Keyboardist: Gail Nobles
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Good evening. I’m Gail Nobles on EPS.
Today’s topic is Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. I’ve seen short clips of the first season. The series tells the story of the Lakers rise. I see celebrity in the film and what basketball days were like during the time of the Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul Jabbar. You get to see what Magic and Kareem’s lives were like professionally and personally of the 1980s playing for The Lakers.

Winning Time is based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s.

I’m amazed at the actors Quincy Isaiah who plays as Magic Johnson and Solomon Hughes as Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Quincy looked so much like Magic and Solomon looked so much like Kareem. Quincy played Magic well, and Solomon played Kareem well. When I first saw the preview of Winning Time, I was about to think it was the real Kareem and Magic. The film flashed back & forth to different scenes, and I had to get a harder and closer look. I thought, “Wow! What a movie!” They made it look so real. The other actors looked a lot like their characters too. They made the movie look like scenes from the real film.

I’d like to thank HBO website for allowing the first episode to be seen for free because I really wanted to see what the movie was about. It left me anxious to see the whole movie.

The real Magic Johnson had something to say about the movie, “Winning Time” according to the news.

He said, “You can’t do a story about the Lakers without the Lakers. The real Lakers. You got to have the real guys.” He said he refuses to watch the series.

Well, it would be neat if they added some of the Real Lakers to the movie later on. Like Magic and Kareem. I’m hoping to see the rest of the movie soon. I like what I have seen so far.

I’m Gail Nobles, and you’re listening to EPS.