Evaluating the New Sixers, Joel Embiid Improvements

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4.8 • 615 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Despite the Nets going on a 44-8 run the Sixers, playing without Ben Simmons, came back to win in overtime in their first game since the All-Star break. Is Joel Embiid turning a corner? And how do the Sixers' new players look in the early going? Get access to special subscriber-only podcasts from Sixers Beat plus all The Athletic’s content - go to theathletic.com/sixersbeat to get 40% off an annual subscription. Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In today's episode of The Sixers, Beat Richard and I talk about the Sixers.
0:07.5	112 to 104 win over the Brooklyn Nets.
0:10.6	About the 44-8 run, they gave up to get behind about the way they clawed themselves back.
0:16.7	Juella Meeves completely dominant performance and how some of the pieces, some of the new pieces looked in Brett Brown's makeshift rotation with Ben Simmons out of the lineup.
0:26.8	If you're not already an athletic subscriber, you can head on over to Theathletic.com slash Sixers Beat to get 40% off of a yearly subscription and get access to all of our written content.
0:37.7	With that out of the way, on the show.
0:52.7	Welcome, everybody.
0:53.5	This is Derek Bodner.
0:54.9	Join once again by Rich Hoffman on the Sixers Beat, a part of the Athletics Podcast Network.
1:01.0	How are you doing, Rich?
1:01.9	I'm good, man. Not feeling so good about the Sixers bench right now.
1:06.5	That was one doozy of a performance.
1:11.1	Sixers, I'm pulling out a 112 to 104 win and overtime against the Brooklyn Nets,
1:15.7	they now improved to 26 and 2 at the Wells Fargo.
1:20.2	They're within a half a game of fourth seed in the Eastern Conference,
1:24.9	which means they would host a first round playoff matchup, which
1:29.4	right now would be with Jimmy Butler and those Miami Heat.
1:32.8	That's our four straight win, going back to before the All-Star break.
1:36.3	It did not feel like a win for most of the night.
1:40.1	No, and, yeah, I mean, we'll talk about the, I think Wes, our editor on my piece today, called it a ghastly 44 to 6 or whatever the hell it was run.
1:52.2	And that was, that's a good word.
1:54.1	You can use a lot of words that are very negative.
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