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Despite an NBA-record 7-for-7 three-point shooting performance from Horry in game 2, the Lakers lost the next round four games to one to the Utah Jazz. [73] In the following 1997–98 season, the Lakers were the only team without a player over the age of 30 and were joined by Rick Fox from the Boston Celtics.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, formerly known as the Minneapolis Lakers from 1948 to 1960. [1] They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Lakers have played their home games at the Crypto.com Arena since 1999 ...
The Lakers' franchise was founded in 1946 in Detroit, Michigan, as the Detroit Gems in the National Basketball League (NBL) before moving the following season to Minneapolis, Minnesota, [1] [2] where the team got its official title from the state's nickname, "Land of 10,000 Lakes". [3]
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.
Aerial view of the Forum and Hollywood Park. The Lakers were successful during the 1980s with their Showtime era, winning five NBA championships and making the NBA Finals every year except 1981 and 1986. They won the 1982, 1987 and 1988 championships at the Forum.