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Won first round 3–2 Won conference semifinals 4–1 Won conference finals (Trail Blazers) 4–3 Won NBA Finals 4–2 [115] Shaquille O'Neal [k] (MVP, FMVP, ASG MVP) Phil Jackson [116] 2000–01: NBA: Western: 2nd Pacific: 1st: 56 26 .683 — Won first round (Trail Blazers) 3–0 Won conference semifinals 4–0 Won conference finals 4–0
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.
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 ...
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 1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers, who won the NBA Finals, are not counted in the Eastern versus Western champions record above as they played in the Central Division. The first parentheses in the Western champions and Eastern champions columns indicate the teams' playoff seed.
At the time the name was revealed, the Lakers were in Minneapolis. [3] In their franchise history, the team has only missed the NBA playoffs 11 times. [ 4 ] According to Forbes magazine, the Lakers are the second most valuable basketball franchise in the NBA, valued at approximately US$ 4.4 billion, surpassed only by the New York Knicks . [ 5 ]
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 1973 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series of the 1972–73 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, and the culmination of that season's playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks defeated the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1 to win their second championship.