Complex sentence: Owner Jerry Buss, who bought the Lakers in 1979, wanted his team to be as entertained as he was watching college basketball games between the USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins during John Wooden's era.
Split into simpler sentences: Owner Jerry Buss, who bought the Lakers in 1979, wanted Lakers games to be entertaining. Buss wanted his team to be as entertained as he was watching college basketball games between the USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins during John Wooden's era.