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Three other individuals both played for and coached honored teams, all of whom completed this "double" with a single franchise—K. C. Jones with the Celtics as a player in 1964–65 and coach in 1985–86, Billy Cunningham with the Sixers as a player in 1966–67 and coach in 1982–83, and Pat Riley with the Lakers as a player in 1971–72 ...
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 November 8, against the Los Angeles Lakers, Davis scored a career-high 32 points and tied a career high with 6 blocks, along with 12 rebounds, becoming the youngest player ever to have at least 30 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks in an NBA game. [168] [169] On November 16, he established a new career high with 8 blocks against Philadelphia ...
When debating the greatest players in Lakers history, LeBron James is likely the most talented of them all, but only tied for seventh in an L.A. Times poll.
Among the most graceful basketball players ever, [112] Abdul-Jabbar is regarded as one of the best centers ever and one of the greatest players in NBA history; [8] he was voted the best center of all time by ESPN ahead of Wilt Chamberlain in 2007, [202] and ranked No. 4 in Slam ' s "Top 100 Players Of All-Time" in 2018, [203] and No. 3 in ESPN ...
It was also the third-most points ever scored by a player after turning 40 (behind two Jordan games). James was also the second-oldest player ever to make seven threes in a game (Vince Carter did ...
The 80 points represent the Lakers’ worst offensive game in James’ time with the team and the worst for the organization since Jan. 22, 2017. Fellow star Anthony Davis called the game ...
In March, James recorded two 50-point games, which were also his Lakers' career-high, [296] [297] becoming the oldest player to have multiple 50-point games in a season, as well as the first Lakers player since Bryant in 2008 to have back-to-back 50-point home games; it was James' 15th 50-point game in his 19-year career, including the ...