On Wednesday, the Sixers 11 17 to 109 It was behind and beads Monster 42 point performance.

And then afterward, and being in Marcus Smart traded.

Let's call them some verbal jabs after the game.

Allegations of flopping.

Yeah, which, of course, you can imagine you get into a conversation about flopping with Marcus Smart.

That's fun.

Um, is this scheduling tweak we have during coronavirus where teams play each other?

We're seeing a lot of sort of back to backs even though they're separated by a night of teams.

Used to be like, Oh, we got to circle the date march when these teams meet again, It's like tomorrow.

I like it.

I really actually, I like it a lot because, especially for reasons like this, when that first game is chippy and competitive and go down to the wire and it gets a little get a little confrontational, well, you can't hide they're talking about.

I think that it's all gonna go away because it's coming right back the next day, so I'm looking forward to seeing this game and how competitive it gets.

Uh, but I really like to schedule the way it is.

It's been fun to watch, but situations like this making much watch TV, you know what I mean?

Like, you're not like I said, I don't have to wait two weeks, three weeks a month, two months to see you.

I'm gonna see you in a couple days.

So back up what you were talking about, You know?

So I mean, it's gonna be that interview is gonna be at a high level.

Those are just too good competitors.

I don't know if you wanna talk about flopping.

I love Marcus Smart, but that's part of his game and his DNA talks about Yeah, right.

You know what I mean?

So But I've been on that side where you played a great player, and he's taking more free throws in our whole team, which is what happened, right?

There's some frustration there, and I get it.

But like I said, you're getting to see him again tonight.

So instead of if he's gonna flop, make sure he earned that.

Give me a hard one.

Here, let me just ask.

You can't really say what you want to say about flopping, okay?

No, I hate it.

E o.

But that what he really you gotta turn into all the smooth single out there.

Okay?

Cable on Showtime in the podcast there, Ugo.

I mean, look, I don't know how much do you have your boys in your ear?

Like?

I mean, I think right after there's a little confrontation, I'm not even talking about Marcus and be, by the way, because there was no on court confrontation there.

But we've gotten to see with these, like, pseudo back to backs.

The guys kind of get into a little bit.

And then Matt, what is it like for the next 24 to 48 hours?

You can't wait.

You can't.

Like I said before, you would have to wait.

Uh, and you would cool down.

You don't get you don't get no cool down.

You know what I mean?

So, like I said, all those is just a verbal back and forth.

These guys are both still gonna be ready.

Their teams are gonna have their back, so it's gonna make it funny.

But like I said, I love the fact that you're gonna have to back up what you were just talking about in 24 hours, Not two months.

Yeah, does this gets a little bit of the edge back a little too, because in the bubble, guys were doing this kind of stuff and then getting on Busses to go back to the same hotel in the same elevators.

Here.

You got that animosity?

Still some areas.

You couldn't do that like the eighties.

You couldn't get on the bus?

A.

It would be a whole fight with a gonna be a whole fight.

Very bad.

No way.

How much do you do?

Adjustments differently when you're seeing a team right all over again?

48 hours later, you make some slight tweaks.

Obviously, you gotta make it.

But you still have to stay true to what you do and what you do well, but you definitely gotta make a quick adjustment.

And that's the reason I really like this.

Back to back schedule is because you can really simulate playoff situations.

E used to tell my team when we play the team back to back.

Look, Game six, Game seven.

We gotta have both of them to win the Siris on, and I would just get them in that mindset.

And I think this gives coaches a lot of opportunities to start to simulate playoff situation in back to back.

Yeah, I love that.

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