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.
Prior to being known as one of the world's best tweeters, Magic Johnson was known as one of the world’s best basketball players. Any discussion of the greatest point guards and greatest players of all time must include Magic, and one of the finest performances of his illustrious career was the subject of the finale of season one of “Winning Time.