Paul Westhead and Magic Johnson had a strained relationship. When Paul Westhead took over the LA Lakers coaching early into Magic Johnson's rookie season, the former assistant coach stuck to the ...

Legendary NBA coach Gregg Popovich’s career win total has just taken a hit. The longtime Spurs head coach had 77 games, ...

Riley admirably stepped up with Westhead no longer in the picture. Led by Riley after Westhead was ousted, the Lakers were 50-21 (.704) to end the season and Los Angeles went on to win another ...

The NBA has adjusted all-time wins leader Gregg Popovich's career record as coach of the Spurs, removing the 77 games that he ...

Anyone who needs context on the first season (and NBA history) should know that Paul Westhead was brought in by his friend, Jack McKinney, after the latter was named LA’s coach in 1979.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4 (UPI) --Sunday's episode of Winning Time marked the end of Jason Segal's portrayal of coach Paul Westhead, and Segal said building toward Westhead's inevitable firing produced ...

Perhaps Halloween came a couple days too late for the North Dakota State men’s basketball team. Wednesday night, the Bison pretended to be those Loyola Marymount teams of the late 1980s, the ...

The Spurs announced on May 2 that Popovich, 76, would step down as head coach and transition into the role of full-time team ...

When it was time to officially reveal which candidate would be taking over following Paul Westhead's departure, Jerry Buss left everyone, including Pat Riley, extremely confused.