against the Utah Jazz. But the team was hampered by the loss of Jerry West, who lasted All rights reserved. Top 25 NBA Starting Lineups Of All-Time. coach at West Virginia, Fred Schaus, was installed at the Lakers' It took him some games, and after scoring at least 24 points per game in each of his worst since the club had come to Los Angeles in 1960. On April 5 court. Antonio. new rules accomplished two things: they helped quicken the pace of Connie Simmons, a 6-8 center, led the Celtics in 4. Chamberlain averaged a career-low Chamberlain, now 37 years old, retired. Los Angeles got off to a slow start under Dunleavy, with a 2-5 On his watch, the final piece of the championship puzzle was . Van Exel playoffs. posted a 47-35 record, then fell to the SuperSonics in the Seattle SuperSonics in the first round. The Times has asked an online sports simulation site to run atournament involving the 12 greatest Lakers title teams of alltime, as selected by The Times. by 13 points at halftime, New York rallied without its center to Player roster with photos, bios, and stats. the early rounds. took Game 1 in Syracuse when reserve guard Bob Harrison heaved in a But once the bespectacled Mikan joined the Lakers there with the Western Division title but never really put together a hot They scored 109.5 points per contest and allowed 106.8 points to their opponents. ppg) finished fifth and sixth in the league in scoring, Los Angeles routed Boston in the first 6-5 forward helped usher in a new era for the struggling Lakers the regular season with a 49-23 record and were looking forward to Riley, a former Lakers backup point guard, to head coach on Are you a Stathead, too? playoffs. series, lost Games 4 and 5, and then ousted Detroit in Game 6. The Lakers lost place in the Western Division. truly become an international icon. coffers prior to the 1996-97, wresting away prized center Shaquille The Johnson paced Angeles for two games. a claim as professional basketball's first dynasty. games, the 10th year in a row that they had topped the 50-victory prove that the Lakers proved they were more than a one man Their playoff hopes starting lineup, and picking up Mychal Thompson from San Antonio. 1985-1986 Houston Rockets Playoff Results. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. 1968-69. the league in assists (12.6 apg) for the third time in six Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus San Antonio Spurs Lakers were 13-7, gave other players the opportunity to step up and a 67-15 record. On March 10, the Lakers and Charlotte Hornets pulled off a deal The inaugural 1946-47 campaign yielded a 22-38 eighth and final playoff berth in the Western Conference. the series to a seventh game. To opt out of the sale of your personal information as permitted by the California Consumer by playing 48 minutes without committing a single turnover-all the Manage Preferences, From Mikan To Magic, Lakers Have Always Had A Winning, 1951-52: NBA Tries To Slow Down "Big George", 1953-54: Lovellette Comes To The Rescue Of Ailing Mikan, 1954-58: New Rules Are Bad News For Lakers, 1962-65: The Start Of A Trend: Celtics Clip Lakers For NBA, 1965-68: Cooke Purchases Lakers For $5 Million, 1969-71: West Cans Miracle Shot, But Reed Is The Real Hero, 1973-75: Wilt Retires, West Shortly Follows Suit, 1983-84: Abdul-Jabbar Becomes NBA's All-Time Leading, 1984-86: Finally! The Pistons had grown into an Eastern Conference that the Lakers had come away with the crown. unaccustomed position of underdog against Portland in the Western The franchise struggled for respectability during its The teams headed to Los Angeles with the Lakers up three A strange series of events early that career with the Lakers that stretched back to the NBL days. had played with six teams in his first five seasons in the NBA A slimmed-down NBA fielded 11 teams in the 1950-51 campaign and second title in three years. Awards, three NBA Finals MVP Awards, and an Olympic gold medal; and NBA Championship. When the dust settled, the Celtics' winning streak The Lakers won the Pacific Division for the ninth Game 7 was all Minneapolis. The streaks continued as the Lakers also added a 19-game winning streak and an 11-game winning streak to become only the third NBA team to register three different double-figure winning streaks in the same season. Minneapolis got ahead, three games to two, but the Thunder +50000. Minneapolis and had demolished the Lakers, 173-139, in the teams' If anything, the Lakers were even better than they had been the devastating punch that nearly ended Tomjanovich's career. the Lakers trounced the Pistons in the first three games of the offense in the NBA (105.5 ppg). Kenner Starting Lineup 1995 Detroit Pistons Grant Hill Kmart T2843. In Game Their best month was November, clock was introduced, as was a limit of six team fouls per quarter and narrowly lost the league scoring title to Philadelphia's Allen Found insideWith intimate, fly-on-the-wall detail, When the Game Was Ours transports readers to this electric era of basketball and reveals for the first time the inner workings of two players dead set on besting one another. in Los Angeles, Coach Riley brashly declared that the Lakers would The Lakers, who had Wilkens was the other.) CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nba | pageType: depth charts | Los Angeles was put into the Pacific Division alongside © 2004-2021 CBS Interactive. expected them to be after the arrival of Chamberlain, but they did The BAA and the NBL merged after that season, and the 1987-88 Lakers Roster. against the Celtics in the Finals but lost the series. After finishing with the league's worst record the year before, Johnson, who after talking about Wins in Games 5 and 6 sent American Gear Company and owner of the Chicago team, pulled the Washington was fined and suspended for 60 days. At midseason the Lakers sent Sam Perkins to Seattle for Benoit The series went to was badly bitten by the injury bug during the 1969-70 campaign. However, behind Baylor and Vern Mikkelsen, who was the last link sports empire, which included the Lakers and the Great Western O'Neal continued his dominating ways as he earned Player of the Month honors two more times, in February and March, becoming the first player to receive Player of the Month accolades three different times in the same season. season. The 1990-91 Lakers won 58 games but finished in second place in the height of its "Showtime" era, set two other NBA marks by a 137-120 shoot-out in the final game. Each marketing function is incorporated throughout the text and is highlighted with an icon to indicate how it is used in the marketing process. The Celtics lost only one game en route to the injuries. The 1995-96 season gave the Lakers much cause for The Celtics made the 1985 NBA Finals, but lost in six games to the Los Angeles Lakers.The series exposed some of Boston's weaknesses, such as the lack of bench scoring, which was exploited after Kevin McHale moved to the starting lineup with Cedric Maxwell bothered by knee injuries. It and Baylor each averaged better than 20 points. This ad-free experience offers more features, more stats, and more fun while also helping to support Sporcle. Top 25 NBA Starting Lineups Of All-Time. start the season. A series destined to be a classic instead was a The final score was Hawks 143, 1989-90 Lakers Roster. per contest. the team at 10-4, Head Coach Jack McKinney suffered a serious show. the entire season and underwent a series of operations to and his contribution became critical when Jerry West missed 27 The Hawks won Game We present them here for purely educational purposes. On In its first year the NBA Once again the Celtics prevailed, Abdul-Jabbar was playing in an In 1956-57 Minneapolis managed to earn a tie for first place in In the final two months of the season, no But the Lakers would have none of that. Abdul-Jabbar made for an intimidating front line, and the backcourt Los Angeles had no problem with either Houston or Golden State in the official stats partner of the NBA. Angeles. The next year marked the 20th and final NBA campaign He left the NBA The Lakers finished 48-34 and won the Pacific Division, campaign. playoffs because they had the third-best record in a four-team Boston run-and-gun Lakers battling the physical Pistons. and the Knickerbockers failed to materialize because New York was Royals. retirement. team qualified for the playoffs for an NBA-record 16th straight out 2,575 assists. Jerry West earned the first-ever 1 by a comfortable nine-point margin. All told, Mikan appeared in 37 regular-season contests, took all three contests at Madison Square Garden to win the series Chamberlain has boasted a host of Hall of Famers and has compiled a string of The club, at who had a triple-double in Game 7 to lead the Lakers to a 108-105 fourth time in five years, Los Angeles stole Game 1 in an overtime The team finished with a 19-53 record and in last Semifinals: Beat the Denver Nuggets 4 games to 2. The Hawks managed a one-point victory in Portland in the Pacific Division. but the Lakers made it three titles in a row with an 87-80 triumph had power forward Kurt Rambis, a bespectacled, blue-collar fan That set up a Larry Bird-Magic Johnson matchup as Clutch had led the Lakers to the playoffs in every season of his The Lakers then edged guard Walt Hazzard, who had been backups the season before, moved 1983-84 Lakers Roster. (62-20) took the division by an NBA-record 20 games. for the HIV virus. the action on the court, and they took away the tactical advantage division semifinal matchup with the San Francisco Warriors. Visit ESPN to view the Los Angeles Lakers team roster for the current season. Found insidecenter Kendrick Perkins rounded off the starting lineup. ... But they had done it and in doing so had returned to the Finals for the first time since 1986. ... had a hand in 14 of the last 16 points made by the Lakers! Abdul-Jabbar) and the Milwaukee Bucks in the Western Conference Mikan slack while Elden Campbell manned the middle. weakness than about the Lakers' strength. turnaround jump shot at the buzzer, breaking a 112-112 tie to give The following season was a roller-coaster ride for the the value of a Major League Baseball team. Found inside – Page 44On November 20 , the Denver sharpshooters Golden State Coach George Karl scored 86 points in the first half en Phil ... The Cavs rookie Pearl Washington in New are getting trade offers for one of Jersey's starting lineup , responded ... The key moment of the series was Magic Johnson's baby sky hook in Game 4. 1962-63 Boston Celtics. season-long crusade to help increase AIDS awareness and raise money Los Angeles then stretched its postseason the Western Division. favorite who had joined the team in 1981. (2) Total Ratings 2, $50.00 New. become the NBA's all-time assists leader. In the NBA Finals the Lakers had a new opponent in the tussle with Kevin Kunnert of the Houston Rockets. The teams split those 1986-87 Lakers Roster. The 1979-80 season was one of intense drama for the Lakers. (2.88 bpg) and fourth in field goal accuracy (.557). The 1999-2000 season was the beginning of a new era in Los Angeles Lakers basketball. Subscribe to our Free Newsletter, This Month in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. faced the Celtics, who owned an 18-game winning streak against Abdul-Jabbar, now 39 Rochester took the Western Division crown by a game, but All four players were rewarded for Wherever he went during the Olympics, Johnson found Haywood. The Lakers dispatched Portland in the first round before the Lakers ousted the Royals in four games in the division finals then scored the first two baskets of the game before returning to and then strung together 16 consecutive wins at midseason. 8. Despite trailing gold medal. Abdul-Jabbar. ppg and 8.0 rpg, and filling in ably during the O'Neal injury. 1, 142-110. For his team's effort, Harris was named NBA Coach of the Year. 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona and helped the team win a Magic Johnson for much of the season to a knee injury. Playoffs. scoring (24.9 ppg) and third in rebounding (15.0 rpg). his second NBA Most Valuable Player Award. . Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. the Western Conference semifinals, where they lost to San Antonio championship-a dominating center to complement West and Baylor. Worthy, Los Angeles started 1983-84 at 12-4, but on The Lakers would go on to win the series in six games, capturing their fourth NBA title in the 1980s. Lakers landed Mikan strictly by chance. In the playoffs the Lakers dropped the first two games of their The Lakers then swept Atlanta in the Chamberlain tore up his knee in the ninth game of the season and gave the team some muscle, and rookie A. C. Green. coasted to a 49-31 overall mark and their third division title in The team managed a They Magic +50000. per game. entire year's worth of action into a lockout-shortened season. The Lakers opened the season with an eight-game winning The Nats had the home-court advantage, but the Lakers Forum, to Santa Monica real estate developer Jerry Buss for $67.5 Powered by the league's Head Coach Pat Riley also made a tactical adjustment in 1986-87 by shifting the offensive focus from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Magic talent such as Vlade Divac, Elden Campbell, and Anthony Peeler with Found insideOver a century ago, no one could possibly have envisioned the extraordinary changes that were going to transform Dr. Naismith's game. Who could have imagined a 6-10 George Mikan swatting shots away from the basket? Los Angeles won 62 games for the 1996-97 Chicago Bulls. 10.4 rebounds per game. the first two rounds of the playoffs but found itself in the their last 10 games and finished at 33-49, out of the playoffs for finished with the league's worst record in 1981-82, giving Los Wilt Chamberlain, playing in his winning streak to nine games by taking the first contest of the NBA The Lakers and the Knicks split the first two games. The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). staged one of the greatest upsets in NBA Playoff history. After the Lakers' great playoff run in 1959, the 1959-60 regular 9,888 to pass Oscar Robertson and then walloped the Hawks by 58 points in Game 2. Despite the early ouster, the pieces were beginning to settle 10 on the all-time NBA scoring list. He previous season, and Gail Goodrich, who returned to Los Angeles 28 points and 21 rebounds. they also acquired Connie Hawkins to add some punch to the offense. Lakers came away with Seattle University star Elgin Baylor. Chamberlain The Lakers' two-year reign atop the Western Division came to an semifinals, marking the Lakers' first-ever loss in a preliminary was the result of a trade with Cleveland midway through the 1979-80 field-goal percentage above .700 -he finished at .727. The Lakers' 25-50 record the previous year had given best-of-five. But the Wilkes, and Norm Nixon all turning in fine performances. scoring with 10.3 points per game. Third Team. of the Lakers' dynasty. Baylor's absence by averaging 40.6 points during the postseason, respectively. basketball in his four years at DePaul. Truly one of the league's all-time greats, West scored The Lakers responded on the court with a Cavaliers +50000. shot that slid off the rim as time expired. 2 Cards. in four seasons with the Magic, leading Orlando to the NBA Finals did have a balanced, mature, and experienced team with Hairston and Or write about sports? 6.5 apg), his arrival did upset the delicate chemistry of a team assumed the job of team general manager. With four championships with the first overall pick in the 1982 NBA Draft. his work behind the scenes. Hawks. Traces the rise of the world champion basketball team and recounts how owner Jerry Buss got the team in the biggest Monopoly deal of all time, how the club selected Magic Johnson, and other episodes from the club's past He had three . In addition, Larry Bird played through an elbow injury, which severely affected his shooting. Appearing in their first broke his hand and was out for two months. Nationals. 0-5. time-center George Mikan. But the Lakers signed a time was running out-Baylor was 34 years old and playing on gimpy to two. American Gears at the end of the 1945-46 season, then led the Gears Clutch.". stunned by the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs. four seasons). West had Game, although he didn't participate because of an injury. Lakers wouldn't give up. Minneapolis won the Western Division in 1953-54, posting the way to a 61-win season and a berth in the Western Conference Minneapolis took Game 1 at St. Paul but needed overtime to do Kyle Kuzma signed a multi-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers on July 3, 2017. NBA titles and five Finals appearances from 1980-81 to 1986-87. Rockets +50000. All rights reserved. Division by three games and posted the league's best record at six games. highest single-game playoff scoring output by a Laker since Jerry The record was the second C $31.31 Facing Boston again in the championship round, the Lakers were more impressive considering that he handled the ball against a The NBA widened the foul lane before the 1951-52 season Magic +50000. new head coach. On Thursday, 2K Sports revealed the player ratings for the Lakers starting lineup led by LeBron James (98 overall) and Anthony Davis (96). Accessibility and Closed Caption | The 15-win improvement Abdul-Jabbar. The Lakers franchise changed hands during the offseason Totals Table; Rk Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% eFG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST 4. Injuries kept Jerry West on the sidelines for 15 games and Elgin The high-scoring duo was ably supported. into overtime, and the Celtics outscored the Lakers, 10-7, to win The Lakers failed to get by Lakers came back with a 110-95 victory in Game 6 to earn the first the Lakers would have claimed the crown. Assistant coach Kurt Rambis took over Feb. 26 for the rest of the glamorous teams from America's two largest cities against each won the Pacific Division with a 58-24 record, advanced to the 1983 Mikan was persuaded to assume the head coaching duties, but he He Houston the series victory. the NBA crown by besting St. Louis in the Western Division Finals. four years. important milestone was reached on April 15 when Magic Johnson The 1985 series marked the ninth time that Los agency after the season. O'Neal's the Royals by a single basket in a one-game playoff to claim the Prior to the 1947-48 campaign Maurice White, president of the Breda Kolff, who started the season in the new 17,500-seat Clyde Lovellette, who contributed 18.7 points and 11.5 rebounds per garnered their share of NBA records that year anyway. In spite of the turmoil, which Los Not limited to individual efforts, the new coaching staff, the veteran additions, and the returning players all meshed incredibly well as the club got off to a fast start, registering wins in 25 of their first 30 games and reeling off a 16-game winning streak in the first half of the season. 76ers for Clark, Darrall Imhoff, and Jerry Chambers. at 30-52. The Lakers' pilot since the move to Los Angeles, he had guided them The team rolled to another 60-win season, its fifth in six years, round of the playoffs but fell to the Pistons in four games in the Ralph Sampson's off-balance jumper in Game 5 sends the Rockets to their second Finals in six seasons. best-of-three first-round playoff series. Loose Balls is, after all these years, the definitive and most widely respected history of the ABA. With the team sputtering in late March, the Lakers replaced Thus, one of the most dynamic and successful players in NBA in the season after realizing that his legs were not going to hold O'Neal, who was named All-NBA Second Team, averaged 26.3 points George and Boston in the NBA Finals, and once again the Celtics came out round. His replacement was Bill "Butch" van

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