'Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty' explores one of sports’ most revered and dominant franchises

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It’s time to go back to the 1980s with Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.

The HBO series stars John C. Reilly as Dr. Jerry Buss, the real estate mogul who bought the flailing NBA team and made them the brand they are today. Reilly tells ABC Audio he was “honored” to play Buss, whom he calls “an incredible American story of success.”

Adds Reilly, “It’s impressive enough to buy a team in the first year you buy them, win the championship. But if you know all the behind the scenes, everything he was going through, it makes it all the