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
People got a view of absolute greatness. It's absolutely beyond description. I haven't seen players do that in a long time.
I think people got a view of absolute greatness, back and forth. The bigger the moment, both of them stepped up even bigger and bigger.
I am totally indifferent to what other people think. There are always going to be people trying to take you apart. But I do know if we are 0-6 against the top teams, there is room for improvement.
What people don't understand is, last year we had two great players, but you need more talent. You can never have enough talent.
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.
When you're casting your ballots for Defensive Player of the Year or All-Defensive Team, there's no doubt. I think people forget about what he's done. He's second in the league in blocks and he only plays 16 or 18 minutes per game. He's really a factor for us. I thought he was the difference tonight.
There's a real heaviness to our team and I feel it. I'm trying to lighten it up. Because there are so many distractions and so many things going on, it's heavy and it wears on guys. We don't want this. We want to win. We are winning, but we're not winning at the rate people want us to win.
He's been very aggressive posting up and around the hoop. He's taking those outlet passes and getting over people in traffic and becoming stronger inside.
If we would have gotten Finley, ... then we would have had what people would have called the perfect summer.
He has a little bit of a slow release on his jumper. He's got to get there quicker, be set a little quicker. ... People are closing on him pretty hard and making him put it on the floor.
He was absolutely great. He did things I haven't seen him do for a couple of years. He's got a lot of energy and he's taking two or three people to the rim. He's picking people apart.
I haven't listened to any of it. I'm totally indifferent to what other people think because that's not my responsibility, because there's always going to be people out there trying to take you apart even when you're good and when you have your night.
Don't let other people tell you what you want.
We just had a hard time guarding the ball on the dribble.