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The championship series got off to a disastrous start for the Lakers, losing Game 1 of the Finals by a lopsided score of 148–114, in what is now remembered as the "Memorial Day Massacre". But the Lakers were resilient and behind 38-year-old Finals MVP Abdul-Jabbar, they were finally able to topple Boston in six games.
Gerald Hatten 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.
A portion of the Lakers shares were reserved for Buss' ex-wife JoAnn, who passed away in 2019. [351] [352] The trusts are set up to ensure that the family retains control of the team, as no one sibling can sell their individual stake. [351] However, the team can be sold if four of the six siblings vote in favor. [347]
Austin Powers is a series of American satirical spy comedy films created by Mike Myers, who stars as the British spy Austin Powers as well as his arch-nemesis, Dr. Evil.The series consists of International Man of Mystery (1997), The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Goldmember (2002), all of which were directed by Jay Roach, and co-produced and released by New Line Cinema.
Since 1999, the Lakers have played their home games at Crypto.com Arena. [1] The franchise was founded in 1946 as the Detroit Gems . It played one season in the National Basketball League (NBL) in Detroit before new ownership moved the team to Minneapolis [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and renamed the team as the Minneapolis Lakers, after Minnesota's nickname ...
Feb. 16—INDIANAPOLIS — Michael Cooper is one step from the Basketball Hall of Fame. Cooper, a former star on the hardwood for New Mexico and later a defensive specialist on the Showtime Lakers ...
Lakers rookie guard Austin Reaves grew up on a 300-acre farm "in the middle of nowhere," he said of Newark, Ark. (Steven Jones / For The Times) Austin Reaves is in the middle of a pasture.
Cooke and his wife Jean in 1955. Cooke was married five times, however his last two marriages were to the same woman, Marlene Ramallo Chalmers. He was married to Chalmers at the time of his death. Cooke's first marriage, his longest, lasted 45 years. He and 17-year-old [20] Barbara Jean Carnegie, [21] married in 1934, divorcing in 1979. In the ...