An incompetent exhaustion of the three armies, has become the most pertinent evaluation of many fans of the 76ers head coach Rivers, although he also led the big three Green Kai to win the NBA championship, but then when coaching the Los Angeles Clippers, the big score 3-1 lead over the opponent was reversed, making it a veritable king of reversals, this season in charge of the Philadelphia 76ers is also a number of opponents staged a big reversal, in the East ranked second-to-last Pistons game, The 76ers were once again reversed in the lead of the score, resulting in poor performance and no chance of winning, the most important reasons for two reasons, one is that the core Harden performance in the backcourt is not as expected, the second is that the bench lineup plays badly, but after the game Rivers has pushed all the responsibility to Harden, according to the Philadelphia media "NBC" news, Rivers in an interview with the media, bluntly said that the bench players did not get too many shots, Harden alone occupied a lot of shooting opportunities, After the game, many fans were upset about the beard, thinking that joining Philadelphia this season may become one of the most wrong decisions of his career!
The 76ers were taken down by the Pistons, the poor performance of the bench players is undoubtedly one of the most fundamental reasons, the whole game Rivers let a total of eight players rotate, but they only scored a total of 8 points, a very important reason for this embarrassing situation is that they did not get enough shots in the game, the eight players only shot a total of 12 times, while the Pistons bench shot 16 goals in 27 shots, and jointly scored 39 points. The huge gap left the 76ers with a three-game losing streak.
In addition to the poor performance of the bench lineup, there is another very important reason for the 76ers' loss in this game, that is, harden, the core of the backcourt, is not in the best form, played 38 minutes in the whole game, only hit 4 goals in 15 shots, and only 18 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.
If Rivers directly criticizes Harden's poor state after the game, I believe no one will refute his statement, after all, in the long season, all players can not always maintain a high level of competition, a game of lows is difficult for all players to avoid the situation, but the bench players do not shoot enough pot, forced to Harden, it is difficult for all bearded fans to accept, after all, as a top superstar in the league, 15 shots in a game is definitely within the normal range, Therefore, the criticism that Harden affected the performance of the substitute players is completely untenable.
And Rivers has always been the coaching philosophy, that is, the offensive end to hand over the ball to the core of the team to deal with, so the role players did not get enough shots after the substitute, as the head coach, he should be the first time to reflect on the techniques and tactics of coaching, after the game to the core defender Harden, in the eyes of the fans is completely a performance of no responsibility.
At the closing date of this season's trade, Harden chose to join the Philadelphia 76ers for his championship dream, but if he wants to win the championship, he not only needs a lineup with excellent combat effectiveness, but also a manager who has coaching ability and can convince the public, obviously Rivers's words and deeds are likely to cause a gap between him and Harden, thus affecting the team's championship cause!