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The Denver Nuggets kept the next round tight for L.A., until the Lakers blew out Game 6, winning a conference championship. In the Finals against the Orlando Magic, 3 games were close, but the Lakers won in 5 and were crowned NBA champions for the first time in 7 years. Kobe Bryant was named Finals MVP.
The Lakers won one NBL and five BAA/NBA championships in Minneapolis before relocating to Los Angeles for the 1960–61 NBA season. The Lakers went on to lose all of their six appearances in the NBA Finals in the 1960s, despite the presence of Elgin Baylor and Jerry West .
Although the Sixers took game one in overtime, [179] the Lakers won the next four games to win their second straight title. Their 15–1 postseason record was the best in NBA history. [180] Championship banners from Minneapolis and Los Angeles & retired jerseys, hanging in the rafters of Crypto.com Arena in 2024. The Lakers won 58 games in 2001 ...
The Boston Celtics have won the most championships of any NBA team. Shown are the championship banners hanging in their home arena, TD Garden. The NBA Finals is the championship series for the National Basketball Association (NBA) held at the conclusion of its postseason.
Current players wearing no. 6, such as the Lakers' LeBron James, would be grandfathered by the rule. Honored Minneapolis Lakers: Next to their retired numbers, the Lakers have hung a banner with the names of five Hall-of-Famers who were instrumental to the franchise's success during its days in Minneapolis: 17 Jim Pollard, F, 1947–55
The two teams have won the two highest numbers of championships in the NBA: the Celtics have won 18, and the Lakers have won 17 (12 in Los Angeles and 5 in Minneapolis). Together, they account for 35 of the 78 championships (or 45%) in NBA history, and were tied for the most titles with 17 apiece from 2020 until 2024 .
The championship was the Lakers third professional championship in a row after winning the NBL championship in 1948 and the BAA championship in 1949. [ 1 ] While the NBA was considered a new league at the time, it later retconned the three preceding BAA seasons as part of its own history, and thus presents the 1950 Finals as its fourth ...
The Lakers won four additional NBA championships in the next five years under Kundla. [1] Phil Jackson is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (902), most playoff games coached (181), most regular-season game wins (610), and most playoff wins (118).