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Sixers Stay Alive in Game 5 and Knicks Dominate at the Garden · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, it's Joy Taylor. Welcome to The Daily Play.
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  Speaker 2: Joy Taylor, thanks so much for joining us.
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  Speaker 1: It is been an incredible first round of the NBA
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  Speaker 1: Playoffs and last night we were sure that the Sixers
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  Speaker 1: they were going home, and they said a ah, not
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  Speaker 1: quite yet, pulling off a heist in Boston to keep
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  Speaker 1: their season alive one thirteen ninety seven victory in Game five.
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  Speaker 1: The series now stands three to two, still in favor
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  Speaker 1: of Boston, but the process has a pulse. The Sixers
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  Speaker 1: entered the Garden on Tuesday night with their backs against
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  Speaker 1: the Wall TD Garden just to the Knicks fans don't
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  Speaker 1: get upset backs against the Wall facing elimination. The crowd
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  Speaker 1: was certainly ready to celebrate a gentleman sweep in Boston,
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  Speaker 1: but Joelle Embiid, after having a rough return from his
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  Speaker 1: emergency appendectomy, reminded everyone why he's a former MVP.
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  Speaker 2: He scored thirty three points and fueled a.
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  Speaker 1: Brutal twelve fourth quarter run that turned a tight contest
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  Speaker 1: into a Philly blowout, and after the win, Tyrese Maxey
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  Speaker 1: talked about the defensive prive that saved their season.
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  Speaker 2: He said, our fans deserve a win at home.
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  Speaker 1: We lost a tough one and then got blown out
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  Speaker 1: of the water after that performance we put on last
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  Speaker 1: time in front of our fans. That was a disgrace,
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  Speaker 1: was unacceptable, and b was dominant, especially second half half.
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  Speaker 2: I was proud of him tonight.
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  Speaker 1: That's the dominance that you go and win a playoff
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  Speaker 1: game in now Listen. I love seeing this effort from
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  Speaker 1: team like the Sixers. I love seeing Joel Embiid come back.
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  Speaker 1: Joel Embiid is somebody that I know really loves basketball. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: his injury issues over the years have been a part
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  Speaker 1: of his legacy and there's no way around that. But
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  Speaker 1: for him to come back and have an incredible Game
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  Speaker 1: five and have this be a part of his story
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  Speaker 1: and keep the season alive was really great to watch.
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  Speaker 2: The thing that concerns me about the Celtics, and.
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  Speaker 1: This has always been really fascinating to me when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to this team because they are such a well
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  Speaker 1: put together team. They're a well run organization, they're very
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  Speaker 1: well coached, they have top some of the top talent
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  Speaker 1: in the world. But when it comes to their three
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  Speaker 1: point shooting. When they start to go cold from three,
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  Speaker 1: it's like they only believe they can shoot through it.
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  Speaker 1: Just make some adjustments. They went three for twenty two
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  Speaker 1: from the field in the final twelve minutes. They're not
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  Speaker 1: gonna shoot that poorly again in game six. I don't
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  Speaker 1: believe that. But it's just crazy to me that they
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  Speaker 1: will have these ridiculous shooting nights from three and just
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  Speaker 1: just not do anything about it.
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  Speaker 2: They also take nearly fifty.
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  Speaker 1: Three pointers per game, which listen, when you're winning, you're
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  Speaker 1: gonna crun teams that way. But if you don't hit
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  Speaker 1: the three, what happens is they get so fixated on
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  Speaker 1: it they don't attack the rim. They score just eleven
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  Speaker 1: points in the final twelve minutes, and that's their downfall.
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  Speaker 2: You just cannot keep shooting three after three after three after.
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  Speaker 1: Three, and if the other team is climbing back in it,
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  Speaker 1: like that's how it goes.
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  Speaker 2: That's the game right there.
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  Speaker 1: And I've seen them do this so many times, and
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  Speaker 1: I just I really don't understand why they so they
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  Speaker 1: are so addicted to it when it stops going their way, like,
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  Speaker 1: make the adjustment. So anyway, I don't think that the
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  Speaker 1: Sixers are gonna end up winning this series. But that
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  Speaker 1: concerning trend from the Celtics to me is something that
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  Speaker 1: I really think that they need to look at.
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  Speaker 2: Like when you.
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  Speaker 1: Start bricking it from three, don't quadruple down, like go
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  Speaker 1: in the paint, mix it up, don't completely abandon it.
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  Speaker 1: But you're allowing this team to climb back in it.
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  Speaker 1: And I've seen them do.
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  Speaker 2: It before and it is just a very scary trend.
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  Speaker 1: So the Hawks nixt series has been the talk of
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  Speaker 1: the first round of the playoffs. Obviously, the Knicks have
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  Speaker 1: massive expectations this year, and rightfully so, like you move
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  Speaker 1: on from a coach and you want results right away,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to have to get them. And the way
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  Speaker 1: that this series has gone, it's given a lot of
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  Speaker 1: people pause. But if they made the right decision and
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  Speaker 1: how far they're actually really able to go. But right
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  Speaker 1: now they are in full control of this series. They
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  Speaker 1: hold a three to two lead. They had a dominant
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  Speaker 1: game time performance at Madison Square Garden one twenty six
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  Speaker 1: ninety seven route of the Hawks on Tuesday nights. Obviously
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  Speaker 1: they fell behind earlier in the week two to one,
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  Speaker 1: but they flipped the script since then. Jalen Brunson obviously
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  Speaker 1: the star and he does what he does thirty nine points,
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  Speaker 1: eight assists, and you know, it was just toying with
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  Speaker 1: the Atlanta defense. And after the game he said, I
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  Speaker 1: think we refocused and understood what was going to be
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  Speaker 1: needed tonight. Most importantly just not being afraid to fail.
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  Speaker 1: As the mindset we need to have just go out
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  Speaker 1: there and do it all laid out on the table.
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  Speaker 1: It's important that we focus on the things, the attention
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  Speaker 1: to detail. Knowing everything we need to know going into
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  Speaker 1: this next game is going to be really important for us.
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  Speaker 1: He had seventeen points in the fourth quarter alone and
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  Speaker 1: that was his twenty second career playoff game with thirty
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  Speaker 1: plus points. Obviously we know he is a superstar. But
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  Speaker 1: they also were able to take advantage of their size
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  Speaker 1: with Karl Anthony Towns and Og and Nanobi both had
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  Speaker 1: double doubles and like that's just very important, and they
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  Speaker 1: were able to limit the production of CG.
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  Speaker 2: Mccolonyally had six points of three of ten shooting.
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  Speaker 1: So the trend with this series is the Hawks two
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  Speaker 1: wins in the series were by a combined two points.
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  Speaker 1: The Knicks three wins have been by a combined fifty
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  Speaker 1: six points. So when the Knicks are winning, they're winning convincingly.
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  Speaker 1: When the Hawks are winning, they're barely winning. Obviously, that
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  Speaker 1: usually spells out that the Knicks are going to end
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  Speaker 1: up winning this series, which I do think after this
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  Speaker 1: win in the way that it looked, I do think
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  Speaker 1: they will end up winning this series. I don't think
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  Speaker 1: that the Hawks are have the momentum anymore that does
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  Speaker 1: happen in series.
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  Speaker 2: While this has been a lot more.
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  Speaker 1: Competitive, like I said, than people thought it would be,
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  Speaker 1: I do think that the Knicks have taken control. But
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  Speaker 1: what does this mean for the long term success of
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  Speaker 1: the Knicks. Are they going to be able to put
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  Speaker 1: these together game in, night in and night out and be.
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  Speaker 2: Able to stay consistent with this level of play.
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  Speaker 1: I think the Hawks have exposed them a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: have exposed their weaknesses.
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  Speaker 2: Now maybe they take control of this.
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  Speaker 1: They take those losses, they make the proper adjustments, and
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  Speaker 1: they can still go on a run. Sometimes these kind
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  Speaker 1: of big wins where you get your confidence back where
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  Speaker 1: you're Okay, I got punched in the mouth, I'm getting
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  Speaker 1: back steady. We're going to make better decisions now moving
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  Speaker 1: forward throughout the rest of the postseason. Maybe that's what
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  Speaker 1: ends up happening, but they are going to look to
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  Speaker 1: close out this year Thursday in Atlanta at Save Farm Arena,
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  Speaker 1: and we will see what ends up happening. Thanks for
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