Mariano Rivera Highlights

• "Joe Dumars, the Detroit Pistons general manager, calls them the Team Mariano Rivera guys.

They’re the players who come into the game to close out your win, in basketball to shut down the opponents

• by making the big shots down the stretch.

“It’s who can make that Mariano Rivera team,” said Dumars. “I don’t know how many others are out there. I know Kobe’s (Bryant) on there. I know Paul Pierce is on there, and I can name some other guys. But he’s on there, too. He’s proven he’s a closer.”...

• from ChicagoBullsBlog, "The NBA's Mariano Rivera returns to Chicago," 12/2/09, by Sam Smith, writing about former Bull Ben Gordon
  

# posted by susan @ 11:30 PM