Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They play their home games in the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, which they share with the Los Angeles Clippers, their sister team the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA, and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. The Lakers were originally known as Minneapolis Lakers. The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, and have won 17 NBA championships, tied with the Boston Celtics for the most in NBA history.
Many famous players played on the Los Angeles Lakers' team, including:
- Kobe Bryant
- Magic Johnson
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Shaquille O'Neal
- Wilt Chamberlain
- George Mikan
- Jerry West
- James Worthy
- Pau Gasol
- Jamaal Wilkes
- LeBron James
- Anthony Davis
- Michael Cooper
- Elgin Baylor
- Gail Goodrich
- Byron Scott
- Bob McAdoo
- A.C. Green
- Ron Harper
- Dwight Howard
- Rajon Rondo
- Steve Nash
- Kyle Kuzma
- Alex Caruso
- Brandon Ingram
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
- Russell Westbrook
- Carmelo Anthony
- Derek Fisher
- Lamar Odom
- Andrew Bynum
- Luke Walton
- Trevor Ariza
- Metta Sandiford-Artest
The Lakers have won 17 NBA championships, including 5 in Minneapolis (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954) and 12 in Los Angeles (1972, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2009, 2010, 2020).
Three of the Lakers' rivals are the Boston Celtics, Portland Trail Blazers, and the Sacramento Kings.
Los Angeles Lakers Media
Minneapolis team co-owner Benjamin Berger
Wilt Chamberlain played for Los Angeles for five seasons during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was an integral part of their 1971–72 team that is considered one of the best in NBA history.
The Lakers acquired Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1975.
Magic Johnson along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar led the "Showtime" Lakers to five NBA titles in the 1980s.
Los Angeles drafted James Worthy first overall in 1982. "Big Game James" recorded his only career triple double in the Lakers game seven victory over the Pistons in the 1988 NBA Finals.
Championship banners from Minneapolis and Los Angeles & retired jerseys, hanging in the rafters of Crypto.com Arena in 2022
The Lakers at the White House following their 2001 NBA championship
The Lakers with President Barack Obama following their 2010 NBA championship
References
- ↑ "Lakers Season-by-Season Records". Lakers.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ↑ "History: Team by Team" (PDF). 2018-19 Official NBA Guide. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. October 9, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ↑ "NBA.com/Stats–Los Angeles Lakers seasons". Stats.NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ↑ "Media Guidelines And Policies" (PDF). 2018–19 Los Angeles Lakers Media Guide. NBA Properties, Inc. October 16, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ↑ Nike Jerseys. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. July 31, 2018. https://www.nba.com/lakers/nike-jerseys. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ↑ "Los Angeles Lakers Reproduction Guideline Sheet". NBA Properties, Inc. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ↑ NBA Media Ventures, LLC (September 20, 2017). "Lakers and Wish Announce a Multi-Year Partnership". Press release. http://www.nba.com/lakers/wish. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ↑ "Team Directory" (PDF). 2017–18 Los Angeles Lakers Media Guide. NBA Properties, Inc. October 14, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
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