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
It's just good to get this win and get ready for Indiana and the next six or seven games that are coming our way.
It's just something that we couldn't financially match, ... We were not going to go out over more than two years.
It's a tough loss, from the standpoint of digging ourselves out of a hole. We didn't make big stops when we needed.
It was the kind of game I predicted. I told the team this morning that this is how we would have to play to win.
It was an absolute eye-opener. I've seen a lot of great quarters. I don't think I've ever seen one exactly like that where a team hits nine 3s (actually eight). We didn't play well, we didn't play with great desire and we got our heads handed to us for the second game in a row.
It's time for this team to be what I think they can be, what they think they can be what they're capable of being. There is no reason why we can't, if we focus defensively, share the ball and run and attack, that we can't take it to another level at this stage of the season.
It's time for this team to be what I think they can be... what they're capable of being. There's no reason why we can't take it to another level at this stage of the season. You have to take responsibility for who you think you are.
It will always be sort of game-to-game, I think, with him.
They (Boston Celtics) played extremely well in the first half. They were focused and they had a tremendous approach to the game.
They come at you real fast. You have to play them two or three times (on actions). You can't play them once and think (the possession) is over with.
The voters will put in the best players, and the coaches will take care of the rest.
They did not feel our defense. We were waiting for them to miss and they just didn't.
They came out, really wanted to make a statement, jumped on the team defensively. We had a lot of energy to start the game.
They are one of, if not the best, effort teams in the league. We were very fortunate to win the game. We had to play that kind of game, defense-oriented and tough.