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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, "Land ...
The Lakers hold several NBA records as a team including most consecutive games won overall (33) and most consecutive road games won (16), both of which came during the 1971–72 season, [374] highest field-goal percentage for a season at 54.5% (1984–85), [375] and highest road winning percentage at 0.816 (1971–72). [66]
2 NBA regular season records set/tied by Los Angeles Lakers. ... both teams, game – 0, L.A. Lakers vs. Houston, 1978-01-22 shared with 11 other pairs of teams;
The Lakers were eliminated from playoff contention for the third straight season, the ninth time total since moving to Los Angeles, and a new team record for worst finish at 17–65. It was the first postseason drought for the Lakers to surpass two straight misses since the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons. [ 136 ]
They competed as a member of the Western Conference's Pacific Division, finishing the season 11th with a 33–49 record, one game behind the last spot for the NBA play-in tournament. [18] It was the team's worst record since 2016–17, slightly better than the Lakers' worst five seasons. [19]
Only player to record 20 or more rebounds in a game for five different teams Dennis Rodman (Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls , Los Angeles Lakers , Dallas Mavericks) Only player to lead the league in offensive rebounding with three different teams
In the 2018–19 season the Lakers amassed a record of 37–45. The team finished in fourth place in the Pacific Division and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year. The season marked the first time since 2005 that Lakers star LeBron James did not appear in the playoffs and first time since 2010 that he missed the Finals.
The Lakers would finish with the then-best postseason record in NBA history, posting a 15–1 record, suffering their only loss in a Game 1 overtime home loss to the 76ers in the NBA Finals, 107–101. [48] [49] [50] That record would last for 16 years until the Golden State Warriors went 16–1 in the 2017 playoffs. [51]