LA Clippers: How Doc Rivers will prepare team for mental challenge

Only the Strong Survive

With the team LA has and the circumstances they’re in, the tough people will begin to show as it gets later in the playoffs. Rivers is one of those people. He has been able to get his teams through tough obstacles by preparing them.

It was Doc Rivers’ Celtics that was able to stop LeBron James and forced the move to Miami. The Lakers matchup in the playoffs is what everybody wants to see.

Can Rivers stop a hungry LeBron again? Rivers has been a proven LeBron killer in the playoffs with the proper players at his disposal. Two decades prior, it was Paul Pierce who could stop James in his tracks. Leonard has been able to get the upper hand on James in the past. With a skilled coach like Rivers, who has had all this time to prepare, it’s a recipe for disaster for the greatest player in the world.

On paper, the Clippers are more talented than any other team in the east. There is the machine that is Giannis Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee, but he lacks supporting star power.

The Sixers have improved their bench and look to have a great chance to make it out of the east. Eastern Conference play is slower than Western Conference play. Teams in the east do not put up as many points as teams in the west due to the lack of the talent of superstars. With a potent defense like the Clippers, they know they just have to beat the behemoth that is the Lakers for a great shot at the title.