Fans of the Los Angeles Lakers appreciate the franchise’s rich and storied tradition, and the HBO series “Winning Time” has given them an opportunity to re-experience or discover the team’s greatest era.
The show’s first season portrayed the 1979-80 campaign, which was the watershed campaign for the Lakers and one that started to define them as the gold standard of basketball. It was the first year for Hall of Famer Magic Johnson and late owner Dr. Jerry Buss, as well as coach Pat Riley, who was an assistant under Paul Westhead at the time.
