In a whirlwind of a day, Doc Rivers traveled from Philadelphia to Milwaukee for Saturday morning's funeral of his former assistant coach and close friend Rick Majerus.
"I've been with Rick since fifth grade for the most part so I felt like I had to be there. It was important for me," Rivers said of Majerus, who died on Dec. 1 of heart failure.
Rivers then jumped on plane and made it back to Boston, getting back about 90 minutes before Saturday night's tip-off with Philadelphia at TD Garden. Rivers said he didn't give much consideration to not coaching Saturday.
"If I really want to [tick] Rick off, then don't coach the game," Rivers joked. "No, I didn't give that much thought. Life is involved with what we do every day. You deal with life and then you deal with your job. I always try to separate them when you can. Sometimes, you can't."
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