PHILADELPHIA — Doc Rivers wouldn’t go as far as calling Tuesday night’s tilt against the Milwaukee Bucks a barometer game for his 76ers.
“I just think that we’re playing another good team in the NBA,” the Sixers coach said before the game. “And these guys happen to be the world champs. I think we lose that fact a lot. Every time I hear, I hear everybody but Milwaukee.”
Rivers did his best to downplay the magnitude of the game and to remind us that the Bucks are the defending NBA champions. But the Sixers played better than them in spots, just like Sunday’s loss to the Phoenix Suns, but left the game with the same outcome.
