"Now we fight together" - When Pat Riley played footage of the Xavier McDaniel - Charles Oakley fight in front of the Knicks ...

Magic Johnson scored 43 points in a 1990 playoff loss to the Suns but later admitted it meant nothing without the win. ... A major shift in the 1990 offseason came with Pat Riley's departure.

But this was the uniqueness and creativity brilliance of Pat Riley — we'll put Magic on just an average player… in the NBA in the '80s, championships were won from the inside-out.

Pat Riley says Showtime Lakers' dominance wasn't about him. ... When basketball fans remember the Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s, they often celebrate Magic Johnson's wizardry, ...

"If Coop didn't make the play, then I would've blocked the shot" - Pat Riley had a backup plan if Michael Cooper didn't stop ...