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Thoughts after 76ers win against Pacers · The Cooldown Report

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  SPEAKER_00: What up?
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  SPEAKER_00: What up?
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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome back to The Cooldown Report.
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  SPEAKER_00: We are back after another 76ers win 114-109 on the road in Indiana after
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh,
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  SPEAKER_00: what a mess of an offensive game for the Philadelphia 76ers and the Indian Pacers,
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  SPEAKER_00: to be quite honest in this game.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the Sixers have done what they've done this regular season,
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  SPEAKER_00: which is locked down late in these games and come away with wins due
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  SPEAKER_00: to their clutch play,
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  SPEAKER_00: specifically from Tyrese Maxey,
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  SPEAKER_00: who had 17 of his 27 points after struggling mightily in this game overall in
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  SPEAKER_00: the fourth quarter.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the Sixers come away with a win to improve to 4-1 on the season.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they beat Indiana.
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  SPEAKER_00: In their second road game of the season.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's get into it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I am Ethan.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is exciting.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: the Sixers so far this season,
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  SPEAKER_00: they just haven't really looked that great on offense.
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  SPEAKER_00: We've talked about it before, but,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: they've had stretches where they look really good,
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  SPEAKER_00: specifically at the end of these games.
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  SPEAKER_00: That Knicks game, the Cleveland game, the Milwaukee game, and now this game.
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  SPEAKER_00: Where they look really good to close these games out on offense specifically because
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  SPEAKER_00: of the defense and them being able to get on transition and
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  SPEAKER_00: the defense not being set and them being able to find their one-on-one matchups
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  SPEAKER_00: and being comfortable.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think that's where these guys are pretty much the most comfortable operating
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  SPEAKER_00: on offense right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right now is in these late game situations where they're like,
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  SPEAKER_00: all right, well,
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  SPEAKER_00: give me the ball in my spot and let me go to work one-on-one against this guy
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  SPEAKER_00: because they haven't really figured out a way to gel on offense yet.
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  SPEAKER_00: The lineups aren't necessarily figured out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Guys have been in and out.
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  SPEAKER_00: LeBron, he missed the game against Milwaukee.
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  SPEAKER_00: Joel, he missed the game against Detroit.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, you know, they're still trying to figure that stuff out.
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  SPEAKER_00: We still have guys out, guys that we haven't gotten back.
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  SPEAKER_00: Still trying to figure out lineups, guys getting in foul trouble, things like that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Cold, hot shooting nights.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, it happens there.
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  SPEAKER_00: But at the end of these games, the Sixers are just able to go into takeover mode.
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  SPEAKER_00: And tonight, once again, it was Tyrese Maxey who...
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  SPEAKER_00: Was able to find a step back three that kind of sent Aaron Eastsmith falling a little bit.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he hit that one in the clutch.
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  SPEAKER_00: He got a driving layup earlier in the fourth quarter.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then a swing swing from,
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  SPEAKER_00: I believe, Joel to LeBron over to Tyrese Maxey at the top of the key.
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  SPEAKER_00: He was able to knock down that three pointer.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that sent the Sixers on their way to scoring 39 points of their 114 in the fourth quarter.
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  SPEAKER_00: They scored 36 points in the third quarter.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Cooldown Report.
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  SPEAKER_00: He hit 5-3, 6-3, sorry,
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  SPEAKER_00: let me not short him, yeah,
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  SPEAKER_00: 6-for-10 from 3-point range,
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  SPEAKER_00: 7-for-11 from the field,
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  SPEAKER_00: 20 points in 27 minutes for Anthony Simons,
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  SPEAKER_00: a plus-14 from the floor,
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  SPEAKER_00: the highest, plus-minus for the Philadelphia 76ers tonight.
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  SPEAKER_00: He was great.
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  SPEAKER_00: He genuinely kept us afloat while Tyrese, like I said, was struggling that first half.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jalen not playing his best ball.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vijay not playing his best ball.
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  SPEAKER_00: He only had eight points tonight.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was three for ten from the field, one for six from three.
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  SPEAKER_00: LeBron, some sloppy turnovers there.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or actually not.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm lying.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let me...
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  SPEAKER_00: Let me hold on LeBron.
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  SPEAKER_00: LeBron did not have any turnovers.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ten assists tonight from LeBron, too.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wow, I feel bad for saying that.
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  SPEAKER_00: But, yeah, just overall sloppy play on offense for LeBron.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, he was 5 or 12 from the field.
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  SPEAKER_00: I should say that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Did hit two of his three-pointers.
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  SPEAKER_00: Had one where he was left wide open.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, my God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Which was weird because Pascal Siakam was guarding him.
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  SPEAKER_00: He sunk down in the lane,
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  SPEAKER_00: looked up at the jumbotron, and then came out to come and contest LeBron.
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  SPEAKER_00: He nailed that one between the eyes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Joel, he held us together in that first half,
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  SPEAKER_00: but during that third quarter,
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  SPEAKER_00: didn't score at all,
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  SPEAKER_00: didn't get his second half scoring until the fourth quarter there.
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  SPEAKER_00: So yeah, Anthony Simons kept us alive with his three-point shooting.
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  SPEAKER_00: The three-point shooting for the Sixers overall in this game wasn't really the greatest.
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  SPEAKER_00: 36% from the field, 13 of 36.
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  SPEAKER_00: Huge weight goes to Anthony Simons.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're hitting six of those.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tyrese hitting three of those in the game and LeBron hitting two.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everyone else, Joel was 0 for 3.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jalen 1 for 3.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vijay 1 for 6.
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  SPEAKER_00: Dean Wade 0 for 1.
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  SPEAKER_00: Dean Wade out there today was getting cardio in.
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  SPEAKER_00: 17 minutes.
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  SPEAKER_00: No points, one shot from the field, one rebound, one assist, and five personal fouls.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not a good Dean Wade game today.
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  SPEAKER_00: But yeah,
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  SPEAKER_00: Anthony and Joel kept us alive in that first,
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  SPEAKER_00: kind of got blitzed in the third,
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  SPEAKER_00: and the Sixers did what they best,
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  SPEAKER_00: and they came back in the fourth quarter and were able to put the Pacers away.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, you don't want to see this moving forward.
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  SPEAKER_00: With the Sixers where every single game they get behind double digits and you got
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  SPEAKER_00: to come back and win games.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Sixers are highly talented on offense and they've shown that they're capable
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  SPEAKER_00: of beating some of the best teams in at least the Eastern Conference.
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  SPEAKER_00: With that method, it didn't work against Detroit last game.
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  SPEAKER_00: I kind of blame that on it being a back-to-back night.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're playing defensively.
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  SPEAKER_00: 60-win team from last season.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a tough game in the Sixers.
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  SPEAKER_00: They stayed close within that game, but just weren't able to pull it out.
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  SPEAKER_00: But in this one,
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  SPEAKER_00: they were able to,
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  SPEAKER_00: I should note, Tyrese Halliburton, TJ McConnell, out with injury for Indiana.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you're playing a hurt Indiana team, but still, this is a good team.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pascal Siakam,
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  SPEAKER_00: You got Jay Huff on there,
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  SPEAKER_00: Kelly Bray Jr.
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  SPEAKER_00: had a good game,
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  SPEAKER_00: Andrew Nembhard,
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  SPEAKER_00: Aaron Neesmith,
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  SPEAKER_00: they got Larry Nance and Obi Toppin off the bench,
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  SPEAKER_00: they're a good team,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: obviously the engine that makes this team go is Tyrus Halliburton,
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  SPEAKER_00: but they're still a good team without them, and the Sixers, fun.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think they did a really good job in that fourth of just kind of relaxing
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  SPEAKER_00: and letting the defense play offense for them where they're getting in
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  SPEAKER_00: the ball handlers like they did in those previous games.
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  SPEAKER_00: They give up a lot of offensive rebounds, it feels like in early spurts of these games.
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  SPEAKER_00: Getting out in transition, that's where this team is playing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tyrese Maxey,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: he's up there with the league leaders and transition points for the season so far.
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  SPEAKER_00: Same thing with LeBron James.
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  SPEAKER_00: We know Vijay and the high flyer that he is.
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  SPEAKER_00: He can get out in transition.
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  SPEAKER_00: Same thing with Jalen Brown.
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  SPEAKER_00: These guys are transition athletes.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you let the defense,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: go for you,
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  SPEAKER_00: it can carry you early in the season while you're still trying
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  SPEAKER_00: to figure your offense out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Joel in that first half.
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  SPEAKER_00: Looked really good.
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  SPEAKER_00: His mid-range was going.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everything was kind of cooking.
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  SPEAKER_00: It looked like he had his legs underneath of him.
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  SPEAKER_00: He was able to get post position.
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  SPEAKER_00: He was being fed down there a lot.
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  SPEAKER_00: Was making a lot of good reads out of the post,
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  SPEAKER_00: even though they He didn't lead to that many assists,
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  SPEAKER_00: only two assists on the night for Joel compared to his four turnovers,
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  SPEAKER_00: but he was making some good kickout passes outside of the post.
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  SPEAKER_00: He found Vijay in the lane for one of those and one layups that he got late in the fourth.
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  SPEAKER_00: He led the team in minutes tonight with 39.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's just tough, man.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know the backup center situation is really bad.
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  SPEAKER_00: You only give a Dembona four minutes in this game, but yikes, that's tough.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you don't trust a Dembona,
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  SPEAKER_00: you got to go get out another center, and we're going to keep harping on that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Early in the season, it's fine, but you can't wear Joel's body down like this.
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  SPEAKER_00: He obviously didn't play last game, so it's okay, but...
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  SPEAKER_00: You gotta go out there and get another center.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't want Joel Embiid playing 39 of the 48 minutes of the game.
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  SPEAKER_00: But he was great in that first half.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jalen Brown, 7 for 13, 20 points tonight.
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  SPEAKER_00: 10 rebounds, which is kind of filling in his spots, picking his spots.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think Jalen Brown, honestly, he could be even more efficient.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's struggling to finish at the Cup, honestly, a lot.
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  SPEAKER_00: He got away with a goaltend call there, which...
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  SPEAKER_00: My opinion wasn't a goaltend.
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  SPEAKER_00: But he got away with that one.
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  SPEAKER_00: But he's been struggling to finish in the lane.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's been bullying guys.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's been getting good post position, just not finishing.
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  SPEAKER_00: But other than that, he's making his shots, which is good.
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  SPEAKER_00: Good to see.
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  SPEAKER_00: I would like to see him get a little bit more touches.
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  SPEAKER_00: Even though Tyrese is great.
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  SPEAKER_00: He can carry us all the way.
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  SPEAKER_00: I get it.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I would like to see Embiid, he gets touches late in games.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jalen Brown is one of those guys, too.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, he's one of those guys that can close the deal for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: He led a Celtics team that won 55 games last season, or close to it.
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  SPEAKER_00: He can close the deal.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'd like to see him involved more in the action instead of just communicating.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's sitting in the corner.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't think Jalen as a spot of three-point shooter is his best attribute,
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  SPEAKER_00: but like I said, it's as the season goes.
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  SPEAKER_00: He did get his touches in that Cleveland game,
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  SPEAKER_00: in that Milwaukee game,
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  SPEAKER_00: he got his touches, so I'd just like to see some more of that with Jalen Brown.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tyrese, man, he was struggling.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was not his night.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ended up leading the team in points because of that fourth quarter where he had 17 points.
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  SPEAKER_00: Eight of 18 from the field, though.
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  SPEAKER_00: Three for seven from three.
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  SPEAKER_00: Got to the free throw line nine times.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's So Mr.
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  SPEAKER_00: Clutch, he's the best player on our team right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's doing the thing of putting games away for us right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: He just won Eastern Conference Player of the Week for good reason.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tyrese Maxey is an excellent basketball player.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's so dynamic, so fast, able to get to the cup, able to knock down the three.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's practically at the point of his career where he's basically unguardable.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you have to pick your poison with this guy because he can blow right by you
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  SPEAKER_00: or knock down the three-point shot.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he was a killer in that fourth quarter.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we needed every single last bucket that he gave us.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tyrese Max, he's a stud.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's a stud.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if he's going, this team is going to go far.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because with the way Tyrese moves, everyone can move behind him.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's our best player.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's great.
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  SPEAKER_00: He was great tonight.
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  SPEAKER_00: On defense as well, too, in that fourth quarter.
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  SPEAKER_00: He has great on-ball defense, guarding guards, across ball screens, getting over picks.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's a great defender, too, when it comes to playing on people's backsides.
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  SPEAKER_00: Has a lot of blocks this season.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think he's leading the team in blocks.
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  SPEAKER_00: He didn't get any today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jalen Brown actually got a block today,
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  SPEAKER_00: and so did Joel Embiid,
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  SPEAKER_00: but he didn't get any today,
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  SPEAKER_00: but Tyrese so far leading the team in blocks, he's great.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just a great defender.
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  SPEAKER_00: When they turn it on in that fourth quarter,
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  SPEAKER_00: you see the excellence of his defense,
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  SPEAKER_00: and it definitely shined through in that fourth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Along with his offense, of course, too.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vijay struggled shooting the ball tonight.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like I said, one for six from three, three for ten from the field.
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  SPEAKER_00: But, you know, had that clutch and one layup that I mentioned that he got that pass from Joel.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'd like to see him also a little bit more involved in the offense.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's also a little tough because, you know, ideally you would like to find him in transition.
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  SPEAKER_00: But, you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: we don't really play transition basketball so far in the first three quarters
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  SPEAKER_00: because we don't really play that much defense.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, finding Vijay some spots and some lineups where he can go to work would be good too.
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  SPEAKER_00: But, you know, you got four 20-point-per-game scores in this game.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it wasn't Vijay, but it was Anthony Simons who, like I said, just kept us in that game.
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  SPEAKER_00: 27 minutes, 20.7 for 11 from the field, 6 for 10 from 3.
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  SPEAKER_00: He was knocking it down.
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  SPEAKER_00: I feel like Avery Simons,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: he struggled in the past two games in the game against Detroit,
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  SPEAKER_00: in the game against Milwaukee.
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  SPEAKER_00: He turned it on this night.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're going to need him throughout the season.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know,
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  SPEAKER_00: this bench is going to be viable,
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  SPEAKER_00: especially if Dean Wade and Adem Bona and Contavious Caldwell Pope are going to go
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  SPEAKER_00: a combined one for six from the field.
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  SPEAKER_00: You need Anthony Simons to be good.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't anticipate those bench guys being that bad the rest of this season
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  SPEAKER_00: or mostly throughout the game.
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  SPEAKER_00: But, you know, it's good to get a good Anthony Simons game.
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  SPEAKER_00: Good to see him find a shot in this game because it wasn't there in the past two games.
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  SPEAKER_00: On the Indiana side, Pascal Siakam had a really good game.
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  SPEAKER_00: 26 points, 11 for 17 from the field.
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  SPEAKER_00: Didn't make any of his three-pointers.
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  SPEAKER_00: Had three turnovers, too.
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  SPEAKER_00: One of them kind of costly in that fourth quarter.
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  SPEAKER_00: A little tough for him, but he played a good game overall.
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  SPEAKER_00: I feel like him with Tyrese Halliburton obviously is a better player.
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  SPEAKER_00: He gets out in transition.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pascal Siakam, sorry,
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  SPEAKER_00: is a lanky athlete, a good finisher around the rim and really good in transition.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you would want him back.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that goes for, I mean, all the guys on the Indiana Pacers tonight.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know,
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  SPEAKER_00: you want them to have Tyrese out there and it's a little tough now that he's dealing
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  SPEAKER_00: with a hammy.
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  SPEAKER_00: But this team goes as Tyrese goes and I don't want to judge them
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  SPEAKER_00: a little bit too hard when you're missing their best player.
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  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, that's going to do it for this one.
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  SPEAKER_00: A short one here.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Sixers get a clutch win against Indiana.
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  SPEAKER_00: Good to see them go.
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  SPEAKER_00: They have a home game on Friday that they need to gear up for.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Sixers get the win here against Indiana.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is The Cooldown Report.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will see you guys later.
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  SPEAKER_00: Peace.