Pat Riley
Pat Riley
Patrick James "Pat" Rileyis an American professional basketball executive, and a former coach and player in the National Basketball Association. He has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995 and head coach in two separate tenures. Widely regarded as one of the greatest NBA coaches of all time, Riley has served as the head coach of five championship teams, four with the Los Angeles Lakers and one with the Heat...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 March 1945
CityRome, NY
CountryUnited States of America
We are winning, but not at the rate that I think we should. I don't think people are satisfied with it. I know I'm not.
We don't want to go through what we went through last year. My whole thing is about maintenance right now, but not at the expense of complacency.
We have been able to secure one of the most dominant men to ever play the game of basketball as a member of the Heat, ... At the same time, we have gained the flexibility to achieve our ultimate goal of winning an NBA championship.
We will get beat tomorrow night if we bring any of the defensive lapses that we had against Seattle.
We got it done at both ends of the court in that fourth quarter. That's the type of effort we need night in and night out.
But the players are so instinctive, they always put a hand on these guys.
It probably could have ended up being a quadruple overtime. Just what we needed.
For four years it was really something. We went through our down years and rebuilt, and New York is going through its now.
First of all, I wouldn't believe a word that Damon Jones said. I love Damon. Damon is one of the all-time characters.
It's not easy. We need him on the court. I don't know how we're going to get around that. Two of his first three fouls were offensive.
It's that kind of attitude when we talk about getting better. How do we get better? We get better in the mind. We have a veteran team, they know how to do it. We stay disciplined with our defense and our principles and we make this kind of covenant with each other that we're going to defend.
Derek (Anderson) made some big plays coming down the stretch and then we got the miracle. I don't know how the ball ended up in Alonzo's hands, but it ended up in his hands and he dunked it.
That's our objective, to win one more game. Then we will change our routine.
That's one of the better, more complete games that we've played in a long time. It's the first time that Shaq, in a couple of weeks, has been running to the rim and we got him early in transition and that's what it was. We have to get back to that game.