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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 .
The Lakers, behind 38-year-old Finals MVP Abdul-Jabbar, recovered to defeat the Celtics in six games. [124] The team won the title in the Boston Garden and became the first visiting team to ever win an NBA championship in Boston, as the Golden State Warriors later achieved this feat in 2022. [123] Los Angeles drafted James Worthy first overall ...
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.
In the first round, they faced the Portland Trail Blazers, after losing Game 1, the Lakers then eliminated the Trail Blazers by winning four straight, it was the Lakers' first series win in 8 years. The following round, the Houston Rockets took a one-game lead, with the Lakers responding with four straight wins again, taking the series and ...
NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Michael Cooper – 1987; NBA Coach of the Year. Bill Sharman – 1972; Pat Riley – 1990; Del Harris – 1995; NBA Sixth Man of the Year. Lamar Odom – 2011; NBA Executive of the Year. Jerry West – 1995; Rookie of the Year. Elgin Baylor – 1959; NBA All-Rookie First Team. Bill Hewitt – 1969; Dick Garrett ...
LeBron James lifted both the NBA Cup and the MVP award for the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament (IST) as the Los Angeles Lakers held off the upstart Indiana Pacers, 123-109, in Las Vegas.
Kobe Bryant was a key member of the Los Angeles Lakers that won five NBA championships from 2000 to 2010. The 2000s were largely dominated by the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers, who appeared in a combined eleven Finals to win nine championships in twelve seasons. The Spurs won four championships, in 1999, 2003, 2005, and 2007.
He won just one championship, with the Lakers. Maddox: And he lost a bunch more. Brennan: He lost many, many, ... READ MORE >>> After 40 Years, Lakers’ Jerry West Benches Himself.