Boston Celtics Report

Rivers says he's coming back

June, 30, 2010

6/30/10

1:51

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By ESPNBoston.com

Doc Rivers says he's returning to coach the Boston Celtics for a seventh season.

"I'm coming back," he said in a text message, The Boston Globe reported. "I want another crack at it with this group."

Rivers, who guided the Celtics to the 2010 NBA Finals and led the franchise to its 17th NBA championship in 2008, has one more year remaining on his contract.

"Doc is excited to come back and coach our team next year," Danny Ainge, the Celtics' president of basketball operations, told ESPN.com. "He feels rejuvenated about coaching this group next season." Ainge declined to get into details of Rivers' contract situation. Ainge said last week that he wanted Rivers to take a week to decide after the emotionally-draining Game 7 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals, but remained confident Rivers would return.

Rivers return was first reported by the Boston Herald.

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Boston Celtics, Doc Rivers, Offseason

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Source: Avery Bradley expects left shoulder surgery soon that will end his season. Will face 4-month recovery: http://t.co/5mgwuWnP
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PLAYOFFS - Final

TEAM	1	2	3	4	T
	19	17	20	19	75	» Recap » Box Score » Play-By-Play » Shot Chart
	22	11	27	22	82	» Recap » Box Score » Play-By-Play » Shot Chart
Points » P. Pierce (BOS) 24 points Rebounds » K. Garnett (BOS) 11 rebounds Assists » L. Williams (PHI) 6 assists

UPCOMING GAMES

Sat 5/26
8:00 PM ET

	W-L	PF	PA	HM	AW	STK	L10
BOS	7-5	88.3	84.7	5-1	2-4	L1	6-4
ATL	2-4	82.2	86.8	2-1	0-3	L1	2-4

	W-L	PF	PA	HM	AW	STK	L10
BOS	7-5	88.3	84.7	5-1	2-4	L1	6-4
ATL	2-4	82.2	86.8	2-1	0-3	L1	2-4

	W-L	PF	PA	HM	AW	STK	L10
ATL	2-4	82.2	86.8	2-1	0-3	L1	2-4
BOS	7-5	88.3	84.7	5-1	2-4	L1	6-4

TEAM	W	L	GB	PF	PA
Boston	39	27	-	91.8	89.3
New York	36	30	3.0	97.8	94.6
Philadelphia	35	31	4.0	93.6	89.3
Toronto	23	43	16.0	90.6	94.0
Brooklyn	22	44	17.0	93.0	99.0

TEAM LEADERS

POINTS

Paul Pierce

PTS	AST	STL	MIN
19.4	4.5	1.1	34.0

OTHER LEADERS

Rebounds

K. Garnett

8.2

Assists

R. Rondo

11.7

Steals

R. Rondo

1.8

Blocks

J. O'Neal

1.7

MAY 2012

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 @ATL W 87 - 80	2	3	4 ATL W 90 - 84	5
6 ATL W 101 - 79	7	8 @ATL L 86 - 87	9	10 ATL W 83 - 80	11	12 PHI W 92 - 91
13	14 PHI L 81 - 82	15	16 @PHI W 107 - 91	17	18 @PHI L 83 - 92	19
20	21 PHI W 101 - 85	22	23 @PHI L 75 - 82	24	25	26 PHI 8:00 PM ET
27	28	29	30	31

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