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Following the merger of the NBL and BAA to form the NBA, the Minneapolis Lakers won four NBA Finals before relocating to Los Angeles in the 1960–61 NBA season, becoming the first West Coast team in league history. [4] In the 1960s, the Lakers reached the NBA Finals six times, but lost every series to the Boston Celtics, beginning their long ...
The Lakers have played their home games at the Crypto.com Arena since 1999. [2] The franchise took its official name from Minnesota's nickname, the Land of 10,000 Lakes. At the time the name was revealed, the Lakers were in Minneapolis. [3] In their franchise history, the team has only missed the NBA playoffs 11 times. [4]
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 team failed to score 100 points just once all year, [86] and at the end of the season, Bill Sharman was named Coach of the Year. [87] The Lakers went on to reach the finals against the New York Knicks where they would avenge their 1970 finals loss by defeating them 4 games to 1.
They swarmed the Lakers in Game 6 and put an end to the Lakers' dreams of a fourth consecutive NBA championship. [ 94 ] Determined to reclaim the title in Dr. Buss' 25th year of ownership, the Lakers brought in free agents Karl Malone and Gary Payton , and started the 2003–04 season with a bang, winning 20 of their first 25 games, during ...
The Los Angeles Lakers have lost nine out of their last 12 games and sit 10th in the Western Conference with a 17-18 record.. It has not been rainbows and sunshine after winning the NBA's ...
The Lakers entered the NBA's diamond anniversary season as a title favorite, boasting four of the 75 greatest players in league history. And they failed to make the play-in tournament.
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