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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 ...
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]
[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.
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And we were good enough as a high school team to be one of those things. It was really cool.” By the time he was a senior, Austin was one of the highest-scoring high school players in the country.
Austin Tyler Reaves (born May 29, 1998) [1] is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wichita State Shockers and the Oklahoma Sooners. He joined the Lakers as an undrafted free agent.
This season is the 75th for the Lakers, a team born among the 10,000-plus lakes of Minnesota, but fostered in the City of Angels. Trying to pick your favorite Lakers moments is more likely tied to ...
Gerald Hatten "Jerry" Buss (January 27, 1933 – February 18, 2013) was an American businessman, investor, chemist, and philanthropist.He was the majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning 10 league championships that were highlighted by the team's Showtime era during the 1980s.