HBO has defended its new miniseries, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, amid criticism from former Los Angeles Lakers coach and general manager Jerry West.
Winning Time is available to stream on HBO Max in the US and Sky and NOW TV in the UK.
In the series, West is portrayed as a man with a violent temper, prone to smashing inanimate objects in frustration.
Released on 6 March, the series is advertised as “a dramatisation of certain facts and events”, as it depicts the Los Angeles Lakers NBA team in the 1980s.