Don’t Look Now, but Doc Rivers Just Became a Meme Again

This isn’t the first time the 76ers coach has unintentionally caused a stir on social media.
Don’t Look Now, but Doc Rivers Just Became a Meme Again
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Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers has endured his fair share of time as an internet meme over the years.

Saturday was no different, as a video of the longtime coach reacting to a play during Philadelphia’s Game 1 over the Nets swept across social media.

Rivers was reacting to a foul Nets forward Dorian Finney-Smith committed against 76ers star Joel Embiid, who went to the ground seemingly in pain. But, of course Rivers’s reaction was captured on video, creating the perfect base for a new Doc meme.

To provide some background, the 61-year-old coach looked confused as to what occurred between Finney-Smith and Embiid. This allowed fans to pair Rivers’s confused reaction with captions for the perfect scenario in which people would spark a confused look.

Here are some of the best responses to Rivers’s reaction:


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Madison Williams
MADISON WILLIAMS

Madison Williams is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where she specializes in tennis but covers a wide range of sports from a national perspective. Before joining SI in 2022, Williams worked at The Sporting News. Having graduated from Augustana College, she completed a master’s in sports media at Northwestern University. She is a dog mom and an avid reader.