With the Philadelphia 76ers beating the Chicago Bulls 114-105, the Philadelphia city coach ushered in a major milestone in his coaching career - 1,000 wins.
Rivers has been in charge of the Orlando Magic, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers in 23 years of coaching, with a total record of 1,000 wins and 706 losses, including only three seasons with a winning percentage of less than 50%. During his time coaching the Celtics, he led the team to an NBA championship and had two seasons with wins over 60.
Let's take stock of what are the Thousand Victories in the history of the NBA.
Tang Dynasty. Nielsen won 1335 with a winning percentage of 55.7%;
Lenny. Wilkens won 1332 with a winning percentage of 53.6%;
Popovich won 1313, with a winning percentage of 67.5%;
Jerry. Sloan 1221 wins, 60.3% wins
pat. Riley 1210 wins; 63.6%wins;
George. Karl won 1175 with a winning percentage of 58.9%;
Phil. Jackson won 1155 with a winning percentage of 70.4%;
Larry. Brown won 1,098 with a winning percentage of 54.8 percent;
Adelman won 1,042 with a winning percentage of 58.2 percent;
Doug. Rivers won 1,000 with a 58.6% win rate.