Doc Rivers' commitment to DeAndre Jordan cost 76ers in Game 1 vs. Heat, and could easily …

The gambling community earned a rare, collective victory on Monday when Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers announced that DeAndre Jordan was going to start Game 1 of their series against the Miami Heat. The Heat were favored by just three points in the first quarter of Game 1, but Jordan’s presence insured a lopsided opening frame. Why? Because late-stage DeAndre Jordan has built up a remarkable track record of dragging his teams down.Among players to have played at least 225 minutes, Jordan has astonishingly had the worst net rating on each of his last three teams. In all three cases, the decline was rather drastic.The 2021-22 76ers had a plus-2.8 net rating for the season as a whole, but a minus-7.7 net rating during Jordan’s minutes.The 2021-22 Los Angeles Lakers had a minus-2.9 net rating for the season as a whole, but fell all the way to minus-12.3 with Jordan on the floor.The 2020-21 Brooklyn Nets outscored their opponents by 4.2 points per 100 possessions for the season, but were themselves outscored by 1.9 points per 100 possessions when they used Jordan.So, as bettors surely predicted, the Heat won the first quarter 30-22 and covered the spread in one…
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