Actor Quincy Isaiah, who plays Magic Johnson in 'Winning Time' on HBO, is defending the series amid criticism from the real Showtime Lakers.
-- star of"Winning Time: Rise of the Lakers Dynasty" -- out at LAX this week ... and he wants"I mean, I understand where they coming from because it's a story about their life," Isaiah said."So, it's tough. But I really feel like we did a really good job of showing humans and showing a full version of who we at least perceive them to be.
"At the beginning and end of every episode it says 'this is a dramatization,'" Isaiah said."We take real facts that happen, and we make it good for TV."Q tells us he's thankful for the persona Magic created for himself as a star athlete ... 'cause it's opened doors for him in his acting career.