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The Lakers hold records for having (at the end of the 2014–15 NBA season) the most wins (3,125), the highest winning percentage (.620), the most NBA Finals appearances (32) of any NBA franchise, second-fewest non-playoff seasons with seven and are second NBA championships with 17, behind the Boston Celtics' 18. [8]
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 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. The second parentheses indicate the number of times that teams have ...
The Lakers' three-year streak of championships came to an end in 1951, when they lost to the Rochester Royals in the NBA Western Division Finals. Nevertheless, they rebounded from that defeat to capture the title for the next three consecutive years, thus becoming the NBA's first " dynasty ", having won six NBL/BAA/NBA championships in seven years.
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 ...
The 1996 Bulls and the 2016 Warriors are the only teams to win at least 70 games in a single season. [3] The Eastern champions have won 41 championships while the Western champions have won 37 championships. The defunct Central Division won one championship in 1950. Of the 78 championships, 35 of them were won by the teams who had or tied for ...
Before Pat Riley led the Showtime Lakers to four NBA championships — and became a ... He played in the NBA for 14 seasons. He was a 14-time All Star. He won just one championship, with the ...
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.