Pat Riley begins second stint with the Heat
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-12-14 08:57

Riley led the "Showtime" Los Angeles Lakers to four NBA championships during the 1980s. He brings a 1,110-569 record and .661 winning percentage into Tuesday's game.

Riley led the Heat to six playoff appearances from 1995 to 2003, but he handed the coaching job to Van Gundy shortly before the 2003-04 season, citing fatigue, after back-to-back losing years.

On Tuesday, he led the Heat through a two-hour shootaround that was long by NBA standards, but not Riley's. He is known to run practices like boot camp.

Wade got a taste during his first training camp, at the end of Riley's first tenure as coach, and he's looking forward to playing for the man who drafted him.

"I was coached by a great young coach in Stan Van Gundy my first two years," Wade said. "I'm also looking forward to playing for the legend who drafted me in 2003. ... It's not a bad transition."