March 20, 2025 • 26 mins
Hear Nick Nurse's postgame press conference (4:00) and the game recap, as the 76ers visited the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday for the final game between the two teams this season. Plus stats, analysis, and audio highlights with Tom McGinnis and Matt Murphy.
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It's a wire to wire win for the Thunder in
Oklahoma City over the Sixers, one thirty three, one hundred.
Welcome to the Parks Casino postgame Show. I'm Matt Murphy.
I'll be joined by Tom McGuinness and we'll hope to
hear from Sixers coach Nick Nurse. Triple double for Jalen
Williams not only the second triple double of his career
(02:19):
and second in about two weeks with so many Thunder
players out just like the Sixers, but it's also a
career high end points for Jalen Williams spelled with a
Y from Arkansas because Santa Clara Jalen Williams j A. L. E.
N was one of the many Thunder players who did
not play, but it's Jalen who did play with nineteen points,
(02:41):
seventeen rebounds, eleven assists and two steals against the Sixers.
They were led by Aaron Wiggins with twenty six points.
Quentin Grimes had a game high twenty eight points for
the Sixers, seventeen of those in the first half, but
fifty two percent shooting for OKC to thirty seven for
Philadelphia on the third game of a season long six
(03:02):
game road trip. Shake Gilgess Alexander thirty three points per game,
did not play. Most of their starters didn't play except
Chet Homegren. Different starting lineup combinations that they've had. Home
Grin was hurt for most of this year, so really
like their actual starting five for most of the season
was all out tonight. Isaiah Joe had twenty one to
Aaron Wiggins twenty six points. Second leading scorer on the
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Sixers was Justin Edwards with nineteen to Grimes's twenty eight.
Edwards had a career high twenty five in the first
game against the Thunder. But the Thunder win the season
series two nothing And let's hear from Nick Nurse, Cubs coach.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
What you get back a little bit, But he just
seems like at as star Cone.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
Definitely again, this group hasn't hasn't kind of come out
really ready to go and all that stuff. Tonight it
looked like they were just a step slow right from
the beginning. You're right, I think we clawed all the
way back and had it to five or six, and
then one time again in the second half. I think
(04:09):
we cut it back to eleven. But in both those situations,
I thought we heard ourselves. I mean, the defense was
a struggle all night long, but we heard ourselves offensively
by taking a series of shots quick shots that didn't
go in, and again we created some shots tonight. Obviously,
(04:31):
I think they did a good job of guarding us
off the bounce we had. This group has been doing
a good job of beating people off the dribble. Tonight
wasn't the case. And they also did a really good job.
I thought of contesting our threes, and we had our
share of good open looks. Basically, we shot a lot
of them. Could have could have used a few more
(04:52):
of those to go in, but they did a decent
job of contesting and making us miss on some of
those two. And we just had a group of guys
that didn't shoot the ball very well tonight, like a
like a group of four or five guys that you know,
really shot low percentages. But I thought Justin had a
good game, Yabu had a good game. I thought obviously
Shuma was was very good tonight.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
You know when you look at him, you know, man,
I know he was a plus you know, fourteen but
you know that can be expected right in the game
like tonight, but you know, the fifteen rebounds, he has
an offensive form and you know, he really had a
quality performance double.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Doug yep, big time game. I think that that's that
would be his role is to is to he's got
some size, he can catch and shoot the threes, get
him off pretty quick four out of five tonight and
then he was just all over the glass, you know,
just all over it at both ends. And that's that's great,
That's exactly how we we would want him to play.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
I know, like you brought Tyree's on this trip, do
you think that there's a chance we could when you
possibly see him in the next couple of games.
Speaker 5 (05:58):
He did work out today and well, you know, we're
still looking to try to get him back on the trip.
I don't know what the possibilities are percentage wise on
that Keith, but he did work out. I think Ronnie
will we'll get through the protocol by next game as well,
so we'll see if we can get some guys back. Yep, Okay, thank.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
You, yep.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Sixers coach Nick Nurse postgame. This is the Parks Casino
postgame show. It was OKAC one thirty three Philadelphia one
hundred tonight, and Tom mcguinnis, I guess we could start
with the the OKC side of it, because they seemed
really happy, their fans were happy to have them back
to for home for two games, and Jalen Williams really
took advantage of the opportunity that seventeen rebounds was also
(06:46):
a career high nineteen points. I know you admired his
pass first tendencies, but he did a little bit of
everything tonight for them.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Yeah. No, he's got some good size and again, like
he just the phrase like man amongst boys. I guess
I was reluctant to use that, but that's how it seemed.
It seemed like he had much more poise. Like you
always hear athletes talk about the game slowing down, he
had no problem picking the six ers apart tonight. And
like I said that, his passing his mostly his primary
(07:16):
spot on the court was like the top of the
three point arc and he's six' eight and he then
he held the ball strongly with both, hands clasped it
above his head and just was like throwing two head
overhead passes to the, corners to the, wings got it.
Back they were looking for. Him it was almost like
the you, know when you play in the, front you're,
Like i'll be all time. Quarterback that's kind of how he, was.
(07:39):
Right he was the guy out there and everybody was
looking for. Him it didn't even seem like he had
to move that much on. Offense and then he was
very efficient seven of. Eleven and again he's kind of
sort of a role player amongst their top, players. RIGHT
i mean when you when you start to go down the,
list he's not the top three or four, player, right
he would be their fifth or sixth best. Player that's
(08:01):
that's how good they. Are and that would be my
other overall like high arching point about you. Know and
again the phrase that comes to mind THAT i DIDN'T
i couldn't articulate or, whatever but like the high tides
lift all boats kind of. Thing and that's WHAT i
was talking about with coach prior to the, game and
that is they play at a high. Standard right, now
they're playing at a level that's you, know like beyond
(08:23):
parallel in The west and really other Than cleveland overall
and the WHOLE. Nba and so even when you're a
second or in this, case third team. Player you're playing
their system and they with their high standards and how they're,
playing and they play. Quick they you, know coach kind
of got into all the different nuances of how they
get in and out of. Stuff same. Thing, defensively their
(08:46):
defense is rated number. One and you, Know i'm not
saying there wasn't a big drop, off but they played
a very similar style and look what it ended up.
Happening they score one hundred and thirty, three they hold
The sixers to one hundred and ho, hum here we.
Go they win their twenty ninth home. Game so it's
a crowd, here eighteen thousand. Plus it may not have
(09:06):
the size of some of the other, buildings but they fill.
It people come in here with an. Expectation there's no
doubt this is a home court. Advantage they're rolling and
they swept The sixers in a big. Way start to
finish both. Games that sets.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
Dominance The sixers shot thirty five for ninety. Five and
when we say best defensive rating in THE nba for The,
thunder they give up one hundred and six points per
one hundred, possessions which is the fewest points per one
hundred in THE. Nba to. Date so it's one hundred
points on the scoreboard for The sixers tonight in the
one thirty three one hundred, lost fifty seven of the
(09:40):
ninety five attempts were threes for The. Sixers, tom what
IF i told you the one hundred and nine combine
between the two teams where the most in THE nba
and a game this, Season.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Wow i'd say it was slightly more than that game
In december In. Chicago BUT i, mean LIKE i, said
like we don't employ like we don't have a color,
commentator there wouldn't be time for a guy like it's
just like, this he Goes Jalen, Williams Justin. Edward you
know WHAT i. Mean there's times when that's what it
looked like like at both ends of, Court Quintin, grimes,
(10:11):
Right like guys are just letting it a. Rip so
say what you want about that style of, play but
that's kind of what it becomes when when you get,
that when you get one hundred plus threes up right,
offensively that's sort of that's what it sounds.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Like twelfth game in THE nba this year where one
hundred have been taken between the two, teams one hundred or.
More it was one oh eight was the season. High
it Was chicago At boston On december, nineteenth and The
sixers and The thunder go past that tonight with one
hundred and. Nine but the thunder made forty six percent
of theirs and The sixers only made thirty two percent
(10:45):
of their three point. Attempts, Now, tom it's Sant Ane.
Antonio so you're past the midway point of this six
game road trip The, spurs as we were checking in on,
it and they have beaten The. Knicks they were up
big at halftime and they win one twenty one oh
five at home against The knicks who have everybody Except,
(11:06):
brunson and The spurs have been playing Without wemby and Dearon.
Fox so how much different is that game going to
look On friday than when The spurs visited right before the.
Holidays that was a wild game When embiid got ejected
and When minyama had eight, Blocks maxi had thirty, two
ten and. Eight but it will look much different On.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Friday, well just from a selfish, standpoint you kind of
would want to See wemby just because he's such a
unique player and you only see him twice a. Year
AND i, mean first of, all was that was to
me the biggest shock of The All star. Weekend and
it happened after The All Star AND i just read
something today he was In. Wyoming, yeah so he must have,
(11:45):
left but little trip.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
After that's very common for The All stars to try
to squeak he's a vacation in after they play in.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
The, game which not necessarily To. Wyoming i've heard of The,
caribbeans BUT i guess when you're out there after The
All star. Break but, yeah, no like you, know LIKE i,
said it came on the heels like after The All
star break and just a crushing blow for The, spurs
like just because he's their best player and you, know
he's just an amazing talent for the. League. Really but,
(12:12):
yeah so That's Chris paul's holding them. TOGETHER i just
read a long piece ON espn yesterday written in part
By Ramona shelburne in terms of About pop how it went, down.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Really good article her And michael. C. Wright pop's not
going to return to the sidelines at least this.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Season, Yeah and it, was you, know like a good
storytelling in terms of how it went down With Kelden
johnson And pop had been working out and just, YEAH
i read that last. Night SO i, mean it's just
it's not the same right Without greg popa bit. There in,
FACT i was just scrolling through some pictures for something
else today AND i don't even know WHY i say,
this but it was With Coach nurse And, pop AND
(12:50):
i showed it To coach this morning and he's, like,
oh that was In, australia so he Was Team canada's
coach and the two countries had played Down under And
pops getting ready to Shake Coach nurse's hand And Coach
nurse has a OR i mean a Red. Canada Team
CANADA sweatshd on you know WHAT i. Mean so, obviously
(13:11):
like his health and what he's been for THE nba
and for that, franchise you, know you just wish the
best for. Him and so going down there is different
Without Greg popovich on the, sidelines and you, know their
their poise for a really solid you, know as they've done,
before rebuild if you, will or resurface to the eminence
(13:32):
to the top right and for the, sixers Like coach said,
tonight you, know these guys just didn't have the jump
didn't have it like the way they did in That houston,
game and understandably so that was why that was such
a unique. Start that was a wild, start like how
well The sixers played early in the, game you know,
so but no Or oklahoma took it to The, sixers
(13:53):
and The sixers see if they can't get even on
the trip with the wind In San, antonio and then
it's an unusual back to back as you go back
up To georgia and then down In New orleans to
close it. Out longest road trip of the. Year but so,
far so good in terms of how it's gone the
record obviously The sixers with the one and two losses,
here but moving on in The southwest tour down to
(14:15):
The Alamo city For Friday nights.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
Game all, Right tom in the in The spurs win
over The, knicks by the, way nineteen minutes off the.
Bench thirty four points For Sandro Mamu College vili Oh
man thirty four.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Points good for, Him not good for me because he's
on my, least like like the name.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
Thing Mamu College villi thirteen for, fourteen shooting seven for
seven from three nine, rebounds thirty four.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Points he's getting. Time what's his, Nickname? Moose can we
call him?
Speaker 3 (14:45):
Moose, mamu.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Mamu there you. Go i'll be calling them all.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
Right, Tom, thanks have a good.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
One.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
Bye so The spurs one, twenty The knicks one oh
five In. Texas In, oklahoma The thunder one thirty, three
The sixers one. HUNDRED i think we found our stat
of the game with the three point, attempts but we'll
go down the list for all time in that regard
for most between two, teams because we said it's a
(15:14):
new season high in THE nba with one hundred and
nine three pointers attempted in This Sixers thunder. Game we'll
do that in a little. While we'll also have the
game as called from start to finish with some of
the key.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Plays it was All.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
Thunder they're first placed in The, west and If denver
upsets The lakers, tonight The thunder will clinch the number
one seed in The Western. Conference On march, nineteenth game
highlights and a final wrap up still to come after
The sixers fall IN okc one thirty, three one. Hundred
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this is the Part casino postgame show following this one thirty,
three one hundred loss for The sixers to The. Thunder
The sixers record is twenty three and forty, six while
The thunder are fifty seven and. Twelve Matt murphy back
with You Park's casino post game show highlights in A.
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Moment The thunder are now twenty five and one against
The Eastern. Conference they came in with the number one,
defense the number four, offense and having won ten of,
eleven so make that eleven of. Twelve Quentin grimes was
the game's leading scorer when it was all said and
done twenty eight points For. Philadelphia Jalen williams led in
rebounding and assists because he had his second career triple.
(16:30):
Double with a bunch of Key thunder players, out he
stepped up in the biggest way or the most ways
across the board career high nineteen, points career high seventeen,
rebounds and eleven assists to complete the triple. Double Chuma
okk for the six had a career high in rebounds
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with fifteen off the bench fourteen, points his fourth career double.
DOUBLE a long Time Orlando magic player had THREE nba
double doubles previously in his. Career they were all in
the twenty twenty one to twenty two season with The,
magic he had four threes on five attempts in thirty seven,
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minutes fourteen points and a team best fifteen. Rebounds ok
on his second ten day contract with The. Sixers well
here how he did it in the highlights in a,
second But Alex reese scored AN nba career high eleven
points against his former. Team Justin edwards had, nineteen so
(17:34):
two strong scoring games for him against The thunder this.
Year and more on the high number of three pointers
taken one hundred and nine and where that sits historically
after the, Highlights but let's listen to how it sounded
The sixers and The thunder In Oklahoma. City sixers in white,
(17:58):
Uniforms thunder in, blue and coming into this, one The
thunder knew they could clinch The west or the number
one spot in The west with a win and A
lakers loss in one of the later. Games they were
without all of their starters Except Chet. Holmgren Eleven sixers
out for the third game of this long six game road,
(18:21):
trip So yabusele was back For. Philadelphia The thunder were
Without Shay, Gilgess Alexander Jalen, williams The All Star Isaiah,
Hartenstein Casin wallace And Lou dort among. Others first, quarter
though they still scored the first ten points of the,
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game it became a seventeen to three lead for The
thunder as The sixers started shooting one for ten and
then it was nineteen five because Of Chet, Holmgren.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Oklahoma has the ball Home grin with it, spinning, hanging
Shooting chet off the. Rim he gets the. Roll he's
three for three with Nine williams And joe each have.
Five nineteen to. Five The thunder.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
Rolls that was one Of Jalen williams' eleven. Assists Home
grin finished with nineteen points and seven rebounds in twenty three.
Minutes Quentin grimes had nine points in the first, quarter
so Did chuma okk And grimes to cut it to
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eight in the first with.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
The Putback council with a quick attack Into okiki Now
reese for three that skips off the rim Rebound crimes lucky.
Bounce it went off the hands Of williams Ken. Ridge
williams couldn't secure it And grimes right there to gather
it and put, it and he's got Nine sixers down.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
By eight seventeen Of grimes's game high twenty eight scored
in the first, half twenty eight to. Twenty and Here's
tchumah one of those four. Threes in the.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
First Rebound okeeke And Jared butler will bring it across
one oh Fiveyg butler on a drive to the Corner
Chuma okeeke for, three and that's. Good so he's got
three threes in the, game.
Speaker 3 (20:11):
Four, Totals so three of them were in the first,
quarter thirty seven to twenty Six Oklahoma. City after that
one turned into forty two to twenty. Six after one
Again schuma with fourteen points and fifteen rebounds in the.
Game but it was forty two twenty six because the
thundershot sixty seven percent in the first, quarter including seven
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for twelve from three point. Range to the second we
go because the thunder also would score well at the
end of this second. Quarter but before, that The sixers
in the second had a nineteen to four scoring run
to get with then.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Six and it Was gershan Six ers back out Top
Yabu salea another three this. Time it's. Good he had
missed the previous, two made one. Earlier now he's got
eight six ers eight of twenty four to thirty three
percent from three fifty five forty Nine.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
Thunder eleven points in twenty minutes for y'abusele three for
eight from, three four for. Nine, overall The thunder did.
Score they outscored The sixers fifteen to seven heading to
the locker room for a fourteen to point, lead And
Isaiah joe had the first basket of the game on
a three pointer and he had another three late in the.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
Half Isaiah joe in the corner by their bench for
three and that's. Good he started the game with The may.
Three that's his second and he now has. Ten The
thunder ten of twenty two from.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
Three they lead by eleven sixty two fifty one and
it became seventy fifty six at halftime twenty one in the.
Game for the Former Sixer Isaiah, joe he was five
for nine from three in twenty nine. Minutes fourteen point
deficit for The sixers at the half got worse because
it was All thunder in the third quarter and their
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leading scorer in the game was Former Maryland Terrapin Aaron.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Wiggins sixers steal the ball and get it back go
shape er set breaks it up Justin edwards throws it
right back to them and now The thunder going left
to right into the. Lane here's a driving left hand
layup good and About Aaron wiggins, finishes so a flip
flop of. Turnovers The thunder gets it back and they
go up eighty to sixty.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
One wiggins with twenty six points in the game averages,
eleven does have a forty one point game on the.
SEASON okc in the third quarter out scored The sixers
thirty three to eighteen for a one ozho three seventy
four lead heading into the fourth. Quarter AND i Mentioned
Alex rees with a career. Game his story is. Fascinating
(22:47):
we've talked about it. Before he's on a two contract
right now with The sixers and The Blue. Coats he
played collegiately At, alabama and then he was not playing.
Professionally he was moving, furniture working as a bartender and missed.
Basketball that he decided to play In luxembourg and made
his way back to THE G league earlier this, year
(23:08):
where he was playing so well For portland's, team The
Rip City, remix that The sixers signed. Him but before
that he was with The thunder and at the end Of.
October he made HIS nba debut to start the season
before they let him. Go so HIS nba debut came
in this building and he scored a basket that. Night
and tonight he gets AN nba career high with eleven,
points including his third three.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Edwards back To Alex, reese he's already got a career,
high adds three more to that. Total he's in double
digits with Eleven sixers with a good reverse pivot and
a kickout on the. Play the assists there for The,
sixers Justin Edwards Alex.
Speaker 3 (23:44):
Reese in a one to twelve seventy nine, game the
final score The thunder one thirty, three The sixers one
hundred As Oklahoma city gets to a league best fifty
seven to. Twelve sixers fall to twenty three and forty six.
Rees took seven, threes made three of. Them The sixers
took fifty, seven going eighteen for fifty, seven which is
(24:08):
thirty one point six, percent and The thunder took fifty,
two making twenty, four which is forty six percent from
three point, range and it is the most combined threes
in AN nba game this season between two. Teams claiming
the spot passed The celtics and The bulls in Mid
(24:28):
december by one, Attempt so one hundred and nine in
this game is the new single game high for three pointers.
Attempted it is the most The sixers have taken in
a game this, season and probably in a game in
a long, time by six they. Had they took fifty
(24:48):
plus one other, time and it was back On november
fourth In. Phoenix tom AND i briefly discussed A Bulls
hornets game in the last, segment AND i believe the
one he was referencing was a record for combined misses
at seventy five between The hornets and The, bulls which
(25:11):
was the most in a regulation length game IN nba,
History so this would be sixty nine, misses so close to.
That but the thunder kind of held up held up
their end of the, bargain going forty six percent on
a night where they take over one hundred and set
AN nba season. High THE nba record for the most
(25:33):
combined three point attempts in a single game is one
hundred and, sixteen set by The bucks fifty five and
The hawks sixty one On march, thirty, first twenty. Nineteen
so that's our stat of the game tonight and that
will just about do it for. Us At San antonio On,
friday quick check on the, standings but not much will have.
(25:58):
Changed The sixers are thirteenth in The. East they have
the same record as The Brooklyn nets at twenty three
and forty, six AND okc has a double digit game
cushion on The sixers previous, opponent The Houston, rockets in
first place in The. West they are on a four
game winning. Streak it's eleven of twelve. Overall they've only
lost to An Eastern conference opponent once this. Season they
(26:18):
beat The sixers by a final score of one thirty
three one. Hundred this has been the seventy Six ers
postgame show presented By Parks. Casino thanks to our Producers
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on the. Call The friday night game In San antonio
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It's a wire to wire win for the Thunder in
Oklahoma City over the Sixers, one thirty three, one hundred.
Welcome to the Parks Casino postgame Show. I'm Matt Murphy.
I'll be joined by Tom McGuinness and we'll hope to
hear from Sixers coach Nick Nurse. Triple double for Jalen
Williams not only the second triple double of his career
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and second in about two weeks with so many Thunder
players out just like the Sixers, but it's also a
career high end points for Jalen Williams spelled with a
Y from Arkansas because Santa Clara Jalen Williams j A. L. E.
N was one of the many Thunder players who did
not play, but it's Jalen who did play with nineteen points,
(02:41):
seventeen rebounds, eleven assists and two steals against the Sixers.
They were led by Aaron Wiggins with twenty six points.
Quentin Grimes had a game high twenty eight points for
the Sixers, seventeen of those in the first half, but
fifty two percent shooting for OKC to thirty seven for
Philadelphia on the third game of a season long six
(03:02):
game road trip. Shake Gilgess Alexander thirty three points per game,
did not play. Most of their starters didn't play except
Chet Homegren. Different starting lineup combinations that they've had. Home
Grin was hurt for most of this year, so really
like their actual starting five for most of the season
was all out tonight. Isaiah Joe had twenty one to
Aaron Wiggins twenty six points. Second leading scorer on the
(03:24):
Sixers was Justin Edwards with nineteen to Grimes's twenty eight.
Edwards had a career high twenty five in the first
game against the Thunder. But the Thunder win the season
series two nothing And let's hear from Nick Nurse, Cubs coach.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
What you get back a little bit, But he just
seems like at as star Cone.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
Definitely again, this group hasn't hasn't kind of come out
really ready to go and all that stuff. Tonight it
looked like they were just a step slow right from
the beginning. You're right, I think we clawed all the
way back and had it to five or six, and
then one time again in the second half. I think
(04:09):
we cut it back to eleven. But in both those situations,
I thought we heard ourselves. I mean, the defense was
a struggle all night long, but we heard ourselves offensively
by taking a series of shots quick shots that didn't
go in, and again we created some shots tonight. Obviously,
(04:31):
I think they did a good job of guarding us
off the bounce we had. This group has been doing
a good job of beating people off the dribble. Tonight
wasn't the case. And they also did a really good job.
I thought of contesting our threes, and we had our
share of good open looks. Basically, we shot a lot
of them. Could have could have used a few more
(04:52):
of those to go in, but they did a decent
job of contesting and making us miss on some of
those two. And we just had a group of guys
that didn't shoot the ball very well tonight, like a
like a group of four or five guys that you know,
really shot low percentages. But I thought Justin had a
good game, Yabu had a good game. I thought obviously
Shuma was was very good tonight.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
You know when you look at him, you know, man,
I know he was a plus you know, fourteen but
you know that can be expected right in the game
like tonight, but you know, the fifteen rebounds, he has
an offensive form and you know, he really had a
quality performance double.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Doug yep, big time game. I think that that's that
would be his role is to is to he's got
some size, he can catch and shoot the threes, get
him off pretty quick four out of five tonight and
then he was just all over the glass, you know,
just all over it at both ends. And that's that's great,
That's exactly how we we would want him to play.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
I know, like you brought Tyree's on this trip, do
you think that there's a chance we could when you
possibly see him in the next couple of games.
Speaker 5 (05:58):
He did work out today and well, you know, we're
still looking to try to get him back on the trip.
I don't know what the possibilities are percentage wise on
that Keith, but he did work out. I think Ronnie
will we'll get through the protocol by next game as well,
so we'll see if we can get some guys back. Yep, Okay, thank.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
You, yep.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Sixers coach Nick Nurse postgame. This is the Parks Casino
postgame show. It was OKAC one thirty three Philadelphia one
hundred tonight, and Tom mcguinnis, I guess we could start
with the the OKC side of it, because they seemed
really happy, their fans were happy to have them back
to for home for two games, and Jalen Williams really
took advantage of the opportunity that seventeen rebounds was also
(06:46):
a career high nineteen points. I know you admired his
pass first tendencies, but he did a little bit of
everything tonight for them.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Yeah. No, he's got some good size and again, like
he just the phrase like man amongst boys. I guess
I was reluctant to use that, but that's how it seemed.
It seemed like he had much more poise. Like you
always hear athletes talk about the game slowing down, he
had no problem picking the six ers apart tonight. And
like I said that, his passing his mostly his primary
(07:16):
spot on the court was like the top of the
three point arc and he's six' eight and he then
he held the ball strongly with both, hands clasped it
above his head and just was like throwing two head
overhead passes to the, corners to the, wings got it.
Back they were looking for. Him it was almost like
the you, know when you play in the, front you're,
Like i'll be all time. Quarterback that's kind of how he, was.
(07:39):
Right he was the guy out there and everybody was
looking for. Him it didn't even seem like he had
to move that much on. Offense and then he was
very efficient seven of. Eleven and again he's kind of
sort of a role player amongst their top, players. RIGHT
i mean when you when you start to go down the,
list he's not the top three or four, player, right
he would be their fifth or sixth best. Player that's
(08:01):
that's how good they. Are and that would be my
other overall like high arching point about you. Know and
again the phrase that comes to mind THAT i DIDN'T
i couldn't articulate or, whatever but like the high tides
lift all boats kind of. Thing and that's WHAT i
was talking about with coach prior to the, game and
that is they play at a high. Standard right, now
they're playing at a level that's you, know like beyond
(08:23):
parallel in The west and really other Than cleveland overall
and the WHOLE. Nba and so even when you're a
second or in this, case third team. Player you're playing
their system and they with their high standards and how they're,
playing and they play. Quick they you, know coach kind
of got into all the different nuances of how they
get in and out of. Stuff same. Thing, defensively their
(08:46):
defense is rated number. One and you, Know i'm not
saying there wasn't a big drop, off but they played
a very similar style and look what it ended up.
Happening they score one hundred and thirty, three they hold
The sixers to one hundred and ho, hum here we.
Go they win their twenty ninth home. Game so it's
a crowd, here eighteen thousand. Plus it may not have
(09:06):
the size of some of the other, buildings but they fill.
It people come in here with an. Expectation there's no
doubt this is a home court. Advantage they're rolling and
they swept The sixers in a big. Way start to
finish both. Games that sets.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
Dominance The sixers shot thirty five for ninety. Five and
when we say best defensive rating in THE nba for The,
thunder they give up one hundred and six points per
one hundred, possessions which is the fewest points per one
hundred in THE. Nba to. Date so it's one hundred
points on the scoreboard for The sixers tonight in the
one thirty three one hundred, lost fifty seven of the
(09:40):
ninety five attempts were threes for The. Sixers, tom what
IF i told you the one hundred and nine combine
between the two teams where the most in THE nba
and a game this, Season.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Wow i'd say it was slightly more than that game
In december In. Chicago BUT i, mean LIKE i, said
like we don't employ like we don't have a color,
commentator there wouldn't be time for a guy like it's
just like, this he Goes Jalen, Williams Justin. Edward you
know WHAT i. Mean there's times when that's what it
looked like like at both ends of, Court Quintin, grimes,
(10:11):
Right like guys are just letting it a. Rip so
say what you want about that style of, play but
that's kind of what it becomes when when you get,
that when you get one hundred plus threes up right,
offensively that's sort of that's what it sounds.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Like twelfth game in THE nba this year where one
hundred have been taken between the two, teams one hundred or.
More it was one oh eight was the season. High
it Was chicago At boston On december, nineteenth and The
sixers and The thunder go past that tonight with one
hundred and. Nine but the thunder made forty six percent
of theirs and The sixers only made thirty two percent
(10:45):
of their three point. Attempts, Now, tom it's Sant Ane.
Antonio so you're past the midway point of this six
game road trip The, spurs as we were checking in on,
it and they have beaten The. Knicks they were up
big at halftime and they win one twenty one oh
five at home against The knicks who have everybody Except,
(11:06):
brunson and The spurs have been playing Without wemby and Dearon.
Fox so how much different is that game going to
look On friday than when The spurs visited right before the.
Holidays that was a wild game When embiid got ejected
and When minyama had eight, Blocks maxi had thirty, two
ten and. Eight but it will look much different On.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Friday, well just from a selfish, standpoint you kind of
would want to See wemby just because he's such a
unique player and you only see him twice a. Year
AND i, mean first of, all was that was to
me the biggest shock of The All star. Weekend and
it happened after The All Star AND i just read
something today he was In. Wyoming, yeah so he must have,
(11:45):
left but little trip.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
After that's very common for The All stars to try
to squeak he's a vacation in after they play in.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
The, game which not necessarily To. Wyoming i've heard of The,
caribbeans BUT i guess when you're out there after The
All star. Break but, yeah, no like you, know LIKE i,
said it came on the heels like after The All
star break and just a crushing blow for The, spurs
like just because he's their best player and you, know
he's just an amazing talent for the. League. Really but,
(12:12):
yeah so That's Chris paul's holding them. TOGETHER i just
read a long piece ON espn yesterday written in part
By Ramona shelburne in terms of About pop how it went, down.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Really good article her And michael. C. Wright pop's not
going to return to the sidelines at least this.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Season, Yeah and it, was you, know like a good
storytelling in terms of how it went down With Kelden
johnson And pop had been working out and just, YEAH
i read that last. Night SO i, mean it's just
it's not the same right Without greg popa bit. There in,
FACT i was just scrolling through some pictures for something
else today AND i don't even know WHY i say,
this but it was With Coach nurse And, pop AND
(12:50):
i showed it To coach this morning and he's, like,
oh that was In, australia so he Was Team canada's
coach and the two countries had played Down under And
pops getting ready to Shake Coach nurse's hand And Coach
nurse has a OR i mean a Red. Canada Team
CANADA sweatshd on you know WHAT i. Mean so, obviously
(13:11):
like his health and what he's been for THE nba
and for that, franchise you, know you just wish the
best for. Him and so going down there is different
Without Greg popovich on the, sidelines and you, know their
their poise for a really solid you, know as they've done,
before rebuild if you, will or resurface to the eminence
(13:32):
to the top right and for the, sixers Like coach said,
tonight you, know these guys just didn't have the jump
didn't have it like the way they did in That houston,
game and understandably so that was why that was such
a unique. Start that was a wild, start like how
well The sixers played early in the, game you know,
so but no Or oklahoma took it to The, sixers
(13:53):
and The sixers see if they can't get even on
the trip with the wind In San, antonio and then
it's an unusual back to back as you go back
up To georgia and then down In New orleans to
close it. Out longest road trip of the. Year but so,
far so good in terms of how it's gone the
record obviously The sixers with the one and two losses,
here but moving on in The southwest tour down to
(14:15):
The Alamo city For Friday nights.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
Game all, Right tom in the in The spurs win
over The, knicks by the, way nineteen minutes off the.
Bench thirty four points For Sandro Mamu College vili Oh
man thirty four.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Points good for, Him not good for me because he's
on my, least like like the name.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
Thing Mamu College villi thirteen for, fourteen shooting seven for
seven from three nine, rebounds thirty four.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Points he's getting. Time what's his, Nickname? Moose can we
call him?
Speaker 3 (14:45):
Moose, mamu.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Mamu there you. Go i'll be calling them all.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
Right, Tom, thanks have a good.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
One.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
Bye so The spurs one, twenty The knicks one oh
five In. Texas In, oklahoma The thunder one thirty, three
The sixers one. HUNDRED i think we found our stat
of the game with the three point, attempts but we'll
go down the list for all time in that regard
for most between two, teams because we said it's a
(15:14):
new season high in THE nba with one hundred and
nine three pointers attempted in This Sixers thunder. Game we'll
do that in a little. While we'll also have the
game as called from start to finish with some of
the key.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Plays it was All.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
Thunder they're first placed in The, west and If denver
upsets The lakers, tonight The thunder will clinch the number
one seed in The Western. Conference On march, nineteenth game
highlights and a final wrap up still to come after
The sixers fall IN okc one thirty, three one. Hundred
(15:48):
this is the Part casino postgame show following this one thirty,
three one hundred loss for The sixers to The. Thunder
The sixers record is twenty three and forty, six while
The thunder are fifty seven and. Twelve Matt murphy back
with You Park's casino post game show highlights in A.
(16:08):
Moment The thunder are now twenty five and one against
The Eastern. Conference they came in with the number one,
defense the number four, offense and having won ten of,
eleven so make that eleven of. Twelve Quentin grimes was
the game's leading scorer when it was all said and
done twenty eight points For. Philadelphia Jalen williams led in
rebounding and assists because he had his second career triple.
(16:30):
Double with a bunch of Key thunder players, out he
stepped up in the biggest way or the most ways
across the board career high nineteen, points career high seventeen,
rebounds and eleven assists to complete the triple. Double Chuma
okk for the six had a career high in rebounds
(16:51):
with fifteen off the bench fourteen, points his fourth career double.
DOUBLE a long Time Orlando magic player had THREE nba
double doubles previously in his. Career they were all in
the twenty twenty one to twenty two season with The,
magic he had four threes on five attempts in thirty seven,
(17:11):
minutes fourteen points and a team best fifteen. Rebounds ok
on his second ten day contract with The. Sixers well
here how he did it in the highlights in a,
second But Alex reese scored AN nba career high eleven
points against his former. Team Justin edwards had, nineteen so
(17:34):
two strong scoring games for him against The thunder this.
Year and more on the high number of three pointers
taken one hundred and nine and where that sits historically
after the, Highlights but let's listen to how it sounded
The sixers and The thunder In Oklahoma. City sixers in white,
(17:58):
Uniforms thunder in, blue and coming into this, one The
thunder knew they could clinch The west or the number
one spot in The west with a win and A
lakers loss in one of the later. Games they were
without all of their starters Except Chet. Holmgren Eleven sixers
out for the third game of this long six game road,
(18:21):
trip So yabusele was back For. Philadelphia The thunder were
Without Shay, Gilgess Alexander Jalen, williams The All Star Isaiah,
Hartenstein Casin wallace And Lou dort among. Others first, quarter
though they still scored the first ten points of the,
(18:41):
game it became a seventeen to three lead for The
thunder as The sixers started shooting one for ten and
then it was nineteen five because Of Chet, Holmgren.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Oklahoma has the ball Home grin with it, spinning, hanging
Shooting chet off the. Rim he gets the. Roll he's
three for three with Nine williams And joe each have.
Five nineteen to. Five The thunder.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
Rolls that was one Of Jalen williams' eleven. Assists Home
grin finished with nineteen points and seven rebounds in twenty three.
Minutes Quentin grimes had nine points in the first, quarter
so Did chuma okk And grimes to cut it to
(19:28):
eight in the first with.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
The Putback council with a quick attack Into okiki Now
reese for three that skips off the rim Rebound crimes lucky.
Bounce it went off the hands Of williams Ken. Ridge
williams couldn't secure it And grimes right there to gather
it and put, it and he's got Nine sixers down.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
By eight seventeen Of grimes's game high twenty eight scored
in the first, half twenty eight to. Twenty and Here's
tchumah one of those four. Threes in the.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
First Rebound okeeke And Jared butler will bring it across
one oh Fiveyg butler on a drive to the Corner
Chuma okeeke for, three and that's. Good so he's got
three threes in the, game.
Speaker 3 (20:11):
Four, Totals so three of them were in the first,
quarter thirty seven to twenty Six Oklahoma. City after that
one turned into forty two to twenty. Six after one
Again schuma with fourteen points and fifteen rebounds in the.
Game but it was forty two twenty six because the
thundershot sixty seven percent in the first, quarter including seven
(20:32):
for twelve from three point. Range to the second we
go because the thunder also would score well at the
end of this second. Quarter but before, that The sixers
in the second had a nineteen to four scoring run
to get with then.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Six and it Was gershan Six ers back out Top
Yabu salea another three this. Time it's. Good he had
missed the previous, two made one. Earlier now he's got
eight six ers eight of twenty four to thirty three
percent from three fifty five forty Nine.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
Thunder eleven points in twenty minutes for y'abusele three for
eight from, three four for. Nine, overall The thunder did.
Score they outscored The sixers fifteen to seven heading to
the locker room for a fourteen to point, lead And
Isaiah joe had the first basket of the game on
a three pointer and he had another three late in the.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
Half Isaiah joe in the corner by their bench for
three and that's. Good he started the game with The may.
Three that's his second and he now has. Ten The
thunder ten of twenty two from.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
Three they lead by eleven sixty two fifty one and
it became seventy fifty six at halftime twenty one in the.
Game for the Former Sixer Isaiah, joe he was five
for nine from three in twenty nine. Minutes fourteen point
deficit for The sixers at the half got worse because
it was All thunder in the third quarter and their
(21:59):
leading scorer in the game was Former Maryland Terrapin Aaron.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Wiggins sixers steal the ball and get it back go
shape er set breaks it up Justin edwards throws it
right back to them and now The thunder going left
to right into the. Lane here's a driving left hand
layup good and About Aaron wiggins, finishes so a flip
flop of. Turnovers The thunder gets it back and they
go up eighty to sixty.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
One wiggins with twenty six points in the game averages,
eleven does have a forty one point game on the.
SEASON okc in the third quarter out scored The sixers
thirty three to eighteen for a one ozho three seventy
four lead heading into the fourth. Quarter AND i Mentioned
Alex rees with a career. Game his story is. Fascinating
(22:47):
we've talked about it. Before he's on a two contract
right now with The sixers and The Blue. Coats he
played collegiately At, alabama and then he was not playing.
Professionally he was moving, furniture working as a bartender and missed.
Basketball that he decided to play In luxembourg and made
his way back to THE G league earlier this, year
(23:08):
where he was playing so well For portland's, team The
Rip City, remix that The sixers signed. Him but before
that he was with The thunder and at the end Of.
October he made HIS nba debut to start the season
before they let him. Go so HIS nba debut came
in this building and he scored a basket that. Night
and tonight he gets AN nba career high with eleven,
points including his third three.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Edwards back To Alex, reese he's already got a career,
high adds three more to that. Total he's in double
digits with Eleven sixers with a good reverse pivot and
a kickout on the. Play the assists there for The,
sixers Justin Edwards Alex.
Speaker 3 (23:44):
Reese in a one to twelve seventy nine, game the
final score The thunder one thirty, three The sixers one
hundred As Oklahoma city gets to a league best fifty
seven to. Twelve sixers fall to twenty three and forty six.
Rees took seven, threes made three of. Them The sixers
took fifty, seven going eighteen for fifty, seven which is
(24:08):
thirty one point six, percent and The thunder took fifty,
two making twenty, four which is forty six percent from
three point, range and it is the most combined threes
in AN nba game this season between two. Teams claiming
the spot passed The celtics and The bulls in Mid
(24:28):
december by one, Attempt so one hundred and nine in
this game is the new single game high for three pointers.
Attempted it is the most The sixers have taken in
a game this, season and probably in a game in
a long, time by six they. Had they took fifty
(24:48):
plus one other, time and it was back On november
fourth In. Phoenix tom AND i briefly discussed A Bulls
hornets game in the last, segment AND i believe the
one he was referencing was a record for combined misses
at seventy five between The hornets and The, bulls which
(25:11):
was the most in a regulation length game IN nba,
History so this would be sixty nine, misses so close to.
That but the thunder kind of held up held up
their end of the, bargain going forty six percent on
a night where they take over one hundred and set
AN nba season. High THE nba record for the most
(25:33):
combined three point attempts in a single game is one
hundred and, sixteen set by The bucks fifty five and
The hawks sixty one On march, thirty, first twenty. Nineteen
so that's our stat of the game tonight and that
will just about do it for. Us At San antonio On,
friday quick check on the, standings but not much will have.
(25:58):
Changed The sixers are thirteenth in The. East they have
the same record as The Brooklyn nets at twenty three
and forty, six AND okc has a double digit game
cushion on The sixers previous, opponent The Houston, rockets in
first place in The. West they are on a four
game winning. Streak it's eleven of twelve. Overall they've only
lost to An Eastern conference opponent once this. Season they
(26:18):
beat The sixers by a final score of one thirty
three one. Hundred this has been the seventy Six ers
postgame show presented By Parks. Casino thanks to our Producers
Matt monark And Sean, rodman and of Course tom McGuinness
on the. Call The friday night game In San antonio
is another eight Pm eastern road, start this time against The.
Spurs Are coverage here on The Sixers Radio network presented
(26:41):
By Jackpott City casino will again begin at seven to Fifty.
Eastern until, Then I'm Matt murphy saying thanks so much for.
Listening happy first day Of March madness On, thursday one
of my favorite days of the. Year enjoy that and
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