After Joel made the shot and did the airplane, if you watched the game, I turned and said, ‘I’m calling a timeout on the next possession.’” The last five minutes of the game, we made the run the last minute … right before that. The other team had all their guys in, too. And in the playoffs, just so everyone knows, so we can not talk about blame and talk about winning this next series.”Īfter a reporter interrupted to ask, “So why was he in?” Rivers answered, “Because everyone was in. “It wasn’t four minutes left and 29 points,” Rivers said. Embiid was struck by an inadvertent elbow from Pascal Siakam, resulting in an orbital fracture and concussion that has him sidelined indefinitely. Sixers coach Doc Rivers is responding to criticism about having center Joel Embiid still on the court late in Game 6 against the Raptors with a 29-point lead, writes Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
