As the Lakers' head coach, Riley recorded a 533-194 (.733) record in the regular season and a 102-47 (.685) clip in the playoffs. In each of his nine seasons at the helm, the Lakers won 50-plus ...

Riley will be the eighth Lakers legend to be honored with a statue, joining Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal, Elgin Baylor, Jerry West and Chick Hearn.

There would not have been a Showtime Lakers era without Magic Johnson and Pat Riley, and now they will both have statues outside the franchise's Crypto.com Arena. After the Los Angeles Lakers ...

Pat Riley is one of the most successful head coaches in NBA history. During his tenure with the Los Angeles Lakers, he coached Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The franchise won four titles ...

The Los Angeles Lakers recently shook things up when they were sold to Mark Walter, who is also the owner of the Los Angeles ...

Michael Cooper calls Magic Johnson a 'difficult leader' at times, but praised the point guard for how he led the Lakers in ...

Magic Johnson scored 43 points in a 1990 playoff loss to the Suns but later admitted it meant nothing without the win.

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The Buss family, after nearly 50 years, is stepping down as majority owners of the Los Angeles Lakers. Their reign began with Jerry Buss transforming the team into a sporting and cultural spectacle, ...

Riley, of course, was the head coach of the Lakers during the ‘Showtime’ era of the 1980s, leading the team to four NBA Championships behind Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.