Will Winning Time Get A Third Season? Everything We Know About The Future Of HBO's Lakers TV Show

According to history, the story of the Los Angeles Lakers didn't end in 1984. But will the HBO hit show Winning Time end here, or migth we get a third season?

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Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty by HBO captured basketball fans and couch potatoes alike with the gripping dramatization of the Showtime Lakers from the 80s. And while the season 2 finale was a tough pill for the Lakers to swallow, their real story didn't end there.

And so the obvious question remains: Is HBO going to tell more of their story? Sadly, the answer is disappointing.

Winning Time Won't Get A Season 3, But You Can Read Up On The Drama

After the season 2 finale, Lakers fans were surely wishing for HBO to continue the show and get us to the good times. Sadly for viewers, HBO has officially canceled the show and season 3 is off the table.

The reason? Viewer numbers, probably. The real Lakers won't cry many tears, though, as some of them disagreed with the portrayal – especially Jerry West, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Following the criticism, HBO made clear Winning Time was not a documentary.

If you're interested in the history of the Showtime Lakers, take a look at the book Winning Time was based on, Jeff Pearlman's Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s.

Tanja Haimerl

Tanja is obsessed with gripping stories in all kinds of media: games, TV shows and books alike. She did her Bachelor's thesis on The Last of Us, got her degree in media studies thanks to that and can't stop talking about it....