Winning Time: Was Jerry West really like this?

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.

While largely well-received, a good chunk of the negative reaction to the first episode of “Winning Time” was centered around the depiction of Jerry West as an anger-filled, constantly-raging figure, capped off by him chucking his Finals MVP trophy through his office window. The portrayal was the source of articles and tweets from multiple media platforms and was a topic in Anthony Irwin and Harrison Faigen’s…