SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses the Episode 3 of HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” Season 2, now streaming on Max. After being unceremoniously bounced in …
After being unceremoniously bounced in the first round of the 1981 NBA playoffs, the spirits of the Los Angeles Lakers sink even further in the cold open of this week’s “Winning Time.” Unable to defend the championship, the team can only seethe in their living rooms as they watch the dreaded Boston Celtics take home gold.
But the indignity doesn’t stop there. The newly crowned champs don’t just snag the title from the Lakers; they practically hijack the HBO series for an episode. While the Los Angeles organization licks its wounds, a series of flashbacks interrupt the aftermath, stretching the frame to widescreen and sending viewers to 1970s Indiana, telling the story of a young man named Larry Bird who went up to Boston to become a Lakers killer.
Compared to the seediness and glamour that’s been the bread and butter of “Winning Time,” these tangents possess a more modest, focused tone that matches Bird’s undaunted constitution. After the suicide of his father upends Bird’s life, an assistant coach at Indiana State University discovers the young player’s talents and implores him to return to the game: “Nobody gets to be as great as you are at this thing unless they love it.
“He’s pushing away that thing that he thought was the reason for the tragic loss of his dad,” Small says, speaking with. “Dropping out of Indiana University and coming back home, it was in that period where that’s always in the back of his mind: ‘Was I the reason that my father committed suicide?'”Michael Chiklis
) ultimately convinced Bird to go pro. The organization’s mastermind had taken a risk by drafting Bird as a junior, setting aside an unprecedented rookie salary to bring him to Boston a year later. Though Bird plays hard- to-get at first, Auerbach cuts the small-talk and speaks directly to the young player’s core principles: “You don’t love winning so much as you hate to lose. You’re a Celtic.” A dynasty is born.
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