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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 ...
The Lakers struggled without Tomjanovich but were still able to manage a 32–29 record and were in position to make the playoffs. However, the Lakers were not able to overcome late-season injuries to Bryant and Odom, and went on to lose 19 of their last 21 games, finishing with a record of 34–48. [97]
[7] [8] Two of those championships during that span were against their arch-rivals, the Boston Celtics. With the team of Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson, the Lakers played in four of the first five NBA Finals of the 21st century; winning three consecutively from 2000 to 2002, and losing the fourth in 2004.
The Lakers were founded as the Minneapolis Lakers, having moved to Southern California in 1960. [ 11 ] The Los Angeles Clippers were founded as the Buffalo Braves in 1970; in 1978, the team moved to San Diego and changed the nickname to Clippers; the team relocated from San Diego in 1984.
The two other Texas teams, the Houston Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs, moved from the Central to the Midwest Division to join the Mavericks. The Chicago Bulls and the Milwaukee Bucks moved from the Midwest to the Central Division.
The streets running north and south (paralleling Congress) were named for Texas rivers with their order of placement matching the order of rivers on the Texas state map. The east and west streets were named after trees native to the region, despite the fact that Waller had recommended using numbers. (They were eventually changed to numbers in ...
Current players wearing no. 6, such as the Lakers' LeBron James, would be grandfathered by the rule. Honored Minneapolis Lakers: Next to their retired numbers, the Lakers have hung a banner with the names of five Hall-of-Famers who were instrumental to the franchise's success during its days in Minneapolis: 17 Jim Pollard, F, 1947–55
1873 map of Austin The Goddess of Liberty on the Texas State Capitol Grounds prior to installation on top of the capitol rotunda. 1839 Austin designated capital of the Republic of Texas. [1] Waller Plan is developed as Austin's first city plan. December 27: Austin incorporated. 1840 Edwin Waller becomes first mayor. 1841