Something upset Magic Johnson. For once, it did relate to the Lakers’ current struggles or executive Jim Buss.
Instead, it involved any notion that the Golden State Warriors could ever beat the Showtime Lakers.
“My Lakers, our will to win, our knowledge of the game and how smart we were at the game. We would take something away,” Johnson said Tuesday on ESPN’s “First Take.” “We’re not going to give Golden State everything they do now. We were too smart. Pat Riley was a master at putting together a game plan to go up against everybody we went against in the Finals or the playoffs.