In today's episode of The Sixers Beat, Rich and I talk about the fact that the Sixers were the top-ranked defense in the month of November.

How to reconcile that with the fact that they got lit up by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.

Whether there are any long-term concerns from that performance against the cast.

We then talk about how Joel Mad has looked in his return to play,

and how the Sixers should tailor their offense now that they have their centerpiece back.

Enjoy the podcast. All right, welcome, everybody.

This is Derek Bodner, joined by Rich Hoffman on The Sixers Beat, a part of the Athletics Podcast Network.

How you doing, Rich?

Derek, I'm doing fine.

I got nothing really else to say about that.

So let's get into it.

It's about how the Sixers are doing.

They've had some ups and downs.

A blowout win over the magic since our last podcast.

Now a blowout loss here to the Cavs with a good win,

neither a blowout in either direction,

but a good win against the Atlanta Hawks.

I guess rather than talk about any one specifically, at least to start off, I'm sure we'll get

any specifics. What's sort of been your overall takeaway here in three games since we last spoke,

or at least since we last spoke on a podcast format? Well, Joel Embed is back.

He is. It's kind of noticeable when that happens. He does tend to cast format. Well, Joe L. Embed is back. Yes.

It's kind of noticeable when that happens. He does tend to leave his imprint on the game, yeah. He's big, too. You can't really miss them either, too. No, he's not to miss. Yep. Yeah. Yeah, and I would say that That is the kind of insight you can only get by being in the lock room. He is a tall human being.

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