Doc Rivers cannot play the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year as his sixth man.
When trying to comprehend how the LA Clippers have squandered a 3-1 series advantage over the Denver Nuggets -- and in spectacular fashion, by losing a double-digit second-half lead for the second straight game in Denver's 111-98 Game 6 win -- this is as good a place to start as any.
The Clippers head coach quietly used JaMychal Green as his first big man off the bench Sunday. And it was a prudent decision because Montrezl Harrell, whose emotional acceptance of the Sixth Man honor has faded, has been plainly ineffective in this series.