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Los Angeles Lakers are a professional basketball team based inLos Angeles, California who play in theNational Basketball Association (NBA), formerly called the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The Lakers played their home games atStaples Center since 1999. [cite web |url= http://www.staplescenter.com/doublecol.php?section=about&page=aboutstaplescenter |title= Staples Center :: About :: About STAPLES Center |accessdate=2008-09-01 |work= |publisher= staplescenter.com|date= ] The Lakers' franchise was founded in 1946 inDetroit, Michigan before moving to Minneapolis, where the team got its official title from the state's nickname, Land of 10,000 Lakes."Tracey Reavis. "The Nicknames". "The Official NBA Encyclopedia" (3rd Edition). New York: Doubleday, 2000. pg. 95.] The Lakers won five championships before relocating to Los Angeles in the1960–61 NBA season . The Lakers went on to lose all of their eight appearances in the NBA Finals in the 1960s, despite having help fromElgin Baylor andJerry West . In 1972, the Lakers compiled a 33-game winning streak, the longest streak in U.S. professional team sports, and won their sixth title under coachBill Sharman . [cite web | title = Los Angeles Lakers | publisher = Basketball-Reference.com | url = http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/ | accessdate = 2008-08-29 ] The Lakers' popularity soared in the 1980s when they won five additional championships during a nine-year span with the help of Hall of FamersMagic Johnson ,Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ,James Worthy and coachPat Riley , the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins.cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/rileypa01c.html|title=Pat Riley Coaching Record|publisher=Basketball-Reference.com|accessdate=2008-06-21] [cite web|url=http://hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-halloffamers-alpha.html|title=Alphabetical Enshrinees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |publisher=Basketball Hall of Fame |accessdate=2008-09-01] Two of those championships during that span were against their arch-rivals, theBoston Celtics . With the help ofShaquille O'Neal ,Kobe Bryant , and Hall of Fame coachPhil Jackson , the Lakers played in five of the nineNBA Finals in the 21st century, winning three of them consecutively from 2000 to 2002, and losing the last two in 2004 and, most recently, the2008 NBA Finals without O'Neal.The Lakers, going into their 61st NBA season, hold records for having (at the end of the
2007–08 NBA season ) the most wins (2,905), the highest winning percentage (61.5%), the most NBA Finals appearances (29) of any NBA franchise, tied for the least non-playoff seasons with 5 (tied withSan Antonio Spurs ) and have the second most NBA championships with 14, behind the Boston Celtics' 17. [cite web | title = Team Index| publisher = Basketball-Reference.com | url = http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ | accessdate = 2008-08-29 ]Table key
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History of the Los Angeles Lakers Notes
*note label|GB|a|a This is determined by adding the absolute difference in wins between the leading team and the team of interest to the absolute difference in losses between the two teams, and dividing by two.
*note label|Note2|b|b The Western Division was renamed to Western Conference and was split into the Midwest and Pacific divisions.
*note label|Note3|c|c Due to a lockout, the season did not start until February 5, 1999 and all 29 teams played a shortened 50 game regular season schedule. [cite web|title=NBPA History|publisher=National Basketball Player's Association|url=|url=http://www.nbpa.com/history.php|accessdate=2008-08-31]
*note label|Note4|d|d Though the Lakers had the same record as the Portland Trail Blazers in the Pacific Division, the Lakers won the tiebreaker and finished second. [cite web|url=http://www.sportsline.com/nba/story/7164305|title=NBA Playoff Tiebreaker explanation|publisher=CBS Sports|accessdate=2008-09-02]References
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*cite web | title = Los Angeles Lakers | publisher = Basketball-Reference.com | url = http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/ | accessdate = 2008-08-29
*cite web | title = Team Index| publisher = Basketball-Reference.com | url = http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ | accessdate = 2008-08-29
*cite web | title = Playoff Index | publisher = Basketball-Reference.com | url = http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/ | accessdate = 2008-08-29
*cite web | title= Awards and Honors Index | publisher=Basketball-Reference.com | url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/ | accessdate= 2008-09-07;Specific
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