Each week, we’ll be looking back on the newest episode of HBO’s “Winning Time” and fact-checking or adding more details on some of the key and bigger plot points by using the book “Showtime: MAGIC, KAREEM, RILEY, AND THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS DYNASTY OF THE 1980S” By Jeff Pearlman.
When Lakers or NBA fans think of Pat Riley, the picture in their mind is usually the larger-than-life persona he has gained in recent years as the figurehead of the Miami Heat.