MIAMI — Pat Riley celebrated an anniversary Monday, one with the Miami Heat, and also one, fitting in the timing, with Micky Arison.

“He,” Riley said Monday of the Heat owner, “saved, basically, my coaching life.”

On Sept. 1, 1995, the Heat traded a first-round pick and $1 million to the New York Knicks for the rights to make Riley their franchise steward.

The following day, a 30-year anniversary celebrated Tuesday, Riley was named coach and team president.

As Riley spoke Monday, it was in advance of Arison’s Saturday induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. For all of his own basketball accolades, Riley spoke of a “level of gratitude” as he was asked to reflect on what Arison meant to himself and the franchise.

It was during this period 30 years ago, having r

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