Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
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We start at Lakers training camp.
And where is it?
Palm Springs, of course!
Why, McKinney asks, dont they do this every single play?
His players give him a quick and entirely reasonable answer: Its hard!
And thats just one game, let alone playing at that breakneck pace for 82 games.
Its jazz: wild, unpredictable, improvisational, and one in which the Black players are in control.
He has Magic and Kareem ready to give it a shot by the film sessions end.
Unfortunately for Coach McKinney, the rest of the team is not persuaded.
Mutiny is afoot, and these mutineers have an average shoe size of 14.
But is McKinney riling up his soldiers on purpose?
How do we know?
Unlike Riley, however, Westhead at least has a job.
to make it do so, they realize theyll need one of the superstars to do the talking.
While Kareems cold shoulder comes as no surprise to the audience, Norm Nixons reluctance weakens the would-be rebellion.
So McKinney does what hes been told.
But you could tell by his sly grin that this was his plan all along.
His idea of finding a middle ground?
It took four episodes, but the Showtime era hasfinallybegun in Los Angeles.
The quick shot of a bicycle strapped to the top of the McKinney family station wagon?
Thats what we call foreshadowing.
