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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]
2 NBA regular season records set/tied by Los Angeles Lakers. ... NBA Defensive Player of the Year. ... Jim Price – 1973; Brian Winters – 1975;
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 1972–73 NBA season was the Lakers' 25th season in the NBA and 13th season in Los Angeles. [1] During the previous season (1971–1972), the Lakers had posted the longest winning streak in NBA history with 33 straight victories. In the 1972 NBA Finals, the Lakers had defeated New York Knicks in five
The Lakers won a record-setting 33rd game in a row on Jan. 7, 1972. ... Sharman, the Lakers' new coach, wanted to make a change and move the 37-year-old Baylor out of the starting lineup.
The Los Angeles Lakers entered the 1973 NBA Playoffs as co-favorites in the West with the Milwaukee Bucks, but both teams faced inspired opponents in the first round.The Chicago Bulls gave the Lakers all they could handle before the Lakers came from behind in Game 7 to take the series.
During the 1971–72 season, the Los Angeles Lakers won their first National Basketball Association (NBA) title since moving to Los Angeles. The Lakers defeated the New York Knicks in five games to win the title, after going 69–13 during the regular-season, a record that stood for 24 seasons until the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls went 72–10.
Anthony Davis finished with 23 points and 19 rebounds as the Lakers capitalized on a key stretch late in the game to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 101-94.