The Show The Inside Story of the Spectacular Los Angeles Lakers in the Words of Those Who Lived It

by Lazenby, Roland

• ISBN13: 9780071430340
• ISBN10: 0071430342
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-26
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

The first definitive oral history of the ever popular Los Angeles Lakers, by the critically acclaimed bestselling sportswriter Roland Lazenby Exclusive interviews with Jerry West, Magic Johnson, Phil Jackson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Byron Scott, and Shaquille O'Neal. He has also conducted in-depth, exclusive, on-camera interviews with current teammates and coaches, including Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher, Rick Fox,Tex Winter, and the late Laker broadcaster Chick Hearn. No other media organization, including ESPN, has been able to secure similar, documentary-length interviews--which reveals new information about the inner workings of the L.A. Lakers His work has appeared or been featured in Sports Illustrated, the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily News, The New York Times, and many others

Author Biography

Roland Lazenby is a sportswriter and the author of numerous sports books, including Mindgames: Phil Jackson's Long Strange Journey. His work has been featured in such publications as Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and many others.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Tex Winter	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction: The Lakers Aura	1	(10)
The Times of Their Lives	11	(25)
The Minneapolis Lakers	36	(17)
Shortcut to Purgatory	53	(15)
Freeway	68	(31)
Fabulous, Absolutely Fabulous	99	(34)
Victory	133	(18)
The Valley of the Seventies	151	(27)
Ignition	178	(26)
Revolution	204	(20)
Redemption	224	(22)
Under Pressure	246	(25)
The Reckoning	271	(32)
Aftermath	303	(17)
Air Balls	320	(14)
When Trust Was Spent	334	(29)
Triangle Days	363	(30)
Lifted High, Pulled Asunder	393	(40)
Epilogue	433	(14)
Bibliography	447	(4)
Index	451