Daily News | Doc Rivers’ biggest challenge this postseason is making sure Tyrese Maxey is the Sixers’ difference-maker
There isn’t much that the Sixers can accomplish in the first round of the playoffs. They’ve been there and done that so many times that it’s a wonder anyone even bothers to tune in. The majority of the questions that they’ve faced this week have focused on the things they need to dobeating the Brooklyn Nets. Remember last year, when everybody attempted to work themselves up into a lather about playing the Toronto Raptors? Sometimes you have to role play a little bit when things get stale.
It’s all about the Boston Celtics, right? It’s hard to dwell on Round 1 because of who looms in Round 2. The only way the Nets tell us anything is if they tell us something about the Sixers’ chances of beating Boston. Which is why, to me, this series against the Nets is all about Tyrese Maxey. Rivers wasn’t talking specifically about the Nets, or the Celtics, but about Maxey’s playoff performance in general. The Sixers know how big of a difference-maker he can be. They saw it last postseason, when he scored 38 points in a Game 1 win over the Raptors and averaged 26.7 points as the Sixers built a 3-0 lead. But they also saw how fast he can disappear. In the Sixers’ two losses in that series, he scored a total of 23.
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