him. He was fantastic fifteen points, eight rebounds, five assists, and you cannot overlook his efforts in the Sixers being able to trudge passed Atlanta tonight. Hey, when you have a winning streak this big,

the victories come in all shapes and sizes. Was this Picasso Maybe not, but it was a win and it kept the Sixers in control of third place in the Eastern Conference standings going into the finale tomorrow night. Tom McGinnis is standing by. We will speak with him on the other side. It's the postgame showing the Sixers Rating Network ninety seven five. The fanatic seventy Sixers had a new franchise record by winning their fifteenth consecutive game in

a single season. Brian Seltzer with you from Sixers dot Com. Final scoring this one from Atlanta tight one, twenty one to one. Thirteen, JJ Reddick leading the way again with twenty eight points. Tom McGinnis watched this one a very nice seat inside Phillips, Tom. The Vets got it done tonight. More history achieved by the Sixers, Oh, no doubt. And you just can't help but think, you know, and use

the phrase hard fought road wind. And those guys as you say, JJ, Marco and and your son, you know, they let it fly and they made the three six for JJ, he was six from nine, your son four of eight, Marco five of twelve, all told the six or seventeen of thirty seven, and they need every single one of them. As Atlanta really put up a fight, and the Sixers able to jump into that victory column for the fifteenth straight time. But it wasn't easy. Now

bear with me on this next part. I don't know if it's gonna be a little bit of a stretch. Would you say in some ways that perhaps a test like this could suit the Sixers where you're headed towards the juncture in the playoffs where things may not come easy. You're gonna need some other guys to step up. That might not be your typical game in game out stars talking like an Amir Johnson someone like that. Obviously, Atlanta has not headed the playoffs, and the caliber of opponent

the six or well face will be steeper. But does that can we allow for parallel like that? And maybe perhaps certainly when you're looking for positives during a fifteen game winning Street that says something right there, but no doubt about it in different guys upped up at different times, but that whole you know, rest versus rhythm. Boy, I wish the Sixers were off until Saturday, you know, right like they really and then you got to go home and play a rest in Milwaukee team who's you know,

trying to get ready for the playoffs themselves. And that's a huge game tomorrow because without it, I mean, you got to presume the Knicks are gonna or the Cleveland Cavaliers are gonna beat New York in Cleveland in their last game. There's no way Lebron is gonna lose to New York in their final game. So it's still a battle for third, I mean, right down to the final game. And obviously you want to have the best seed as possible.

I don't know what the best matchup is, but tomorrow night, forget the matt for right now, it's the Milwaukee Bucks, and and that's looks like that's how it would wind up. Not able to delve into that if the Sixers would to win, the Milwaukee were to lose. I know, Miami's got Toronto. I guess that would factor into it as well. But no, I mean the Sixers. You know, Dario, who's to say what his status is for tomorrow night. I mean that's no you know, no guarantee that he's gonna play.

But and he's already trying to get back into the rhythm after missing a week with the elbow. I saw JJ limping around a little bit. TJ got his clock one time, you know, where he would look like he was going to be out, but he came back. So you know, it's death. It shows the metal like M E. T. T L E, like the Sixers, and the gumption and the fight that they have, and you got to build it. That's the thing about the NBA even you know how many times did we say over year, over the years past,

where well there's a game tomorrow. You know, when you get your beaten handily, well same thing when you win, you gotta do what you gotta summon up all that energy and fight again tomorrow. So a great victory, no doubt about it. And uh, Atlanta's gonna be good. I mean they're they're stocked in the area of draft picks

over the next couple of years. They got some nice talent with Prince and Collins and Shrewder and Baysmore, and like I said, they deserve a lot of it for going down with the fight that they put forward here tonight. But no doubt the Sixers. They'll be off on Thursday. They'll be able to gear up Friday, and it's going to be crazy over the weekend at the Center as we await a long time waiting for another playoff matchup in the Sixers will go into it with no matter

what happens tomorrow, with a lot of momentum. They'll also go into the weekend's first playoff game with a home game. That is a good thing. Sixers defeat Atlanta tonight, one

twenty one, one thirteen. So here it is time it sets up and points to tomorrow night, seventy Sixers back home, fittingly fan appreciation night at the Center where it's been sold out literally every single regular season game, and something really neat that the NBA has done over the last couple of years is start predominantly all the games at eight o'clock Eastern on the final night of the regular season, just to try and build up some of the drama

and listen, there are a lot of games of consequence Toronto at Miami, Washington, playing in Orlandos. Things to still be sorted out. You mentioned the Avaliers and the Knicks at the queue, so it's gonna be a lot of details to sort out regardless of the outcome of tomorrow's game in South Philly, no doubt about it. And that's part of it too, you know, in terms of where

the Sixers and the Bucks end up. And I could be wrong, but I don't know if you remember this, but baseball had this like five, seven, maybe even eight years ago where all those games came down to the final day and it was amazing, and then the NBA ended up doing it, and there have been nights where it's just you know, it's switches literally by the minute. So it's there's a lot of attention, no doubt, and it's it's pretty unique format. And guess what the game

could start at nine. The Sixers could use every get ready, but no, I mean it's gonna be exciting. And then, as you say, the atmosphere at the building has been stupendous, it's gonna be like that tomorrow. It's gonna be a playoff like atmosphere, and like I said, it could be a playoff preview. They're long, they're talented, Bledsoe gives them

so much and turning led them in scoring lad Night. Jannis, if he plays, he's been with that ankle is just a unique talent that scares you a little bit if you do play this team, because he's a superstar who could put them over the hump and single handedly win games.

They have Henston. I think the Sixers advantage against Milwaukee is with the beat and obviously he will not play tomorrow night, and who's to say when he plays in the playoffs, but they have a difficult time matching Joel, But if he's not in there, they got a lot of really good wing players, including Parker and again Chris Middleton,

and so they're talented, they're deep. They haven't had the last the last two or three weeks have not been maybe as great as it was right after Jake Kidd got let go, but they're they're a talented team and it's gonna be a battle tomorrow night to be sure against the Bucks. Tom Easy Travels talk to you in South Philadelphia for what should be a great night to finish off a memorable regular season. Tomorrow. You gotta thank you, Bryan Goode one thirteen. Seventy Sixers over at the Atlanta Hawks.

The vets big in tonight game. We'll get to some of the highlights and a reminder that coming up after our final segment, our guy Divine Gibbons ninety seven five, the fanatic Sixers Insider, will be standing by six zero six three two zero nine seventy five. We will get you to him as soon as weekend. Stick with us here on the Sixers Rating Network. Seventy Sixers will be leaving the Peach Tree Estates headed back to Philadelphia for

their last game of the regular season tomorrow night. This was their final road game a territory with the Sixers head won six consecutive games coming into tonight, trying to maintain hold of the three seed and looking to set

a new franchise record. From the very beginning, the Sixers found themselves against a club and having to battle uphill Rashaun Holmes, as he's been known to do a nice little boost energy off the bench, rebound down to Marquelle, falls of the jubil down court pass to holds hold to the jail. He contest of the shot by Muscata leaked out, and a great look ahead by markul at Holmes with a two hand jam brought the Sixers within

one twenty four to twenty three. Sixers trailed by five thirty two twenty seven going into the second, but the Sixers hit the Hawks in the fourteen to four run to begin period number two. That was part of a twenty four to eight surge that featured towards the end. This Simmons drives in the late underhand Scoop got it. He took prints off the dribbles, split the trap and Ben Simmons, now four for five at double pickers sixes

by eight that made it forty eight to forty. Erson Iliasova capped the stretch with a three pointer moments later, and the Sixers lighted fifty one to forty. Atlanta responded with a run of its own. They actually reclaimed the lead of fifty three fifty two. JJ Reddick with some big jumpers. Simmons with his fifth three bount Simmons into the front court outside laugh Reddick, wide open three ball, got it. J J. Rudnick knocks it down. Boy, they've

had difficulty in transition locating three point shooters. Sixers at the break held a respectable lead of sixty one to fifty five going into the third quarter. The Sixers scored the first five points courtesy of JJ Reddick jump shots Atlanta not going anywhere. Marco Bellanelli strung together three straight three pointers that helped get the game back to double figures.

Amir Johnson was big at the beginning of the third quarter and he helped end it five seconds ago in the third A mirror with it, they got a hustle. Here's a mirror with a running Ronny hooks. A Ronny good. A'mer Johnson with a hook shot in the late Amir Johnson really was excellent tonight. Gave the Sixers an eighty nine seventy nine lead going in to the fourth and

this is where the Sixers veterans took over. They got their lead to a game high margin thirteen courtesy of Marco Bellonelli baseline screen Herison picks it up back out top Bellinelli eight on the shock Brock Marco difficult threey back to the improbable but good markop Bellinelli off the glass. Oh Man and the Sixers by thirty off balance, off the glass. Whatever it was Marco Bellanelli, he has had the stroke as of late. For the seventy Sixers that

made it one oh six to ninety three. Still Atlanta kept charging back. They actually got the game to within five points just over three minutes. Ago ersni Ilisova started his season with the Hawks and he then in the end played a role in finishing it off for Atlanta. It's a five point game with three h nine Ago Simmons that your son Iliosova, Paul fake, couple moved, they sized, somebody puts it up an end Iliosma on the right baseline,

fakes and scores it on the drive. He later added a couple of free throws in the seventy Sixers end up holding off Atlanta to win it by eight. Final notes from the final stat sheet. Six Ers shoot forty nine and a half percent from the field, the Hawks forty one and a half percent. Sixers with seventeen three pointers. The Hawks with thirteen Sixers the top rebounding team in the NBA, where plus fifteen on the glass fifty four to thirty nine early on in the first half. Turnovers

an issue for the seventy sixers. They committed eleven between the first and second quarters, only seven after halftime, so that was an area of improvement. As he run down some of the individual notes from the box score, JJ Redick a team high scoring total for the fifth consecutive game, nine to seventeen overall, six and nine from three, twenty eight points for him, four rebounds, five assists, twenty six

points for Urson. Iliosova played thirty one minutes, shooting eight of sixteen from the floor, four of eighth outside the arc. He also had eight rebounds and came in immediately for Dario Shart, who was knocked out of the game thirteen seconds in with a cut lip and a broken tooth. Third twenty points score for the seventy sixers, another former Hawk and Marco Bellinelli, big second half for him in which he shot four of seven from the field and

had three at three pointers. Running out the Sixers box score. Mere Johnson with fifteen points, eight rebounds, and five assists, nine of those points in the third quarter get the Sixers back in front by a healthy margin. Ben Simmons fouled out. He finished with fourteen points and ten rebound to go along with six assists. Did have six turnovers and two steals. This was his thirty eighth double double of the season. With the win, the seventy Sixers are

now fifty one and thirty on the season. They keep their hold on third place in the Eastern Conference standings and they will have a game at home tomorrow against the Bucks and with a win, that means they get the three seed in the Eastern Conference standings, while the Atlanta Hawks with the loss, dropped to twenty four and fifty eight on the year. Fifteenth straight win for the

Sixers that is a new franchise record. This is their best season on the road at twenty two and nineteen in the regular season since two thousand and two two thousand and three. They also end the season on a seven game road winning streaked, their longest since the Finals run in two thousand and two thousand and one, and tomorrow, if they were to win, the Sixers would set a new NBA record by ending a regular season with sixteen

wins in a row. Pretty amazing scores of note from around the rest of the NBA tonight, we'll hit you with that very quickly. The Indiana Pacers lose at home to Charlotte one nineteen ninety three, but Indie going into today had already been locked up for the fifth seed. And Washington comes from behind to beat the Boston Celtics

one thirteen to one oh one. So that could set up Washington to potentially climb out of eight and into seven in the Eastern Conference, depending on how things go tomorrow. Both Washington and Miami play tomorrow nights on the final day of the regular season. All right, it's time to send you over to Von call him up. Six zero

sixty three two zero nine seven five. Big thanks to everyone involved tonight's broadcast, Alan Yates and Tyler Zuli Back here at the studio programming note concerning the Sixers, we have a two hour season interview year ending edition of Sixers and sixty tomorrow that'll broadcast live from the Center myself and Divine. We'll have some interviews with guys like Mark el Foltz, Robert Covington, a Mere Johnson, and Marco Belinelli.

That's coming up tomorrow on the flagship station of the six Ers, ninety seventy five to the fanatic getting at six o'clock. All right, that's it for me, Brian Seltzer, now for the radio voice of the seventy six or Tom McGinnis, all of us saying, so long and enjoyed the rest of your Tuesday night. Seventy six Ers set a new franchise record with a fifteenth straight win, knocking off the Hawks one twenty one to one thirteen. See him.

Following the Sixers win, Tom McGinnis had a chance to catch up with one of the players afterwards, and we are going to be joined i'd say courtside, but it's in the corner by Marco Bellanelli. Bellanelli in the game with twenty points, four rebounds, He had five threes, and he joins us over in the corner. We'll wait to momentarily. He makes his way off the court, but the two former Hawks, Bellanelli and Idiosova, combining for forty six points

and twelve rebounds. Again the final one twenty one, two, one thirteen. That's the Sixers with the victory. Okay, Marco, can you hear me? Congratulations. Thank you hard fought win here tonight. Over the hearts your thoughts in general, I think we didn't play a good game, But you know, I think they play hard, young guys. I know how they play, you know. So I think Body is a great coach, you know, so I know that they're gonna play until and of the game, you know, So they

play hard. I think we play like a nice third quarter where we got like stop a couple stop on defense, and we got able to score the ball like he's a basket still, you know. So, but you know, we got another on tomorrow, and we know we just need to be better than be ready for the playoff. Earth Son and yourself really played well here tonight. You have to feel good about that. I mean, yeah, I feel good, you know. But I'm just thinking about Philly. I'm happy to be here. A lot of my tea and a

lot of fans, you know. I just try to give everything for this team. Marco, And I mean there's in a good way. What's with you in the odd ballot shot? It's almost like you like to be a little bit off center in the air when you shoot. It, is that true? I mean I always do that like in my career. I don't know why people they're telling me sounds right now, you know, so right, you know, like I'm gonna shoot us, so I'm gonna shoot the ball. I'm gonna try to be a grass and scored the ball.

I know I'm tired, I think so I'm crazy shot specsking for my ballance. But you know this is me. And also I just tried to do myself on the core and I tried to let up the teams to win. And it's all right, by mean. Thank you, Marco, congratulations, Thank you Sixers one twenty one the Hawks one thirteen. Marco Belinelli had five threes in the Yosova four, JJ Reddick six, As all told, the Sixers seventeen threes as they pull away to an eight point win. Not easy,

though not by a long shot. Tonight in Atlanta. With fifteen straight wins, the Sixers head back to Philadelphia and a showdown in the regular season wind up with the Milwaukee Bucks. We'll talk about that and more postgame coverage as we continue live from Georgia on the Sixers Radio Network.