Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers ended his post-game press conference on Thursday with a strong statement. Following his team's 103-101 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, Rivers took the opportunity to speak about the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police back in May.

When asked about what was the toughest part of the game for him, Rivers admitted that it was having to kneel for a couple of minutes during the national anthem.

“The hardest part of the game for me was the kneeling for 2 minutes,” Rivers said, via Clippers insider and ClutchPoints' very own Tomer Azarly. “In 2 minutes my knee is hurting, yet there was a guy who had his knee on someone’s neck for 8 minutes… That’s nuts when you think about it.”

At first, it seemed as though Doc Rivers was complaining about his knee hurting. After all, the 58-year-old veteran head coach is no spring chicken. Then again, his message quickly pivoted to how this act was reminiscent of how the Minneapolis cop had his knee on Floyd's neck for eight minutes, causing his death. Grisly as it may seem, Rivers' statement here is extremely accurate.

Both the players and the coaches made a commitment early on that they would use the NBA restart as a platform to continue discussing the issues of systemic racism in the nation. For his part, Rivers is staying true to their promise, and has set the tone early with his post-game presser here. It is widely expected that the players as well as the coaches will follow suit.