WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers won his 600th game in coaching career after leading the Clippers to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 101-81 on Thursday.

Rivers became the third active NBA coach to win as many as 600 games, only trailing to Gregg Popovich and Rick Adelman.

The 52-year-old had been coaching since 1999. He had worked for the Orlando Magic and the Boston Celtics before coming to Los Angeles this season.

He won an NBA championship for the Celtics in 2008.