76ers/Spurs Postgame, Joel Embiid, Nick Nurse On Embiid’s Historic Night | Jan 22, 2024

76ers/Spurs Postgame, Joel Embiid, Nick Nurse On Embiid’s Historic Night | Jan 22, 2024

Okay far away have you ever seen a scoring performance like that in person I don’t believe that I have no check back to some of the British Basketball League records but I don’t think so think that’s about as high as I’ve seen you’ve seen you had a lot of

Big first quarters this year was there any point in this one where you thought things were going to go a little differently than normal big the time that it kind of hit me I thought was the start of the third that he at I think he

Had a a bucket and an and one like in the first minute and I was like wait a minute he already got like 30 whatever a 78 something like that I was like jeez that’s a lot with a whole half to go right it even seemed like you know he

Already had 32 at the half 32 34 half so he’s already at 39 and we just started minute in so then I I was like this is going to be a big probably be a big number tonight yeah the one the one year in toron you had that anybody dwell’s

Level was Kawai obviously how how much easier is having a player like Joel make it make it for you to coach and just strategizing and all that stuff um well he I mean obviously he can score in so many ways and just like his sheer size um gets him a lot of stuff

Around the basket and gets him a lot of free throws you know um and then the shooting touch and all that stuff is is the skill part that that makes it you know um again extra hard to stop him but I think again he’s like we know we know

He’s way he moves and the way skill he is the size he is all that kind of stuff and and he gets motivated like that it’s it’s uh you know anything can happen I guess what does it say about his you talking about motivated I mean you know

You guys go up against Minnesota he has a huge game he goes up against Denver a huge game and he kind of like bti the young guy tonight um just about his competitive nature against going up against other Elite big yeah I mean I think that um he is

Competitive right I think you guys know him well enough that you’ve heard some of the stories about his non-basketball competitiveness too right he is a competitive guy and I think that um you know I guess I guess yeah like he certainly gets some motivation against certain certain guys or big Knights or

Whatever but I also think that you know I keep going back maybe two or three weeks ago 3 weeks ago let’s say when he said you know they said you know what do you what do you put this down to Joel and Joel just said listen I’m my mindset

Is to go out there and dominate every night and that’s what I like to hear that he’s in a mindset that he’s he’s coming out there night after night to do do what he’s what he’s you know what he’s capable of doing and doing it in a

In a um you know impressive fashion how aware were you that that he was getting close to wilt’s Sixers record of’ 68 as the game was going on I wasn’t aware of it I wasn’t I didn’t I didn’t know if that was his record or what his personal

High was or any of that kind of stuff I just was continuing to coach the game like the game was still you know they were they give them credit they were playing well right they were playing well and it was you know 10 8 11 points

Was still a good chunk of time to go so I was just trying to coach the game as far as Victor played it seemed like or as well all played I should say it seemed like Victor had him thinking about those jumpers usually takes without thinking range and like he was

Making him think about it a little bit what did you think of the performance Victor had yeah first of all I thought Victor was great I think he really got him started right I thought he he and I think that they’ve played a lot better recently and it’s usually when he comes

Out in the start of the game and and kind of gets them like I think he gives them a bunch of confidence all around the the team he certainly did that tonight just right off the bat just kind of bang and then bang to three and um um

And I you know again I think he was you know he was he’s long like for me I got this view when I’m sitting there on the bench and usually I can see Joelle like being over everybody you know and that the all there’s clearance and I was like

Said that early in the game I said hey tonight’s the first night there is there Jo’s actually got to go over so somebody you know instead of I could see the contest from where I was sitting and I was like that’s different I was um I

Mean Joel does hold it in there and studies a little bit he gets into his little I I it’s a little bit of dissecting the guys if they’re reach and stuff so he does do that a little bit um but a little bit longer tonight I think you’re right yeah that fourth quarter

Before he’ come back into the game as you’re monitoring kind of where the game stands and what the deficit is are you in your head hoping that you can give it a four quarter off so he can rest a little bit or are you wondering if he

Can get back in and kind of run run it up a little bit I am always hoping we can give him the fourth you know that if we’re in a situation where the game’s done at the end of the third and we can give him the fourth quarter off for sure

Because that was not the case tonight like every time we kind of and we did get up to I think 19 um and I thought okay and then they just like it was right back down to like 12 11 so I I knew there was no rest and

He was coming back tonight tonight for sure yeah become rather routine for him to get 30 sometimes 40 but this was 70 this was a franchise record the crowd was getting into it at the end has it hit home with you in the immediate aftermath the significance of tonight

From a franchise perspective for him well I would I would say this like this is uh the history here and some of the unbelievable players that have been here over the whole history of the franchise that it’s a it’s a probably a a uh more meaningful tougher record to have or

More Prestige whatever you want to say just because of some of the guys that have been here the great scores that have played here for sure um um but I think again like there’s times when when I kind of think in my head like you know until there’s an

Allout assault or double team on him like they’re sending multiple multiple people um he’s going to probably probably score so he was he was playing a little faster I thought in the second half because he was trying to get away from him before the doubles got there um

But but yeah I mean geez it’s a it’s a the history of this franchise and to have that happen tonight is is that’s really special people that were here got to see something really cool toight that’s for sure sure you came here expecting and wanting to win but I guess

Having seen Jo go from the MVP level he’s at last year to an even higher level now do you feel any like additional pressure even good pressure that like this is a moment that needs to be seized like a special type of season

I mean listen I think for me like um I I go I go into every single season thinking that like the season needs to be seized right like we got to figure out a way somehow to get get through this thing and get up to the top right

Every single season of my how many coaching U years I’ve had um uh I just want to make sure we’re playing good basketball making the right plays continuing to get better we’ve got to we’ve got to continue I think we are getting a little better I think we’re

Starting to read things a little bit better but there’s still a long way to go I want to I want to clean up you know things as as we keep seeing things and we’re going to see a lot more things now which is great and I and I just want us

To continue to to get better make the right reads what I’m super happy with is I think we had 28 assists and four turnovers like like that’s going to be hard to you know if you’re going to if you’re going to not if you’re going to

Get a shot up you know almost every single possession in the game and not give away you know Silly plays silly passes dribble dribble it off your foot whatever have you um you’re going to have a really good chance to win games and I that’s the kind of stuff I’m going

To keep focusing on the scoring is going to stand out but Joelle also made like probably three or four like special passes do you sense like maybe even more confidence in his game uh you know attempting to make more of those kind of passes yeah I think his passing

Continues to get a little bit better I think our guys reading of where he is and where to go when stuff’s happening is getting better that’s that’s again a concern I was super impressed with his rebounding too I thought he really want to get the ball on the on the on the

Glass tonight I think what how many offensive rebounds he have nine does that say nine yeah nine offensive rebounds that’s I like seeing that I like see like because if he gets an offensive rebound the chances are he’s putting it back in or he’s going to the free throw line and

And he’s again it’s just another way to use his unique skill set to to you know get a possession get an extra possession get to the free throw line have super efficient possessions good everybody all right Joel you’ve always had an appreciation for what basketball means in this town

And you also know what a revered figure Will Chamberlain still is in this town can you put any kind of perspective in that backdrop of what you just did tonight um I mean it was great obviously we you know accomplish um a lot of things you know

As far as you know everything I mean the history of this league and basketball in general so uh to be in the you know same conversation I mean that’s you know that’s pretty it’s pretty cool um you know and then they gave me a stop that was actually a surprised that he never

That he’s never done so um but no he was just a great night and uh had it g um you know I mentioned a few times a lot of uh you know teammates are extremely unselfish and you know they just kept giving him the ball and uh I just

Finished it was there you looked up and you were like okay I can actually get 70 like did you ever think about it during the game um I mean it it was hard to say because I I obviously I came out hot I had 24 in the in the first and then in

The second I was kind of messing around and um and then I had over 30 by half and then um had a pretty good start to the to the third quarter and um I mean it was also depending on the game yeah at that point I have 59 and the game was

Still pretty close um so you know you know um felt like I needed to go back and then once I got back I was like yeah there’s my chance so you know might as well go and do it six minutes like in the fourth quarter in the fourth quarter

Yeah uh I mean it was uh the only thing I told my teammates was uh Play Just Don’t Force It um you know just you know let’s just play basketball well uh if I’m open pass it if I’m not um you know make sure you make the right play uh

It’s unfortunate Daniel has got booed for it uh you know but you know we were just trying to play uh the right when you know make the vi plays and um but I I think you know obviously I made shots and uh that F me a lot um so yeah follow

Up on that on those 6 minutes the crowd was very much into at that time too they could sense that you were getting close what was that like for you taking that in accomplishing that record with that energy in the building uh I was really just trying to close the game like I

Said at that time the game was still pretty close you know we were only up like 11 or 12 or something like that around that at that time um so you know you know it was just about making sure you make shots and uh you know and you

Know cuz I felt like you know want to see if I if I did Focus too much on it um I don’t know I could have missed you know shots or I could have been you know turning it over and trying to force it uh so I was just focus on not just

Closing the game out on the other side how was the first match up with Bama oh he’s great man he’s I mean he’s got everything um you know size skill um man got everything um yeah it’s nothing else to say uh pra future he’s already pretty good but you know once it develop

Develops and you know his body also you know catches on uh he’s going to be a lot of problems for a lot of guys in this league um but you know I mean he’s he’s extremely talented talking about performance inspiring a few minutes ago just to know that he and other guys that

Are coming up are inspired by you and what you’re doing I guess what does what does that mean to you uh what you mean when cure in his posting and he said that your performance was inspiring for him to to witness that and to be part of

That I guess to know that you’re having that impact on the guys coming up what is he great uh because um man I even though I saw it playing late you know from the time I started playing Kobe was my guy uh he’s the reason why I started

Playing um basketball and it’s funny because on the same night he had 81 and you know um you know that was my favorite player so no when I started I was the guys that I was looking you know I was looking up to and you know that

They were doing all this so you know if he says it’s inspiring I hope you know in a couple years uh hopefully when I’m I don’t have to guard him and I’m out of the league he he’s able to do the same thing and you know go out and break all

These record and possibly break uh will SW could of 100 points if he inspire you you know you have a you have a knack for coming up with big games and big moments and the eyes of the league were sort of on you and him tonight no I I I would

Have say that because um just like I mentioned the other night against Denver uh it’s not like I just woke up one day and I was like okay I got to try to go out and dominate and have the best game of my career um you know I try to do

Whatever single night on both fans of the floor um you know that’s where the mindset just trying to go out and dominate uh so yeah there’s you know I’m I’m really just you know pushing myself and challenging myself every single night um you know what else can I do

What else can I add to my game uh you know can I try something new uh to see if he works or if it doesn’t so yeah I’m just really challenging myself prep round uh after the game was a little more special for you to do it

In front of him CU you know your relationship I’m glad I did it in front of him um no but y obviously I started with them you know first coach um it stopped me a lot um not just on the basketball side you know off the call to

You know just you know you know maturing um he’s a big part of it uh so I mean he’s always good to same um especially on the sideline um he’s done he’s done a lot uh for not just for me but for the whole city of Philadelphia too um you

Know when you think about everything that happen and the losing seasons and you know to still come out on top and you know have the success that he had um you know that that’s pretty cool um but you know he always good you know to see

Him and U but I’m kind of glad I did in front of him so he can kind of see the product of you know what he created a lot of tape you watch a ton of tape I know you’ve seen when be on tape but how long does it take you to get

Used to the actual length and the actual size when you start playing against um I mean uh when I do watch the games uh I I usually imagine myself you know just playing against them especially because I haven’t played uh if I haven’t played against some guys um and uh you know I

Thought obviously the L is extremely tall but um I wouldn’t say it’s easy but you know I think I I I have a pretty good sense of how to attack you know some guys um depending on you know how they go and if they’re tall or if they’re strong and

And all that then um not thought you know I just I just made a few shots tonight and uh but he me long I I walked past him and I was like I thought I was tall and you know the dude was just toing over me so man but you know like

You know we talked about it the other the other day um I don’t know what it is um my I just know that you know he’s an amazing basketball player and he has a bright future and he can you know he’s a a future he can do everything on the

Basketball floor talking about how you he was watching him contest you and it was one of the first times you seen somebody your size or bigger guarding you and like watching you it seemed like you were maybe probing a little longer than normal on those mid-range jumpers

Like did it take a minute to sort of adjust to that kind of length on no I thought you know from the beginning I had a few hpol jumpers um the the the rice was really on me I don’t know what I was doing honestly half of the time instead of just

Shooting the ball I was just you know taking my time and you know wasting time when I could have just CAU the ball and shot it um so I think that was more about me than you know than his length uh but you know I have a pretty good

Sense on how to use the hesy pool to make sure that you know whenever I shoot it I either catch whoever is going guarding me flat footed so they don’t have a chance to recover or I just can’t go you know by them what it feel like

For you tonight like when you’re on the court did it feel like a different night when you’re on a heat here like this no um all right to be honest um no I didn’t because I I felt like you know when you take 40 shots uh obviously

You going you supposed to have a big night and I felt like I was actually mad at myself because I missed a lot of you know easy shots that I’ve been making all season a lot of easy pull um a lot of you know pocket pass jumper that I

Missed uh I had a bunch of layups that I tipped in so that kind of you know added to the amount of shots that I took uh yeah so I was kind of just I was actually mad about you know the easy ones that I was you know missing at the

Time but um yeah but when you shooting you know that many shots which I never thought I would be taking as many shots in my life um you know you obviously got you going to make some and you going to have a big night so tonight marks six

Wins in a row three guys and you have six players out hurt or sick um when you look at what this team has done over the last couple weeks how how special do you think it can be once you’re at full force um I mean I mean we got obviously

The key to stay healthy um but you know doesn’t stop you know next man up mentality uh whether I’m out or whether the other guys are out um so we just I mean we miss him a lot uh you could see you know sometimes uh you know when you

Know those guys are out you can kind of you can see it a lot so obviously we need everything we can get um you know we miss them um but you know that doesn’t stop us for you know wanting to go out and you know win the game um but

Especially you know that’s that’s the you know mindset uh doesn’t matter who’s playing or not you got to find ways to win talk about tonight not just you but cat had 60 plus points too this first time in years that two players you know

Did that on the same night in the NBA um I was actually surprised that they B bid me uh I heard he had like 45 or half time uh so I was hoping that he would beat me but you know he didn’t um but it’s great um especially because it’s a

Big twoo obviously he did it in a different way um I had uh one three and he had 10 of them uh so I mean that’s uh you know that’s amazing as a big uh to be able to make 10 threes um I dream I can do that

But I probably can’t um but um you know did it in different ways but it’s good to see big you know just D it Joel as you’ve emerged as The Perennial mdp candidate your mid-range game has really taken off especially this season in particular what have you changed about

Your preparation if anything at all to allow you to take another leap in the M um I don’t know I I think uh you know I’m just taking whatever the defense is giving me um and you know I just try to prepare myself well tonight I didn’t

Prepare myself I didn’t warm up but uh you know but uh you know some you know most of the time you know I just like you know like you said I just watch a lot of film um just try to see what you know defenses do um and you know what

I’m mostly proud is you know I you know I feel like you know double teams um you know I’ve gotten so much better at you know just handling them and what is passing on or just attacking before the double comes um so but that goes back to

You know know just I think it’s mostly just film because in the summertime I just you know I don’t I don’t walk out a lot I just try to you know make sure that my body is rested and and um and then you know towards the beginning of

The Season you know start doing a you know a few stuff but um yeah I think it’s all about with you know Drew my trainer just watching a ton of film you know not just from big guys but you know MJ Kobe and you know all those guys thanks

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