2008 05 10 Celtics - Cavaliers Gm 3 Postgame: Doc Rivers

[0:01]" Obviously this morning for us I thought. You know keep -- and mountain played harder to start the game we got down. And everywhere they beat us at all tonight two to loose balls they played harder L coach state and they just never would be listened. We have to be better. So over the course."

[0:25]" Ducked down there in front you play in The League you coach in The League now. What is it about home court advantage you know you guys struggle on the road they come home it looked like a world beaters tonight that you put it into words from a player's perspective the girls are worth perspective -- him."

[0:40]" More comfortable arm then metrostars of our sort of -- guys know stars are pretty much stars -- word no LeBron didn't shoot tomorrow Wheldon in Boston authority made a lot of basketball plays in Boston tonight it did vote but. The other guys made shots and saw Wally Szczerbiak to start the -- form and I thought Delonte West is usual. You know and and Joe Smith so we get those three guys going with LeBron and we'll Ilgauskas it's going to be tough. Well we were not comfortable. And you know orderly or and then they they did a nice job -- an off resign and in Burke and we didn't make plays you know. We've got great shots asserted but when they didn't start when -- rumors -- miss them instead of being solid defensive team that we. We've been I thought we get down because our opens it was down you know. And we try to tell me do the shots you want to that morning and just keep -- them but it just looked like that took a little bit out of us in the and they made shots."

[1:41]" Mark spears Boston Globe -- after which goes to the first two games how surprising is to lose like this. Any rhyme or reason."

[1:48]" No Mark this day you know -- it's nothing surprises me in this league you know and that I think this would happen though. But it did happen and so I can't worry about what's happened the team we just gotta get ready for Monday night. Do care and I'm you sure we've lost -- on road and play well. You know go to the games in Atlanta we -- we lost and so -- if you don't someone real bottom line is we've got to win games I went for. That's that's what you have to do."

[2:23]" Conduct -- perfect bus Merrill. How do you account for the discrepancy between the way you guys play at home and on the regret now."

[2:32]" I can't you know but I have to find it's my job -- why. You know in Atlanta we actually got off to good starts and then let him back in the day. Between so far and it's not the road it's the last two games for me game two and tonight our Cleveland has come out. With more energy to start the games and gotten off to great starts and we talked about that yesterday and today you know that we're lucky we're at home in game -- Get off to a good start -- you you're at home you can come back. You do that on the road is very difficult to back games and then tonight with the -- For example."

[3:15]" pitcher Celtics dot com. That this team really didn't get blown out there or if he's maybe once or twice that was -- point this game we felt team had a run and it just --"

[3:23]" You know I've only had a lot of chances we have haven't down the fourteen and come out of that played. Out of a timeout we got all we wanted and the shot went up piece of the ball movement which obviously got pretty geniuses the -- Are a lot of that we refused to put together offensively tonight a lot you know and that's the only thing that alarmed me from Atlanta. Onset of execute and we we we got into that -- to shop for us instead of taking what we want out of out of office. You know we've probably -- Wallace. You know and misses -- that it is fifteen succeed at that point to every chance they get the office rebounds they got a lot of the office rebounds when we got to fourteen and and made it three or two. But that's also that's also plays. So you know we have to be there."

[4:19]" what if anything do you see with Rondo right now particularly in the first just got to be more aggressive tone at go to started the third quarter attack which another number for me all the time that -- on the -- 32 and it's zero assists and and that's worth you know we've got to get him to be aggressive. And a playmaker you know. It is a multitude of rose to start the game like he's done in game one or -- in the past -- his quickness has to be a factor and start today what's."

[4:52]" can you wanted to be -- Cleveland everybody's talking about LeBron struggled shooting the basketball. What about Rae what that he continues to struggle no threes tonight four for twelve from the field -- how concerned are you about his struggles."

[5:04]" Well I'm he's a great shooter you know he'll make shots. Known Tom we have to do a better job of did them better shots no a couple of threes related game where -- just on the throw my appeared to him to make something happen we -- the -- but we haven't got much out of so we have -- Let's just"