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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.
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.
The Brooklyn Nets have an all-time roster, but can they make history and go 34 games unbeaten this season? Is the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers’ 33-game winning streak in danger? Skip to main content
Here are some fast facts and a game-by-game review of the Lakers' historic 33-game winning streak during the 1971-72 season.
He played in 1,048 games over 14 seasons (1962–1976) in the NBA with the Lakers, Baltimore Bullets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Philadelphia 76ers, and was a member of the 1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers championship team, [2] which also won a then-record 69 games in the regular season, and recorded the longest winning streak in NBA history with ...
The 1971–72 NBA season was the 26th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA Championship, beating the New York Knicks 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals .
Jerry West and the Lakers won their 25th consecutive game of the 1971-72 season with a 154-132 victory over Fred Carter and the 76ers on Dec. 19, 1971. ... a rookie on the Lakers’ 1971-72 team ...