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another game six NBA tonight this time Nick's traveling Philly 3-2 series lead Sixers attempted to do something they've never done Philly 0 and 17 alltime in series in which they've trailed three games to one that's the worst record of any franchise in NBA history and while the Knicks obviously would love to have taken game five at the Garden consider this each of New York's last four series clinching playoff wins have come on the road and that hasn't been the issue for the Knicks and their fans they flooded Wells Fargo Center for games three and four four now Sixers owner and former minority owner Michael ruin they are buying tickets to try and block New York fans Tim bontemps maybe it would just be easy for Sixers fans to buy these tickets to begin with but uh what more can you tell us about this strategy bu Sixers ownership in the expected atmosphere tonight well as you said Matt Sixers ownership bought a couple thousand tickets going to give him out to First Responders and others to have them be at the game and obviously cheer for the 76ers but that isn't going to stop Nicks fans from paying way over market price to buy tickets on the secondary market and be in the building tonight for what will obviously be a rockus atmosphere for all the reasons you mentioned the Sixers trying to keep this season alive after that incredible comeback in game five and the Knicks trying to close a series out and advance in the playoffs for two years in a row for the first time since 2000 so obviously a ton on the line tonight and honestly I think the bigger issue than the Sixers ownership buying tickets is the fact that the game is starting so late because it's at 9:00 the last Am track out of here is someone who lives in New York and knows the train schedule it's only a few minutes after 12 going to be hard for people to stay here till the end and get on the train no it's an easy trip up and down on5 but it'll be interesting to see the combination of these ownership buying the tickets and the late start blunts a little bit of what as you mentioned was a crazy atmosphere in favor of the Knicks over the first couple games here in this series only in this series could a train schedule be a factor in such a pivotal game hey what are people saying about the key for tonight's game six well Matt this Series has come down to one thing despite all the craziness all the wild performances the huge games from the stars the main thing that has determined these games has been offensive rebounding the Knicks won games one and four by dominating the offensive glass and even in the wild comeback they had at the end of game two at the Garden they won that game because they got two key offensive rebounds inside the final 30 seconds that set up that Dante T venzo game winner and in the two games in the series that the Sixers won they were able to control the and actually outrebounded the Knicks in that area so going into this game tonight obviously it's going to be key to see how Joel embiid is feeling is he going to be able to keep his energy up throughout the second half that's been an issue in each of the past two games and can the Sixers keep the Knicks off the offensive glass if they can they'll feel good about their chances of pushing this to a game seven Saturday and if they can't the Knicks very well might claim another road Victory to close out a playoff series some Classics in this series cannot wait to see what game six holds Tim Bon Temps with the latest no train for Tim he's there start to finish until we put him on TV tomorrow morning thank you Tim happy to have the three-time NBA champion Donis hlam in studia helping us break down the NBA PLS the Sixers trying to continue their momentum it's hard to figure this series the swings back and forth but they have a game tonight just to draw even and force a game seven back in New York give me Udonis your keys to what happens tonight I mean my keys are going to be the embiid and Maxi effect I think that's one of the more tougher pick and roles to guard in the league second to Joker and Murray I think that two-man game is amazing two-man game you really can't stop it you can hope to contain it and there's 2,000 tickets out there going around in the streets of Philly so I know the he the the building is going to be amazing the crowd and the energy is going to be great but look at these plays here I mean moving the ball and just playing the game of basketball but those two guys down the stretch are going to be the deciding factor you eliminate the offensive rebounds in a possession game and then you go to your stars and you let them finish it for you when you watch embiid what what's comes to mind in the last couple games you've seen him oh I mean just being dominant and he's not being dominant on the perimeter he's getting down in the paint he's being physical he's not foul hunting he's actually going through the contact and finishing at The Rim so I love the way he's playing the back game of basketball and Tes Max he's stepping his game up he's doing whatever he has to do to get his team in position to win basketball games and also understanding what Jaylen Bren does offensively it's a little bit more difficult when you got to come down on the other end and guard a guy that's just as active and just as mobile and can score just as well as you yeah okay uh we got another game six tonight bucks and Pacers we've been talking a lot about this Giannis doubtful Lillard questionable what chance he give Milwaukee in this one I give him a great chance with or without Giannis I understand that in a playoff game in a situation where you got your two best players out and you don't win that game that gives the other team confidence that breathes life into the other team and now you get a chance where you could possibly get your starters back so I'm looking at Milwaukee and I'm saying they got a chance to go in and win this game and not only go in and win this game but to continue to move forward as more the more they get healthy okay so we we got a chance to talk a little bit before the show and you you like the bucks if they get there to to beat the Celtics and Eastern Conference I like the bus if they're healthy okay if they're healthy why do you say that I mean I just like the matchups I think when you play the Celtics I think anything you can do to kind of eliminate the porzingis effect where the switchable matchups if you could switch that and eliminate that particular trigger then you take them out of something that they want to do that they have a huge Advantage at now you will eliminate that and you make them play isolation basketball isolation basketball takes away the three-point line we all know how great Boston is at shooting a three and doing the things they do with the game of basketball with the three-point line and just creating space with those guys so I think if you can eliminate the three-o line you switch that matchup then you have a chance to play isolation basketball you have a better chance of winning by the way they split the season series in four games each home team one two at their place so that's that all right you spent 20 years as a player with the Miami Heat a remarkable achievement it just doesn't happen anymore now you're the VP of basketball development yes obviously you guys were not healthy against a really good Celtics team you got bounced first round what's the number one priority this offseason well we don't use Health as an excuse we weren't healthy but so the number one priority is to get health heal and secondly I think we got to go out and we got to figure out how to PR being in another bigger guy I think Bam's done great at the center but I think if we can get him to the four that gives him even more freedom even more of an opportunity to take advantage of his size his strength his athleticism and then maybe go for another perimeter score I don't know if Terry Rosier is going to be healthy so if he's healthy he could be that guy but we didn't have him but if we get another perimeter score and a fiveman we can move bam to that four just gives a lot of Versatility and a lot of different things we can do [Music] he

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Published: Thu May 02 2024