Save the celebration
Doc Rivers won’t be celebrating should the Celtics clinch the Atlantic Division tonight.
“Not that I know of,” he said when asked if he had any celebration plans.
Would the No. 1 seed in the East be enough to get the coach to pop a little bubbly?
“It would be [to get the No. 1 seed], but we’re not going to celebrate it,” said Rivers. “We’ve still got to play the playoffs. But it would be something that we absolutely want…I just don’t see the reason to celebrate everything.
Rivers said he learned something from the almost-perfect season of the New England Patriots.
“I really don’t want that to be our role model,” he said. “I really wanted them to win, and I’m not a Pats fan. I just wanted them to win because, first of all, I like Belichick a lot. And secondly, they were perfect. They were just the perfect team all year.
“You should enjoy [winning], I guess, but you have to keep your eyes focused on what you want to get.”
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