| The Lakers are a NBA team which is based in | | | | appearances, despite having support from the |
| Los Angeles, California. The Lakers play their | | | | Jerry West and Elgin Baylor. In the year of 1972, |
| home games at the Staples Center, which they | | | | the Los Angeles Lakers won their sixth title under |
| later on share with their fellow NBA rivals, the Los | | | | the supervision and guidance of Bill Sharman, |
| Angeles Clippers, and the other team, the Lakers | | | | which was the first in the Los Angeles. |
| Sparks from the WNBA. The Lakers are the | | | | The Lakers' popularity raised in the year 1980 |
| most appreciated and also the NBA champions, | | | | when the team won the five additional NBA |
| after they defeated the Orlando Magic in finals for | | | | championships during a nine-year span. There |
| 4 games to 1. The Lakers are rated as the | | | | were two of the championships which were |
| greatest and the best of all time franchise of | | | | against their arch rivals, during this span. From the |
| NBA. | | | | year 2000 to 2002, the Lakers consecutively won |
| The Lakers NBA franchise was founded in the | | | | three titles. After losing the NBA finals in the year |
| year 1946 in Michigan, before they moved to | | | | 2008, the Lakers again captured the NBA |
| Minneapolis, and it is when the team officially got | | | | championship in the year 2009, defeating the |
| its name. The lakes team won five NBA | | | | rivals from four games to one. The Lakers do |
| championships before they got relocated to Los | | | | hold a world record for having the most wins in a |
| Angeles in the 1960-1961 eras. In the finals of | | | | year of 2009-2010. This is the highest winning |
| NBA in the 1960s, the Lakers lost all of their eight | | | | percentage by any NBA team till now. |