Today on the Anthony Gargano Show, Anthony opens the show in better spirits then you might think following the Game 2 blowout win for the Celtics as he was reminded by fellow listener that the Bucks lost a game in similar fashion to the Nets in 2021 on their way to winning the Championship and still feels good about the Sixers chances in the series. Andrew then gives his take on Game 2 but isn’t panicking (0:00-12:46).
Anthony eats his crow this morning after getting trolled by an engineer who is a Celtics fan and dishing it out earlier in the week. Anthony and Andrew discuss Embiid trying to shake the rust of and the offense being disjointed (12:46-34:00).
Anthony has a weird quirk with streakiness that leads to a conversation with Andrew about life streaks, good or bad and having to persevere through it. Then Anthony and Andrew open today’s vault including some birthday’s, a tribute to the firemen for National Fireman’s Day and a throwback to Joel Embiid’s first NBA game in 2016 (34:00-55:28).
The Coach Jim Lynam of NBC Sports Philadelphia joins the show to breakdown Game 2 and the return of Joel Embiid (55:28-1:15:05).
Anthony believes it was the right decision to play Embiid last night and getting him reacclimated into the lineup but doesn’t want to get to hung up on the loss and is flushing it from his memory and moving on to Game 3 (1:15:05-1:37:06).
Anthony and Andrew react to the news of Alabama’s baseball coach getting fired because of suspicious wagering in regards to an Alabama/LSU baseball game (1:37:06-2:00:03)
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