“Philadelphia 76ers Fire Coach Doc Rivers After Third Consecutive Playoff Elimination”

Los Philadelphia 76ers They fired the coach on Tuesday Doc Rivers after a third consecutive elimination in the second round of the Playoffsannounced the team on their social networks.

Rivers led the Sixers to his second straight 50-win season, with Joel Embiid taking the award for NBA Most Valuable Playerbut they were shipwrecked again in the semifinals from Eastern Conference.

The 76ers led 3-2 in their series against Boston. They could not sentence it after losing at home in the sixth game and being beaten as visitors in the seventh.

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Rivers went 6-10 in Game 7. Those 10 losses are five more than any other coach in the NBA.

Doc and the 76ers also lost a decisive Game 7 in the second round to Atlanta in 2021, seeding No. 1 in the conference.

Embiid spoke in favor of Rivers’ return after Sunday’s loss, but James Harden, the team’s other benchmark, was ambivalent about it.

Rivers had two more left on his contract. He went 236-154 in his three years with the Sixers.

Champion of the NBA with the Celtics in 2008, Rivers landed on Philadelphia in 2020 and in his three seasons in the Sixers led the team led on the pitch by Joel Embiid until Eastern Semifinals.