{"id":27742,"date":"2024-02-26T12:32:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T09:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/27742\/rivers-gets-earful-from-76ers\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T12:32:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T09:32:18","slug":"rivers-gets-earful-from-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=27742","title":{"rendered":"Rivers gets earful from 76ers fans, but Bucks get last word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rivers gets earful from 76ers fans, but Bucks get last word\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Jamal Collier, ESPN<span class=\"timestamp \">February 25, 2024, 10:28 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>PHILADELPHIA \u2013 Doc Rivers wasn&#39;t sure what kind of reception he would receive when he returned to Philadelphia, eight months after the 76ers fired him as coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo they give big receptions to the coaches?\u201d  Rivers said before his new team, the Milwaukee Bucks, beat Philadelphia 119-98 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>When a reporter told Rivers he was different, he acknowledged the validity of his statement, but noted he still hadn&#39;t given it much thought.  However, the crowd in Philadelphia was ready, delivering a resounding chorus of boos when Rivers&#39; name was announced before the tipoff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t even hear it, to be honest,\u201d Rivers said with a smile after the game.  \u201cThat means I was back home.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#39;s Choice<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Despite the frosty reception, Rivers had only positive takeaways from his tenure with the Sixers, which ended after three seasons.  He went 154-82 as Philadelphia&#39;s coach, but lost in the Eastern Conference semifinals in all three seasons and was fired in May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#39;m happy overall, I just wish we could have gone further,\u201d Rivers said.  &#8220;I wish we could have been lucky enough to have Joel [Embiid] healthy in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But overall, Joel became MVP and we made this team a championship contender. That wasn&#39;t said the year before. And under a lot of things. Think about it, we had the exchange of James Harden, the Ben [Simmons] thing.  Some were in my control, some were out of my control, but overall, for me, if you don&#39;t <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> a title, you&#39;re never truly happy.  This is why we all do this.  \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Once the ball was turned over, the Bucks dominated the Sixers, who were playing their 11th straight game without Embiid, who underwent knee surgery earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Bucks stars Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard combined to score or assist on 82 of Milwaukee&#39;s 119 points.  Brook Lopez added five blocks.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucks scored 69 points in the first half, their most since Rivers took over late last month.  They also limited the Sixers to 16 points in the final quarter.  It was a second straight victory following the All-Star break for Milwaukee, which won at Minnesota on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPostponement, that has to be a key word for us,\u201d said Antetokounmpo, who finished with 30 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists.  &#8220;I feel like we&#39;re feeling like ourselves. Playing hard, moving the ball, defending better. We&#39;re just playing hard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Doc Rivers enjoyed seeing some of his former 76ers players, like De&#39;Anthony Melton above, but the reception from Philly fans wasn&#39;t as warm Sunday at the Wells Fargo Center. <cite>Jesse D. Garrabrant\/NBAE via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Rivers was asked before the game about Philadelphia&#39;s Game 7 loss to the Boston Celtics in last year&#39;s conference semifinals, but he said he didn&#39;t spend much time looking into it. to reflect on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#39;m going to put it [this] manner: Going into the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/series\/\"   title=\"series\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">series<\/a> last year, who did the Sixers pick?&#8221; Rivers asked rhetorically. &#8220;That&#39;s the point.  Still, we led them 3-2 and had a chance.  The game we should have won was Game 6. Game 7s are tough everywhere.  But we did something to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That shows you how close we were. I look back on it and think Joel wasn&#39;t 100 percent last year. Things happen and you live with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Bucks are now 5-7 under Rivers.  And unlike Philadelphia fans, Antetokounmpo was ready to voice his support for his new coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love him,\u201d Antetokounmpo said.  &#8220;It&#39;s been incredible playing for him. He just explains to me what he expects from me. You respect him because he&#39;s been in the league for 25 years&#8230; you have to respect what he&#39;s done in the league, won a championship, won a lot of games, but when he goes into the locker room, he keeps it simple.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rivers gets earful from 76ers fans, but Bucks get last word\u060c Jamal Collier, ESPNFebruary 25, 2024, 10:28 p.m. PHILADELPHIA \u2013 Doc Rivers wasn&#39;t sure what kind of reception he would receive when he returned to Philadelphia, eight months after the 76ers fired him as coach. \u201cDo they give big receptions to the coaches?\u201d Rivers said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1251,1759,11214,190,8164,7642],"class_list":["post-27742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-76ers","tag-bucks","tag-earful","tag-fans","tag-rivers","tag-word"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27744,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27742\/revisions\/27744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}