Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty review – over-stretched basketball drama

Related: Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty review – over-stretched basketball drama In the 1980s, basketball went from a marginal interest to an absolute phenomenon. The reasons for the game’s ascent are varied and complicated – including increased television interest, endorsement deals with McDonald’s and Nike and the expansion of the league to more markets – but one major draw was the rivalry between the LA Lakers and Boston Celtics, and in particular, between Lakers point guard Magic Johnson and Celtics forward Larry Bird. Like all great rivalries, it’s the differences between enemies that allow for the closest matchups.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeWhen DeVaughn Nixon and Norm Nixon Jr. both showed up in the casting offices of HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” on the same day — at the same time — it could have been awkward. And at first, it was.“They both lovingly shit talked each other,” says exec producer Max Borenstein.

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EXCLUSIVE: HBO sports drama Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty scored more viewers in its second week, rising from its debut.

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HBO ushered viewers back to the starting days of the Los Angeles Lakers with new series Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty making its premiere on Sunday. The series from co-creators Max Borenstein and Jim Hecht debuted to just shy of 1 million viewers.

premieres Sunday on HBO, giving fans a look back at the legendary franchise's incredible, star-studded run in the 1980s.«The Lakers really changed the game, the global game that we celebrate today,» Solomon Hughes, who plays Lakers icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the series, told ET. «This story is about the beginnings of that.»The Adam McKay-directed show is based on the Jeff Pearlman book,, and tips off when Jerry Buss purchases the team in 1979.

“Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty”Sunday, March 6 at 9 p.m., HBOYour next based-on-a-true-story obsession is here. “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” is based on Jeff Pearlman’s nonfiction book “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s,” which charted the immortal franchise during its heyday with Magic Johnson (who is currently very annoyed at this new show and mounting his own series documenting the era).

Scott Huver The scene at Wednesday’s premiere of HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” at the Theatre at Ace Hotel was nearly as fast-paced and celebrity-packed as the 1980s Showtime era of the Los Angeles Lakers the series depicts — and even had a few gilded basketball hoops.Executive producers Adam McKay, Max Borenstein and Jim Hecht welcomed a deep-bench of the series’ performers, including both an all-star lineup of veteran pros — including John C. Reilly, Adrien Brody, Sally Field, Jason Clarke, Jason Segel and Michael Chiklis — and a slew of impressive newcomers. And despite playing roles that ultimately became godlike sports icons, the actors told Variety they were surprised by how much they related to their real-world humanity.

The premiere of HBO’s new series Winning Time featured so many members of the star-studded cast!

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticJohn C. Reilly first shows up in “Winning Time” post-coitally, musing about the ways in which his favorite activity has pleasures not unlike his second-favorite. “God damn,” he muses to his sleeping mistress, his gaze slightly tangent to the camera’s gaze.

“Outlander” has really been through it all, as one does when you’re a romantic period-piece time-traveling series. Throughout its run, show protagonists, Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe), have been through the wringer time and time again, facing the ravages of time travel, multiple wars, more than a few brutal assaults and imprisonments, and the basic shittiness of living in the 1700s.

HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” wants to be the “Boogie Nights” of basketball, and more often than not achieves the excitement of that pitch. It tells you the history you didn’t know you wanted to know about how the Los Angeles Lakers became such a dominant team, without demanding you know the sport.

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