Doc Rivers fights demons and failures from 3: 1: "Tell the full story"
The Philadelphia coach, the only one to have lost three times in a series in which he led 1: 3, tries to defend his legacy to reporters, while a dubious speech: "Sometimes it just happens"
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27/04/2022
Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 22:37 Updated: 22:56
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Philadelphia fears it could become the first team in NBA history to lose a three-game lead, having already led 0-3 over Toronto and seen the Raptors shrink to 3-2, forcing a sixth game in Toronto.
What worries the Sixers is not just the decline of James Harden in the current playoffs and the injury of Joachim Ambide, but rather the aura around team coach Doc Rivers.
As is well known, Rivers is the only coach to have lost more than once in a playoff series in which he led 1: 3.
It has actually happened to him three times, and since in recent days the American media has been flaunting it over and over again, he is required to defend himself and his legacy.
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Why always me?
Rivers (Photo: GettyImages)
"I would like you all to tell the whole story, okay?" Rivers told reporters, "Orlando I coached in 2003 was ranked eighth. No one gives me credit for that, we were led by Detroit, which eventually won the title. It was a team in eighth place. I was. I want you to come back and see the squad she had. I demand of you, go see her squad. Then say, 'What a tremendous coaching job.' Really.
" One foot.
And we had no home advantage.
And the last series, which the Clippers lost to Denver in 2020 - for me we really messed it up.
It's about me.
We screwed up there.
And it was in a bubble.
And anything can happen in a bubble.
There is no home advantage there.
Game 7 could have been in Los Angeles .... these things are happening.
In some of them ... I need to do a better job.
But in some of them, there are circumstances.
So in this game, let's win it, and we will not have to talk about it. "
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As is well known, even with the Philadelphia Rivers he recorded some moments of embarrassment.
Last year the Sixers lost a 26-point lead and lost Game 5 against Atlanta, and in Game 7 they lost, including a memorable moment in which Ben Simmons avoided a slight dunk under the basket in the closing minutes, while paving his way out.
The Sixers dominated the first two games of the series, taking the third game with a huge basket of wins by Joel Ambide, but in games 4 and 5 Toronto had already begun to dominate.
"When you lead 0: 3, especially 0: 3, teams feel differently," Rivers claims, "a lot of teams don't win these games. This year only the Celtics have succeeded. The rest have lost. As a coach, you hate it. You feel, let's just take care of things. "We think the two teams will be on alert now."
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