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Pat Riley begins second stint with the Heat
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-12-14 08:57
Riley led the "Showtime" Los Angeles Lakers to four NBA championships during
the 1980s. He brings a 1,110-569 record and .661 winning percentage into
Tuesday's game.
Riley led the Heat to six playoff appearances from 1995 to 2003, but he
handed the coaching job to Van Gundy shortly before the 2003-04 season, citing
fatigue, after back-to-back losing years.
On Tuesday, he led the Heat through a two-hour shootaround that was long by
NBA standards, but not Riley's. He is known to run practices like boot camp.
Wade got a taste during his first training camp, at the end of Riley's first
tenure as coach, and he's looking forward to playing for the man who drafted
him.
"I was coached by a great young coach in Stan Van Gundy my first two years,"
Wade said. "I'm also looking forward to playing for the legend who drafted me in
2003. ... It's not a bad transition."
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