The Los Angeles Lakers is a professional American basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as members of the Western Conference Division of the Pacific Region. The Lakers play their home game at the Staples Center, an arena shared with the Los Angeles Clippers NBA, the Los Angeles Sparks of the National Women's Basketball Association, and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in NBA history, and have won 16 NBA championships (11 in Los Angeles), their last in 2010.
The franchise starts with the purchase of 1947 from the disbanded team, Detroit Gems of National Basketball League (NBL). The new team started playing in Minneapolis, calling themselves Minneapolis Lakers in honor of the nickname of the country, "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Originally a NBL member, the Lakers won the 1948 NBL championship before joining the Basketball Association of America rivals and won five of the six BAA and NBA championships in Minneapolis after the NBA was formed in 1949. The team was driven by the center of George Mikan, described by the official NBA website as the first "league superstar". After struggling financially in the late 1950s after Mikan retired, they moved to Los Angeles before the 1960-61 season.
Led by Hall of Famers Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, Los Angeles made the NBA Finals six times in the 1960s, but lost each series to the Boston Celtics, starting long and storied rivalries. In 1968, the Lakers acquired four times the Most Valuable NBA Player (MVP) Wilt Chamberlain to play the center, and after losing the Final in 1969 and 1970, they won their sixth NBA title - and first in Los Angeles - in 1972, by new head coach Bill Sharman. After retiring from West and Chamberlain, the team acquired another center, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who had won several MVP awards, but was unable to reach the Final in the late 1970s. In the 1980s the Lakers were dubbed "Showtime" because of their Magic Johnson-led desperation, and won five championships in a 9-year span, including their first Finals championship against the Celtics in 1985. The team featured Hall of Famers at Johnson, Abdul-Jabbar , and James Worthy, and Hall of Fame coach, Pat Riley. After retiring Abdul-Jabbar and Johnson, the team struggled in the early 1990s before acquiring Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant in 1996. Led by O'Neal, Bryant, and other Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson, Los Angeles won three consecutive titles between 2000 and 2002, securing a second "peat-three" franchise. After losing the 2004 and 2008 NBA Finals, the Lakers won two championships by defeating the Orlando Magic in 2009 and Boston in 2010.
The Lakers hold the NBA's longest winning streak, 33 straight matches, set during the 1971-72 season. 21 Hall of Famers have played for Los Angeles, while four have coached the team. The four Lakers - Abdul-Jabbar, Johnson, O'Neal, and Bryant - have won the NBA MVP Award for a total of eight awards.
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1947-1959: Permulaan dan dinasti Minneapolis
The Lakers franchise began in 1947 when Ben Berger and Morris Chalfen of Minnesota bought a recently disbanded Detroit Gems from the National Basketball League (NBL) for $ 15,000 from Permata owner Maury Winston. Minneapolis sportswriter Sid Hartman plays a key role behind the scenes in helping to collect deals and then teams. Inspired by the Minnesota nickname, "Land of 10,000 Lakes", the team named themselves the Lakers. Hartman helped them hire John Kundla from the College of St. Thomas, to become their first head coach, by meeting him and selling him to the team.
The Lakers have a solid list, featuring Jim Pollard, playmaker Herm Schaefer, and center George Mikan, who became the dominant player in the NBL. In their first season, they led the league with a 43-17 record, then won the NBL Championship that season.
In 1948, the Lakers moved from NBL to Basketball Association of America (BAA), and Mikan's 28.3 points per game (ppg) scored an average set BAA record. In the 1949 BAA Finals they won the championship, beating the Washington Capitols four games into two. The following season, the team improved to 51-17, repeating as champions. In the 1950-51 season, Mikan won his third consecutive scoring title at 28.4 ppg and the Lakers went 44-24 to win their second straight division title. One of those games, losing 19-18 against Fort Wayne Pistons, became famous as the lowest scoring game in NBA history. In the playoffs, they beat the Indianapolis Olympians in three games but lost to the Rochester Royals in the next round.
During the 1951-52 season, the Lakers won 40 games, taking second place in their division. They face the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals, which they won in seven games. In the 1952-53 season, Mikan led the NBA in rebound, averaging 14.4 rebounds per game (rpg), and was named MVP of the 1953 NBA All-Star Game. After a regular season of 48-22, the Lakers defeated Fort Wayne Pistons in the Western playoffs to advance to the NBA Finals. They then defeated the New York Knicks to win their second straight championship. Although the Lakers star George Mikan suffered knee problems throughout the 1953-54 season, he was still able to average 18 ppg. Clyde Lovellette, which was drafted in 1952, helped the team win the Western Division. The team won its third consecutive championship in the 1950s and fifth in six seasons when it defeated the Syracuse Nationals in seven games.
Following Mikan's retirement in the 1954 season, the Lakers struggled but still managed to win 40 matches. Although they beat the Rochester Royals in the first round of the playoffs, they were beaten by Fort Wayne Pistons in the semi-finals. Although they lost the record in the next two seasons, they make the playoffs every year. Mikan returned for the last half of the 1955-56 season, but fought and retired for good after this season. Led by Lovellette with 20.6 points and 13.5 rebounds, they advanced to the Final Conference in 1956-57. The Lakers had one of the worst seasons in the team's history in 1957-58 when they won 19 lowest league matches. They have hired Mikan, who had been the team's general manager for the previous two seasons, as head coach to replace Kundla. Mikan was fired in January when the team was 9-30, and Kundla was rehired.
The Lakers grabbed the top spot in the 1958 NBA draft and used it to pick Elgin Baylor. Baylor, who was named NBA Rookie of the Year and co-MVP of the NBA All-Star Game in 1959, averaging 24.9 ppg and 15.0 rpg helped the Lakers rose to second in their division despite a record 33-39. After a disappointing Hawks in six games in the final division, they returned to the NBA Finals, but were swept by the Celtics begin their long rivalry.
1959-1968: Move to Los Angeles and Celtics rivalry
In their final year in Minneapolis, the Lakers went 25-50. On January 18, 1960, the team suffered a loss and traveled to St. Petersburg. Louis when their plane landed. The blizzard had pushed the pilot as far as 150 miles when he was forced to land in the cornfield. No one was hurt. Their record earned them number two in the 1960 NBA draft. The team chose Jerry West from West Virginia University. During the off-season in 1960, the Lakers became the first NBA West Coast team when owner Bob Short decided to move the team to Los Angeles. Led by Baylor 34.8 ppg and 19.8 rpg, Los Angeles won 11 more than the previous year in the first season in the West. On 15 November of that season, Baylor set a new NBA score score when he scored 71 points in a win against the New York Knicks while earning 25 rebounds. Thus, Baylor broke his own NBA record by 64 points. Despite the record loss, the Lakers make the playoffs. They came within two points of the NBA Finals when they lost in game seven of their second-round series against St. Louis.
Led by Baylor and West at 38.3 and 30.8 ppg respectively, the Lakers increased to 54-26 in 1961-62, and made the final. In one game five wins, Baylor grabbed 22 rebounds and set the NBA's surviving record for points in the final with 61, though out of the game. The Lakers, however, lost to the Celtics with three points in overtime seven games. Frank Selvy, having made two jumpers in the last 40 seconds to tie the game, missed a potential 18-foot league potential jump, a mistake he said in June 2010 still haunt him over 40 years later.
Los Angeles won 53 games in 1962-63, behind baylor 34.0 ppg and 27.1 ppg West but lost the NBA Finals in six games to the Celtics. After falling to 42-38 and losing in the first round of the 1964 NBA Playoffs to the Hawks, the team won 49 games in 1964-1965. The Lakers surged past Baltimore's Bullet in the division finals, behind West's record record of 46.3 ppg in the series. They lost again to the Celtics in the Final, this time in five games.
Los Angeles lost the final to Boston in seven more games in 1966, this time with two points. Going down 16 on entering the fourth quarter, and 10 in a minute and a half longer, the Lakers rallied in the closing moments, which fell just short. After descending to 36 wins and losing in the first round of the 1967 NBA Playoff, they lost the final round to the Celtics again in 1968. Los Angeles moved into the new arena, The Forum, in 1967, after playing seven seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.
1968-1973: Wilt arrives
On July 9, 1968, the team acquired Wilt Chamberlain from the Philadelphia 76ers for Darrell Imhoff, Archie Clark, and Jerry Chambers. In his first season as Laker, Chamberlain set a team record with an average of 21.1 rpg league rigs. West, Baylor, and Chamberlain each averaged over 20 points, and Los Angeles won their division. The Lakers and Celtics meet again in the finals, and Los Angeles have a home advantage against Boston for the first time in their rivalry. They won the first game behind 53 points Jerry West, and led 3-2 after five. Boston won the series in seven games, and won 11 of their NBA Championships in 13 seasons. West was crowned as the first Final MVP; this remains the only time that losing team members have won the award. In 1970, West won his first scoring title at 31.2 ppg, the team returned to the final, and for the first time in 16 years, they did not have to face the Celtics; instead of playing the New York Knicks, who beat them 4-3. The following season the Lakers were defeated by the Milwaukee Bucks, led by Laker Lew Alcindor's future (now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) in the Western Conference Final.
The 1971-72 season brought some changes. Jack Kent Cooke's owner took Bill Sharman as head coach, and Elgin Baylor announced his retirement early in the season after realizing that his legs were not well enough. Sharman enhances team discipline. He introduced the concept of shootaround, where players will arrive in the morning arena before the game to practice shots. They won 14 straight games in November and all 16 games played in December. They won three straight to open in 1972 but on January 9, the Milwaukee Bucks ended their winning streak by beating the Lakers, 120-104. By winning 33 straight games, Los Angeles recorded the longest winning streak of any team in American professional sports. The Lakers won 69 games that season, which became the NBA's record for 24 years until the Chicago Bulls won 72 games in 1995-96. Chamberlain averaged 14.8 points low but led the league in a rebound in 19.2 games. Western 9.7 assists per game (apg) leads the league, it also averages over 25 points, and is named MVP of the 1972 NBA All-Star Game. The team failed to score 100 points just once throughout the year, and by the end of the season, Bill Sharman was named Coach of the Year. The Lakers went on to reach the final against the New York Knicks where they will avenge their final loss in 1970 by beating them 4 games to 1. Chamberlain scored 24 points and 29 rebounds in game five and won the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award.
The Lakers won 60 games in the 1972-73 NBA season, and won other Pacific Division titles. Wilt Chamberlain, playing in his last season, once again led the league in rebound and set the NBA record that still stands for the percentage of field goals at 72.7%. The team beat the Chicago Bulls in seven games in the conference semifinals, then the Golden State Warriors in five in the Western Division Finals. They played the New York Knicks in the 1973 NBA Finals. Los Angeles took the first game with three points, but New York won the series in five games.
1973-1979: Build "Showtime"
During the 1973-74 season, the team was hampered by the loss of West, who only played 31 matches before his legs gave up. Goodrich, with an average of 25.3 points, helped the team to soar at the end of the season. Trailing the Golden State Warriors by three games with seven left to play, the Lakers rallied to finish 47-35 and win the Pacific Division. They made the playoffs but managed just one win against Milwaukee in the conference semifinals. After the season, West retired due to a contract dispute with Cooke, and filed a lawsuit for an unpaid wage.
Having missed the playoffs in the 1974-75 season, the Lakers acquired Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who had won three MVP leagues at the time. Abdul-Jabbar wants to get out of Milwaukee, demanding trade to New York or Los Angeles. He traded for Elmore Smith, Brian Winters, Junior Bridgeman, and Dave Meyers. Abdul-Jabbar underwent his fourth MVP season in 1975-76, leading the league in rebounds, blocked shots, and minutes played. The Lakers struggled in January, went 3-10, and finished out of the playoffs in 40-42.
West and Cooke settle their differences - and Laker's former lawsuit - and Cooke hired him to replace Sharman as team coach. The West became angry, however, when Cooke refused to spend the money necessary to get ahead of Julius Erving, who sold the Nets. Behind another MVP season from Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles won the Pacific Division, finishing the best league season 1976-77 53-29. They beat the Warriors in a seven-game series to open the postseason before being swept by Portland in the Western Conference Finals. During the offseason, Los Angeles took Jamaal Wilkes from Golden State and signed a first-round draft picking Norm Nixon. In the first two minutes of the 1977-78 first game of the season, Abdul-Jabbar pressed the Kent Benson Bucks center for an overly aggressive elbow and broke his hand. Two months later, a healthy Abdul-Jabbar got into a fight with the Houston Rockets, Kevin Kunnert after the rebound. Team's initial strength, Kermit Washington, averaging 11.5 points and 11.2 rebounds, entered the fight, and when Rudy Tomjanovich raced off the bench to break the action, Washington punched his face. Tomjanovich nearly died from a blow, suffered a fractured skull and other facial injuries, which ended his playing career prematurely. Washington, which states that he assumed Tomjanovich was a fighter, suspended for two months by the NBA, and released by the Lakers. The team won 45 games despite being a starter in Washington and did not have Abdul-Jabbar for nearly two months, but lost in the first round of playoffs to Seattle. During the 1978-79 season, the team posted a 47-35 record but lost to SuperSonics in the playoff semi-final.
1979-1991: "Showtime"
In the 1979 NBA draft, Los Angeles chose a 6-foot, 9-inch Magic Johnson guard from Michigan State with the first overall pick. It takes time for teammate Johnson to adjust to his passing ability, because his "invisible" operation often makes them unconscious. Once they adjust, his death becomes an important part of Los Angeles offense. The Lakers won 60 games in the rookie year of Johnson, and beat the Philadelphia 76ers in six games in the NBA Final of 1980. Johnson won the Finals MVP award, having started in center for injured Abdul-Jabbar in game six, and counted 42 points, 15 rebounds, and seven assists. The team fell in the 1980-81 season, as the Lakers lost Johnson for much of the season with a knee injury. The team changed in a 54-28 record and finished second behind the Phoenix Suns in the Pacific Division. The Rockets, led by Moses Malone, defeated Los Angeles in the first round of the playoffs.
At the start of the 1981-82 season, Johnson complained to the media about head coach Paul Westhead and demanded a trade. Westhead was fired shortly after Johnson's criticism, and although Lakers owner Jerry Buss stated that Johnson's comments were not a factor in the decision, Johnson was slandered by national media and scorned on the street and at home. Buss promoted assistant coach Pat Riley to a "co-head coach" with Jerry West (though West considers himself Riley's assistant) on November 19 and the team won 17 of the next 20 games. Nicknamed "Showtime" because of Johnson's breakthrough rapid breakthrough, the Lakers won the Pacific Division title and swept the Suns and Spurs in the 1982 playoffs. Los Angeles stretched the postseason winning streak to nine games by taking the first contest of the NBA Finals from the 76ers. The team won the Final 4-2 to complete the 12-2 playoff. On the night draft of 1982, the Lakers had their first overall pick (the trade with Cleveland in mid-season 1979-80, when the Lakers sent Don Ford and the first-round 1980s to the Cavaliers for Butch Lee and their 1982 election) and chose James Worthy from North Carolina. The Lakers won the Pacific Division at 58-24, but deserved to have a foot injury in the final week of the season and missed the rest of the season. Nevertheless, they advanced to play Philadelphia in the 1983 NBA Finals after beating Portland and San Antonio. The Sixers, however, won the series and the championship in four games. After West season replace Sharman as GM team.
In the 1983-1984 season, Los Angeles went 54-28, and played Boston in the Finals for the first time since 1969. The Lakers won two of the first three games. However, Kevin McHale's hard foul of the Lakers forward Kurt Rambis on the break was quickly credited as a turning point from the series. Boston won three of the next four to win the title and sent a Los Angeles record to 0-8 in the Finals series against the Celtics.
Using last year's Final defeat as motivation, the team won the Pacific Division for the fourth year in a row and lost just two games in the Western Conference playoffs. In the NBA Finals, the Celtics are again the final hurdles of the Lakers. Los Angeles lost in one of the NBA Finals with a score of 148-114, in what is remembered as the "Memorial Day Massacre". The Lakers, behind the 38-year-old MVP final Abdul-Jabbar, recovered to beat the Celtics in six games. The team won the title at Boston Garden, becoming the only guest team to ever win an NBA championship there.
In the 1985-86 season, the Lakers started 24-3 and won 62 matches and their fifth successive fifth division title. The Rockets, however, beat the Lakers in five games in the Western Conference Final. Houston won the series when Ralph Sampson hit a 20-foot jumper as time ended in game five at The Forum.
Before the 1986-87 season, the Lakers moved A. C. Green into the starting lineup, and acquired Mychal Thompson from Spurs. Johnson won the first MVP award of his career while leading the Lakers to a 65-17 record, and Michael Cooper was named the NBA Best Surviving Player of the Year. Prior to the season, Riley had made the decision to shift the focus of offense to Johnson over 40-year-old Abdul-Jabbar. The Lakers advance to the NBA Finals by sweeping the Nuggets, defeating the Warriors in five games, and sweeping SuperSonics in the Western Conference Final. The Lakers beat Boston in the first two games in the Final, and the team split the next four games, giving Los Angeles their second championship in three seasons. The series was highlighted by Johnson's "baby hook" shot to win game four at Boston Garden with two seconds left. Johnson is named MVP NBA Finals, in addition to regular season MVP. At the Lakers championship in Los Angeles, coach Riley bravely stated that Los Angeles will repeat as an NBA champion, which has not been done by the team since 1968-1969 Boston Celtics.
Looking to make good on Riley's promise in the 1987-88 season, the Lakers took their seventh straight Pacific Division title with a 62-20 record. They swept Spurs in the first round of the Western Conference Final before pulling out the seven-game Utah Jazz series of victories led by Karl Malone's children and John Stockton. A win of the seven Eastern Conference matches over the Dallas Mavericks led the Lakers to the NBA Finals once again. On their seventh trip to the Final in nine years, they met the Detroit Pistons. Los Angeles will take the series in seven games, and the seven-triple-double James Worthy game earned him the Finals MVP award. The win marks their fifth title in nine years, but will also mark their last title until 2000.
In the 1988-89 season, Los Angeles won 57 matches and the eighth Pacific Division crown. They swept through the playoffs to beat Portland, Seattle, and Phoenix. In eight trips to the NBA Final in 10 years, they again face the Detroit Pistons. Striked by injuries to Byron Scott and Johnson, the Lakers were swept by Detroit.
After the 1989 Final, on June 28, 1989, after 20 professional seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announced his resignation. The Lakers still drove through the Pacific Division, winning their ninth consecutive division crown with a 63-19 record. However, after beating the Rockets in the first half, they lost four games to one in the second round of the playoffs to the Suns. Riley announced he resigned after a season that mentions fatigue, and was replaced by Mike Dunleavy. Riley's departure received mixed reactions from the players. They respected his contribution, but some, like Worthy and Scott, were tired of his intense workouts and felt he was trying to take too much credit for the team's success. After the season, 1987 Defensive Player of the Year player Michael Cooper decided to play in Europe and was released on request.
The 1990-91 Lakers failed to win the Pacific Division for the first time in 10 years, but still finished with a 58-24 record. After traveling through the Western Conference playoffs, the Lakers found themselves in the NBA Finals once again, their ninth trip to the Finals in 12 years. The 1991 finals represent guard changes as the Lakers are beaten in five games by the Chicago Bulls, led by superstar Michael Jordan.
1991-1996: Posting- " Showtime "dry spell
On November 7, 1991, Magic Johnson announced he had tested positive for HIV and would soon retire.
In their first season without Johnson, the team won 43 games to earn the eighth seed in the Western Conference playoffs. The Lakers were beaten in the first round by Portland. After the season, head coach Mike Dunleavy was fired.
The Lakers will lose 43 games in 1992-93 under Randy Pfund, their first season losing since 1976. The Lakers will still make the playoffs, and will be the first eighth seed to win two opening matches on the road against number one seed. when they were 2-0 up against Phoenix. However, they lost in the next two games at home, then the fifth game in Phoenix in extra time. During the 1993-94 season, Pfund was sacked during the season which would result in the Lakers failing to make the playoffs for the first time since 1976. Magic Johnson, will train the last 16 games of the season with former team mate Michael Cooper as his. main assistant. Johnson decided not to take the job permanently because what he felt was a lack of commitment from certain players, and Los Angeles ended the season with a 10-game losing streak to complete 33-49.
Under new coach Del Harris, Los Angeles made their respective playoffs from the next two seasons, but were eliminated in the second and first round respectively. The team is led by young guards Nick Van Exel and Eddie Jones. Johnson came out of retirement to return as a player in the 1995-96 season to lead the Lakers 24-18 when it became 29-11. After several run-ins with Van Exel, discomfort with Harris's strategy, and first-round loss to the Rockets, Johnson decided to retire for the last time after the season.
1996-2016: The Kobe Bryant Era
During the 1996 season, the Lakers acquired 17-year-old Kobe Bryant from the Charlotte Hornets for Vlade Divac; Bryant composed the 13th overall from Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pennsylvania in the draft of the year, by Charlotte. Los Angeles also signed free agent Shaquille O'Neal. Trading for Bryant was a Western idea, and he was influential in signing an all-star center team. "Jerry West is the reason I came to the Lakers," O'Neal said later. They used their 24 picks in the 1996 draft to pick Derek Fisher. During this season, the team traded Cedric Ceballos to Phoenix for Robert Horry. O'Neal led the team to a 56-26 record, their best effort since 1990-91, despite missing 31 games with a knee injury. O'Neal averaged 26.2 ppg and 12.5 rpg and finished third in the league in a blocked shot (2.88 bpg) in 51 games. The Lakers beat the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the playoffs as O'Neal scored 46 points in Game1 against Trail Blazers, marking the score of the highest single-game playoff game by Laker since Jerry West scored his 53rd goal against the Celtics in 1969. In the next round , The Lakers lost five games to the Utah Jazz.
In the 1997-98 season, O'Neal and the Lakers had their best start in franchise history, 11-0. O'Neal will miss 20 games this season with a stomach injury. Los Angeles battled Seattle for the title of the Pacific Division most of the season. In the past two months, the Lakers have won 22 of their last 25 games, finishing 61-21, but are still second in Seattle in the standings. The Lakers beat Portland three games to one in the first half to advance against Seattle. Although the Sonics won the first game, the Lakers responded with four consecutive wins, taking the series, but was swept by the Jazz in the Western Conference Finals.
During the 1998-99 season, All-Star guards Eddie Jones and Elden Campbell center were sold to the Charlotte Hornets. The team also acquired J. R. Reid, B. J. Armstrong, and Glen Rice. Head coach Del Harris was sacked in February after three straight defeats and was temporarily replaced by former Laker Kurt Rambis. The team finished 31-19 in the short-strike season, the fourth in the Western Conference. The Lakers beat Houston in the first round of the playoffs, but were swept by San Antonio in the next round. Game four of the series will be the last game ever played at the Great Western Forum.
Prior to the 1999-2000 season, West was ready to hire Rambis as the team's full-time coach before protests from fans and members of the organization led him to search for a bigger name. Los Angeles hired former Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson, who coached the team to six championships, and awarded him a contract worth $ 6 million a year. He brought Tex Winter's assistant and they installed a triangular version of a triangular offense. The Lakers signed veterans Brian Shaw, John Salley, Ron Harper, and A. C. Green, who was a Laker during the "Showtime" era. The team also moved to the new arena, the Staples Center.
Led by league MVP O'Neal, the Lakers won 31 of their first 36 games. They finished 67-15, the highest number of wins since they won 65 in the 1986-87 season. Sacramento and Phoenix are eliminated in the first two rounds of the playoffs. After the Lakers took three games for one lead in the Western Conference Final against Portland, the Trail Blazers won the next two games to force seven games. The Lakers, who are 15 points behind in the fourth quarter, will continue to run 19-4 to tie the match and eventually win 89-84 to advance to the NBA Finals. In their first trip to the Finals since 1991, the Lakers beat Reggie Miller and Indiana Pacers four games for two winning their first title since 1988. The West retired from his place in the team's front office after the season after a power struggle between him and Jackson controlled the team's operations. After the season, Rice and Green starter left the team, and Los Angeles signed Horace Grant.
The following season, the Lakers won 11 games of regular season less than the previous year, but swept through the first three rounds of the playoffs, beating Portland, Sacramento, and San Antonio. They met Allen Iverson and Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA Finals. Although the Sixers took one game in overtime, the Lakers won the next four games to win their second successive title. Their postseason 15-1 record is the best in NBA history until the Golden State Warriors break it in 2017.
The Lakers won 58 games in 2001-02. In the playoffs, they swept Portland and beat San Antonio four games to one to advance to the Western Conference Finals to face Sacramento. The series will continue to be known as one of the biggest playoffs in NBA history. The series was extended to all seven games, and ended with a Lakers victory. In the first game, Bryant scored 30 points as the Lakers won, 106-99. The series will then shift in favor of Sacramento, with the Kings winning the next two games. Facing a deficit in game 4, the Lakers have the ball with less than 20 seconds to play. After being missed by Bryant and O'Neal, Kings center Vlade Divac knocked the ball away from the rim in an effort to lower the clock. It went straight into the hands of Robert Horry, who spent three games with less than three seconds to play. After the Kings won the game five with a bell batter by Mike Bibby, the Lakers were confronted with six mandatory-win games. In one of the most controversial playoffs in league history (Tim Donaghy scandal), the Lakers will win by four points. The Lakers went on to win seven games in extra time, with Kings losing a lot of potentially salvage shots and free throws. The Lakers then reached three peatlands by sweeping Jason Kidd and the New Jersey Nets in the NBA Finals. O'Neal won each of the Final MVP series awards, making him the only player other than Michael Jordan to win three consecutive MVP Finals.
The Lakers will try peat the next four years, but start the 2002-03 season 11-19. However, they finished the season 39-13 to finish 50-32. They beat Minnesota in the first round of the playoffs, but a four-peat effort ended when they were knocked out by San Antonio in six games in the second half.
During the 2003-04 season, the team became the subject of intense media coverage generated by teams from four stars and cases of sexual violence involving Kobe Bryant. Before the season, the Lakers signed twice before MVP Karl Malone of Jazz, and former Seattle Player of the Year Gary Payton to join O'Neal and Bryant. Three of the "big four", however, struggled with injuries: O'Neal suffered from a tense calf, Malone knee injury, and Bryant's injured shoulder. The Lakers started 18-3 and completed 56-26 and won the Pacific Division title, entering the playoffs as No. No. 2. They beat Houston, San Antonio, and Minnesota to advance to the NBA Finals. In the Final, they will lose to Detroit in five games.
2004-2007: Rebuild
During offseason 2004, the team entered the rebuilding phase when O'Neal traded to the Miami Heat for Lamar Odom, Brian Grant, Caron Butler, and the first-round draft pick. Bryant and O'Neal had clashed in the past, and the media praised their feud as one of the motivating factors for trading. Jackson did not return as head coach, and wrote a book about the 2003-04 team season, where he strongly criticized Bryant and called him "can not be contracted". The Lakers front office said the book contained "some inaccuracies".
The Lakers also traded Rick Fox and Gary Payton to Boston, for Chris Mihm, Marcus Banks, and Chucky Atkins before the 2004-05 season. Derek Fisher, frustrated at losing playing time, opted out of his contract and signed a contract with the Warriors. The team hired Rudy Tomjanovich to replace Jackson. After sitting the first half of the 2004-05 season, Malone announced his retirement on 13 February 2005. Tomjanovich coached the team to a 22-19 record before retiring due to health problems. Assistant Frank Hamblen was named head coach to replace Tomjanovich for the rest of the season. Bryant (ankle) and Odom (shoulder) suffered an injury, and the Lakers finished 34-48, missing the playoffs only for the fifth time in franchise history and the first time since 1995.
By choosing the 10th overall in the 2005 draft, the Lakers chose Andrew Bynum, a center of St. Joseph in Metuchen, New Jersey. The team also trades Caron Butler and Chucky Atkins to Washington for Kwame Brown and Laron Profit. Jackson again coached the team after Rudy Tomjanovich resigned in the middle of the previous season. On January 22, 2006, Bryant scored 81 points against Toronto, the second-highest total in NBA history. Ended the season 45-37, the team made the playoffs after missing a season. After taking three games for one lead in the first half, Phoenix returned to take the series in seven games.
The following season, the Lakers won 26 of their first 39 games but lost 27 of their last 43 games - including seven in a row at one point - to finish 42-40. They were eliminated in the first round by Phoenix again. Frustrated by the team's inability to advance in the playoffs, Bryant demanded to be traded in the offseason. Buss initially agreed to seek trade, but also tried to change Bryant's mind.
2007-2011: Return to championship form
After regaining Derek Fisher, the Lakers started the 2007-08 season with a 25-11 record, before Andrew Bynum, their league-leading center in goal percentage, came out for the year with a knee injury in mid-January. They acquired power forward Pau Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies in trading in early February and went 22-5 to finish the season. The Lakers 57-2 record earned them the first seed in the Western Conference. Bryant was awarded the league MVP award, becoming the first Laker to win an award since O'Neal in 2000. In the playoffs, they beat the Nuggets in four matches, the Jazz in six, and defending champions Spurs in five, but lost to the Celtics in six games at Final NBA.
In the 2008-09 season, the Lakers completed 65-17; best record in Western Region. They beat the Jazz in five games, the Rockets in the seven and the Nuggets in six, to win the title of the Western Conference. They then won their 15th NBA championship by beating the Orlando Magic in five games in the NBA Finals. Bryant was named the NBA Finals MVP for the first time in his career.
The Lakers, who have added Ron Artest (now Metta World Peace) in place of Trevor Ariza in their starting lineup, completed the 2009-10 season with a best record in the Western Conference for the third time in person. On 13 January 2010, the Lakers became the first team in NBA history to win 3,000 regular season games by beating the Dallas Mavericks 100-95. They beat Oklahoma City Thunder, Utah Jazz, and Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference playoffs. In the final, the Lakers played the Boston Celtics for the 12th time. They bounced back from a 3-2 defeat in the series and erased a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter of the seventh game to beat the Celtics. The win of this series gave them the NBA title to 16th overall and 11th since they moved to Los Angeles. Bryant was named the Finals MVP for the second year in a row, although there were 6-24 shoots in the seventh game.
After much speculation, head coach Phil Jackson returned for the 2010-11 season. In the playoffs, the Lakers beat the New Orleans Hornets in the first round. But their chances for three-peat were denied by the Dallas Mavericks in sweeping four second-half matches. After the season, it was announced that Jackson would not return to train the Lakers.
2011-2016: The post-Jackson era
After Jackson retired, former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown was hired as head coach on 25 May 2011. Prior to the start of the 2011-12 shortened season, the Lakers traded Lamar Odom to the Dallas Mavericks after Odom was asked to trade. At the time limit of trading, Laker Derek Fisher along with the first round draft pick traded to the Houston Rockets for Jordan Hill. With the regular season 41-25 Lakers entering the playoffs as the third seed, the team beat the Denver Nuggets in the first round in seven games but was eliminated by Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round in five games.
On July 4, 2012, Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns agreed to sign and sign a trade deal that will send him to the Lakers in exchange for the Lakers' 2013 and 2015 draft first round, 2013 and 2014 second-round draft releases, and $ 3 million. Trading was made official on July 11, 2012, the first day of the trade moratorium was lifted. On August 10, 2012, in a four-team trade, the Lakers traded Andrew Bynum and acquired Dwight Howard. On November 9, 2012, Mike Brown was released from coaching duties after 1-4 starts of the 2012-13 season. Assistant Coach Bernie Bickerstaff took over as a temporary head coach, leading the Lakers to a 5-5 record. On 12 November 2012, the Lakers hired Mike D'Antoni as head coach. On February 18, 2013, Lakers owner Jerry Buss died of cancer at the age of 80 years. In court, D'Antoni coached the Lakers to a further 40-32 record to finish 45-37, their worst record since 2007. The Lakers took the playoff spot in the final game of the season and finished seventh in the Western Conference after defeating the Houston Rockets on April 16, 2013. The Lakers fought an injury throughout the season, the most prominent of which was the Achilles tendon rupture to Kobe Bryant who ended the season after 78 matches. Bryant's absence was noticeable when the Lakers were swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the 2013 NBA Playoffs. Nevertheless, Bryant passed Lakers legend Wilt Chamberlain to become the all-time fourth goal scorer in NBA history on March 30, 2013, against the Sacramento Kings.
On March 25, 2014, the Lakers scored 51 points in the third quarter against the New York Knicks, the most points scored in a quarter of franchise history. The Lakers went on to miss the NBA preliminary round for the first time since 2005, for the second time in two decades and only for the sixth time in franchise history. On April 30, 2014, Mike D'Antoni withdrew from his position as head coach after the 27-55 season.
After spending most of the season without a head coach, the Lakers named former Byron Scott player as the new head coach. After the season, he was the pioneer to become the new Lakers head coach. Scott interviewed three times for the position, which became vacant after Mike D'Antoni's resignation. On July 28, 2014, he signed a multi-year contract to train the Lakers.
During the first game of the 2014-15 season, picking a total of 7 in the 2014 NBA draft, Julius Randle came down with a broken leg, which ended his rookie season. The Lakers started their season by losing 10 of their first 16 games. After playing just 35 games, Kobe Bryant tore the rotator cuff on his shoulder to end the season. Nick Young was also forced to end his season with a cracked kneecap, leaving the team with a 14-41 record. With 27 games remaining in the regular season, Byron Scott gave rookie player Jordan Clarkson more playing time. Clarkson, voted 46 overall in the 2014 draft, completed the rookie season with game statistics of 11.9 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 3.5 apg, and shot 44.8% of the field. The Lakers season ended with a record of 21-61, the worst record of the 4th in the league and at the time of the worst record in franchise history.
The following season, the Lakers voted second overall from the 2015 NBA draft, which they used to elect Ohio State point new student D'Angelo Russell. On November 30, 2015, Bryant announced he would retire at the end of the season after 20 seasons with the team. In last season's Bryant, the team missed the playoffs for the third year in a row with a 17-65 record, the worst in franchise history.
2016-present: Post-Bryant Era
On April 24, 2016, the Lakers announced that they would not use their option on Byron Scott's contract for the following season. On April 29, the Lakers announced another Laker, Luke Walton, as their new head coach. By the time he hired, Walton was an assistant coach for Golden State Warriors, who was in the playoffs, so Walton could not officially start his job as head coach until the runoffs of the Warriors came to an end. The Lakers earned their second overall victory in the 2016 NBA draft, and chose Brandon Ingram from Duke University.
On 21 February 2017, the Lakers sacked general manager Mitch Kupchak, while Magic Johnson was named president of a basketball operation. Team governor Jeanie Buss, also announced the removal of his brother, Jim Buss, from his position as executive vice president of basketball operations. On March 7, 2017, the Lakers hired Rob Pelinka as general manager, signing it to a five-year contract. The Lakers again picked up the second overall pick, this time, in the 2017 NBA draft, and selected Lonzo Ball from UCLA.
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Rivalry
Boston Celtics
The competition between the Boston Celtics and Lakers involves two of the most famous basketball franchises in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). This has been called the best competition in the NBA. Both teams have met the record 12 times in the NBA Finals, starting with their first Final encounter in 1959. They will continue to dominate the league in the 1960s and 1980s, facing each other six times in the 1960s and three times in the 1980s. an.
The rivalry has been less intense since retiring from Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in the early 1990s, but in 2008 it was updated as the Celtics and Lakers met in the Finals for the first time since 1987, with the Celtics winning the 4-4 series They face once again in Final NBA 2010, which the Lakers won in 7 games.
Both teams have won the two highest number of championships, Celtics 17, Lakers 16; together, 33 of these championships accounted for nearly half of the 67 championships in NBA history.
Detroit Pistons
Los Angeles Clippers
The competition between the Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers is unique as they are the only two NBA teams that share the arena, the Staples Center. It is also one of only two inner-city rivalries in the NBA; the other is a new crosstown rivalry between the New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets.
Los Angeles fans have historically liked the Lakers. Some argue that the term competition is inaccurate until the Clippers become more successful. However, with the addition of Chris Paul and Blake Griffin to the Clippers list and their emergence as a playoff contender, the competition has begun to grow in earnest, with recent matches between teams collecting the highest ranked ESPN ever for regular season broadcasts in Los Angeles.
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs and Lakers, developed what was categorized as competition in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Since 1999, the team has met in the NBA Playoffs five times, with clubs joining to appear in seven NBA Finals (1999-2005). In addition, the team combined to win five NBA championships from 1999 to 2003. Spurs won the NBA championships in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014 while the Lakers won the championships in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2010. From 1999 to 2004, the club is often regarded as a major rivalry in the NBA, and every time the club faces each other in the playoffs, the winner goes to the NBA Finals. In 2008 the team met again in the Western Conference Finals where the Spurs were easily defeated only to beat LA when they meet again in 2013 (though against the Lakers team without injured Kobe Bryant).
Ownership, financial history and fan base
Berger and Chalfen bought Detroit's NBL-covered Jewel for $ 15,000 in 1947, renaming them to the Lakers and transferring them to Minnesota. Max Winter bought a third of the club in their early years, and sold his share to Mikan in 1954. Berger bought a Mikan stake in 1956 giving him a controlling (2/3) interest. After Mikan retired, attendance slumped and the team lost money for several seasons, leading the ownership group to put the team up for sale in 1957. Marty Marion, a retired baseball player and manager, and his business partner Milton Fischman attempted to buy the team with the intention of moving the club to Kansas City, Missouri. Mikan offers to mortgage her home in an effort to buy a team and keep the club in Minnesota. The Lakers are sold to a group of investors led by Bob Short. The team was sold to the Short group with an agreement that it would not be transferred to Kansas City but kept in Minnesota. Short ownership group consists of 117 Minnesota businesses and citizens, who collected a total of $ 200,000 for purchases; $ 150,000 to buy a team and $ 50,000 to run it. In 1958, Short had been the owner of 80% of the team by buying out his partners, but the team was floundering. Attendance remains bad, and the NBA has put the Lakers on a "financial probation", telling them that if they do not meet certain ticket sales numbers, they can be bought by the league and relocated. Short was forced to move the team to Los Angeles in 1960; the club had lost $ 60,000 in the first half of the 1959-60 season alone. The NBA owner initially picked 7-1 against that step. When Short indicated that he might take the team to a newly emerging rival league, the owners held another vote on the same day and allowed relocation (8-0). Aided by Baylor's appeal, and a new locale, the team's finances improved as they arrived in LA. Briefly sold the team to Washington Redskins owners and publisher Jack Kent Cooke in 1965 for a record number of leagues later than $ 5,175,000. Short insisted the deal was made in cash as he was wary of Cooke, so the keeper was hauling money in a train from one New York bank to another.
Cooke is a more practical owner than Short, and overhauls team operations. He personally financed the construction of the Forum in 1967 at a cost of $ 16.5 million. He had a team until 1979 when he sold it, NHL Los Angeles Kings, Forum, and some real estate for Jerry Buss for $ 67 million. Cooke was forced to sell the team as he underwent an expensive divorce. Buss is a local chemical engineer and a former University of Southern California professor who has become rich in real estate. Philip Anschutz bought shares in the team in 1998, and as of October 2010 Magic Johnson is also a minority owner. Buss started the trend of allowing sponsors to add their names to the team stadium when he was renamed the Great West Forum Forum in 1988. In 2009 major sponsors included Verizon Wireless, Toyota, Anheuser-Busch, American Express, and Carl's Jr., and the price the $ 113 average team ticket is the highest in the league. Jack in the Box's fast food chain is another major sponsor, the company is giving all the fans present at the coupon game house for two free tacos if the Lakers hold their opponents under 100 points and win. The company also sponsors the team's part-time events at KCAL-TV and Fox Sports West. In 2013, Buss died at the age of 80 after being hospitalized for 18 months due to cancer. The ownership that controls the team is passed on to its six children through a trust, with each child receiving the same voice. Buss's succession plan has daughter Jeanie Buss considers her title as governor of the Lakers as well as her team's representatives at the NBA Board of Governors meeting.
Given the team's closeness to Hollywood, the Lakers fan base includes many celebrities, many of whom can be seen at the Staples Center during home games. Jack Nicholson, for example, has been on a seasonal ticket since the 1970s, and directors are reportedly required to set up their shooting schedules around the Lakers home game. From 2002 and 2007 the team averaged over 18,900 fans, who put them in the top ten in the NBA in attendance. Red Hot Chili Peppers "Magic Johnson" from their 1989 album Mother's Milk is a tribute to the former point guard, and frontman Anthony Kiedis and bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary are often seen attending the home game. The team has sold out every home game since the 2007-08 season. In 2010, the Lakers have the most popular team merchandise among all the NBA teams, and Bryant's most popular jersey.
Name, logo and uniform
The Laker nickname came from the state of Minnesota to Land of 10,000 Lakes . Team colors are purple, gold and white. The Lakers logo consists of a team name, "Los Angeles Lakers" written in purple on a golden basketball. Purple uniforms are used for road games and gold uniforms used for home games. The team also wears a white T-shirt for Sunday and a holiday home match.
season-by-season record
The Lakers have won 16 NBA titles and have featured in the NBA Finals 15 times more. This performance included eight NBA Finals appearances in the 1980s. The best record posted by the team was 69-13, in 1972; the worst record is 17-65, in 2015-16.
Franchise and NBA records
Bryant holds most of the individual team records for longevity including most of the games being played (1333), and most of the minutes have been recorded (48,298). Johnson holds all significant relief records for the club including career aid (10,141), assisting in games (24), and highest average assists for one season (13.1). Johnson also has the most triple, with 138 more than 100 more than the next closest player (Bryant; 17). Elmore Smith holds team records for blocks in games (17), blocks per game for one season (4.85), and career blocks per game (3.93). The assessment record is largely shared by Elgin Baylor and Bryant, with Baylor having the highest average for his career (27.4) while Bryant has the highest scoring points in a game (81). Baylor, Bryant and West hold the top five points of the season on average, with Bryant occupying the number one (35.4) and four (31.6) places, while Baylor has the second (34.8), and third (34.0 ), and the fifth West (31.3).
The Lakers held several NBA records as the team included most of the consecutive games winning overall (33) and the most consecutive road winning game (16) which both came during the 1971-72 season. The highest percentage of target areas for one season at 54.5% (1984-85), and the highest percentage of road acquisition at 0.816 (1971-72). They also hold the record for having (to the 2009-10 season) the most wins (3,027), the highest percentage of victories (61.9%), and the appearance of the NBA Finals at most (31). The 2000-01 team set the NBA record for the best playoff record on 15-1, which was later broken off by Golden State Warriors in 2017. The 1971-72 team holds the franchise record in wins (69), most points printed, and the biggest margin of victory; the latter two coming in a 63 team team victory versus Golden State (162-99). They were also used to hold the record of most wins at home in the regular season (went 36-5 in 1971-72, then 37-4 in both 1976-77 and 1979-80) before the Boston Celtics set a current record of 40 -1 in the 1985 season -86.
Home arenas
The Lakers play their home game at the Staples Center, located at L.A. Lives in Los Angeles City Center. The Staples Center opened in the fall of 1999, and seats up to 18,997 for the Lakers match. The Staples Center is also home to the Los Angeles Clippers, the WNBA Los Angeles Sparks, and the NHL Los Angeles Kings. The arena is owned and operated by AEG and L.A. Arena Company. Before moving to the Staples Center, for 32 seasons (1967-1999), the Lakers played their home game at The Forum in Inglewood, California, located about 10 miles southwest of the team's current home at the Staples Center. During the 1999 NBA preseason, the Lakers played their home game at the Forum before officially moving to the Staples Center, and once again hosted a preseason game versus Golden State Warriors on October 9, 2009, this time to commemorate the team's 50th anniversary in Los Angeles.
In the first seven years in Los Angeles, the team played their home game at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, south of Downtown Los Angeles. When the team played in Minneapolis, the team played their home game at the Minneapolis Auditorium, from 1947 to 1960.
Player
List of current names
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The Lakers hold draft rights to select unsigned drafts that have played beyond the NBA. A recruited player, whether an international draft or a college draft not signed by the team that composed it, is allowed to sign a contract with any non-NBA team. In this case, the team retains the draft rights of players in the NBA for up to one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends. This list includes draft rights gained from trading with other teams.
Drawing draft
The Lakers have had the first three overall picks in their history: Elgin Baylor (elected in 1958), Magic Johnson (elected in 1979) and James Worthy (elected in 1982). The Lakers also have six lottery options in their history: Eddie Jones (who was voted 10th in 1994), Andrew Bynum (voted 10th overall in 2005), Julius Randle (7th overall elected on 2014), D'Angelo Russell (voted 2nd overall) by 2015), Brandon Ingram (voted 2nd overall by 2016), and Lonzo Ball (second overall chosen in 2017). Other draft picks include Jerry West and Gail Goodrich in the 1960s, Michael Cooper and Norm Nixon in the 1970s, AC Green and Vlade Divac in the 1980s, Elden Campbell, Nick Van Exel, Derek Fisher and Devean George in 1990 -an, and Luke. Walton, Sasha Vuja? I ?, and Ronny Turiaf in the 2000s.
Head coach
There are 22 head coaches for the Lakers franchise. John Kundla coached the team in Minneapolis when they won their first five BAA/NBA championships, from 1949 to 1954. Pat Riley is second in franchise history in regular season and playoff game trained and won. Phil Jackson broke the record of Riley's regular season win in 2009, and he passed Riley's playoff victory and record-training game in 2010. Jackson, Riley, Kundla and Bill Sharman have all been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame for their coaching career. George Mikan, Jim Pollard, Jerry West, Pat Riley, Magic Johnson, Kurt Rambis and Byron Scott have all played and head train for the Lakers. Jackson, who has two chores as head coach, is a coach from 2005-2006 through 2010-2011. Mike Brown named his successor for the 2011-2012 season in May 2011. Brown was fired on November 9, 2012, after 1-4 starts. Assistant coach Bernie Bickerstaff served as the interim head coach for five games before the Lakers picked Mike D'Antoni as their new head coach. D'Antoni resigned at the end of the 2013-2014 season. In July 2014, Byron Scott was hired as head coach. After the 2015-2016 season ended, Scott was fired. On April 29, 2016, former Lakers player, Luke Walton was named as Scott's successor.
Hall of Famers, retired and respectable
The Lakers have 30 Hall of Famers (23 players, 4 head coaches, 1 assistant coach, and 2 contributors) who contribute to the organization.
FIBA ​​Hall of Famers
Retired number
Lakers has retired eleven jersey numbers and honorable microphones to honor their players and broadcasters:
In addition, some players and other coaches who play an important role for franchise success during their days in Minneapolis are named Honourable Minneapolis Lakers, although their numbers are not retired by franchising:
- 17 Jim Pollard, F, 1948-1955, head coach, 1960
- 19 Vern Mikkelsen, F, 1949-1959
- 22 Slater Martin, G, 1949-1956
- 34 Clyde Lovellette, F/C, 1953-1957
- 99 George Mikan, C, 1948-1954; 1955-1956, head coach, 1957-1958
- John Kundla, head coach, 1948-1957; 1958-1959
Media
Chick Hearn was a team broadcaster for 41 years until his death in 2002. He broadcast 3,338 games in a row between 21 November 1965 and 16 December 2001. Hearn earned the Western nickname "Mr. Coupling". He was part of the "inner sanctum" team when Cooke was the owner, and was consulted about basketball decisions. Paul Sunderland, who has filled several games while Hearn recuperated in 2001-02, was named permanent play-by-play broadcaster. Stu Lantz is retained as a color commentator. The Sunderland contract expired in the summer of 2005, and the team chose not to update it. Joel Meyers moved with Lantz as a television broadcaster, while Spero Dedes and former Laker Mychal Thompson player on the radio.
For the 2011-12 NBA season, Bill Macdonald became the new drama-by-turn announcer, joining Lantz who remains as a color analyst. Meanwhile, John Ireland joined Mychal Thompson to call the game on the radio.
In the 2009-10 season, the Lakers radio broadcast was heard on KSPN (Los Angeles ESPN Radio affiliate) in English and KWKW in Spanish. KLAC has broadcasting team radio rights from the 1976-77 season to the 2008-09 season. Until 2011, the airing has been shared between KCAL-TV (road games) and Fox Sports West (home games), unless they are selected for national broadcast on ABC. KCAL has been an over-the-air Lakers television broadcaster since 1977, beginning when the station is RKO owned by General KHJ-TV, the longest link between the NBA team and the television station. Before KHJ, Laker games were broadcast on TV at KTLA. The Lakers have been on Fox Sports West since 1985, when it was the original Prime Ticket and owned by Buss.
On February 14, 2011, Time Warner Cable and Lakers announced the creation of two new regional sports networks (one in English, one in Spanish) that will exclusively broadcast matches of teams and related programs
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