76ers fire head coach Doc Rivers after being eliminated by Celtics in second round ‘Changes are necessary’
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Doc Rivers is the one to fall on the sword. The Philadelphia 76 ers fired Rivers on Tuesday after three seasons as head coach just two days after an embarrassing exit from the playoffs. Rivers’ last act in charge of the 76 ers was their disastrous 112-88 Game 7 loss to the Boston Celtics which featured a historically bad 10- point third quarter that tied an NBA-shot...