Doc Rivers
Doc Rivers
Glenn Anton "Doc" Riversis an American basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach and President of Basketball Operations for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. As an NBA point guard, Rivers was known for his defense...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth13 October 1961
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
surprised
I'm hoping. Let me put it this way. I would be surprised if it didn't go that way every night.
biggest dame games wisconsin
Notre Dame and Wisconsin were the two biggest games when I was in college,
keeping
It's not about who we play, but about keeping up the tradition, about maintaining the streak.
intensity playoff rare regular
It's rare when you can get a playoff intensity in the regular season.
bothered defense hard paul toll took work
Their defense really bothered us. Paul had to work way too hard to get his offense. I thought it took a toll on him.
ball beat eventually game knew michael tried
If you give Michael Redd a chance, he'll beat you, even on an off night. We tried to take the ball out of his hands. We knew that eventually he would take the game over.
against point purpose send serve
I'm pretty set on it. I don't know what purpose it would serve to send him down now. There has to be a point where he has to play against the pros. And we will use him while he's up here.
bet care changes hate league next start takes time tough turn
If you make a lot of changes in this league and even if they can play, it takes time for it to work. Then when you start losing, the snowball starts. I don't care who you are, it's tough to turn around. I would hate to see them next year, even if they make no changes. I would bet you that they'd be much better.
complete
I just don't get it. He was a complete player.
bench biggest deep extended fantastic kept lead point second
The biggest point for us was when we went deep into the bench in the second quarter. We kept the lead and we actually extended the lead, and you see how young the bench is. Gerald was fantastic in the first half.
close games guys hard playing season
It's been the story of our season that we're close enough but we just can't close games out. I told the guys they are playing hard and they just have to live with it.
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As far away as we are, we are still very close to becoming a good team. When we decided to break this team down last year, letting Antoine (Walker) and Gary (Payton) go, we understood what that would mean. We still hoped to make the playoffs and that's disappointing, but I think this team will be better sooner rather than later.
basketball easier evaluate following games guys handle playoff regular year
As a staff, you get to see how your guys handle playoff basketball, and I think it's easier to evaluate in playoff games what you need for the following year than it is in the 82-game regular season.
bottom chase four game games gives line rest
The bottom line now is that every game is a must-win game the rest of the way. We're down four games to Philadelphia with 13 to play. It's not going to be easy, but it gives us something to chase after the rest of the season.