🏀 Don't expect to see the Sixers' lesser known players getting many minutes going forward in the NBAPlayoffs, Doc Rivers says. NBCSPhilly
“No,” he said. “No, but if we need to, we’re ready to do that. Like if somebody got in foul trouble or if one of the guys that we’re playing wasn’t playing efficiently enough, we’re ready to pull the trigger for the other guys.
In March, Rivers noted the Sixers have aimed to prioritize their key pieces being capable of playing high-quality postseason minutes — ideally, a lot of them. “I think that came to our aid last night because late in the year, we were ramping guys up, running them more in shootarounds, thinking, ‘We’re going to have to play heavy minutes.’ So I think that’s what paid dividends last night in some ways. But we did get fatigued, and I thought we got stagnant for a six-, seven-minute stretch, and it allowed them to catch up and take the lead.”
Regardless of how Rivers handles his rotation in Tuesday night’s Game 5 at TD Garden, there’s no question he’ll continue to prefer his stars playing a bunch.
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