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The Lakers' popularity soared in the 1980s when they won five additional championships during a nine-year span with the help of Hall of Famers Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy and coach Pat Riley, the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins.
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 ...
Determined to reclaim the title in Dr. Buss' 25th year of ownership, the Lakers brought in free agents Karl Malone and Gary Payton, and started the 2003–04 season with a bang, winning 20 of their first 25 games, during which time Malone became the oldest player to record a triple-double. But then Malone went down with a knee injury, and other ...
Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers vs Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers: Lakers, 5–1 1950, 1954, 1980, 1982, 1983, 2001: 5 Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers vs New York Knicks: Lakers, 3–2 1952, 1953, 1970, 1972, 1973: 4 Boston Celtics vs St. Louis Hawks (Atlanta Hawks) Celtics, 3–1 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961: 4: Golden State Warriors vs ...
The Lakers returned to prominence in the early 2000s. Under Jackson's guidance, and with O'Neal and Bryant leading the way, the Lakers won three straight championships in 2000, [83] 2001, [84] and 2002. [85] The Lakers' title in 2000 came against the Indiana Pacers who were coached by Celtic legend Bird.
NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Michael Cooper – 1987; NBA Coach of the Year. Bill Sharman – 1972; Pat Riley – 1990; Del Harris – 1995; NBA Sixth Man of the Year. Lamar Odom – 2011; NBA Executive of the Year. Jerry West – 1995; Rookie of the Year. Elgin Baylor – 1959; NBA All-Rookie First Team. Bill Hewitt – 1969; Dick Garrett ...
He also won two championships as an assistant coach with the Lakers in 2009 and 2010. [93] h Nelson was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a coach. i Kerr won additional championships in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022 as head coach of the Golden State Warriors. j Sharman won an additional championship in 1972 as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Lakers have won 17 championships; five with Kundla, five with Jackson, four with Riley, one with Bill Sharman, one with Paul Westhead, and one with Frank Vogel. [7] With the Lakers, Sharman, Riley, and Del Harris have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, in 1972, 1990, and 1995 respectively. [8]