An hour and a half before a different game, Riley asked assistant trainer Tim Walsh to run down to Gerry Cosby’s, the sporting goods store across the street from the Garden, to buy him a pair of baseball spikes. When Walsh returned, Riley took the cleats, retreated into his office, and closed the door behind him. About fifteen minutes later, with the team waiting in the locker room for Riley’s pregame talk, the coach sprinted out of his office and broke into a baseball slide just in front of the players. As he came to a stop, the Knicks realized Riley was wearing cleats. “You’ve gotta do
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