“This team has a new energy under Nick Nurse” – NBA Gametime on Embiid & 76ers: 8-2 in last 10 games
Night Friday night against the Raptors Joel embiid Tyrese Maxi and Tobias Harris All topped 30 points the first time that’s happened for the franchise since 1961 let’s take a look back at a special night in Philly R9 Hoops here in South Philly Joel Hans embiid and the Sixers 19 and8
You’re aware of your history with Team Tobias has thrived against these Raptors looking to do that again and here’s a three by Tobias Harris and that’s good good recovery by seam Harris beats the chef clock buzzer Tobias to his left count it and the foul into double figures goes Tobias Harris Harris step
Back still perfect 18 in the first half for Tobias haris Tobias squares up and hits another a season high from distance and we’re still in the first half for Divas a half by Harris sixes by three at the break you know this team is deep in
There that’s that’s a good thing for us Tobias Harris was was key you know what I’m saying he really picked it up for us made some shots did was really good on defense so we appreciate him for that the Sixers got off to a slow start tonight Alla but they have found their
Rhythm M the finger roll and the foul for Joel M fading in the lane there it is 18 down to m the double comes spins away from it up fo dribbles side steps the defender three-point shot and that’s good double steps back from it and swies
Another 27 tonight and he has the last 16 for the Sixers you know he started he started uh punching through he started making some jumpers and he hit a three on an OB play you know so he just kind of got again got finally got in his
Rhythm and got got the shooting going blows pass switches to the left and the scoop and score from Tyrese Maxi Tyrese the runner Maxi KES it off the window for two Maxi dribbles shoots three-point shot up and good he got purle right where he wanted him Maxi again again
Tyres downhill scoop there it is 33 for Tobias 33 for Tyrese and 31 for Joel embiid all the last time that Philly had three players with 30 plus 1961 when they were the Syracuse Nationals well gentlemen what do you like about the way that Joel embiid has
Embraced the challenge of being an MVP and and knowing that everybody’s going to bring their best against you and really embracing that this season so far I think for me Brendon the first thing is that his shot selection right he’s not living at the three-point line he’s
Realized that from 15 ft in there’s no one can guard him yeah occasionally he’ll step out there and take a three but he’s doing all his work 15 ft in he’s dominating second defensively he is shutting down the lane he’s blocking shots and then when he play against the
Big boys that night when they played Minnesota person that’s the game that was must CV and that’s what you want when your team your best players playing against another team star player and those two teams Collide you want to see who’s the best and joy and be to me he
Rises to the occasion the better the competition the better he play he took it to Minnesota and right now think about this he’s playing on a level that we haven’t seen since Will Chamberlain 35 chamin people think about that 35 12 and six that’s what I’m looking at
Leading the NBA and scoring top tier rebound as well but then he’s getting six dimes he’s getting as many assists as some as your favorite point guards so Steph Curry is only a aaging four and a half talk to him and so when you got the
Big fell and he’s dominated I’m with you I like the fact that he’s spending a little bit more time 15 ft on there yeah you can take some of those fadeaways but he’s taking easier fadeaways they’re fadeaways with one foot in the paint easier shots I love the fact that Nick
Nurse sometimes coming out of timeouts they’re running weak side duckin plays where big fella has to just duck in get big score or get fail why do why did that like go away from the NBA people were acting like the ducking when I played even when you play was one of the
Easiest ways for an elite post player to establish Swing Swing quick duck in SW swing swing and the big ducks in big in the lane two feet in the lane and you would get guys like they were all out on the three-point line exactly guys like
Yao Ming Shaq all these guys would take advantage of those opportunities and now we’re starting to see Joel embiid use some of those moves as well Joker already does that and now embid is doing that that’s why he’s taking his score to the next level he’s looking like he
Might be a MVP back let tell what he doing he looking like he got that MVP trophy from last year and he ain’t going to let it go he’s going to keep that thing cuz so much as we seen his depends on the too and I think some of those
Fadeaway threes settling for threes it was from being tired it was from being hurt all those factor into settling for jumpers and and getting out of your comfort zone and the more of those you miss the more it affects your confidence good sign last night he goes down he
Rolls his ankle yeah any other year jelan be would not have come back in that game and probably missed missed the next game he got up he came back played and played unbelievable basketball going forward throughout the game that tells me that these guys understand that 65
Game threshold means a lot because if you don’t play 65 ain’t no MVP ain’t no first second or third te all NBA and that’s important and now what you’re seeing these guys are strapping it up playing every night the most important too is he’s staying healthy he’s embracing the challenge of coming back
From a minor en injury like you just said he is scoring more points than he is playing minutes so he’s getting it done efficiently Lou for the people in the back say that again AL say that again he’s averaging more points than minutes per game to I’ve never heard in
The history of the NBA a guy averaged more points than that’s efficiency and that’s that’s your body to make it all the way to postseason to normally the formul is the more minutes I get the more points I can score Jo and beid right now is saying no you don’t have to
Do that and I like like you said the efficiency shooting 54% from the field look at early in Joel’s career he would have those years where he’d be scoring but he’d be shooting below 50% now he’s he’s getting that field goal percentage up to where it should be up to where the
Elite bigs when Elite bigs are in there Prime they’re shooting 55 56 57% and they’re still getting there 28 to 30 he’s announced he’s in that category when we’re talking about the Elijah ones the David Robinson’s in the Shaq well he’s that for this era and he has
Announced that with what he’s done the last couple of Seasons so total points over total minutes it’s only been done once before over the course of a whole season it was 1961 welt Chamberlin still what do we keep who do we keep comparing them to will chamelin all right so how
About Tyrese maxi he’s a huge part of the success that they’re having and he will be if they want to make a postseason run his maturity his decision- making have you liked what you’ve seen so far yeah I like what Tyrese SMX has been doing and it’s
Because when James Harden left I wasn’t sure if young fow was really willing not willing but ready to take over a team and there’s a lot on his shoulders and it’s not like this was a guy that played point guard in college he played a lot
Of combo he didn’t have to when he was at Kentucky he wasn’t like hey I’m just the the lead guard and everybody plays off me he was just kind of scoring guys so sometimes when guys get more opportunities when their scores they don’t really understand how to manage
Their scoring and play making and giving it up getting it back and things of that nature but he’s doing great he’s getting downhill he’s efficient he’s averaging 26 points per game and more importantly he’s got that bounce and that energy it’s like he he raises the tide when he
Walk when you talk to the coaching staff that was previously there the coaching staff that’s there now and even the coaching staff at Kentucky they talk about just the energy that he brings not on the court but off the court he he lights up a room and you know how that
Is when it’s a long season you got that guy that’s one of your top tier guys but he lifts everybody up that means something man I think you got to give Doc Rivers and James Harden some credit for Tyrese Maxon playing the way he’s playing I remember last year before
Training camp me and the bill went down and saw that training camper interviewed Maxi and all he talked about was James how James was teaching him and and making him understand when you’re pushing the rock what certain situations and then Doc Rivers how Doc Rivers had
Been on him about taking more of a lead and stuff and so now when you look at Maxi under Nick nurs it has all come together and you know we kind of laugh when we call him Tyrese Maxi CU he’s getting ready to get maxed out he is
Going to make first second or third Team all NBA the way he’s playing right now he deserves it he’s the only other the young guys that was eligible for an extension that didn’t get heals for all other reasons not had nothing to do with his play but this summer he’s going to
Get taken care of and I’m telling you man Philadelphia right now who’s gonna want to play them from the second round end because you got to deal with those two guys we saw a two-head monster like Jamal Murray and the Joker running that high screening Road was unguardable
Those two guys because Joel and B can do the same thing the Joker can do he can do it with a little bit more athleticism he’s not a greater passer but he can pop and shoot the three yes he can roll to the mid post and score he can roll all
The way to the basket and Tyrese Maxi can come off that screen and shoot or get down here it’s going to be tough to play those two guys when they get you in that high screening road because they’re lethal he’s averaging 26 points a game and seven assist and he is fearless and
To your point about the uplifting energy he brings doc reverse told us a season ago he said I yell at him and he just looks at me and smiles he I never know if he’s upset or taking me seriously because he smiles at everything and he
Said he gets it from his grandma and that’s who he is and it’s been good for this team so far yeah outstanding well another team that’s taking care of business is the Boston Celtics l mentioned a little bit of Jason Tatum highlight when we come back they talk
About the new Celtics way are you feeling the effects of his touch on this team we’re not going to see it into the playoffs we really won’t because they’re so talented they’re going to win their year regular season game they either going to have the best record or the
Second best record we’re not going to see the coaching and what this team is all about until we get to playoff time that’s when it’s going to matter because that’s when it’s going to change on a night to night basis with that Talent they going to win games because they’re
More talented than other people but where we’re going to see it is come playoff time and that’s when the chess match start with all these coaches and we saw Eric sposa last year take a team that we thought had no chance of winning and just steam roll that way all the way
To the NBA final so again if you don’t diversify like Brendan said you can put yourself in position because history will will repeat itself if you let it well you hear the right quotes right it’s a long season there’s a lot of ups and downs we have to keep getting better
Each day but are you actually doing it and not just getting better better individually but are you learning from your mistakes are you learning from those close overtime losses and I did like the way they bounced back after the Golden State game on this really long stretch over the holidays on West Coast
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“This team has a new energy under Nick Nurse” – NBA Gametime on Joel Embiid & 76ers: 8-2 in last 10 games
