Doc Rivers wants the 76ers to play less “random” in Game 2 against the Miami Heat. Rivers said the Sixers’ biggest adjustment for Game 2 needs to be “taking care of the darn ball” after their 15 turnovers led to 22 points for Miami.
and a concussion, the Sixers must rely on James Harden’s playmaking and team three-point shooting. And both were off Monday night. Harden struggled and the Sixers shot only 6-for-34 from behind the stripe.“I thought a lot of our looks were rushed,” Rivers said. “I said that [Monday] night. I like them even less today.”
“Sometimes it’s such a liar,” he said. “Analytically, it’s going to say we had great looks. Everyone in that room knows those were not great looks. But it still will say we had great looks. So you just go by that. You are wrong, but you think you are right.”The Sixers have to find a way to get Harden on track.
Harden was held to four points after intermission on 1-for-4 shooting when the Heat became more physical with him. “If we do that, I think James will end up taking more shots. But again, I don’t get caught up in this numbers thing. ‘He takes 19 shots!’ To me, it’s a good way of explaining the game, but not really a way of understanding a game.”
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