Doc Rivers has coached 20 teams to the NBA playoffs, has won more postseason games than he has lost, has won a Coach of the Year award (2000), has a championship ring from the 2008 Boston Celtics, is about to pass Phil Jackson for seventh on the all-time coaching wins list, and was named among the 15 greatest coaches in NBA history by the league.

In a wide-ranging reflective discussion about his extended coaching career, the 2008 NBA champion with the Boston Celtics expressed dismay over how people talk about some of his teams' various blown 3-1 playoff leads.