HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty season two’s first teaser trailer focuses on the rivalry between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. The network dropped the teaser along with a season two poster and the first photos from the upcoming season. HBO also confirmed the second season premieres on August 6, 2023.
New episodes of the seven-episode season will debut on Sundays at 9pm ET/PT.
The second season stars John C. Reilly as Lakers owner Jerry Buss and Quincy Isaiah as Magic Johnson. Dr. Solomon Hughes plays Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jason Clarke is GM Jerry West, DeVaughn Nixon is Norm Nixon, and Hadley Robinson as Jeanie Buss. Gaby Hoffman is Claire Rothman, Adrien Brody is Lakers Coach Pat Riley, Jason Segel is Paul Westhead, Tamera Tomakili is Earlitha “Cookie” Kelly, and Rob Morgan is Earvin Johnson Sr.
The cast also includes Brett Cullen, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Spencer Garrett, Molly Gordon, and Joey Brooks. Delante Desouza, Jimel Atkins, Austin Aaron, McCabe Slye, Thomas Mann, Gillian Jacobs, and Michael Chiklis also star in season two.
Winning Time‘s based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Magic, Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s and was co-created by Max Borenstein and Jim Hecht. Borenstein, Hecht, and Rodney Barnes wrote season two and serve as executive producers with Scott Stephens, Jason Shuman, and Hyperobject Industries’ Adam McKay and Kevin Messick. Borenstein is the showrunner, and executive producer Salli Richardson-Whitfield directed episodes one, six, and seven.
The Season 2 Plot:
Season two continues to explore the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers. This season hones in on the period just after the Finals in 1980 through 1984, culminating in the first professional rematch of the era’s greatest stars: Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.
