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The 2015–16 Los Angeles Lakers season was the franchise's 68th season, its 67th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 56th in Los Angeles.The Lakers looked to rebound following its worst season in franchise history in 2014–15, but would finish with a new franchise-worst 17–65 record, which included a season-high and a record–tying, 10–game losing streak in January.
The Lakers started the season a franchise-worst 1–9. Rookie Julius Randle was injured opening night and missed the remainder of the season. On January 28, 2015, Kobe Bryant underwent season-ending surgery for a rotator cuff tear in his right shoulder. [1] On March 21, 2015, Steve Nash announced his retirement.
Since 1999, the Lakers have played their home games at Crypto.com Arena. [1] The franchise was founded in 1946 as the Detroit Gems. It played one season in the National Basketball League (NBL) in Detroit before new ownership moved the team to Minneapolis [2] [3] and renamed the team as the Minneapolis Lakers, after Minnesota's nickname, "Land ...
Despite 46 points from Stephen Curry, the Lakers survived a double-overtime thriller against the Golden State Warriors, winning 145-144 on Saturday in one of the most entertaining games of the NBA ...
LeBron James once again proved his seemingly ageless credentials, as he scored a season-high 40 points on Saturday, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 129-120 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Lakers hold several NBA records as a team including most consecutive games won overall (33) and most consecutive road games won (16), both of which came during the 1971–72 season, [372] highest field-goal percentage for a season at 54.5% (1984–85), [373] and highest road winning percentage at 0.816 (1971–72). [66]
A controversial late timeout call was the main talking point following the Los Angeles Lakers’ 106-103 victory over the Phoenix Suns in the NBA In-Season Tournament quarterfinals on Tuesday.
The 2015 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2014–15 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors defeating the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals .