NBA All-Star 2021: Philadelphia 76ers’ Doc Rivers named coach for Team Durant

NBA All-Star 2021: Philadelphia 76ers’ coach Doc Rivers guided the Eastern Conference in the 2008 and 2011 NBA All-Star Games as the Boston Celtics’ coach.

Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers and his staff will coach Team Durant in the 2021 NBA All-Star Game, which will be played on Sunday, March 7 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

With tonight’s 112-105 home victory over the Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia (20-10, .667) clinched the best record in the Eastern Conference through games played on Sunday, Feb. 21, earning Rivers a spot as an NBA All-Star Game head coach for the third time.

He guided the Eastern Conference in the 2008 and 2011 NBA All-Star Games as the Boston Celtics’ head coach.

Each head coach in the 2021 NBA All-Star Game will lead the team that includes the captain from the same conference.  Rivers and his staff will coach the All-Star team captained by the Brooklyn Nets’ Kevin Durant.

As previously announced, Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder and his staff will coach the All-Star team captained by the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James.

Rivers is in his first season as the 76ers’ head coach after spending the previous seven seasons as the LA Clippers’ head coach.  He is Philadelphia’s first NBA All-Star Game head coach since Larry Brown in 2001.

Rivers ranks 10^th on the league’s career wins list with a record of 963-691 (.582) in 22 NBA seasons.  He led the Celtics to the NBA championship in the 2007-08 season.

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