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.
After spending weeks alluding to Spencer Haywood’s drug use, the newest episode of “Winning Time” dove headfirst into his very real and very dangerous cocaine addiction.
The reality is that most of the tales tied to his addiction in the episode are either real or tied closely to real stories themselves.