There are questions about Doc Rivers’ job security after the 76ers suffered yet another second-round exit.
, with the 76ers getting blown out, 112-88, in Boston on Sunday after taking a 3-2 series lead.
It was Rivers’ 10th Game 7 loss of his career — by far the most of any coach in NBA history — and also the fourth straight year he has lost in the second round of the playoffs, his teams holding leads in three of those series losses. “Yeah, I think I got two years left,” Rivers said after the game. “No one is safe in our business and I get that.”USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con
In seven seasons with Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and the “Lob City” Clippers, Rivers never made it past the conference semifinals.
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