Welcome to Run It Back! In this weekly series, we will summarize the week overall and recap each Sixers’ game from the previous week (Sunday to Saturday).
The Sixers went west this week for the last four games of a five-game road trip. The week kicked off with a new attitude toward the starting lineup from head coach Doc Rivers: going forward, the Sixers will use three different lineups depending on matchups. Rivers put this to practice right away, starting De’Anthony Melton over Tyrese Maxey on Sunday night. The Sixers rolled with that same lineup again on Tuesday and Thursday, only mixing it up on Saturday due to James Harden and Joel Embiid being ruled out, so it remains to be seen how much Rivers plans to rotate starting fives with everyone available.