The lakers hold records for having at the end of the 201415 nba season the most wins 3,125, the highest winning percentage. Learn more about bryants life and career, including his awards and various statistics. In the finals, the lakers would jump out to a 30 lead before beating the washington in capitols to win the baa championship. List of all players that played a game with the team. In 200910 jackson won his fifth championship with the lakers and 11th overall. The lakers had finished the previous season with a 3349. The lakers lost the first game of the nba finals to philadelphia, but that only proved to be a temporary blip, as they swept the next four games to claim their second. Playoffs 1949 the fixture of the the championship other playoff data. In his three championship seasons with the lakers, he averaged at least 27. Youll find franchise history, social media accounts, blogs, career leaders, retired numbers and more. Lebron james, american professional basketball player who is considered one of the greatest allaround players in national basketball association history. List of nba players with most championships wikipedia. Specs and pictures of the lakers championship rings won 33 straight games and the nba championship.
Jul 31, 2016 days after signing with the lakers, sun yue faced his future teammate, bryant, in his first game of the 2008 olympics. The league adopted its current name at the start of the 194950 season when it merged with the national basketball league nbl. The celtics, however, lead the lakers in total number of nba final championships, with 17 championships to the lakers 16. Lakers playoff history playoff appearances 60 440297.
The lakers were also 6715 in 19992000 and 6517 in 198687 and 200809. As some of us may know, jalen rose admitted to deliberately injuring kobe bryant in game 2. The first definitive oral history of the ever popular l. The all time series record for the lakers vs celtics is 204162 with the celtics being the forerunners. The lakers won four additional nba championships in the next five years under kundla. But the celtics pushed the series to the limit with a 119105 win. Best performers in regular season and playoffs, and most winning team coaches. The last two seasons marked the first time in franchise history the lakers lost 60 games, going 2161 in 201415 and a. Nba finals 1987 the 1987 nba finals was the championship round of the 1986 1987 nba season. In most areas, good or bad, kobe bryant has simply done more. Year by year champions this is the complete list with all the nba champions year by year. This fivedisc special edition collectors set features the complete lakers history including yearend compilation programs highlighting the championship seasons from the 1950s through 2002. The national basketball association nba is a major professional basketball league in north america.
Lakers have long been one of the nbas most exciting teams. He was an intense competitor who led his high school. The lakers would become the nbas first three time champion when they won titles in 1952, 1953, and 1954. One of the most successful and popular professional franchises in all american sports, the lakers have won a combined 16 basketball association of america and nba titles. Oneal, a 71 center with a rare combination of power and quickness, averaged 27. It also includes finals results, runnerup and mvps. However, what people forget is that kobe played through an ankle injury for the majority of the series. Founded in 1946, the lakers are one of the nbas most famous and successful franchises. With the nbls last teams joining the baa, the league changes its name to the more familiar nba, and the lakers continued to roll, finishing tied for 1st place in the central division with a 5117 record. In the show, critically acclaimed sportswriter roland lazenby brings the story of this charismatic team to life in an unprecedented oral history, featuring such legendary players as wilt chamberlain, jerry west, kareem abdul jabbar, and magic johnson, along. The lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the nba with the achievement of winning 16 nba championships, their last being in 2010. The national basketball association nba finals is the championship series for the nba and the conclusion of its postseason.
As of 2019 update, the defending champions are the toronto raptors, making history as the first team from outside of the united states to win. The name was selected when the franchise was located in minneapolis. One of the phrases riley coined in the book was the disease of more, stating that success is often the first step toward disaster and that defending. This is a list of nba players with most championships won as a player. The 2010 nba finals was the national basketball association nbas championship series for the 200910 season. Dec 30, 2017 this team is on pace to end with the fifthworst winning percentage in franchise history. An indepth look at the past and present of the lakers, the 16time nba champions. The lakers won the title in 194849, the final year of the baa.
And what a title winning season that turned out to be, with the team going on to set a 33 game winning streak a record that is yet to be beaten. This site is maintained for research purposes only. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting facts and tidbits. All finals have been played in a bestofseven format, and are contested between the winners of the eastern conference and the western conference formerly divisions before 1970, except in 1950 when the eastern division champion faced the winner between the western and. The boston celtics and the minneapolislos angeles lakers alone own almost half of the titles, having won a combined 33 of 73 championships. In it, the full lakers history is covered in glorious detail from the early black and white era of the teams first superstar george mikan, to all the glory years once the team moved from its minnesota roots in 1961 hence the name lakers to the halloffame years associated with the superstars laden teams of l. In most areas, good or bad, kobe bryant has simply done more the lakers kobe bryant shooting against the bulls in 2009. Jun 16, 2010 the lakers climbed within one for most championships in nba history after beating the celtics 8379 in game 7. A fourtime most valuable player, he won nba championships with the miami heat 2012 and 20 and the cleveland cavaliers 2016. It includes updated data about the lakers nba season and playoffs, the roster, pictures and everything related to the championships, history and records. Aug 16, 2017 the blowout victory gave the lakers their first lead in the bestofseven championship series, 21. Kobe needed shaq, but shaq also needed kobe for their championships. The lakers are notable for having the most wins 3,027, the highest winning percentage 61.
The fivetime nba champ won two olympic gold medals, had an 81point. The 1990s documents the bulls incredible run of six nba championships in eight years led by the games greatestever player, michael jordan. A blacktree media production produced by jamaal finkley and anthony idem jr. It was founded in 1946 as the basketball association of america baa. Inside the lakers breakthrough season, a new york times best seller which recapped the lakers successful run to the 1987 nba championship. He guided the lakers to another title during the 200809 nba season to earn his 10th championship, surpassing red auerbach for the most titles as a head coach in league history. Over the past 50 years the lakers have won an unprecedented 14 championships, making them the best nba franchise ever. Over the course of 15 hours on four doublesided dvds, chicago bulls. Phil jackson is the franchises alltime leader for the most regularseason games coached 820, most playoff games coached 181, most regularseason game wins 553, and most playoff wins 118.
The lakers spurs series in the conference finals was the most lopsided conference finals series in nba history, with the lakers winning by an average of 22 points per game. With an extensive catalog of videos and dvds for coaches, parents and athletes, championship productions is internationally recognized as the industry leader in instructional videos, books and guides for more than 20 sports. Shaquille oneal, kobe bryant, derek fisher, robert horry, rick fox, lindsey hunter, mitch richmond, devean george, mark. And for the first time ever on dvd, see the greatest finals games in bulls championship history. The league consists of 30 teams, of which 29 are located in the united states and one in canada. Number of lakers championships a knowledge archive. The lakers had acquired big man george mikan the year they moved from detroit from the chicago american gears who were leaving the nbl to play in other leagues. Its also available for football, hockey and baseball. Laker was the name of a type of cargo ship used on the great lakes and the mississippi river. The two teams have won the two highest numbers of championships, the celtics 17, the lakers 16. Together, they account for 33 of the 72 championships in nba history. The lakers would then conclude the decade with three straight finals appearances. The franchise began with the 1947 purchase of a disbanded team, the detroit gems of the national basketball league nbl.
As of summer 2012, the lakers hold the alltime records for wins 3,125, winning percentage. Bios for every player who ever wore a lakers uniform, in l. After coaching the showtime lakers, he brought the knicks to the finals with patrick ewing in the 90s, won a championship in miami as the coach and team president in 2006, and still retains his. Mikan would be the lakers first and biggest star during the later 1940s and 1950s. The story of the lakers began in 1947 when two entrepreneurs, ben berger and morris chalfen, purchased the detroit gems of the national basketball league and relocated them to minnesota where theyd adopt the name lakers, inspired by minnesotas nickname land of 10,000 lakes. The lakers advanced to the nba finals six times in the 1960s but lost to the celtics in each appearance despite the presence of alltime greats elgin baylor and jerry west who would later assemble a number of lakers championship teams as the teams general manager. Every statistic, every season, every title, every hall of famer. The 2010 championship marks the 16th nba championship in lakers franchise history. The americans won handily, as sun and china went on to finish with a 24 record. The lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the nba, and have won 16 nba championships, the secondmost behind the boston celtics. In 201718, the average regular season home attendance for a lakers game stood at.