Doc Rivers Postgame Podium

Stemming going to be at the podium Doc Rivers will eventually join him we also are have a -- obviously in the celtics' locker room locker room of the once again champions of the Eastern Conference and we said at the start that. Not like the finals could be -- the lakers but just -- within the context of the Eastern Conference here that it was almost like. The Celtics championship two years ago and the magic championship blaster kind of put in the middle and this is for all the marbles and -- as well as Orlando. -- as champions carried themselves the reality is. Last year at the asterisk on it now the asterisk is bigger the coach not Eastern Conference champions and he's -- rivers -- up. You -- throughout the year when you guys are going through some tough times that you liked what you -- At points when people -- of the people who NC. Is this what you so this. Our you know the first -- we certainly got in the the locker room this is where we thought would be. You know so don't be surprised. This is what we talked about before the season. Started. And you know we did go to tough terms. We sorted out so well I thought at between -- game you could see we felt like we have this team. In the -- -- and then after that. You know we had injuries and we fell apart we we struggled finding ourselves. But as a coach I just believe that -- -- what they did what they had that in you know we can Syrian as a staff it's in us. We got to try to get it back out of us and your that stretched last month. We we we formed a game plan and I thought it was the right plan obviously didn't look right because we're losing games. The guys are resting. And conditioning. And I thought as that was the only chance we because the one thing I did learn through the injuries we were not good enough. -- And we had a -- until there's no guarantees but we had a chance healthy and so you know my gamble -- let's take health. And you know so we lost some gangs but but we got help. Coach feature Celtic stuck on you talk about the country -- you've been saying all along he's in home playoff game and that is what he did with runoff for us to really has been -- with runoff for but. Now he was courage you know. I told him in a lot of guys government totaled almost every practice Arthur. During the playoffs after losing approximate a porn going over to home stinging gaze. At some point. When a -- and force and -- you win -- can -- you when you gonna -- I can't tell -- if you're gonna play. But you know all of what night at least but at some point you're gonna win -- force. You know -- it happened last game at this game. He gave me the confidence when he came in game five you know we played awful. That he had bought into our defense system. And that he was able to run a couple says that we thought would be effective against. So I had made the decision before the game you know toward our staffs. Rated. You know and they played. Once they want thing about that team we just beat land they were. They are tough. You know we came this year. Think in the Dallas team that we're -- have to be you know. Everyone else talked about the change we really believe that was team and after beating. Stemming Gundy. It is the great coach and he is so difficult that the coach against. I don't know how many other guys would have been able to rally -- guys at the that win yet in the third after the third. And he did that so. And my hat's off to their chart I just -- Tell them that we -- refugees there. You know we got it back now one more. -- -- -- He talked about the way you guys just seem to keep their composure tonight. And -- run your stuff that was -- the game 45 we we we became an ice so basketball team. We had zero movement. Today in our -- you know before the -- problem -- we've ever going -- And all the light -- stress is the ball does that mean to touch the floor in -- to touch more it's it has the move. And it's too good offensively the play guys so basketball. We had agreed to -- session before we've got on the plane. Yesterday you know you know 42 in two Boston. And we show. How we play in the first three -- to show how we didn't play in game form so. I was just really happy that when they made runs its that are going back to sales state with the movement the trusted. You know my favorite moment again -- ball in the -- I'm just cut and former teammates and that Paul Pierce says that. That that was a great moment. -- the composure was great. No Kevin turner. It was a little else to begin the game. You know return -- the -- will form and with the karate chops I don't know what that was about. But -- Overall about it because there was there was a tough day you know world stuff that went on the last. Exit -- -- -- to their composure I was I was concerned. Going into this game this game you know and -- -- console both teams that well.