Magic Johnson (Quincy Isaiah) leads the Lakers onto the court in Season 2 of "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty."
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‘Winning Time’ ups its game (a little) as it turns to the Lakers-Celtics rivalry
Dramatizations tend to take liberties with the facts, but the issues surrounding 2022’s debut season of “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” were as much about its leering tone as fudging the details. The second season doesn’t fix those problems – in ways, it adds to them – but it does sharpen its focus by pivoting to the Lakers-Celtics rivalry that defined the NBA during the 1980s.
