Team:
Los Angeles Lakers
Sport: NBA Basketball
Background: The Los Angeles
Lakers are a National Basketball Association
team based in Los Angeles, California. They
are notable for having the highest number
of wins (>2621), the highest winning percentage
(~61.9%), the most number of finals appearances
(28), and the second most championships (14).
General information
Founded: 1947 in National
Basketball League, joined NBA in 1948.
Formerly known as: Minneapolis
Lakers 1947-60
Home Arena: Staples Center
Uniform colors: Purple and
yellow
Logo design: A yellow basketball,
the purple letters "LOS ANGELES LAKERS"
superimposed
National Basketball League Championship: 1947-48.
NBA Championships: 1948-49, 1949-50, 1951-52,
1952-53, 1953-54, 1971-72, 1979-80, 1981-82,
1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1999-2000, 2000-01,
2001-02.
Franchise History
After celebrating back-to-back-to-back
NBA championships, there appeared to be no
end to the Lakers impressive run of titles.
And if a Robert Horry three-pointer from the
wing in the final seconds of Game Five of
the Western Conference Semifinals had gone
in-and-out and back in again, perhaps the
run might not have ended, at least this season.
Opportunity, for the first time in three years,
had passed the champions by.
