Netflix's 'Running Point' is a fictional comedy about a woman who becomes the owner of a basketball team.The series is based on the life of Jeanie Buss, owner of the LA Lakers.Mindy Kaling, the show's creator, said Buss came up with the idea for a comedy show about her life.Netflix's "Running Point," a sports comedy about a woman who becomes the owner of an LA-based basketball team, may seem familiar to fans of the Los Angeles Lakers.That's because the show is loosely based on the life of Jeanie Buss, the team's president."Running Point" is the latest series to examine the legacy of theLA Lakers, the second-most successful team in the NBA. In 2022, Max produced a biopic series about the lives of key players and executives at the NBA team in the 1980s, and Hulu released a 10-episode documentary about the team's rise.Netflix takes a new approach to portraying the team's history, focusing on Buss' life and her journey to being taken seriously in a male-dominated sport.Mindy Kaling, the show's creator, told ExtraTV in an interview published on Tuesday that Buss asked her to make a show about her life."She approached me like five years ago to want to do this show," Kaling said. "She loved 'The Office' and so she's someone who has a very serious job but doesn't take herself seriously."She could have said like, 'I want the show to be a drama, and I want my character to be like hugely important, and everyone admires them.' But she's like, 'No, I want it to be funny.'"Kaling added that Buss gave her and the writing team full access to her life and allowed them to interview her at any point to make "Running Point.""Running Point" is still a fictional show, so many elements of Buss' life have likely been changed.In real life, Buss took over the LA Lakers from her father, not her brotherThe character based on Buss, played by Kate Hudson, is called Isla Gordon and runs a team called the Los Angeles Waves. Isla has three brothers who are part of the team's executive branch, while Buss' has five brothers and a sister who work in multiple sectors within the Lakers.Buss became the owner of the Lakers in 2013 after the death of her father, Jerry Buss, the former owner. But in the show, Gordon takes on the role after her older is in a car accident.Gordon is not the only character directly inspired by a real-life person in the show. Linda Rambis is the inspiration for Brenda Song's character, Ali Lee, in "Running Point." Charley Gallay / Getty Images for Netflix Brenda Song plays Gordon's friend, AliLee, who is based on Linda Rambis, the manager of special projects at the Lakers and a long-term friend of Buss.Both Buss and Rambis are executive producers on "Running Point.""Some of the situations seem outlandish but nothing surprises me that happens in the world of professional basketball," Buss told The Associated Press at the series' premiere event in LA on February 13. "We've seen everything."