If you're feeling very frustrated with your job, just be thankful you're not coach Doc Rivers of the Milwaukee Bucks.
Rivers may have lost his voice again after the Bucks suffered an embarrassing 128-96 loss to the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center on Thursday. At one point, Milwaukee was down by 37 points.
The Bucks got off to a sluggish start, with the Jazz outscoring them 30–19 in the first quarter. It was all downhill from there, as they fell to 28–41 in a deer in headlights season.
As Eric Nehm of The Athletic reported, Rivers was brutally honest about his performance after the game.
"We played very badly. Didn't play with any competitive spirit tonight."
The Bucks shot only 41% from the floor and were outrebounded 47-35. They reduced their turnovers by 28 points.
When you can't beat a team that's already staring at defeat, something is very wrong.
"I thought the first group set the tone. I thought the first group arrived, and everybody in that group was trying to score. It's so fun, we had a great shootaround today where the ball was moving around. Everything was second act," Rivers said.
"The first six times, the guy who was supposed to go (in the second act) kept it intact. But at the end of the day, the onus is on me to play them the right way."
Giannis Antetokounmpo missed the game due to injury management. It was recently reported that the Bucks wanted to lock up Antetokounmpo for the remainder of the season, but the two-time MVP refused.
Ryan Rollins led Milwaukee with 15 points, three rebounds and five assists, while Cam Thomas had 14 points, two rebounds and four assists off the bench.
