Daily News | With Joel Embiid’s status for Game 3 vs. Miami Heat uncertain, Sixers tasked with applying what they learned in two losses
Doc Rivers said Thursday afternoon that he wished he could spend that night tailoring a 76ers game plan specifically for Joel Embiid’s triumphant return.Reported optimism existed last weekend that Embiid could return from anas soon as Game 3 of the Sixers’ Eastern Conference semifinal against the top-seeded Miami Heat.
“I don’t know [if the players are] thinking about if Joel comes back or not,” Rivers said. “I think they look at it [as], ‘If we win Game 3, then the series is as close as you could possibly have it after three games.’ I think that’s what they’re focused on. … “I believe in the guys we play on the floor, that they can make them over the long haul,” Rivers said. “… The game, when you look at it, came down to the three-point line in a lot of ways. They made theirs [14 of 29]. We missed ours.”
“It paralyzes your offense,” Rivers said of the iso approach. “… I thought we spent a whole game trying to pick who we wanted to play against, instead of running our stuff.”Doc Rivers must let Tyrese Maxey replace James Harden as the Sixers’ alpha | Marcus Hayes Until Embiid’s health status becomes clear, Rivers said “we’ll be ready for either” scenario. Yet even if Embiid is eventually cleared to play Friday, he will return following virtually no on-court time with teammates in more than a week.
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