 Our next guest Sarah Kustak will call the Nets in the Sixers game to tonight with Chris Shearan and Jim Spinarkel in studio The yes pregame shows at 730 game is at 8 and of course the yes post game to follow Sarah Michael Don and Peter. How you doing? Hey guys wonderful thing. Tell me yourself very very well. That's are doing pretty well as well I wanted to ask you about this. I thought that The net staff out coached the Sixer staff especially when it came to the big man in the first half a first game So what what what can the Sixers do to counteract where the Nets went small and kind of took everybody out into space? Well, first of all, I 100 Agree with you on that note and I think with the Sixers I'm going to be interested to see what Brett Brown does because A lot of the limitations they have in terms of depth in terms of You know some of the personnel and the lack of shooting the lack of spacing There's not a whole lot of adjustments you could make I think the one thing That we did see that I anticipate heading into tonight We may see more of is Joellen beat in the post He spent a lot of time working out the elbows. He's a great passer He did a good job early on attacking Jared Allen on the inside He struggled from the three-point line if he admitted that a lot of that was due to the fact that He was you know, he's injured. He was doubtful going the last game question. We'll go into tonight But you know, I think that's that's an area where they can try to expose the Nets a little bit more putting him on the block Putting students on the block It is amazing to me too that the Nets have come to the conclusion If it's beyond five feet, let let Ben Simmons shoot. I mean that that is a I don't know if he could become that much of a better shooter But that is a big flaw in this game and it's a copycat league And if you know, they're going to hack him and they're going to let him shoot from 10 feet He just can't hit outside shot Sarah Well and to think about the fact, I mean a big reason why everyone was high on Philadelphia is They have one of the most prolific starting fives on paper But Simmons was basically a non-factor because of his the Nets ability to fag off them help off him because he couldn't shoot Tobias Harris didn't get a lot of touches The Nets entirely kept the ball out of JJ Reddick's hand and a flip side of thing Got him into foul trouble on the other end of the following out of the game But yeah, I mean Ben Simmons I I anticipate though he will come in very aggressive The thing you gotta watch out for with Ben Simmons and with the Nets is he thrives in the open court Where he is most dynamic and explosive and dominant is when he can get going in transition Because the Nets were making shots because the Nets were so good at getting back It limited his fast break opportunities So that may be an area where he'll try to really get a lot of his offense going Sorry, you played so how disrespectful was the phone situation on the bench? And does that tell you or give you an indication how disengaged the Sixers were in a game? Yeah, I mean I I think you know I I know it came out that a mayor johnson was concerned about his daughter So of course, hopefully she is okay and he said he was We all know there is a multitude of ways in which if there is a outside Situation occurring there are people you could say hey, you could tell your wife You could tell your friend you can contact our security guard. You can contact X Yers there are players around the organization that okay if there's an emergency if there's something I need to know throughout the course of the game Let this person know and they can give me a tap on the bench You know, there's so much support staff. But yeah, I mean especially a playoff game game one at home that That really shocked me and it would shock it shocked me that that was What went down? Especially, you know It exacerbated by the fact that philadelphia ended up losing in a way that they did Do the nets see themselves as underdogs? I didn't see a team the other night that the other afternoon that looked like they didn't think they could win They seem to really believe it I I think they do and they had good reason to I mean they finished off the season with similar records as philadelphia had They were two and two in the regular season series and one of those losses came down To a last second shot and I think you know throughout the course of this whole season Brooklyn had been playing with a variety of different line-ups. They've relied on their depth Such a balanced attack carousel overt is a player that's been coming on And in playing how we saw him play at the beginning of the year prior to the injury and add on the fact I know there's a lot of discussion about this team lacking playoff experience But guys like jaren dudley at davis They bring damari chair. They bring a playoff experience That I think has really translated into what this group has fed into the beliefs they have and uh, you know, Michael You set it off the back kenny ackinson has such a moxie such a ship ship on a shoulder such a Exquisite preparation that everyone feels like they know the game plan They know what's expected of them and and I think all of that combined has helped them to have a ton of confidence All right in about 30 seconds I'm looking at this if they could steal the series or even if they make it a series and And make it go the full the full length of the series Do you think that this is a selling point to a free agent to say this is where I want to go I could be the final piece or am I reading too much into it? No, I think it could be I think it's already trending in that direction. You got young pieces You got everything you would want in an organization from top to bottom in terms of culture for an offense performance staff Coaching staff It's a small league and word spreads quick And I think just the feedback you've gotten from a lot of players that have been around the league He's voted well in In the area of the brooklyn nets and and I think just given what they've done to this point That certainly should be a draw for a lot of people and it's turned a lot ahead All right, sarah. Don't be nervous because somebody watching from the beginning of the game right to the end I know you'll be great, but I'll be I'll be watching You guys are the best. Thank you. Thank you, sarah That's sarah kustach. She and ian eagle call the game christian and jim sponarchal in studio Yes, pregame show at 7 30 game is at 8 and then the yes post game to follow The only way to watch the nets would be on yes because they've been around all season