DENVER -- Before Doc Rivers took the sidelines for his first game as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night in Denver, he was already emphasizing the need for patience.
For the first time in his 25-year coaching career, Rivers is taking over a team midseason, a challenge he said "he wouldn't wish on anybody," Meanwhile, the Bucks are adjusting to an entirely new voice in the huddles halfway through the season after first-year Adrian Griffin was replaced with Rivers.
"It's going to take a minute," Rivers said prior to Monday's 113-107 loss to the Nuggets.