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The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, formerly known as the Minneapolis Lakers from 1948 to 1960. [1] They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Lakers have played their home games at the Crypto.com Arena since 1999 ...
A list of current and former head coaches of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Lakers. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
However, the Lakers were swept by the eventual NBA champion Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference finals in 4 straight games. This was the first time that the Nuggets have won a playoff series over Los Angeles in their franchise history. [158] After stumbling to a 3–5 start in the 2023–24 season, the Lakers won 12 of their next 16 games.
Matt Brennan: One coach that I know from basketball history, on sight, is Pat Riley. “Winning Time” co-creator Jim Hecht remembers listening to Riley on the radio in the 1970s in L.A.
At the Lakers' championship celebration in Los Angeles, coach Riley brashly declared that Los Angeles would repeat as NBA champions, [127] which no team had done since the 1968–69 Boston Celtics. Looking to make good on Riley's promise in the 1987–88 season, the Lakers took their seventh consecutive Pacific Division title with a 62–20 record.
A list of current and former coaches of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Lakers. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
The Times talked to 20 coaches, players, scouts and executives with the Lakers and some rivals to gather the back story andrecount the most disappointing season in franchise history.
The fires raging in Southern California have forced the evacuation of more than 30,000 people, including the families of two NBA coaches. (Tiffany Rose/Getty Images) (Tiffany Rose via Getty Images)