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The Lakers struggled without Tomjanovich but were still able to manage a 32–29 record and were in position to make the playoffs. However, the Lakers were not able to overcome late-season injuries to Bryant and Odom, and went on to lose 19 of their last 21 games, finishing with a record of 34–48. [97]
The franchise won five championships in a nine-year span, including two out of three marquee Finals matchups against the Celtics. The Lakers were defeated by their Boston archrivals in the 1984 Finals, but triumphed over them in 1985 and 1987. After Riley departed and Abdul-Jabbar, Johnson, and Worthy retired, the Lakers struggled in the early ...
[7] [8] Two of those championships during that span were against their arch-rivals, the Boston Celtics. With the team of Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson, the Lakers played in four of the first five NBA Finals of the 21st century; winning three consecutively from 2000 to 2002, and losing the fourth in 2004.
The Lakers have played their home games at the Crypto.com Arena since 1999. [2] The franchise took its official name from Minnesota's nickname, the Land of 10,000 Lakes. At the time the name was revealed, the Lakers were in Minneapolis. [3] In their franchise history, the team has only missed the NBA playoffs 11 times. [4]
The Lakers were founded as the Minneapolis Lakers, having moved to Southern California in 1960. [11] The Los Angeles Clippers were founded as the Buffalo Braves in 1970; in 1978, the team moved to San Diego and changed the
LeBron James had 31 points, Austin Reaves added 22 and the Lakers rebounded with a 128-109 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday.
Down three with nine minutes to go in Game 1, the Lakers turned to their top two-man game. Plot twist: This season, that was Austin Reaves-to-Anthony Davis.
Just like Bryant and his agents famously did in 1996, the plan for Reaves was to steer him to the Lakers, who made it known they were interested in him. If Reaves was signing a two-way deal ...