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    Bill Plaschke: HBO's 'Winning Time' gets some things about Showtime era right — but not Jerry West

    LOS ANGELES — The HBO "Winning Time" series about the Lakers' Showtime era gets some of it right. It nails Jerry Buss' boldness, Magic Johnson's smile, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's aloofness. The 10-episode series, which mangles facts and embellishes personalities, nonetheless captures the Showtime spirit and actually gets some of it right. But it gets one thing very wrong. It blows it with Jerry ...
    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Apr 23, 2022 4 minutes
    From left, John C. Reilly as Jerry Buss, Quincy Isaiah as Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Jason Clarke as Jerry West in "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty," premiering March 6, 2022, on HBO.

    LOS ANGELES — The HBO "Winning Time" series about the Lakers' Showtime era gets some of it right.

    It nails Jerry Buss' boldness, Magic Johnson's smile, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's aloofness.

    The 10-episode series, which mangles facts and embellishes personalities, nonetheless captures the Showtime spirit and actually gets some of it right.

    But it gets one thing very wrong.

    It blows it with Jerry West.

    It mindlessly stomps all over The Logo. It needlessly chokes on the portrayal of Mr. Clutch. It takes the most revered living basketball figure in this city and recklessly paints him in such darkness that he's unrecognizable.

    While every character

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