In the final scene, Lakers head coach Jack ... him. McKinney whizzes right by. Just when you think the offensive mastermind averted crisis, he stumbles on the street, falls off the bike, and ...

But as influential as he remains, it’s possible that the Riley we know today might not exist if not for a freak bicycle accident. Perhaps Jack McKinney, a man many of us had never heard of ...

Jack’s wife, had not already taken their car that morning to go to a class with Cassie Westhead, Paul’s wife; if McKinney had not hopped on his son’s bike; if McKinney had worn a helmet; ...

McKinney was a protege of Hall of Fame coach Dr. Jack Ramsay and succeeded Ramsay ... but suffered serious head injuries in a bicycle accident and was replaced by Paul Westhead, who went on ...

Though on the surface it took Jack McKinney only a year or so to bounce back from the bike accident, he was not completely the same. There was permanent damage to his brain. His memory came and went.

Former NBA coach Jack McKinney passed away at the age of ... of his duties after he suffered serious brain injuries in a bicycle accident. The Lakers went on to win the 1980 NBA championship ...

Jack McKinney, 83, who brought the up-tempo style of play that came to be known as Showtime to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979 but lasted only 13 games as their coach after a bicycle accident put ...