Sixers versus Hawks, game seven is tonight. I don't think we really need too much more of an

intro. Let's talk it over. All right. Welcome everybody.

This is Derek and Rich.

You freaking know by now.

On the Sixers Beat, a part of the Athletics Podcast Network, we are coming to you before Game

7 of Sixers v. Hawks.

I guess to get it out of the way, I apologize.

The fact that there won't be a lot of time between when this comes out and game seven, between traveling and writing and all that, yada, yada, yada. I can hear people yelling at me already. I apologize, but here we are. We're giving you a nice little game seven preview in audio form, though,'ll be, it'll be in and out short, yeah.

It's an 8 o'clock game.

There's a lot of time to listen.

It is what it is.

Deal with it.

I'm putting sunglasses on right now.

So the Sixers obviously won game six in Atlanta 104 to 99, setting up this game seven.

They will, if they do win tonight, they will take on the Milwaukee Bucks who won an overtime

in game seven of their series against the Nets.

So that game would be Wednesday again, if they win.

And if they win is a big if, because I have no idea what in the world from not only game to game,

but from quarter to quarter what to expect out of this team right now.

No, I have no idea.

And if the Sixers come out and blow the Hawks out tonight,

which that tends to happen a lot in this specific series setup,

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