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The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 10, 2007

Riley Wins 1,200th Game With Heat Victory

LOS ANGELES - Pat Riley felt a whole lot better after his 1,200th regular-season victory as an NBA coach than he did Sunday morning when he brought the Miami Heat into Staples Center with a five-game losing streak.

Dwyane Wade helped improve his coach's disposition considerably, getting 35 points and 10 assists in a 100-94 victory against the Los Angeles Clippers.

"Two nights ago when I got here from Golden State," Riley said, "I was feeling a little bit low. OK? My wife's in town, and I went to the 19th floor of the Four Seasons Hotel at about 1:30 in the morning. I was out on the balcony looking down at Wilshire Boulevard, and she said: 'Honey, don't do it. It's not worth it.' ... The value of an NBA wife."

Riley is the third NBA coach to win 1,200 games, and he reached it in his 1,842nd game. That's 248 faster than Don Nelson, the next fastest. Riley, in his 24th season as a coach, guided the Lakers to four NBA titles before winning another with the Heat two seasons ago.

TRAIL BLAZERS 117, BUCKS 113: Brandon Roy scored 26 points, including a go-ahead layup in overtime, as Portland beat Milwaukee.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 24 points for the Blazers, who won their third straight. But it wasn't easy.

The Bucks went up 112-107 in the extra period after Andrew Bogut made a pair of free throws. Aldridge made a jumper for the Blazers before fouling out, and Travis Outlaw added two more free throws to narrow it to 112-111.

Roy hit his layup to give the Blazers a 113-112 lead, their first of overtime. After Mo Williams missed a layup, Steve Blake was fouled by Charlie Villanueva and made both the foul shots to give Portland a 115-112 lead.

RAPTORS 93, ROCKETS 80: Chris Bosh had 21 points and 10 rebounds in his return to the Toronto lineup.

PISTONS 104, BOBCATS 85: Chauncey Billups scored 20 points and Antonio McDyess added 19 points and nine rebounds to lead Detroit past Charlotte.

HORNETS 91, SONICS 88: Chris Paul had 29 points and 10 assists to lift New Orleans.

WIZARDS 104, NETS 89: Caron Butler scored 20 of his 28 points in the second half, leading Washington over New Jersey.

The Associated Press

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