how many finals appearances does pat riley have as a coach

Pat Riley had 9 appearances in the NBA Finals in his coaching career.

		TEAM	COACH	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1		Lakers	Pat Riley	5/27/1982	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	W 124-117	240	124	50	34	11	7	49	93	52.7	0	0		26	35	74.3	57.2	19	31	22	26
2		Lakers	Pat Riley	5/30/1982	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	L 94-110	240	94	39	25	11	6	35	83	42.2	0	5	0.0	24	37	64.9	47.3	17	22	18	21
3		Lakers	Pat Riley	6/1/1982	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	W 129-108	240	129	48	30	15	5	50	91	54.9	1	1	100.0	28	47	59.6	57.8	17	31	18	30
4		Lakers	Pat Riley	6/3/1982	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	W 111-101	240	111	49	35	10	4	45	97	46.4	0	1	0.0	21	29	72.4	50.6	16	33	12	21
5		Lakers	Pat Riley	6/6/1982	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	L 102-135	240	102	49	31	5	9	47	100	47.0	0	2	0.0	8	16	50.0	47.6	26	23	24	29
6		Lakers	Pat Riley	6/8/1982	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	W 114-104	240	114	49	33	12	11	47	87	54.0	0	0		20	25	80.0	58.2	15	34	22	26
7		Lakers	Pat Riley	5/22/1983	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	L 107-113	240	107	47	20	7	8	44	96	45.8	0	2	0.0	19	26	73.1	49.8	16	31	15	29
8		Lakers	Pat Riley	5/26/1983	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	L 93-103	240	93	40	26	10	10	44	91	48.4	2	7	28.6	3	5	60.0	49.9	14	26	20	29
9		Lakers	Pat Riley	5/29/1983	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	L 94-111	240	94	41	26	12	8	34	82	41.5	0	3	0.0	26	31	83.9	49.1	15	26	25	31
10		Lakers	Pat Riley	5/31/1983	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	L 108-115	240	108	43	26	7	3	41	92	44.6	1	3	33.3	25	31	80.6	51.1	16	27	20	31
11		Lakers	Pat Riley	5/27/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	W 115-109	240	115	42	25	10	4	43	83	51.8	1	2	50.0	28	32	87.5	59.2	12	30	16	30
12		Lakers	Pat Riley	5/31/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 121-124	265	121	41	27	8	7	48	84	57.1	0	2	0.0	25	35	71.4	60.9	9	32	25	33
13		Lakers	Pat Riley	6/3/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	W 137-104	240	137	63	36	7	6	53	103	51.5	0	1	0.0	31	44	70.5	56.0	22	41	10	27
14		Lakers	Pat Riley	6/6/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	L 125-129	265	125	46	31	8	5	50	85	58.8	0	0		25	39	64.1	61.2	12	34	20	27
15		Lakers	Pat Riley	6/8/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 103-121	240	103	37	20	8	8	39	91	42.9	2	3	66.7	23	35	65.7	48.4	13	24	14	29
16		Lakers	Pat Riley	6/10/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	W 119-108	240	119	44	31	9	3	53	105	50.5	1	2	50.0	12	17	70.6	52.9	19	25	14	28
17		Lakers	Pat Riley	6/12/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 102-111	240	102	33	28	9	8	41	84	48.8	2	8	25.0	18	28	64.3	52.9	9	24	17	32
18		Lakers	Pat Riley	5/27/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 114-148	240	114	35	28	9	4	49	100	49.0	2	5	40.0	14	21	66.7	52.2	8	27	12	23
19		Lakers	Pat Riley	5/30/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	W 109-102	240	109	49	31	9	5	44	92	47.8	1	2	50.0	20	29	69.0	52.0	14	35	16	32
20		Lakers	Pat Riley	6/2/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	W 136-111	240	136	49	34	12	6	52	96	54.2	4	8	50.0	28	36	77.8	60.8	13	36	12	28
21		Lakers	Pat Riley	6/5/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	L 105-107	240	105	40	32	7	0	40	83	48.2	1	4	25.0	24	29	82.8	54.8	9	31	14	24
22		Lakers	Pat Riley	6/7/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	W 120-111	240	120	39	40	8	7	50	88	56.8	0	2	0.0	20	27	74.1	60.1	10	29	9	19
23		Lakers	Pat Riley	6/9/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	W 111-100	240	111	44	27	10	2	43	84	51.2	0	2	0.0	25	36	69.4	55.6	12	32	12	26
24		Lakers	Pat Riley	6/2/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	W 126-113	240	126	47	32	10	6	55	99	55.6	1	5	20.0	15	19	78.9	58.7	17	30	13	24
25		Lakers	Pat Riley	6/4/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	W 141-122	240	141	33	44	8	8	56	91	61.5	6	8	75.0	23	32	71.9	67.1	7	26	10	25
		Average									241.4	104.7	42.1	25.4	8.1	5.2	40.5	84.6	47.9	2.4	7.5	31.3	21.4	30.0	71.3	53.5	13.2	28.9	14.8	25.2
		Total									12,795	5,549	2,231	1,346	429	274	2,145	4,482	47.9	125	399	31.3	1,134	1,591	71.3	53.5	697	1,534	783	1,338

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