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The 2010 championship marks the 16th NBA championship in Lakers franchise history. The Lakers would claim their first championship led by LeBron James and Anthony Davis in 2020 after defeating the Miami Heat, marking the 17th and tying the Celtics. The list is composed of players who played at least one BAA/NBA game for the Lakers franchise.
The Lakers made the NBA Finals six times in the 1960s, but lost every series to the Celtics, beginning their long and storied rivalry. In 1968, the Lakers acquired four-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Wilt Chamberlain , and won their sixth NBA title in 1972 , led by coach Bill Sharman .
Crypto.com Arena (stylized as crypto.com Arena; originally and colloquially known as Staples Center) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles.Opened on October 17, 1999, as Staples Center, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street, and has since been considered a part of L.A. Live.
The Los Angeles Lakers won it all on Sunday night, defeating the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. Los Angeles was once again led by LeBron James, who had a triple-double in the clinching ...
At 26, Reaves is the youngest Lakers player to get 40 points, five rebounds and five assists in a game since Kobe Bryant did so in 2006, according to ESPN. AUSTIN REAVES NEW CAREER-HIGH 39 PTS ...
With player movement now having multiple decision makers and the constraints of the NBA salary cap, a player and franchise ownership would have to agree to a continuous relationship, taking into the account the player's impact, the team's performance goals, and the financial expectations from both sides, decreasing the likelihood a player would ...
The Lakers regained their momentum from November, finishing the season with 23 wins in their last 33 games, the fifth-best record during that stretch, ending in 7th place in the west. After beating the New Orleans Pelicans in the play-in, the Lakers lost to the Nuggets in the first round, 1–4. [159]
The Lakers won the 1972 NBA Finals at the Forum in Game 5, while the New York Knicks' second and most recent championship was also clinched in a Game 5 at the same venue the following season. Cream played two shows during the band's farewell tour, on October 18–19, 1968, with Deep Purple as the opening act.