Winning Time, the cast: real characters and actors in comparison. PHOTO

Winning Time is the new series by HBO and visible in Italy on Sky and streaming on NOW. At the center of the episodes, the Los Angeles Lakers’ road to becoming basketball legends, starting with the arrival of Earvin Magic Johnson in 1979. Playing him, Quincy Isaiah

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In the new series dedicated to the golden age of the NBA, John C. Reilly plays Jerry Buss, owner of the Los Angeles Lakers since 1979

Jason Clarke plays the role of Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers basketball player in those years and basketball legend, now coach and sports executive

American Gaby Hoffmann plays Claire Rothman, hired in 1975 by the Lakers and quickly became president of The Forum, the team’s Los Angeles sports arena.

Hadley Robinson holds the role of Jeanie Buss, daughter of Jerry Buss and JoAnn Mueller, currently owner and president of the Los Angeles Lakers

DeVaughn Nixon plays Norm Nixon, basketball player and Magic Johnson teammate, now basketball manager

Solomon Hughes gives voice and face to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lakers basketball player and with 38,387 points scored the first scorer in NBA history

Tamera Tomakili is Earletha Kelly, nicknamed Cookie, Magic Johnson’s partner and then wife since 1991

Brett Cullen is Bill Sharman, former basketball player and coach of the Los Angeles Lakers from 1971 to 1976

Adrien Brody plays Pat Riley, also a former LA Lakers basketball player and coach from 1979 to 1990