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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.
During the 1971–72 season, the Los Angeles Lakers won their first National Basketball Association (NBA) title since moving to Los Angeles. The Lakers defeated the New York Knicks in five games to win the title, after going 69–13 during the regular-season, a record that stood for 24 seasons until the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls went 72–10.
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 ...
The 1972–73 NBA season was the Lakers' 25th season in the NBA and 13th season in Los Angeles. [1] During the previous season (1971–1972), the Lakers had posted the longest winning streak in NBA history with 33 straight victories. In the 1972 NBA Finals, the Lakers had defeated New York Knicks in five
The Lakers held a 3–1 series lead going into game 5 in Los Angeles. In game 5, Chamberlain played despite his injury. The score was tied at 53 in the first half, but the Lakers outscored the Knicks 61–47 in the second half to win the game and the NBA Championship, 114–100.
[3] [26] He entered the 2020 Games ranked second in U.S. men's Olympic basketball history with 311 career points, [27] needing just 25 more to match Carmelo Anthony's record of 336. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] A two-time Olympic gold medalist from the 2012 and 2016 teams , Durant was joined on the squad by one other gold medal winner, his 2016 teammate ...
The 1971-72 Lakers won a then NBA-record 69 regular season games, including 33 wins in a row—a record that still stands. The 69 wins would remain a record for the most wins in a season until the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls (who were coached by former Knicks player Phil Jackson) broke it in route to a 72-win season that also resulted in a championship.
Named 1995 Coach of the Year with the Los Angeles Lakers. John Bunn Award (2019). [85] 2023 Jim Valvano: 1983 NCAA championship with North Carolina State, 1989 ACC Coach of the Year, 1993 Arthur Ashe Award for Courage. 2024 Doug Collins: 4X NBA All-Star, 1972 Olympic silver medalist, 1973 first team All-American. Long time NBA coach and TV ...