The Sixers fell in Game 1 to the Miami Heat 106-92, and perhaps the biggest storyline of the night was Doc Rivers’ baffling decision to play DeAndre Jordan as much as he did. Jordan got 17 minutes and was a -22, as fans and analysts took to social media to make fun of Rivers’ personnel decisions:
DeAndre Jordan and Furkan Korkmaz sharing the court in the fourth is some galaxy brain stuff from Doc Rivers
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) May 3, 2022
And the post game comments doubling down on the mistake so many saw coming months ago:
With coaching such a hot topic on Tuesday, let’s keep up on the latest scuttlebutt from around the NBA.