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Adrien Brody and Jason Segel Unpack Pat Riley’s Coaching Coup and Paul Westhead’s Downfall on ‘Winning Time’

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J. Kim Murphy SPOILER ALERT: This article includes details about Episode 5 of “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” Season 2, now streaming on Max.

The coach is dead, long live the coach. Paul Westhead (Jason Segel) is out of a job on this week’s episode of “Winning Time,” after tensions come to a head between the Lakers head coach and Magic Johnson (Quincy Isaiah).

With his stubborn enforcement of a fast-break system — inelegantly deemed “the system” — Westhead left the young point guard caged and exasperated.

After Johnson issues an ultimatum to management, the organization side with its star player, and sends Westhead packing. The move marks a controversial turn for the Lakers — the decision to side with an athlete over a coach comes across to some in the media as an unorthodox effort to coddle a twenty-something celebrity.

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