Sports can become emotional at times, even when you don’t want it to be. The Los Angeles Clippers and their fans have been on an emotional roller coaster the past 48 hours after they basically realized the season was over after losing both Chris Paul and Blake Griffin to injury. It was a huge swing of those emotions after just a couple days ago thinking they had a legit chance at a championship. During the pre-game presser before last night’s game five against the Blazers, coach Doc Rivers was asked about handling the adversity and being discouraged and it inadvertently let to him being in tears as he thought of his mom.
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The reporter’s question was innocent, just trying to see how the coach handles all the negativity that just happened but it led Doc to think about his mom, because she would be the person he would’ve turned to for advice during a time like this.
Doc Rivers gets emotional when talking about his mother, Bettye, who passed away last year. pic.twitter.com/LQZmgKXjM8
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Bettye Rivers died in June in Maywood, Illinois, the Chicago suburb where Rivers grew up and starred at Proviso East High School. Rivers stared straight ahead in the quiet room before getting up and walking out.
This is a tough time for Doc and the team but you gotta feel for him knowing all those emotions are flowing through him.
