LOS ANGELES, March 6 (UPI) --Cast members of Winning Time, premiering Sunday on HBO, said they felt pressure to embody the players, owner and manager of the Los Angeles Lakers in their 1979-1980 ...

After much haggling between the Lakers and Jazz general manager Barry Mendelson, New Orleans agreed to part with its first-round picks in 1977 and 1979, as well as a second-rounder in 1980.

A look at the 1979-80 Lakers, ... When one sees modern-day pace-and-space basketball, one should thank that 1980 Lakers squad for putting up the first trial balloon.

Johnson’s remarkable performance on May 16, 1980, quelled the doubts about the Lakers’ ability to withstand the absence of 1979-80 MVP Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was out due to a sprained ankle ...

Segel has signed on to play Lakers coach Paul Westhead, who led the Lakers—and 1979 first overall draft pick Earvin “Magic” Johnson—to victory in the 1980 NBA Finals, before being replaced ...

Jason Segel has joined HBO’s still-untitled series about the 1980s L.A. Lakers. Segel will play Paul Westhead, head coach from 1979-1981, who oversaw the Lakers’ 1980 NBA championship win that ...

In Buss’ first season owning the team, the Lakers selected Magic Johnson in the 1979 draft. He, paired alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, led them to the championship in that first 1980 season. They ...

As expected, the Lakers made it to the 1980 NBA Finals that year. They went up against the Philadelphia 76ers in what would be a classic battle. L.A. took a 3-2 series lead but had to play Game 6 ...

After two years as Chick Hearn's broadcast partner on Lakers games, he became Paul Westhead's assistant during the Lakers' 1979-80 championship season (Magic Johnson's first season).

One simple coin flip in 1979 set into motion a large part of NBA history, and Magic Johnson knows very well how differently it could've turned out.