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The 2008–09 Los Angeles Lakers season was the franchise's 61st season, 60th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 49th in Los Angeles. Coming off an appearance in the 2008 NBA Finals, the Lakers won their division for the 31st time and appeared in the NBA Finals for the 30th time. [1]
The Lakers sold out all 41 home games for the season. After 12 seasons in the NBA, Kobe Bryant was named the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player for the first and only time in his career. The Lakers had the third best team offensive rating and the fifth best team defensive rating in the NBA. [1]
The 2008 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2007–08 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs.A best-of-seven playoff series that was played from June 5–17, 2008, the series was contested between the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics and the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers.
The Jazz looked to force a Game 7, but the Lakers did not trail and closed out the series in Game 6 with a 108–105 win at Utah, where the Jazz were 37–4 during the regular season. Bryant led the team with 34 points as the Lakers advanced to the Western Conference Finals, which they had not reached since 2004. This was the first playoff ...
Five years ago on Sunday, the basketball world lost a giant. On Jan. 26, 2020, Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna died in a tragic helicopter crash outside of Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles that competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA), which was formerly called the Basketball Association of America (BAA). Since 1999, the Lakers have played their home games at Crypto.com Arena. [1] The franchise was founded in 1946 as the Detroit ...
The championship was the Celtics' first since 2008, and the 18th championship in franchise history. ... breaking a tie with the Los Angeles Lakers. ... Dan Hurley’s team won every tournament ...
Lakers forward LeBron James, center, shoots between Clippers forwards Kawhi Leonard, left, and Nicolas Batum during the first half of the Clippers' 116-102 win Sunday at the Intuit Dome.