Your Tuesday Morning Roundup
51 shots. 1 goal. 1 loss.
Despite the numerous chances from the Flyers last night, they couldn’t stop Pittsburgh in a 4-1 home loss to the Penguins. It’s their first regulation loss since January 12 and ends a 10-game point streak.
Philadelphia put up 28 shots in the second, a franchise record for shots in a period. They should’ve had a goal, but this might be the quickest whistle ever:
The Flyers get robbed of a goal and the Penguins announcers can't even believe it pic.twitter.com/4tZY0CqaVM
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) February 12, 2019
Jake Voracek eventually got a goal in the third period, but it was a little too late.
It felt like a crap game when the Penguins scored their first goal. Because nobody, Carter Hart included, forgot how good Sidney Crosby was:
"Look out!"
Sidney Crosby gets the bounce and pots one home 💪 pic.twitter.com/I8F8CnVoQb
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) February 12, 2019
Pretty bad.
Anyways, the Flyers are now eight points back of the Penguins for the final wild card spot. They have a quick road trip to Minnesota to take on the Wild tonight at 8 PM on NBC Sports Philadelphia.
The Roundup:
After Sunday afternoon’s big win over the Lakers, the Sixers have their final home game before the All-Star break tonight as they host the Boston Celtics at 8 PM on TNT.
But the big story revolving around the Sixers yesterday was the Ben Simmons/Magic Johnson comments made on Sunday. Johnson was reportedly on a list of former players Simmons wanted to talk to, along with Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, and Julius Erving. The NBA is now looking into the entire situation.
Elton Brand said Rob Pelinka called him about it over a month ago and he said no. However, there might be more to it:
Elton Brand called Magic Johnson Monday afternoon to apologize for insinuating that the Lakers had called —unprompted— to ask permission for Johnson to speak with Sixers forward Ben Simmons in a radio interview Monday morning, league sources told ESPN.
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) February 12, 2019
In interview with @975TheFanatic Brand said, “Rob Pelinka called me and said that Ben wanted to talk to Hall of Famers after the season, Magic was on the list. He asked for authorization… I said no.” He did not mention Sixers had contacted Pelinka first, which prompted the call
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) February 12, 2019
In other words, Ben Simmons had an idea about talking with Magic, his camp (not Rich Paul) talked to someone with the Sixers (not Elton Brand), who then asked the Lakers, who then went back and asked Brand, who said no. Got it? 😊
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) February 12, 2019
To further fill in. Ben Simmons’ brother brought the idea of talking to Magic up with a lower level Sixers employee—who then emailed the Lakers, per league sources. It’s unclear if that lower level employee told Elton Brand he was reaching out to LA. https://t.co/HSXYeeWI3Z
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) February 12, 2019
There ya go. Elsewhere, there’s a ton of stars watching Sixer games.
You may have seen media members (and OddsShark) tweet about the Giants being favorites to sign Bryce Harper. Kyle gives you a lesson on why you shouldn’t trust them.
Good news from Brandon Brooks:
Big day today. Cast off and scooter retired. Back walking ppl!!!!!! Well in a boot lol pic.twitter.com/7nnIfQ2Duf
— Brandon Brooks (@bbrooks_79) February 11, 2019
Here’s another Eagles-only mock draft.
In other sports news, Kyler Murray picks football over baseball.
The Cleveland Browns signed Kareem Hunt to a one-year deal.
Russell Westbrook got his 10th straight triple-double, while James Harden scored 30 points for the 30th consecutive game.
The Wells Fargo Center is getting a brand new kinetic 4k scoreboard.
NBC Sports Philadelphia had a great 2018.
In the news, it’s gonna be a weather mess today.
Looks like we won’t have another government shutdown.
Crank Yankers is coming back to Comedy Central.
