gave basketball fans a look back at the legendary franchise's incredible, star-studded run in the 1980s. The Adam McKay-directed show, based on the Jeff Pearlman book,, tips off when Jerry Buss purchases the team in 1979.
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A thug has been jailed for life after leaving his step-brother 'close to death' in a brutal attack after a row over their dad's ashes.
Peter Hogg slammed his unconscious victim's head against the pavement in the shocking incident, the Liverpool Echo reports. His step-brother was left fighting for his life and is still in hospital more than eight months later.
Liverpool Crown Court heard how the attack in the early hours of December 2 last year was captured on CCTV footage. It showed Hogg repeatedly punching Phillip Williams to the head in the street after an argument erupted over where the ashes of the complainant's late father should be placed.
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Once his victim was rendered unconscious, the 43-year-old - of Haggerston Road in Walton - then 'slammed his head against the pavement' twice. Gareth Roberts, prosecuting, described how the footage captured him hitting Mr Williams a total of 33 times - including at least nine strikes while he was knocked out on the floor.
Police were called to the scene and found Hogg upstairs in his bedroom, 'forming the impression he was drunk'. When officers attempted to detain him, he called the officers 'pigs', 'f***ing pieces of s***' and 'f***ing f*****s'.
The defendant - an industrial electrician and former Royal Mail worker - kicked out at the chest of one PC and shouted a racial slur at another. Hogg continued resisting after they had used PAVA spray on him, after which he shouted out for his wife and told her to film his arrest.
The victim was rushed to the Walton Centre having suffered swelling to the brain, fractured cheekbones, a broken nose and a laceration to the back of the head. He was placed in
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