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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.
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.
Leslie scored 35 points against Japan in the semifinals of the 1996 Olympics to set an American Olympic women's scoring record. [ 5 ] Leslie is one of seven USA Basketball's three-time Olympians, and one of two players with four gold medals.
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The Lakers play their home games at Crypto.com Arena, an arena they share with the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 December 2024. American basketball player and sportscaster (1952–2024) For other people with similar names, see William Walton (disambiguation). Bill Walton Walton with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977 Personal information Born (1952-11-05) November 5, 1952 La Mesa, California, U.S. Died May 27 ...
Los Angeles traded 6-foot-4-inch (1.93 m) Adrian Dantley to Utah for 6-foot-9-inch (2.06 m) Spencer Haywood, the Lakers' first bona-fide power forward since Wilkes joined the team, freeing him to move to small forward and relieved from guarding players as much as five inches (13 cm) and 50 pounds (23 kg) bigger.
NBA Champion (Los Angeles Lakers, 2002) 2× Olympic medalist with Team USA ( Bronze in 1988, Gold in 1996) [165] 2014: Guy Rodgers: G: 3× MVP in the Philadelphia Big 5 Consensus First Team All-American (Temple, 1958) Consensus Second Team All-American (1957) NCAA All-Tournament Team (1958) 4× NBA All-Star 2× NBA assists leader [166] 2015 ...
On April 3, 2006, he spent three days in a Los Angeles hospital, receiving treatment for diverticulitis. [94] He was hospitalized again in 2007 for bleeding in the colon, with his daughter quoted as saying her father was "doing well" upon his subsequent release. [ 95 ]