Although the second round of the Eastern Conference game between the Celtics and the 76ers ended, the Celtics managed to win a tie-break at home and win the last ticket to the playoff divisional finals in two consecutive games. And the 76ers in a good situation, Embiid won the season's MVP, the series led 3-2 and was expected to eliminate the opponent at home, the whole team was in a slump, so that left the home court not to say, but also returned to the opponent's home court to play seven, and finally had no choice but to be eliminated and go home.
And 76ers head coach Rivers has led the playoffs for the 12th time in his career, but it has been reversed, and even 7 of them have won the game point, but they were eventually reversed, what are these 12 matchups? In addition to the just-finished but 76ers being reversed by the Celtics, take a look at the remaining Rivers but reversed journey.
2020-2021 season The 76ers were reversed 2:1
In 2020, Rivers left the Clippers as the head coach of the 76ers, a year in which Doug Rivers led the 76ers to a 49-23 record, ranked first in the East with a 68.1% win rate, and was named Coach of the Month and All-Star Eastern Conference Coach. In the first round of the playoffs, the 76ers defeated the Wizards 4-1 on aggregate. In the second round of the playoffs, the 76ers led Trae Young's Hawks 2-1 before being eliminated by the Hawks 4-3 and missed the divisional finals.
2019-2020 season Clippers 3:1 Nuggets reversed
In 2019-20, Dougrievous led the Clippers to a 49-23 record, with the team finishing second in the West with a 68.1 percent win rate. In the first round of the playoffs, the Clippers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 4-2 on aggregate. In the second round of the playoffs, the Clippers led the Denver Nuggets 3-1 in the first four games, but then lost three consecutive games and were eliminated by the Nuggets, making Rivers the first coach in history to lead the team 3-1 in the playoffs three times but was reversed, and Rivers has since left the Clippers for 7 years.
2016-2017 season Clippers 2-1 Jazz reversed
That season, Rivers led the Clippers to a 51-31 record, ranking fourth in the West with a 62.2 percent win rate. In the first round of the playoffs, facing the fifth Jazz in the West, the Clippers once led 2:1, but in the end they were taken away by the Utah Jazz with a total score of 4-3, and the team stopped the first round for two consecutive years, it is worth mentioning that the Jazz did not select Donovan Mitchell, while the Clippers still had Paul at their peak.
2015-2016 season Clippers 2-0 Blazers reversed
In the 15-16 season, Rivers led the Big Three Clippers to a fourth-place finish in the West, with a 53-29 record. In the first round of the playoffs, facing Lillard, CJ, and the Trail Blazers led by Aldridge, they won 2-0 directly at home and went to Portland with a big advantage, but the Blazers won four consecutive games and directly stopped the Clippers in the first round.
2014-2015 season Clippers 3-1 Rockets reversed
This is the second 3:1 reversal in Rivers' career, the first round, the Clippers and Spurs grabbed seven to win the final victory, this round against the Rockets, directly 3:1 to the game point, but the Rockets, who were second in the West that year, were so easily defeated, Walharden Tuckerwood, all players played chicken blood, the court was on the verge of elimination, and finally successfully reversed.
2013-2014 season Clippers 1-0 Thunder reversed
Starting this season, the Clippers have been reversed in the lead for three straight playoffs, and it's not known whether Rivers has something or nothing. In the first round of the playoffs, the Clippers defeated the then-rising Warriors dynasty and fought seven games to advance to the second round. Facing the Thunder team that was in full swing at the time, the Clippers' paper strength was indeed slightly inferior, and after winning the first game, it was easily defeated by the Thunder Three Youngsters, and finally lost the Western Conference Finals with a score of 2:4.
The 2011-2012 Celtics 3-2 Heat were reversed
Before 2013, Rivers was still coaching the Celtics in the East, when it was still the Heat dynasty, that season, the Celtics ranked third in the East, easily took away the Hawks 4:2 in the first round, and in this round of the playoffs, they also beat the 76ers in the seventh round, but in the Eastern Conference Finals, they played seven games with the Heat led by James Wade Bosh and finally missed the Finals.
The 2009-2010 season for the Celtics was reversed 3-2 with the Lakers
Rivers led the Celtics to a 50-32 record, and in the first round of the playoffs, the Celtics defeated the Miami Heat, who had not yet formed the Big Three, 4-1 on aggregate; In the second round of the playoffs, the Celtics defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2 on aggregate, and it was this loss that made James choose to join the Heat; In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics defeated the Magic 4-2 on aggregate to win the Eastern Conference championship. In the Finals, the Celtics once thought they would add another championship to the giants, but Kobe Bryant did not allow it, and eventually lost the big game.
The 2008-2009 Celtics 3-2 Magic were reversed
The Celtics finished the season with a 62-20 record, second in the East. In the first round of the playoffs, the Celtics defeated the Chicago Bulls 4-3 on aggregate and successfully advanced. In the second round of the playoffs, the Celtics lost 3-4 on aggregate to the then star-studded Magic, and this year, the Celtics also led 3-2, but ultimately missed the Eastern Conference Finals.
The 2004-2005 Celtics were reversed 1-0 with the Pacers
This is Rivers' first year as the head coach of the Celtics and the 16th head coach of the Celtics, leading the Celtics to fourth place in the East in the regular season, which is also a good result, but in the first round of the playoffs, and the Pacers failed to tie seven, the Celtics' first year ended.
The 2002-2003 Magic 3–1 Pistons were reversed
Rivers led the Magic to a 42-40 record, finishing eighth in the West to catch the last train of the playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, the Magic led the Detroit Pistons 3-1 in the first four games, and when everyone thought they were going to be black-eight, and then lost three consecutive games and were eliminated by the Pistons with a total score of 4-3, the team once again stopped in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, Rivers led the Magic to start 1-10 in the next season, 03-04, and was also cut, and after that, Rivers also began the above journey of human reversal.