MILWAUKEE -- Doc Rivers got emotional Wednesday when speaking about Bob Love, the former Chicago Bulls star forward and three-time All-Star who died Monday at the age of 81 after a long battle with cancer.
Love, who spent 11 years in the NBA, forged a special bond with Rivers when the Milwaukee Bucks coach was a teenager growing up in Chicago.
"He was a big guy in my life," Rivers said before the Bucks game against the Bulls in Milwaukee on Wednesday night, his voice breaking. "Really an impressive guy. People remember Bob from basketball and I really don't.