Pat Riley coached basketball.
The 1982 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on January 31 , 1982 , at Brendan Bryne Arena in East Rutherford , New Jersey . The New York Knickerbockers , commonly referred to as the Knicks , are an American professional basketball team based in New York City . Pat Riley . He was head coach of an NBA All-Star Game team nine times : eight times with the Western Conference team ( 1982 , 1983 , 1985 -- 1990 , all as head coach of the Lakers ) and once with the Eastern team ( 1993 , as head coach of the Knicks ) .