After the excellent start to the season that had catapulted them to the top of the Eastern Conference with a record of 7-1, the Philadelphia 76ers of Doc Rivers they lost some control of a car that seemed well tested, taking only two victories in their last six games.
The defeat of tonight at the hands of the Memphis Grizzlies of a discovery Ja Morant, made the Pennsylvania team coach think, who returned to post-game microphones over the last troubled weeks at home 76ers.
“We spent some difficult days between Covid, protocols and various injuries. But I will not use this excuse to justify this defeat. It’s not about who took the field tonight, but how he did it. We were soft and not very precise with the ball, and if you play like this you can’t think of winning “
Such an unpredictable NBA season had never been seen. The anti Covid measures that the league has ordered to try to limit the contagion have already stopped thirteen games in this unripe regular season, and many players are still grappling with NBA protocols, far from the parquet.
Philadelphia specifically had to give up for several games at Seth Curry, Tobias Harris, Shake Milton e Matisse Thybulle in respect of the NBA protocols, as well as more or less serious injuries of Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Mike Scott and Furkan Korkmaz. A plethora of absence that forced the 76ers to take the field against the Denver Nuggets with just seven players to his credit last week.
But Doc Rivers doesn’t fit:
“This was a game to win. Without ifs and buts. This is the mentality that we must achieve, the awareness that we must win every game, regardless of the players who take the field. Losing like this is not acceptable “
Doc Rivers’ gang then prepares to raise their heads in the match against OKC on Sunday, always having to give up Joel Embiid and Mike Scott due to injury.
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