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One of the biggest blemishes on Doc Rivers’ coaching career is his playoff exits leading teams that led a series 3-1 before collapsing. See here how many times it happened to the current coach of the Sixers.
The 2021-22 NBA Playoffs It means a big test for him. Philadelphia 76ers. Not only for the franchise itself, as they intend to earn their first title in a long timebut especially for James Harden and Doc Rivers.
Both have a lot of responsibility on their hands for the Sixers’ performance this time around, but they’re also under a lot of pressure because of their playoff record, which has produced them. to much critics in recent years.
While the Beard has yet to win an NBA ring, one of the biggest blemishes on Doc Rivers’ resume is how some of his teams failed to finish a playoff series when leading 3-1. Let’s take a look at all those collapses here.
All of Doc Rivers’ 3-1 series losses
Doc Rivers is the only coach in NBA history to lead more than one team that blew a 3-1 lead and lost in a playoff series. happened in three different occasionswhich are broken down as follows:
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2003: Orlando Magic 3-1 Detroit Pistons
The first of Doc Rivers’ three biggest playoff meltdowns occurred early in his coaching career. In 2003, the eighth-seeded Magic were about to take a hit while leading the top seeds pistons 3-1 in the first round of the playoffs. Nevertheless, Detroit bounced back and won the next three games.. The Pistons won the title the following season.
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2015: Los Angeles Clippers 3-1 Houston Rockets
12 years later, Rivers would suffer the second of his worst playoff eliminations. The Pair of scissors led 3-1 in the conference semifinals against the rocketswho then had current Sixers star James Harden on the floor and Daryl Morey – current president of basketball operations for the 76ers – as general manager. Nevertheless, Houston turned things around in the last three games.
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2020: Los Angeles Clippers 3-1 Denver Nuggets
History repeated itself just five years later. in what has probably been worst of these three playoff collapses. the starry Pair of scissorsdirected by Kawhi Leonard Y paul george, they were only one win away to leave the nuggets on track with a 3-1 lead in the conference semifinals played in the Orlando bubble. However, the ending was completely embarrassing for Los Angeles, as they blew double-digit leads in the next three games. let the series slip away.
“For me, it’s the one we fly”, Rivers said, according to Tim Bontemps of ESPN. “That’s the one I took. We messed it up. And that was in the bubble. And anything can happen in the bubble. There is no home court. Game 7 would have been in Los Angeles.”
These playoff slumps are certainly a stain on his career, which nonetheless includes an NBA championship in 2008 with the Boston Celts. Will Rivers and the Sixers avoid another embarrassing exit from the playoffs this year?
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