Winning Time got canceled before the Lakers' glory.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The abrupt ending of HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty is highly ironic considering how the series actually ended. Winning Time was expected to continue its dramatized retelling of the 1980s Showtime Lakers era after chronicling its earliest days between 1979 and 1984.
Winning Time season 2 end credits revealed what would certainly have been covered in future seasons of Winning Time that will no longer see the light of day, at least not from HBO. While Winning Time's two seasons provide a fairly accurate and detailed account of the Lakers' volatile start to establishing their 1980s dynasty under head coach Pat Riley, the show failed to truly capture the glory of the era in just seventeen episodes.
What Year Winning Time Really Should Have Ended To truly capture the full extent of the Lakers dynasty during the Showtime era, Winning Time likely would have portrayed up to their 1988 NBA Finals win. This could have been covered over Winning Time season 3, season 4, and even season 5, with each season chronicling the paths to the Lakers' three NBA Titles in 1985, 1987, and 1988.
While 1988 would have been the best time to end Winning Time to live up to its name, the series could have extended further into 1989 and beyond. A fifth and final season could have covered the retirement of Kareem Abdul-Jabber in 1989, the resignation of head coach Pat Riley in 1990, and Magic Johnson's medical crisis in 1991 that forced his early retirement.
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