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Magic Johnson heaps praise on Warriors after Game 6 win over Rockets

Magic Johnson quit his job for nights like Friday. Well, at least in part.

When he resigned as the Los Angeles Lakers' president of basketball operations a month ago, Johnson told reporters that he felt constrained by NBA tampering regulations that -- among other things -- didn't allow him to tweet.

“The fines and the tampering and the this and the that, I can’t help young men who want me to help them, or I can’t tweet out," Johnson told reporters in LA last month. "Like Russell Westbrook, that [20-20-20 triple double] was a great feat the other day.