NBA Gametime | “The Sixers without Embiid are TRASH” – Shaq reacts to Grizzlies beat 76ers 115-109
Single night 111 to 109 right now over the Philadelphia 76ers as we welcome you back here into the NBA TV studios 3D you were just talking about it during the last break Taylor Jenkins has his team playing hard at all times what impresses you most about the way that they play
Regardless of who’s in the lineup accountability uh Sean said it earlier they they’ve taken a page out of Miami’s book where they’ve gone down and found some G guys who they can plug and play like we all know about GG now the big games he’s had on TNT this next man up
But more importantly um just for the Casual fan you don’t know who Taylor Jenkins is cuz he’s not one of those household names from a coaching tree so to speak so now he’s worked his way up he was here with the Hawks for a little bit been around the Spurs a little bit
So in the coaching realm well respected so when J went down the other guys Bane started going down the Casual fans said well the Memphis Griz probably GNA fall off the face of the Earth no they lose tough games because they’ve been outplayed not because they’re not playing hard every night you’re not
Doing things the right way and Triple J is still being a leader when he’s healthy on the floor so once again for the Casual fan Taylor Jenkins is doing a heck of a job keeping this team in the right direction yeah right now they’re up two points against the Philadelphia
76 guys on their roster they seem to handle the absences a little bit better the Memphis Grizzlies earned themselves a win 115 to 109 the Sixers without Joel embiid without Tyrese Maxi without Kyle Lowry in this game but something to be said for the way that the MS Memphis Grizzlies and jiren
Jackson Jr play every single night Taylor Jenkins having having them play a very tough game regardless of who’s in the lineup but they earn themselves another win tonight they outscore him 3 I think Kate Scott said said it 34-6 towards the end of the game there what
Was the key in this one well the fourth quarter I mean if you’re the Sixers and you don’t have embiid you don’t have Maxi somebody’s got to step up usually that’s Tobias Harrison he’s had a pretty last two games he’s played pretty well 31 points against Charlotte 28 points
Against Dallas but he didn’t have it tonight uh so that’s a big win for the Grizzlies and if you’re the Grizzlies let’s be honest I mean ever since John Morant went down yeah you’re auditioning for next season you’re rolling players through to see what they can do you’re
Giving them playing time you’re giving them responsibility give him the ball makeing the first option all that stuff to make to to to see how are they going to fit in with you next year when you’re whole okay when when you’re healthy Jaws back and all the stuff from this this
Year which just been a total wash is gone so who’s a keeper and who are you going to let go I think Memphis is trying to figure that out right now yeah who do you think well uh for me what’s interesting with Memphis Houston and Utah those are three teams where to your
Point they’re auditioning now yeah they’re building for the future so they’re going to get wins like this that messes up the other team so Phil’s case we’re like how how can you hold on to Tobi gets back well schedule wise this is a bad law for you because we know
They’re not in the mix and you’re trying to hold to a playoff spot instead of the play in right but for Memphis again I go back to Taylor Jenkins we had a game the last game we had when J went down he’s like we understand J’s not here but I’m
Still going to coach winning basketball and that’s what’s fun and that’s why you appreciate what Memphis is doing yeah it really is crazy what they’re doing right now they are auditioning for next season but they earn themselves a win over the Philadelphia 70s against OKC I know
They’re chasing down the Kings and the Mavs what’s allowed the recent run of success since basically February 1 you mentioned they’re trying to chase down some teams ahead of them I basically have the NBA standings just on constant lock on my phone and my laptop right
It’s just a constant uh that’s the way that the West has been this year right it’s just so deep and you have to think about Oklahoma City and Minnesota and even Denver looking down and thinking wait who’s in the play in has a potential chance to come up and and
Here’s the deal with the Lakers when they play their aame and we’ve seen it several times this year right the inseason tournament we’ve seen it a couple times against the Clippers three wins against the Thunder they beaten Golden State they Phoenix three times beat New Orleans like they’ve beaten
Pretty much everybody except for Denver that’s the team that has certainly had their number even when they play their best players and when they have uh their best lineup and that’s what we’ve seen since around February first when they put Ru hachimura in Lauren and that’s
Been the key for the Lakers when they play bigger at the three and either Jared Vanderbilt who’s hurt now or ruy hachimura that lineup has had a lot of success against most everybody just not the Nuggets I know but you know what it’s the regular season it really
Matters come playoffs so we’ll see what ends up happening down the stretch run and into the postseason let’s get into Anthony Davis for a second now since returning from Allstar he’s averaging over 25 points per game 13.1 rebounds per game 2.4 blocks how have you seen
Him approach his Ro this year as LeBron says the face of the franchise yeah so the ad thing is really interesting to me because in my opinion he’s been the best offensive player in the league now he doesn’t always have the best net rating numbers because he’s basically playing with you know Austin
Reeves Deano L Russell LeBron in his year 21 season Tori and Prince for a lot of it so he’s having to do almost everything on on that end and as you see the numbers that you just mentioned he’s still being featured as an offensive player who’s amongst the most efficient
In the NBA right there below yic and a healthy embiid he’s basically the third big that’s in there that’s able to put up those types of numbers and still shooting 55 plus percent from the field so he has to do so much for this Laker
Team he is really the key LeBron can be the best player in the NBA on any given night but in terms of night toight Anthony Davis is the thing that makes this team go he’s what allows them to defend and still be good on the other
End of the floor and they know that here in Los Angeles Yeah you mentioned ad on the defensive side on the offensive side well as the team the offensive numbers have really seen an increase recently the Lakers have shot 53% from the field over the last 12 games what are they
Doing differently to find that offensive uptick recently yeah I can barely remember what happened in October or November doesn’t that seem like so long ago but the Lakers they Lauren they just couldn’t hit a shot uh really from three especially they started so slowly offensively and they’ve turned that
Around in a big way now part of it is they’ve started to understand the five out spacing better A lot of it is just the talent that they’re playing on that end so if you have Reeves and Russell in the backourt now you bring in ruy haimura there’s going to be a mismatch
For them on the offensive end at pretty much every spot now they’re a hard team to match up with on that end and Off the Bench you add Spencer Den witty who’s certainly a very capable player he started to get integrated as well and we’re seeing that the offense has been
Super effective uh Russell you just showed there has been red hot from three lately he hit 33s in a minute and six seconds and the Lakers wi to seal that victory over the thunder so they’re starting to go on offense the question is can they get back to that level of
Dominant defense that they really skated through the end of last season and they beat Memphis they beat Golden State again until they ran into Denver that’s what they we have to kind of find out if they can do that without Jared Vanderbilt we’re still not sure Lauren
When he’s going to return last last but not least LeBron James earned his 94th regular season win passing Carl Malone for fourth most all time is there ever going to be a time where he stops breaking records it’s absolutely incredible at 39 years old yeah I was
Thinking that when he hit the 40,000 point mark like what is the next round number that we’re going to be building up to like 41,000 doesn’t seem like as sexy uh I mean can he get to 45,000 the thing that is ridiculous for me is that
He’s sustaining this play in a year 21 in which he is already already scored more combined points or more points than the five players that played year 21 combined so it just hasn’t been done before he is adding to that gap between him and the second active player which
Is Kevin Durant and you have to go so far down the list to think of somebody that could potentially do it one day like Luca dantri is already behind LeBron’s Pace uh at year 25 and he’s scoring 34 a night so it’s it’s really something that we’re going to have to
Kind of try to find a way to put into perspective in hindsight uh but right now everything that he does just increases the gap of those milestones it’s so much fun to watch aging like a fine wine Mike trudell I know the Lakers play the Kings Tonight the good news
They’re not the Denver Nuggets I hope you enjoy the game tonight thanks so much for coming on that is true yeah that’s a fact enjoy it thank you so much Mike tral Lakers reporter for spectrum sportset the Lakers really are one of those teams that have been RedHot since
February 1 we saw that all of the stats that they’re basically top five in the league in a ton of statistic categories what’s impressed you most about their last five six weeks as a team well Anthony Davis obviously he’s been playing so well at both ends and if you
Look at some of the better defensive players in the NBA they really don’t bring it on the offensive end so it makes what Anthony Davis stor all that much more impressive because he he’s got to defend sometimes the toughest player on the floor on one end and have enough
Energy to carry this team offensively along with LeBron James as well and so he’s put that combination together and look at where the Lakers are right now yeah how about a guy like DLo what’s impressed you most about him and his play he’s had those uh moments if you
Will but yeah I’m still stuck on the first segment I think Sean set the tone for the night we still have to keep it all in context because they’ve been banged up a lot we give Vanderbilt a lot of Love Like Mike just did but he hasn’t
Been on the floor so you’re you’re asking yourself can this team hit that button can LeBron still hit that button April was April 15 16 wherever the play in game kicked in can they do that again are you were asking you know I know he lik to call himself him but Reed like
I’m not sure they can do it again versus do you see the same thing with Miami where Miami we never question their culture we know when they get health they know when the playoffs get here is playoff Jimmy and different things go that way well I’m questioning this year
For Lakers fans we’re not questioning LeBron we know what LeBron’s going to do but all the rest of those guys can they do it again with How deep the West is and how well they’re playing and they’re still not moving the nether in the west Sean yeah is a heavy-hitting western
Conference this year the Lakers right now sitting at 9 they’re a half game back from the Dallas Mavs at at 8 and a game and a half back from the Sacramento Kings at seven so this is definitely going to be a big game for them it’s
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NBA Gametime | “The Sixers without Embiid are TRASH” – Shaq reacts to Grizzlies beat 76ers 115-109
