SIXERS DOC RIVERS WELL DESERVED NBA EAST COACH OF THE MONTH!

The Sixers Doc Rivers has been named Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for games played in March and April.

This is the second time that Rivers has claimed the monthly coaching award in 2022-23, making him the first head coach in 76ers franchise history to receive multiple monthly honors in a single season.

Rivers led the 76ers to an Eastern Conference-best 15-7 (.682) mark across the final two months, good for the most wins in the NBA. Philadelphia won 10 of its 15 road contests to close the season.

Dating back to Dec. 1, Philadelphia boasted an NBA-best 42-18 record and an Eastern Conference-leading 119.1 offensive rating throughout the team’s final 60 games of the regular season.

Under Rivers’ guidance, the 76ers finished the 2022-23 campaign with a 54-28 record, marking the franchise’s most wins in a single season since 2000-01. The 76ers clinched a top-six playoff seed on March 21, solidifying the team’s sixth consecutive playoff berth.

This award represents the 14^th monthly honor of Rivers’ coaching career, and his third as the lead man of the 76ers. Only San Antonio’s Gregg Popovich (17) has more such awards in NBA history.