TIMELINE.--1960: Franchise moves from Minneapolis to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . To garner other owners' support, L.A. agrees to pay travel costs for visiting teams. Lakers open season at new Sports Arena with Fred Schaus Fred Schaus (born June 30, 1925 in Newark, Ohio) was a basketball star, coach and athletic director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, player for the NBA's Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks, GM and coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, coach of Purdue University the coach and 4,008 fans in attendance. --1961: Chick Hearn broadcasts fifth game of Western Finals between Lakers and St. Louis Hawks (with L.A. paying for the air time). He hasn't missed a game since. --1961-'62: Lakers fall to Boston in Game 7 of NBA Finals The NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association. The team winning the Eastern Conference Finals earns one of the two berths in the championship round, with the other going to the team that wins the Western Conference Finals. . --1971-72: Propelled by a 33-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" in the regular season, Lakers win first title in L.A., defeating New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Knicks in five games. --1976-77: Jerry West, one of the greatest players in the team's history, becomes its fifth head coach. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is league MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. . --1979-80: With Magic Johnson the first rookie to be named MVP of the NBA Finals, Lakers win their second L.A. championship. Paul Westhead is the coach. --1981-82: Pat Riley becomes head coach, and it's Showtime in L.A. Team wins third title in the first of nine consecutive seasons in which it takes the Pacific Division crown. --1986-87: Magic Johnson is MVP of both the regular season and NBA Finals as L.A. nabs fourth championship. --1987-88: Goggle-eyed James Worthy is MVP of the Finals in Lakers' fifth title season; L.A. wins three playoff series in seven games against Utah, Dallas and, finally, Detroit. --1989-90: No title, but Pat Riley is Coach of the Year and Magic Johnson is the league's MVP. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's No. 33 is retired. --1991-92: Magic Johnson's announcement that he is HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. positive and his subsequent retirement begins a period of decline that isn't fully erased until this season. Magic nonetheless plays in All-Star Game and is named its MVP. --1993-94: Lakers fail to qualify for NBA playoffs for first time in 18 years. --1996-97: Shaquille O'Neal signs the largest contract in sports history: More than $100 million. The Lakers trade journeyman center Vlade Divac for the rights to 18-year-old Kobe Bryant. The stage is set. --1997-98: Lakers are swept by Utah in Western Conference Finals. --1998-99: Lakers are again swept in the playoffs, this time by eventual champion San Antonio in conference semifinals. Del Harris is fired as head coach early in his fifth season. --1999-2000: Under new coach Phil Jackson, Lakers post NBA's best regular-season record at 67-15. CAPTION(S): 9 photos |
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