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.
As “Winning Time” chugs along toward the end of the season, the seemingly inevitable showdown between Paul Westhead and Jack McKinney finally takes place in this week’s episode. As Westhead continued serving as the interim head coach for McKinney following his bike wreck, it became increasingly clear that the series was headed for one big inevitable clash between the two sides.