Published 4/8/2008
at L.A. Times - Basketball
Five-time champion coach who led the Lakers to four of them will be inducted in September with Olajuwon, Ewing, Dantley, Rush, Davidson and Vitale.
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SAN ANTONIO -- Pat Riley, winner of four NBA championships as coach of the Lakers and a fifth with the Miami Heat, is among seven who will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Sept. 5 in Springfield, Mass.
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