1945 On March 20th, Pat Riley was born in Schenectady, New York. His father Leon was a baseball player when he was young. After retiring, he became the manager of a minor league baseball in Philadelphia. His mother is a Catholic housewife. Riley inherited his father's athletic talent and was an all-around sports star in Linton High School. As a member of Linton's basketball school team, they once defeated the famous Power Memorial high school team (led by legendary Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar). Riley's high school basketball coach Walter Pribiro is a persuasive enlightener. Like his father, he encouraged young Riley to make progress. As a rare head coach who was good at fast-break tactics in American high schools at that time, Przybylo's guidance had a far-reaching influence on Riley's later coaching style.
Riley showed his strength, self-confidence, acumen and leadership very early. Paul Heiner, his high school basketball teammate, mentioned such an episode when he recalled the game that year: In an inter-school basketball game at 1962, Riley was knocked out of a tooth by his opponent's elbow, but he just quietly went up and kicked his tooth out of the court and continued the game. For Riley, he will never allow himself to be disturbed by such things in the game. As the embodiment of Riley's outstanding achievements, Linton High School renamed the school gymnasium with his name 1997, and Riley became a member of the Linton High School Hall of Fame in 2000.
1963 After graduating from high school, Riley refused the invitation of Bell Bryant, a famous football coach at the University of Alabama, and chose to play basketball at the University of Kentucky, where he studied under the legendary NCAA coach Adolf Rupp. Riley's performance in college can be described as dazzling. Since his sophomore year, he has won the team MVP for three consecutive years, averaging 22.0 points in his junior year, leading the famous "Lupu Shorts" (named "Lupu Shorts Team" because no one in the Kentucky Wildcats was taller than 6-5 at that time) to enter the NCAA of 1966. As the star of the team, college student Riley is famous for his soft jump shot, good brain and frequent fouls. He is the most fouled basketball player in the history of the University of Kentucky (since his sophomore year).
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Player career
Although he never played for the school football team during his college years, when he graduated from 1967, Riley was still selected by the NFL's dallas cowboys team in the draft of 1 1 (his brother Li played for many NFL teams), and the NBA's San Diego Rockets also selected him in the seventh place in the first round. There is no doubt that Riley chose basketball again. As a player, Riley worked hard in the NBA for 9 years. Although he has always been a substitute and has never played out outstanding personal data, he helped the team reach the finals three times and won a championship ring.
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1967-68 season, rookie Riley made 80 appearances for the Rockets, averaging 7.9 points per game. In the second year, from SF to SG, the average score increased to 8.8 points. Unfortunately, Riley tore his knee in the second half of the season, which seriously affected his career. Riley played only 36 games in the 1969-70 season, and was abandoned by the Rockets in the expansion draft at the end of the season. Portland Trailblazers, the new NBA army, took Riley and traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers.
As a member of the famous Lakers bench player "Pine Brothers", Riley spent five seasons in Los Angeles, in which 197 1-72 helped the team achieve an NBA record of 33 consecutive victories 13 losses in the regular season (this record was not rewritten by Chicago Bulls until 1995-96). In this season's playoffs, the Lakers also triumphed all the way, and finally defeated the Knicks by 4:/kloc-0:.
With the retirement of wilt chamberlain and Jerry West, Riley's importance in the Lakers has gradually increased. 1974-75 season, Riley averaged 1 1.0 points, which is the only time in his NBA career that he averaged more than 10 points. 1975-76 season, Riley was traded to Phoenix Suns after playing two games for the Lakers, and helped the Suns reach the finals for the first time in history. Unfortunately, in the end, he lost to Portland Trailblazers 2-4, and Riley chose to retire after the season.
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1977, Riley returned to the Lakers and explained the game with Chickhern, the voice of the Lakers. 1979-80 At the beginning of the season, former Lakers coach Jack McKinney had to resign because of a bicycle accident. Assistant coach Paul Westhead took over and invited Riley to be his assistant. This year, the Lakers ranked first in the West with 60 wins and 22 losses in the regular season, and defeated the Philadelphia 76ers led by Dr. J 4-2 in the finals to win the championship.
1980-8 1 season, the state of the Lakers declined, with a record of 54 wins and 28 losses in the regular season, and was eliminated by the Houston rockets in the first round of the playoffs. 198 1-82 At the beginning of the season, Westheide's coaching still didn't improve, and the friction with Magic Johnson became deeper and deeper. The Lakers' management was finally fed up. After playing 1 1 games, they fired him and replaced him with Riley.
After Riley took office, he tailored the tactics of running and attacking for the Lakers and achieved immediate results. In the next 20 games, the Lakers won 17, ranking first in the West with 57 wins and 25 losses after the regular season. In the playoffs, the Lakers made persistent efforts to win the Suns and Spurs, and beat the Philadelphia 76ers 4-2 again in the finals. Riley won the championship in his first season as a coach.
Riley led the Lakers to the finals in the next two seasons, but lost to Philadelphia 76 ers and Boston Celtics respectively. 1985, the Lakers made a comeback and finally eliminated their old rival Celtic 4-2 in the finals to avenge last season. The Lakers and Celtics have lost eight finals before, and this sweet revenge is of extraordinary significance to Zijin Dynasty and Riley himself.
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1986 the Lakers lost to the Houston rockets in the western conference finals, prompting Riley to find new ways to build his own lineup. 1986-87 season, Riley began to implement CBE (Career Best Effort) strategy in the Lakers, that is, instead of ranking players according to their ability, they compared each player with their opponents in the same position comprehensively and carefully, so that each player could know his own strengths and weaknesses and know how to find the right direction to improve himself in order to play a good game. At the end of the regular season this season, the Lakers ranked first in the league with a record of 65 wins 17 losses, which is also the best record achieved by Riley in his coaching career. In the playoff stage, the Lakers went all the way, sweeping the Nuggets, Warriors and Spurs with an amazing performance of 1 1 victory/loss, and defeated the Celtics 4-2 again in the finals to win the championship.
At the celebration after 1987 won the championship, Riley publicly promised that he would lead the Lakers to defend their title next season. No championship has been able to do this in the past 18 season, and Riley hopes his team can break the spell. Riley later mentioned this in the book "The Winner Inside": "Defending the championship is an unbearable pressure ... I hope the Lakers boys can feel this sense of urgency immediately and think about the responsibilities they will bear during their vacation." Michael cooper, then a Laker, said in an interview with The Boston Globe: "We haven't even had time to savor the championship we won ..."
Riley didn't break his word. The horror of the Lakers remained the same in the 1987-88 season, ranking first in the league with a record of 62 wins and 20 losses in the regular season. However, in the playoffs, the Lakers encountered unprecedented stubborn resistance. Except for the easy 3-0 sweep of the Spurs in the first round, everyone played very hard until the seventh game against the three opponents behind, Jazz, Mavericks and Pistons. Three 4:3, Riley and his Lakers withstood the greatest pressure, and the defending champion deserved it. Riley later recalled: "Before the final decisive battle with the Pistons, I told the Lakers boys that our opponents were fighting for a championship, but we had higher goals and made history." 108- 105, the Lakers made history.
1987-88 season, the Lakers once again reached the playoffs as the number one in the west, with the first three rounds 1 1 winning streak, Trailblazers, Sonics and Suns. However, the injuries and absences of Magic Johnson and Byron Scott greatly reduced the strength of the team in the finals, and were eventually humiliated by the "bad boy corps" of the Pistons to 0-4.
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1989-90 season, Riley coached the Lakers in the last year, leading the team to 63 wins 19 losses in the regular season, which was the second best record in his coaching career. However, in the second round of the playoffs, the Lakers were eliminated by the Suns with 1:4. Although the team's performance in the playoffs was not satisfactory, Riley won the first coach of the year award after he became a coach.
During Riley's nine seasons coaching the Lakers, he led the team to the finals seven times and won the NBA championship four times. Among them, 533 wins 194 losses (winning percentage: 73.3%) in the regular season and 47 losses 102 wins (winning percentage: 68.5%) in the playoffs ranked first in the history of the Lakers. In these nine years, the Lakers have won an astonishing 59 games in the regular season on average. Their offensive play is called "performance time" by the world, and Riley is undoubtedly the director behind this drama.
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Despite his outstanding record, Riley has never become conservative, but has always maintained a personal style of being enterprising and diligent in thinking. During his coaching with the Lakers, he summed up many unique experience in leading the team, one of which he called TI (temporary insanity). In Riley's book "The Inner Winner", there is such a description of TI: "The so-called TI is to vent moderate anger on the right person at the right time ... This is a premeditated plan. After venting, you should be comforted and not cause permanent harm."
Riley's good friend, Director robert towne, once told Sports Illustrated such a story. In a game against the Spurs, some players didn't listen to Riley's tactical arrangement seriously during the timeout, but watched the dancing Barry perform funny performances on the court. After losing the game, Riley flew into a rage in the locker room and swept a plate with 40 cokes to the floor. Coke and ice were spilled all over the carpet, even Qiao Ba's new suit was not spared. On the other hand, Riley believes that his anger has achieved the expected effect.
Go home
1990 After leaving the Lakers, Riley served as a guest host on NBC's "NBA Showtime" program, but he only worked for one year. Unable to bear loneliness, Riley soon announced his comeback in May of 199 1, this time coaching the Knicks in his hometown of new york.
As an old NBA team, the new york Knicks mostly wander in the middle and lower reaches. In the ten years from 198 1 to 9 1, the Knicks only won more than half of the regular season in four seasons, and the last time the team entered the NBA finals was back to 1973. Riley's joining changed all this. During his four seasons as a Knicks coach, he won more than 50 regular-season games in each season, and the winning rate of 68.0% (223 wins 105 losses) was the highest in the team's history (the second place was Van Gundy's 59.0%). In the three seasons of 9 1-94, the Knicks entered the playoffs as the first in the Atlantic Division. Compared with the talented Lakers, Riley encountered much more difficulties in the Knicks, and Ewing was the only superstar in the team. However, Riley can assess the situation, change the original gorgeous and fluent offensive style, offer three magic weapons of "defense first", "rebounding first" and "center advantage", assist Ewing with a group of role players such as Charles Oakley, john starks and anthony mason, and quickly upgrade the Knicks to a first-class team in the league through iron and blood defense.
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199 1-92 season, Riley led the Knicks to a record of 5 1 win 3 1 loss in the regular season, which was 12 more than last season. In the first round of the playoffs, the Knicks beat the Pistons 3-2, but in the second round, they met the defending champion Chicago Bulls led by Jordan and lost 3-4.
1992-93 season, the Knicks went further, ranking first in the East with a record of 60 wins and 22 losses in the regular season. Riley, with his excellent command ability and tireless work, beat rudy tomjanovich by one vote and was re-elected as the NBA coach of the year. In the subsequent playoff stage, the Knicks eliminated the Pacers by 3: 1, then shot down the Hornets by 4: 1, met Chicago Bulls again in the Eastern Conference finals, and then swallowed the bitter fruit by 2:4.
1993 in the summer, Jordan announced his retirement, which also gave Riley and the Knicks a chance to turn over. 57 wins and 25 losses, the team entered the playoffs again with the first place in the Eastern Conference in the regular season. After seven games with Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers, the Knicks finally re-entered the NBA Finals after a lapse of 2 1 year. In the finals, the Knicks' opponent is the Houston Rockets led by Olajuwon. This confrontation is also a classic center confrontation in NBA history. Ewing and Olajuwon, the core players of the two teams, played at a very high level. The Knicks once led by a big score of 3:2, but were finally defeated by the Rockets 4:3. In the last game, john starks 18' s poor 2 shots became the main reason for the Knicks to lose.
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1994-95 season, the Knicks entered the playoffs with a record of 55 wins and 27 losses, but were eliminated by the Pacers 4-3 in the Eastern Conference semifinals. After the season, Riley moved to Miami Heat as the president and head coach of the team. Because Riley still has a year's contract with the Knicks, Heat boss Micky Arison promised to pay the Knicks a first-round draft pick and $6,543,800 as compensation.
Building Miami
Miami Heat, founded in 1988, is a new force in NBA. Before Riley arrived, it had only played in the playoffs twice, and both were eliminated in the first round. However, team owner Micky Arison is an ambitious billionaire. He invited Riley at all costs, hoping to create a new dynasty in Miami.
Riley made a big adjustment to the player list after he arrived in the Heat. Before the season, he got all-star center alonzo mourning from Charlotte Hornets through a six-person deal. 1On February 22nd, 996, a few hours before the deadline for player trading, Riley poached all-star guard tim hardaway from Golden State Warriors. Hardaway was regarded as a death star by many experts and media at that time because of his poor performance in the Warriors' previous seasons, but he regained his vitality after coming to the Heat. He was not only selected as an All-Star twice, but also selected as an NBA All-Star Team with Jordan as 1997. Although Riley completely changed the team lineup in the 1995-96 season, with as many as 22 players in and out (last season, the Heat only kept Keith Askins), the team still achieved a record of 42 wins and 40 losses, not only winning 10 more games than last season, but also entering the top eight in the playoffs for the third time in history.
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1996-97 season, Riley led the Heat to win 6 1 win 2 1 lose, and he was named the best coach of the year in the NBA for the third time. In the playoffs, the Heat eliminated Orlando Magic and new york Knicks and reached the Eastern Conference finals for the first time, but eventually lost to Chicago Bulls led by Jordan by 1:4. At the 50th anniversary celebration of NBA before this season, Riley won another honor. He was named as one of the top ten coaches in NBA history.
1997-2000 During the three seasons, the Heat ranked first in the Atlantic Division and reached the playoffs. However, in the playoffs, they never exceeded 1997. In the summer of 2000, Riley signed three-time All-Star guard eddie jones and steel power forward brian grant to prepare for another championship. However, people are not as good as heaven. June 65438+June 65438+June 2000, alonzo mourning, the core of the team, announced that he was diagnosed with kidney disease and would miss the whole season. After suffering this heavy blow, most media and experts believe that the Heat will be devastated in the new season and miss the playoffs. However, Riley once again proved his coaching ability in adversity. This season, he led the Heat into the playoffs with 50 wins and 32 losses in the regular season and the third place in the East. Among them, the first game of the Heat against Magic on June 1 65438+1October1Sunday, 2000 was the1000th victory since Riley coached the NBA. Only Lenny Wilkenstadt has ever seen this brilliant record before. Riley became a thousand-win coach in only 1434 games, which is the fastest among the four major professional sports leagues in the United States (NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL).
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In the 200 1-02 season, with the departure of tim hardaway, anthony mason, Bruce Bowen and other leading players, the Heat's record dropped significantly. 36 wins and 46 losses in the regular season, Riley failed to win more than half for the first time in 20 years, and was blocked from the playoffs for the first time since he coached. In the 2002-03 season, the Heat's record was even worse, with 25 wins and 57 losses falling to the bottom. Riley, who has always been arrogant, was finally crushed. Four days before the start of the 2003-04 season, he announced the dismissal of his head coach and rehabilitated his assistant coach Stan Van Gundy.
Riley, who resigned as head coach, concentrated on selecting talents for the Heat in the position of team president. In 2003, he won Dwyane Wade in the draft. In 2004, he traded Lamar Odom, caron butler, brian grant and a first-round draft pick for Shaq from the Lakers. In the summer of 2005, Riley planned the biggest player trade in NBA history. In this multi-party transaction involving five teams 13 players, the Heat got strong support from antoine walker, jayson williams and james posey, and then Riley signed Hall of Fame point guard gary payton. Under his careful management, the new season is full of stars and the lineup is unprecedentedly strong, and the goal has always been directed at the championship.
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Outside basketball.
Riley is not only a top coach in NBA, but also an outstanding speaker. He was once rated as "the greatest motivational speaker in America". His business speech was widely praised by American enterprise groups, and the fee was as high as $40,000 per hour.
Among NBA coaches, Riley is famous for dressing appropriately. He and giorgio armani, the founder of Armani, are good friends and have always been the brand spokesperson of Armani. 1996 Riley was named the best dressed man of the year by GQ magazine.
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Riley is the author of two best-selling books, among which Show time reviews his years as a coach of the Lakers, and The Winner Within describes Riley's winning philosophy in detail.
Riley and his wife Chris have always been very concerned about charity. Their Miami Hot Family Development Program, founded in 1997, has so far raised more than $4 million for community welfare in South Florida. As early as 1992, when Riley coached the new york Knicks, he began to support UNICEF and YMCA. In the past 30 years, Riley has been an active participant in the Boys' and Girls' Club (an American NGO that helps children) and won the Miami Individual Award of the Year in 1998.