On March 6, 2022, HBO premiered the show Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, chronicling the showtime era of the Lakers dynasty. The show is based on the book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s by Jeff Pearlman. The show focused not only on star athletes like Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar but also on the coaching staff and management team. Winning Time also spends a great deal of time focused on former Lakers player and later coach Jerry West.
