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The 2020 NBA Bubble was the bio-secure bubble at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, that was created by the National Basketball Association (NBA) to protect its players from the COVID-19 pandemic during the final eight games of the 2019–20 regular season and throughout the 2020 NBA playoffs.
The Lakers entered the season as the defending Pacific Division, Western Conference, and NBA champions. On November 10, 2020, the NBA announced that the 2020–21 season would begin on December 22, 2020, following the delayed finish to the 2019–20 season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Each team was to play a shortened 72-game schedule. [3]
The 2010 championship marks the 16th NBA championship in Lakers franchise history. The Lakers would claim their first championship led by LeBron James and Anthony Davis in 2020 after defeating the Miami Heat, marking the 17th and tying the Celtics. The list is composed of players who played at least one BAA/NBA game for the Lakers franchise.
On March 6, 2020, the Lakers clinched their first playoff berth since the 2012–13 season. Five days later, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic , the season was suspended. [ 1 ] On July 5, the NBA announced a return of the season in the NBA Bubble , with 22 teams playing eight seeding games followed by a full postseason. [ 2 ]
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 advanced to the NBA Finals by sweeping the Nuggets, defeating the Warriors in five games, and sweeping the SuperSonics in the Western Conference Finals. [129] The Lakers defeated Boston in the first two games of the Finals, and the teams split the next four games, giving Los Angeles their second championship in three seasons. [127]
On December 9, 2023, Russell and the Lakers won the inaugural season of the NBA In-Season Tournament. [64] On January 13, 2024, Russell scored a then season-high 39 points and delivered 8 assists in a 132–125 loss against the Utah Jazz. [65] On January 29, 2024, Russell was fined $15,000 for kicking the game ball into the spectator stands.
On 22 December 2020, Schröder made his Lakers debut, putting up 14 points, 12 rebounds, and eight assists, in a 116–109 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. [49] At the end of March 2021, there were rumors that he rejected the Lakers' contract extension offer of four years, $84 million to pursue a larger deal in the off-season as an ...