Last Monday, September 18th, the streaming platform HBO Max confirmed news that would sadden Basketball fans, it is the cancellation of the series about this sport titled ‘Winning Time‘ after concluding its second season.
This production provided another perspective of the ‘Los Angeles Lakers‘ dynasty of the glorious decade of the 80s, this installment emphasized the history of American basketball, and is based on the Jeff Pearlman books, ‘Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s‘.
The series directed by Adan Mckay, at the time of its premiere was well received by the public, however over time things changed and the numbers decreased, it is for this reason that HBO makes the crude decision to cancel the series, since according to the reproductions obtained, the public was not interested.
Without a doubt it was a great creative proposal with an interesting vision, but in order to avoid harsh criticism, it was concluded to finish everything in the best way in its second season and prevent complaints from viewers, however it is not rules out the possibility that this great initiative will be resumed in the future
In addition, since the first installment of this production, which premiered last year 2022, it became a controversy due to different points of view of this story, for which it has received harsh criticism from former athletes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson for an alleged inaccurate representation of the facts.
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