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The 1999–2000 NBA season was the Lakers' 52nd season in the National Basketball Association, and 40th season in Los Angeles. [1] It was also the Lakers first season playing in their new arena, the Staples Center , becoming co-tenants with their crosstown rival, the Los Angeles Clippers .
The Lakers won one NBL and five BAA/NBA championships in Minneapolis before relocating to Los Angeles for the 1960–61 NBA season. The Lakers went on to lose all of their six appearances in the NBA Finals in the 1960s, despite the presence of Elgin Baylor and Jerry West. In 1972, the Lakers compiled a 33-game winning streak, the longest streak ...
The 1999–2000 NBA season was the 54th season of the National Basketball Association. The season began on November 2, 1999, and ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA championship, beating the Indiana Pacers 4 games to 2 in the 2000 NBA Finals .
Additionally, both teams in the Finals featured newly built arenas, as the Lakers' Crypto.com Arena and the Pacers' Gainbridge Fieldhouse opened at the beginning of the 1999–2000 NBA season. This was the second time a Finals game was played on a Monday night since the NBA switched to the Wednesday-Friday-Sunday rotation in 1991.
The 2000 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1999–2000 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Indiana Pacers four games to two. Shaquille O'Neal was named NBA Finals MVP.
The Heat continued to host regular season games there for part of the 1999–2000 season before moving to the American Airlines Arena in January 2000. Game 4 of the Spurs–Lakers series was the last regulation NBA game ever played in the Great Western Forum. The Lakers played a handful of preseason games leading up to the 1999–2000 season ...
Breaking down the Lakers' biggest question, best- and worst-case scenarios, and fantasy outlook. Los Angeles Lakers 2024-25 season preview: LeBron James, Father Time and a loaded West Skip to main ...
The 2000–01 NBA season was the Lakers' 53rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 41st in the city of Los Angeles. [1] The Lakers entered the season as the defending NBA champions, having defeated the Indiana Pacers in the 2000 NBA Finals in six games, winning their twelfth NBA championship.