PHLY Sixers Podcast | Joel Embiid leads Sixers over Nuggets in MVP showdown with Nikola Jokic

PHLY Philadelphia Sixers Podcast

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4.7 • 631 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2024

⏱️ 94 minutes

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In a showdown between two of the NBA’s best, Joel Embiid and the Sixers down the Nuggets, 126-121, in a heavyweight bout. Embiid was phenomenal as he finished with 41 points, seven rebounds and 10 assists. His MVP counterpart, Nikola Jokic, posted a double-double of 25 and 19 boards in the loss. Tyrese Maxey added 25 and Tobias Harris totaled 24 as Philadelphia collected their 26th win. Derek Bodner and Devon Givens team up for the postgame show — Kyle Neubeck breaks it down from the arena. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know, Oh, on a frigate night in South Philadelphia and the Sixers hosting the Denver Nuggets.
0:43.4	Second night of a back-to-back.
0:46.0	And the home team comes up with a huge win over the Denver Nuggets.
0:50.7	Final score as they go at it.
0:53.2	And I mean go at it.
0:54.4	Defense optional in this one, 126, 121.
0:59.0	Duck this!
1:00.6	As the graphic says on the top of this show, welcome to the P.HLY Sixthus Postgame Show here on this Tuesday night alongside Derek Bodner.
1:10.0	I'm Devon Givins.
1:10.9	Bree Producing Kyle Newbeck live from the arena will get his thoughts,
1:14.4	how it sounded in the arena, how it looked, how it all played out as the Sixers pick up a very good win.
1:21.0	An impressive, impressive game of a matchup between two MVPs.
1:26.0	We saw two different styles of play between the two tonight, 41, 4MB,
1:30.5	25 and 19 for Nicola Yokic, and B picks up 10 assists.
1:35.3	He does get the double-double.
1:36.7	He does.
1:37.5	But it doesn't work out that the street continues with the 10 boards.
1:42.3	He got the 10 assists.
1:43.3	Derek, this one was defense optional in the first, but it picked up in the second half. Yeah, and certainly down to stretch. I mean, what did the nuggets end up there within the fourth quarter? 17 points in the fourth quarter as the Sixers pulled away from this one. Some of that was certainly increased defense from the Sixers. Some of that I think was a little bit tired legs.
2:01.5	Both teams were playing sort of at a breakneck pace.
2:03.8	Eventually that caught up to him and some sloppy play from the Nuggets too.
2:07.1	But more importantly, there were a number of absolutely monster performances from this one.
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