Jason Smith – Embiid’s 70 on Kobe’s 81 Anniversary Isn’t A Coincidence

THE JASON SMITH SHOW – The guys react to Joel Embiid’s 70-point performance against the Hornets, why it’s no coincidence it comes on Kobe’s 81-point anniversary, and Karl-Anthony Towne’s 62 points got overshadowed by bad timing.

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Joel embiid a franchise record 70 points for the 76ers tonight and their 133 123 win over the Spurs proving that even if you are Greg papovich before a game if you want to joke around when he was asked about hey how you GNA slow down Jo

Lmb tonight he said we’re gonna get his ass and I’m GNA have W’s hip is going to be on his ass and you just wait and see meanwhile don’t tell wbi I said that everybody laughed um we also laughed at as he walked past wemy kind of looking

At him too embiid not laughing 70 points 24 in the first quarter on his way to 70 points but here’s the thing that might not even be the high game tonight because with seven and a half to go in the fourth quarter Carl Anthony towns has 60 for the timber rules who are

Playing a close game so he’s going to get playing time the rest of the way 113 111 he’s got 60 with 7 and a half minutes left to go and beid holding up that 70 currently yeah that was great for about 10 minutes Jo congratulations uh but I’m

Going to get 72 tonight uh so we could see two 70o games in a night and of course the anniversary today coming of Kobe’s 81o performance That’s it man everybody inspired to go out and and just Chuck up some big points I mean with CAD he’s 10 of 15 from three-point

Range too yeah right so it’s the not only did you get to this massive point total you’re shooting you know 67% from three how about that yeah it is a uh it is definitely a night where I don’t think there is any sort of coincidence that on the anniversary for Kobe you got

Guys saying I’m going for 70 tonight or I’m going for 81 I’m doing this I don’t think that’s any qu I think certain guys wake up and say yeah you know what I’m going to try to get it tonight why not and and and this is why you get nights

Like you have tonight in the NBA well but if you’re also Joel lmb let’s stick with him for a second you’re going against Wen Bama and everybody loves him and look he’s put up some great great numbers some great efforts that team stinks and you’re still trying to say

I’m still the guy here so yeah you’re G to you’re going to put up your aame no matter what but yeah a little extra incentive on the Kobe anniversary CU tell me you didn’t go and watch a montage from that game Sam Mitchell continuing to single guard Kobe Bryant

That game man I’ll tell you he’s do for a Miss oh s Sam Mitchell’s got to be the guy holding up the trophy at the end of that hey man I got to hold up the paper that says 81 cuz you know not putting two guys on Kobe was my thing like that

Was my thing the entire you guys know who won bigger than Kobe that night right uh let’s see oh Bill McDonald Billy Mack yeah because Joel Meyers who was the play-by-play guy for the Lakers was sick he was sick or he had to do a football game no he was doing like

Championship game he was doing a football game he was doing a football game so Bill McDonald who is now the TV voice of the Lakers uh back then was filling in like he did radio he different things he was everywhere he got to call Kobe’s 81-point game because

Joel Myers is doing a football game earlier that day what a gift oh man did you think he sends him uh candy or flowers on the anniversary every year hey thanks for everything man thanks for having that other gig I appreciate you you know you want a great story about

That day Kobe scores 81 on the day of the two AFC and NFC championship games right and that was where the Steelers won and the Seahawk one going into that Super Bowl and into Super Bowl 40 right yeah and it was a whole big thing like I’m doing the show that night going

What’s the lead story right because here you have two teams that are going to the Super Bowl but Kobe we’ve never seen somebody do that before and I’m like oh man it’s Kobe 81 and I’m debating like I like sports center what they were going

To lead with I was like you have to lead with Kobe anything else is a mistake and all the and I’m I’m I’m doing the show and all of a sudden like after the late Sports Center gets done we’re talking about Kobe what should be the lead and

And my producer gets my ear and says uh Jason Stu Scott is on the line he wants to come on if you want to have him on for a couple minutes he anchored the 11:00 sports center tonight and I go oh no he’s gonna come on and he’s gonna say

Hey CH come on man what are you doing we’re trying to do our best all the because I knew Stu from working on him on Sports night when he first came to ESPN which was a a shortlived show on ESPN too but that’s where Stu Scott you

Know got got you first cut his teeth to the ESPN then went to ESPN and became a household name so I’m like okay okay I first of all I do know if Stu remembers me he’s going to come on and like oh I said yeah let’s put him on cuz the last

Thing I want to be is someone that gets in trouble for questioning ESPN and then the next day refused to put somebody on who actually did the show so I said yeah let’s have Stu come on SO Stu comes on he said jaay what’s up man oh my God let

Me tell you what this discussion was like today it was knocked down drag out in the meeting what do we lead with what’s the number one story and it was awesome and I was like oh my God and steu was on he taking me behind the

Scenes and talk about what the deal was and what we thought was a bigger story and everything else and I was like Wow and so after after we finished um you know you we finished finished the site we were done and we got into a commercial break and I say to my

Producer I said oh my God that was great he goes oh yeah that was so that was so cool that he called in I said I wish I knew why and he says well he said he was he listens to you on the way home and I

Said okay he goes and then he said uh do do alums got to take care of each other and I was like oh that was so cool so he did remember me from working with him on ES when I was a production assistant you

Know 15 years ago 12 years ago uh you 15 years ago at that point for what it was and I was like that was pretty cool that is pretty cool and then like Paul KERO he said uh never call my number again yeah lose he said lose it yeah like Bill

W told froster lose my number lose my number oh multiple times yeah I I was just thinking about that when Bill Walton told frostberry no doing games doesn’t want to do interviews anymore exp to him hanging out with us is kind of like charity so you got to do it and then he

Started doing uh spots wherever someone would put a microphone in front of his he did like every other radio show the next day yeah sure he’s like yeah no no I I if it’s too late for him I get it cuz sometimes it’s too late for people

And I understand that but he was like no I’m dedicating my life to service like what does that mean like what what I I don’t understand I’m I’m going uh to Tibet going on the mountain and I’m giving up my uh gift of speech no no

Here here here’s here’s what I mean I’m going to do Pack 12 basketball so maybe someone will watch it all right ESPN’s got a lot of money sunk into Pack 12 I’m going to say some crazy ass stuff yeah and we’re going to see I picked Dave

Pash as my running mate and we’re going to go and we’re going to do these things and we’re just going to Domin to say whatever the hell I want to that’s how it’s going to go that’s can’t fault a good strategy no no no no but I was just

I I was just thinking about that the other day go yeah and Bill Walton said yeah he’s dedicating his life to service he’s not going to come on with this well kind of stuff dredges up as we celebrate the 10 an 10 year anniversary here at Fox Sports Radio launching into year 11

You know you started thinking of some of those very strange interactions the past you know hi it’s Al you know things like that I mean we’ve had some some really crazy moments plenty more to come working on a few uh for the next couple of weeks we Yankovic who called in a

Half hour early for his interview saying hey hey it’s Al I’m ready Al we got you in a half hour oh okay and then he called back in a half hour we had had weird all Jason don’t forget Harmon’s guy telling me to beat it too oh who was

That that told you to beat ITC oh yeah yeah I referenced that before but yeah it’s always good to Circle back to it but he did wish you Happy Birthday did it’s one of the Great Moments happy birthday Harmon click that was hey Mike Harvin congratulations of that great Great

Click now it I can’t wait to get back to the Statue this year yeah hey howy how do I how do I block numbers on my cell phone I got to block this number from Justin froster I can’t have him call me anymore can’t do it can’t doing guys

Only two people have told me to lose their number in 10 years really uh canero and Bill Walton those are the only two all right that’s pretty good the rest I don’t have their number so okay we we’ll also work harder to see if we can uh

Alienate some others yeah the rest I lost theirs Ju Just so you know uh hey did you know discover wants everyone to feel special that’s why with your Discover card you have access to 247 customer service as well as Z fraud liability which means you’re never held responsible for unauthorized purchases

Uh now they’re going to need now quick update on the game because there there four minutes to go in the fourth quarter car Anthony towns has cooled off somewhat and the Timberwolves now Trail the Hornets 120 to 119 cat’s got 62 to go along with eight rebounds but just

Under four minutes left to go so he’s got some work to do if he wants to catch Joel embiid and embiid 70 tonight for the Sixers I mean I I it really is something to see this you know guys because now you start to wonder how many nights could these guys

Really do this cuz like I said there’s no coincidence that you have two guys going on like this on Kobe’s anniversary right like they decided they woke up today and said I’m going to go for I’m going to try to get as many as I can