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SITTING IN THE visitors' locker room after Game 6 of the 1988 NBA Finals, Detroit Pistons guard Isiah Thomas knew his badly injured ankle needed treatment. But the Los Angeles Lakers, who had just beaten the Pistons by a point, wouldn't help. Not even with ice.
As Thomas thought about Game 7, the door to the locker room swung open and in walked Mike Ornstein. Known as an NFL fixer, Ornstein had been former coach John Madden's gofer before being promoted to the executive suite, where he worked for Al Davis, owner of the Los Angeles Raiders.