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 didn't like how we played up there, but we were ahead 83-82 with 2:15 to go (Sunday). All we needed was one or two stops and we couldn't get one.
As soon as we begin to struggle offensively or get a little bit discouraged, two or three things happen to us and we stop playing defense.
As soon as we began to struggle offensively, we stopped playing defense. We have to stay the course defensively because we're going to have droughts.
We just couldn't stop Vince. We put two or three different guys on him. We tried to guard him the best we could. But Vince Carter is a great player. He's a runner and when he elevates, he can get above big guys.
We do not have any answer for that team. And right now, we don't have a defensive game to realize what it is exactly you need to do to stop that.
We just didn't make enough stops in the fourth quarter.
We've got to stop the penetration, that's key. We've got to keep our bodies in front of the ball better.
It's a tough loss, from the standpoint of digging ourselves out of a hole. We didn't make big stops when we needed.
They want to stop him and they're not going to let him score. He's getting hit pretty hard.
We don't have an answer for that team and right now, we don't have a defensive game for it. I think you have to play against them probably four, five, six times to realize exactly what it is that you need to do to try to stop them.
That team's never going to stop coming. We found that out in Game 1; we found that out again tonight.
Our guys have to stop talking about being what they think they are and they've got to do it. I think we've done it a little bit over the last couple of weeks, but enough is enough now.
Our guys had tremendous energy to start the game. I hate to say it: Then the game got stopped -- whistle after whistle after whistle.
My mother always used to say, and she told me time and again this week, 'Life goes on, so get on with it. She couldn't stop saying that to her children. That's who she was. And we're getting on with it.