Shame, it was a great premise, strong cast, it just didn’t quite resonate I guess but I enjoyed it all the same.
i like the ending, Larry Bird triumphant forever and Magic sitting there crying in the shower like a .... the answer to the mystery of that era in starting a totally useless player like Rambis (and the Sixers these years did the same with Iavaroni) didn't get revealed. they both were total garbage
Yeah the way they ended it pretty much summed up it is finished. with all the slides with stats of who/what happened in the future
missed that, the credits started and i went back to the football game i really liked the show, the Boston/Philly/Lakers rivalry was a huge part of my high school and undergrad years some silliness and re-invention of things to spice it up was okay in the long run
love last nite ep. Brody was great. bummed by ending and now mad HBO cancelled the series. There were more stories to be told in Laker Land
didn't see many reviews that were better than complete panning thecinemaholic.com website was the only one with a clue about hoops and supported the show
Boston vs LA is what spurred my love for basketball, which extends to today (Bird fan of course ) I was 8 in '82 Then being from San Antonio, the 90's continued for me with the Admiral putting SA on map... Duncan... Manu... Parker... maybe there is a new era headed our way I bet they originally planned more seasons, but axed it with the strike... you know they would have at least extended to 87 series where Magic gets his revenge... There's no way the original plan ended with Celtics winning the chip and lakers mourning... it was a show about the Lakers!!!!
Realistic or not, West was an all time character. I'll miss the show. (Claire was a hoot too. Loved her last line to Jerry)
have you read his "auto" biography? never have come across anyone quite like that he must have aged 20 years during the time Wilt played in LA, letting him down every year but 1972... i see that each many great teams had one star that was deadly serious and always angry at his talented teammate who was more easygoing... West/Wilt, Kareem/Magic, Bird/McHale, Kobe/Shaq, Michael/Scottie.. one lousy aspect to the early years of Bird/Magic was that CBS left it to affiliates to show Finals weeknight games live or tape-delayed my affiliate in Buffalo, angry over losing the Braves, opted to show two CBS "movies" before putting on the game at 1am Magic's big win in game 6 of 1980 and the Celtics clinching game in 1981 were on tape delay for me... already knowing the score...
bring it back for the next two years and end it with the 1986 Celtics best team ever, Bill Walton 6th man of the year and the Lakers again (taking a total dive????) in losing to Houston for a second time in the playoffs to avoid a better C's team for all the hype of Bird/Magic, they didn't meet until their 5th year in the Final, Boston/Sixers was a bloody duel each year, a better rivalry up here
Great show, unfortunately no publicity for season 2 which did not help the low ratings. Casting was fantastic, especially John C. Reilly.
I was in the Gahden, Section 108 Row J seat 1 or 2 throughout the Bird/Magic rivalry. Most unforgettable as a Celtics fan was the second half of Game 5, '84, the 97 degree game. Contrary to this biopic, in which as I understand the Lakers were said to have lost because Auerbach turned off the a/c in their hotel room, the game was hot because of an early heat wave with outside temps I think at triple digits. Auerbach was famous for pulling stunts like visiting teams warm showers, but the best Auerbach story is when he and Luscotoff identified a heckler on their way down the tunnel, grabbed him up, and gave him a beating in the locker room. Not nice, maybe not funny, but apparently true. Bird was on fire the entire second half of that game, of every game I've seen it was his greatest performance that led to a championship. The Gahden in its non-a/c form prior to renovation was also famous for fogged out Bruins games.
i don't think lots and lots of people care about the topic in the first place... not sure i would have wanted to see a rehash of Bob Pettit and Bob Cousy's battles, for supremacy in the early NBA, on TV in the 90s kids now couldn't care less about Michael Jordan
tried it, found it to be poorly acted and poorly written, not my cup of tea at all. and it is on HBO constantly.
Bill Simmons wrote up the anecdote of Magic's short announcing career with Magic saying "winning time" every sentence...
