DOC RIVERS' OFFICE inside the Staples Center appears to be a temporary stand-in. It's as if he plopped down in the plucky intern's room while his corner suite with a mountain view undergoes a renovation.
But this is not the intern's room, nor a walk-in closet; this 9-by-7 opening is, in fact, the office for the head coach and president of basketball operations. Rivers is currently wrapping up his pregame prep for the San Antonio Spurs, who are in town for a late December matchup. The barren walls behind him blend into his white Oxford shirt, which is currently unbuttoned at the top, as it always is one hour before tip-off.