Pat Riley helped break down film after Game 3 disaster
By Michael Casagrande, Sun Sentinel
5:57 p.m. EDT, June 24, 2013
MIAMI — Of all the playoff memories, one from rock bottom is Erik
Spoelstra's favorite.
It involves his boss, a few bottles of wine and a search for answers after
the Miami Heat's Game 3 debacle in San Antonio. Only Monday could the Heat
coach can smile when recounting the scene after that 113-77 loss — one of
the biggest blowouts in NBA Finals history.
"I was despondent," he said. "I was beside myself."
So he went back to his hotel suite to break down some game film. Video
coordinator Dan Craig was there too. About 20 minutes later, there was a
knock at the door.
There stood Heat president Pat Riley with three bottles of wine and an
offering of help.
"So we gave him a laptop and he helped us break down film in a role reversal
from 2006," said Spoelstra, a Heat assistant coach under Riley back then. "It
was one of the most special moments in my professional career."
The Heat came back to win Game 4 by a comfortable 109-93 margin. It speaks to
the growth of Spoelstra's relationship with Riley.
"For the first two years he didn't know my name," Spoelstra said. "Working so
many hats for him and eventually becoming his assistant and it coming full
circle."
熱火今年奪冠之路異常艱難。總決賽第三場，他們77-103慘敗馬刺，遭遇NBA總決賽
史上最大慘敗之一。
“我很沮喪，”主教練SPO說，“我發瘋了。”之後他回到了酒店，與錄像分析師Dan
Craig一起分解錄像。
20分鐘後，球隊總裁Pat Riley 來了。帶來了3瓶酒和自己的幫助。
“我們給了他一台筆記型電腦，他幫助我們分析了錄像，我們和2006年的角色互換了，”
SPO當時是Riley手下的助理教練，“這是我職業生涯最特殊的時刻之一。”
在接下來的第四場，熱火以109-93大勝對手。
在SPO之前，Riley是熱火的主教練。Riley在2006年帶領球隊拿到了隊史首座總冠軍。
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