Chamberlain was the giant favorite again at age 36, a role which rarely suited him. But both teams were showing some gray streaks as West, Chamberlain, and Oscar Robertson, all all-time greats, were each clearly approaching the end of remarkable careers. 1974/75 NBA Champions Golden State Warriors. Deeper Boston jumped on them big early on to win the series four games to two. They again had the league's top defense. Chicago, like Baltimore and Atlanta, had become the solid second-tier team that could not get past the giants. The 1972-1973 Topps basketball card set features a subset of cards (numbers 154-159) that highlighted the NBA Finals series from the previous year. The series went the full seven games, which showed the Lakers had clearly dropped a couple notches. 2 overall pick in the draft. In 1996, the Lakers signed free agent Shaquille O’Neal and drafted Kobe Bryant to form arguably the greatest duo in NBA history. The 1972–73 NBA season was the 27th season of the National Basketball Association. In 2009, Kobe finally got the monkey off his back and proved that he could win without Shaq as he and the Lakers defeated Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic in five games. Longtime star John Havlicek was still the team's leader, leading the team in scoring, assists and steals. The Knicks still coached by Red Holtzman featured Walt Frazier 23.2 ppg, Dave DeBusschere 15.4 ppg 11.3 rpg, Jerry Lucas 16.7 ppg 13.1 rpg and Bill Bradley 15.1 ppg. In the long and storied history of the NBA, no team has made more appearances in the NBA Finals than the Los Angeles Lakers. Magic would go on to lead the Lakers to four more NBA titles in the 1980s, twice defeating rival Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics. A balanced cast of Bucks supported Jabbar en route to another 60-win campaign, their third straight. Game Three was a huge 126-70 Laker win. The results included more shots tried and made, more rebounds and more assists than any other NBA team this season. The Lakers went 69-13 that season, then an NBA record for wins, and defeated the New York Knicks in five games in the Finals to win their first title in 13 years. Following their victory in the 1972 NBA Finals, the Lakers were defeated by the Knicks the following year in five games and didn’t make another appearance in the Finals until 1980, which just happened to be the rookie year of Magic Johnson. Baltimore had added super big man Elvin Hayes to help Wes Unseld on the boards and Archie Clark in the scoring column. He was the total package. Game one was in the Forum in Los Angeles and the Knicks field goal percentage was .538 compared to the Lakers .371. Hi! The first brackets in the Western champion and Eastern champion columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. Jerry Lucas playing 47 minutes had 23 points and 14 rebounds and Frazier added 25 points for the Knicks. RELATED: The Rise and Fall of Former Los Angeles Lakers Star Andrew Bynum. The Lakers regained their poise and led by Wilt Chamberlain who had 23 points and controlled the boards with 24 rebounds together with Gail Goodrich’s 31 points led Los Angeles to a 106-92 win to even the series. Since the franchise was founded in 1947 in Minneapolis, the Lakers have appeared in the Finals 31 times. Basketball Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. At 6' 9, he cast a huge presence for his team. New York hung on to win that as well. The second brackets indicate the number of times that teams have appeared in an NBA Finals as well as each respective team's NBA Finals record to … It took a few years for Kobe to adjust to the NBA but once he did, he and Shaq were close to unstoppable. Champions. The following season, in yet another matchup with the Celtics, the Lakers won their 16th and most recent NBA title by defeating their bitter rival in an epic seven-game series. Two years later, Mikan & Co. won the first of three consecutive titles. Richie Guerin was again the coach with the small rotation of minutes. The Lakers lost key rebounder Happy Hairston after 28 games, but brought over board legend Bill Bridges from crumbling Philadelphia and still won 60 games. A physical, active defender as well, Cowens made NBA observers marvel at his energy level and intensity. The addition of Pau Gasol during the 2007-2008 season was a big factor in the Lakers getting back to the NBA Finals that season, where they lost in six games to the Celtics.

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