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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. Led by magic johnsons passing skills and kareem abduljabbars scoring, the team relied on fast breaks and won five nba championships. List of the last five seasons completed by the lakers. In 201819, the estimated revenue of the national basketball association.
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Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read kobe bryant. In the 20042005 season the lakers couldnt enter the playoffs. Regardless of who it is toronto, chicago, or cleveland its not a common occurrence when. The minneapolislos angeles lakers lead the nba with 31 appearances in the nba finals since 1947. When was the last time the lakers missed the playoffs. They are second in nba championships only to the boston celtics, winning 16 championships to the celtics 17 nba titles.
Looking to make good on rileys promise in the 19878 8 season, the lakers took their seventh consecutive pacific division title with a 6220 record. Really, you arent a true laker fan until you own this. These appearances include eight nba finals appearances in the 1980s. With 15 championships and 30 conference titles the lakers were present in 30 of the 63 nba finals played. The lakers trail the celtics 15 to 17 in nba finals championship banners heading into. The boston celtics and the minneapolislos angeles lakers alone own almost half of the titles, having won a combined 33 of 73 championships.
Youll find franchise history, social media accounts, blogs, career leaders, retired numbers and more. 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. Theyve been in the playoffs a total of 49 times in their 59 seasons. One of the most successful and popular professional franchises in all american sports, the lakers have won a combined 16 basketball association of. Beginning with the franchises early years, readers will experience the teams highest and lowest moments, meet the teams best players and managers, and gain the inside track. It was a rematch of the 1980 nba finals, which the lakers won 42. As a player, he won four nba championships while playing power forward for the lakers. Please note that players may not be in the uniform of the correct team in these images. Founded in 1946, the lakers are one of the nbas most famous and successful franchises.
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