If you’re thinking Rivers, who guided the Celtics to the 2007-08 NBA title and lost in Game 7 of the Finals to Kobe Bryant and the Lakers two years later, is feeling the heat of increased championship expectations from the Philadelphia fans, think again.
“Let me repeat this one more time – you and no one else can put no more pressure on myself than I do,” Rivers said Friday. “It will never happen. I’m in this to win. I’ve always been in this to win.
“When you make that decision, you understand there’s going to be pressure – and there should be. Because if it wasn’t, everyone would be champions. I think the reason we did this deal was so we could step into the fray.”
