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NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Michael Cooper – 1987; NBA Coach of the Year. Bill Sharman – 1972; Pat Riley – 1990; Del Harris – 1995; NBA Sixth Man of the Year. Lamar Odom – 2011; NBA Executive of the Year. Jerry West – 1995; Rookie of the Year. Elgin Baylor – 1959; NBA All-Rookie First Team. Bill Hewitt – 1969; Dick Garrett ...
The Lakers hold records for having (at the end of the 2014–15 NBA season) the most wins (3,125), the highest winning percentage (.620), the most NBA Finals appearances (32) of any NBA franchise, second-fewest non-playoff seasons with seven and are second NBA championships with 17, behind the Boston Celtics' 18. [8]
The 1973–74 NBA season was the Lakers' 26th season in the NBA and 14th season in Los Angeles. [1] Having lost to the New York Knicks in the previous season's NBA Finals , the Lakers would make it to the NBA Playoffs, posting a 47–35 record, only to lose to the Milwaukee Bucks in five games.
The two teams were tied for the highest number of championships, with 17 titles apiece, until the Celtics surpassed this record in the 2024 NBA Finals; together, the 35 championships account for almost half of the 78 championships in NBA history. The all-time series record for the Lakers vs Celtics is 209–165 with the Celtics being the ...
The Lakers won a record-setting 33rd game in a row on Jan. 7, 1972. A look back on the 50th anniversary of the longest winning streak in team sports. 50 years ago today: Lakers win record-setting ...
LeBron James scored 30 points to become the NBA's career leader in 30-point games, surpassing Michael Jordan's record during the Los Angeles Lakers' 119-102 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on ...
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The Lakers would fall to the Knicks in the Finals in 1973, and Chamberlain, who had set a record for field-goal percentage that year, making 72.7% of his shots, announced his retirement. West followed suit a year after that and the Lakers bottomed out in 1975, finishing 30–52 and failing to make the playoffs for the first time in 17 years. [42]