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'Winning Time' Review: The Riveting True Story of How the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers Changed Basketball Forever

'Winning Time' Review: The Riveting True Story of How the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers Changed Basketball Forever

Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jerry Buss, and more are featured in this high-profile HBO series full of debauchery, egos, and hoops

Max Covill
Mar 03, 2022
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John C. Reilly, Quincy Isaiah, and Jason Clarke in ‘Winning Time’ Photograph by Warrick Page/HBO

Nothing provides drama quite like sports. The difference between winning and losing can be minuscule, but the winners are remembered and flourish, while the losers feel those ramifications for years. Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty isn’t the stor…

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