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In the 1981/82 NBA season Paul Westhead coached the Lakers for the first 11 games of the season, until Pat Riley switched him as the head coach for the remainder of the season. Riley continued coaching the Lakers until the end of the 1989/90 NBA season.

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Jack McKinney started out as the Lakers coach during the 1979-80 season, until Paul Westhead switched him in the middle of the season. With McKinney as head coach, the Lakers won 10 games and lost 4. With Westhead as coach, the Lakers won 50 games and lost 18. He would later go on to win the NBA championship, while winning 12 of his playoff games and losing 4.

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