Los Angeles Lakers Media Guide

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Team History Championships The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, and have won 16 championships, their last being in 2010.

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1985

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1982

2009

2010

All-Time iNDIVIDUAL RECORDS Regular Season

Most Points 81

KobeBryant

vs. TOR

1/22/06

Wilt Chamberlain

vs. BOS

3/7/69

Magic Johnson

vs. DEN

11/17/89

Jerry West

vs. SEA

12/7/73

vs. POR

10/28/73

Most Rebounds 42

Most Assists 24

Most Steals 10

Most Blocked Shots 17

Elmore Smith

Retired Numbers Los Angeles Lakers Retired Numbers No. 13 22 25 32 33 34 42 44 52 Microphone

Player Wilt Chamberlain Elgin Baylor Gale Goodrich Magic Johnson Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Shaquille O’neal James Worthy Jerry West Jamaal Wilkes Chick Hearn

Position C F G G C C F G F Broadcaster

Tenure 1968-1973 1958-1971 1965-1968, 1970-1976 1979-1991, 1996 1975-1989 1996-2004 1982-1994 1960-1974 1977-1985 1961-2002

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Team Roster Head Coach Mike D’Antoni (born May 8, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. While head coach of the NBA's Phoenix Suns, he won NBA Coach of the Year honors for the 2004–05 NBA season after the Suns posted 33 more wins than the previous season. He coached the New York Knicks starting in 2008 before resigning in 2012. He was hired by the Lakers after seven games into the 2012–13 season.

Year

Team

W-L

Pct.

Playoff W-L Playoff Pct.

2012-13

Lakers

40-32

.558

0-4

-

Career Total

-

428-371

.536

26-33

.441

The Players

Kobe Bryant

#24 . Gaurd . 6-6 . 205 . 17 Years Pro Born

High School

College

Aug. 23, 1978 Lower Marion High (Philadelphia, PA) (Ardmore, PA)

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Residence Newport Beach, CA

Kobe Bean Bryant, nicknamed the "Black Mamba", is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He entered the NBA directly from high school, and has played for the Lakers his entire career, winning five NBA championships. Bryant is a 15-time AllStar, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, and 12-time member of the All-Defensive team. As of March 2013, he ranks third and fourth on the league's alltime postseason scoring and all-time regular season scoring lists, respectively.

Career Regular Season Statistics MP

FG

FG%

3P

FT

FT%

AST

STL

BLK

PTS

45390

11024

.454

1637

7932

.838

5887

1828

619

31617

3P 292

FT 1320

FT% .816

AST 1040

STL 310

BLK 144

PTS 5640

Career Postseason Statistics MP 8641

FG 2014

FG% .448

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