"We didn't panic and that's something we've done, but we didn't, " coach Doc Rivers said.
"I didn't think we showed up not to play well, " Celtics coach Doc Rivers said.
Boston coach Doc Rivers agreed that neither team was very similar to the last meeting.
Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers, Collins's former coach, said he is "extremely happy and proud" of Collins.
Former pro player and Boston coach Doc Rivers and his son Austin (New Orleans) are both in the association.
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"I thought we attacked them in the first half, but they hung in there, " Celtics coach Doc Rivers said.
Coach Doc Rivers says the Boston crowd has always been a big help.
Doc Rivers leaned back to say something to the assistant coaches sitting behind him and cracked a brief smile.
Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers called Collins "a pro's pro" and one of his favorite players he ever coached.
"He's just one of those guys you want around your team, whether he's playing or not, " Boston coach Doc Rivers said.
Boston coach Doc Rivers said Terry was more vocal throughout Sunday's game, perhaps a result of the Smith elbow he was hit with.
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Doc Rivers is the fourth coach to face his son in an NBA game, joining Butch van Breda Kolff, Mike Dunleavy and George Karl.
Boston coach Doc Rivers clearly saw a Nets team that was aggressive offensively, especially when his best defending guard, Avery Bradley, got in foul trouble.
Celtics coach Doc Rivers said the tragedy has touched people everywhere.
Doc Rivers had to fight his fatherly instinct and ignore him.
But Celtics coach Doc Rivers was pleased with his team's effort.
Celtics coach Doc Rivers said before their game against Toronto.
Those who are being considered include Indiana Pacers assistant Brian Shaw, former Nets and Knicks coach Larry Brown, current Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers and former Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan.
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Collins' coach with the Celtics, Doc Rivers, drew a comparison between Monday's announcement and Jackie Robinson's role when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers described Kidd best when he said in April that he "beats you with his brain" noting that Kidd often brought the sort of intangibles that often wouldn't make a box score.
Needing to win four straight games to stay alive in the playoffs, Celtics coach Doc Rivers talked to his team about the Red Sox and their comeback against the New York Yankees in the 2004 AL championship series.
"We turned the ball over a ton, and I thought our spacing was horrendous in the second half, " said Boston coach Doc Rivers, citing a pair of problems that an elite, or even solid, point guard would eliminate.
Before this season one in which they lost All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo for the season to a torn knee ligament they had made the postseason under coach Doc Rivers six times without ever being swept out of the first round.
It guarantees teams a top-four seeding in the playoffs but not necessarily home-court advantage in a series, which is determined by won-loss record, and Boston coach Doc Rivers said he couldn't even remember talking to the Celtics about winning the division while they were taking the last five Atlantic titles.
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