Finals Gm 3 - Lakers run riot. For the second consecutive year the Lakers used Game 3 to run the Celtics out of the Forum. It was the bespectacled pair, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar a ...

The series now assured of returning to Boston, the Lakers needed to make sure they made it back there with a series lead. And it was their stars that made it happen. Behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's ...

Pistons, 4-3 (MVP – James Worthy) 1987 – Lakers def. Celtics, 4-2 (MVP – Magic Johnson) 1985 – Lakers def. Celtics, 4-2 (MVP – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) 1982 – Lakers def. 76ers ...

To Johnson, the league's greatest point guard, there was never much of a rivalry once the Lakers found their rhythm.

Magic Johnson spent years as one of the Boston Celtics' biggest enemies back in the 1980s. Johnson took part in the Celtics' rivalry with the Los Angeles Lakers when the two faced off in three NBA ...

As the NBA playoffs approach, all eyes are on the Los Angeles Lakers and their championship aspirations. Central to this quest is Japan's national basketball team star, Rui Hachimura, who is set to ...

In this installment, he gives his take on whether the Lakers can win an NBA championship. Though their storied championship history always defines their mission statement, the Los Angeles Lakers ...

The last two Lakers to record a 20/5/5 half in the playoffs went on to reach the NBA Finals — Anthony Davis (2020) and Kobe Bryant (2004). The latter couldn't complete the mission as the Lakers ...

Luka Doncic is ready to help the Lakers compete for a championship. “I think we have a great team,” Doncic said via ESPN's Dave McMenamin. “We have guys who are willing to go to war.

When looking at the history of the LA Lakers and their 17 championships, every time a head coach was in his first season with the team, he either won the NBA championship or never won one at all.

Steve McMichael, star on Chicago Bears’ 1985 Super Bowl championship team, dies at 67 after battle with ALS. Jimmer Fredette's winding basketball career featured NPOY honors at BYU and concluded in ...

But he never disappointed. Teaming up with the likes of LeBron James, Doncic steered the Lakers to some big victories. Speaking on their championship possibilities, Doncic stated, “I think we ...