The Lakers entered the Finals as the best team in the NBA, coming off a 62-win regular season. They swept the San Antonio ...

2001 — Los Angeles beats Philadelphia 108-96 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to complete the best playoff run in NBA history. The Lakers, who finish the playoffs with a record of 15-1, are the first to go ...

2014 — Martin Kaymer of Germany wins the U.S. Open after four days of dominance at Pinehurst No. 2. Kaymer finishes with an eight-shot victory over Rickie Fowler and Erik Compton and becomes the ...

Since their move to Los Angeles in 1960, the Lakers have become a basketball dynasty and a magnet for some of the NBA’s fiercest rivalries.

In 1985, Celtics small forward Scott Wedman hit four 3-pointers without missing, going 11-for-11 from the floor overall as Boston crushed the Los Angeles Lakers, 148-114, in Game 1 of that year's NBA ...

Scott, a shooting guard, won NBA championships in 1985, 1987 and 1988 as part of the Lakers’ “Showtime” era. He led the team in scoring with a career-best 21.7 points in 1987-88. Scott also ...

LOS ANGELES — Former Los Angeles Lakers player and coach Byron Scott is accused in a lawsuit amended earlier this month of sexually assaulting a girl in 1987 when she was 15 and he was 26 ...

Scott, a shooting guard, won NBA championships in 1985, 1987 and 1988 as part of the Lakers' "Showtime" era. He led the team in scoring with a career-best 21.7 points in 1987-88. Scott also played ...

Scott, a shooting guard, won NBA championships in 1985, 1987, and 1988 as part of the Lakers’ “Showtime” era. He led the team in scoring with a career-best 21.7 points in 1987-88.

Scott, who spent a decade with the Lakers and won NBA titles with the storied franchise in 1985, 1987 and 1988, led the team in scoring with a career-best 21.7 points in 1987-88. Scott also played ...

The Los Angeles Lakers landed the No. 2 pick ... for the first time since the franchise moved to Sacramento in 1985. "We are pleased with the outcome tonight and excited to have secured two ...

Johnson took part in the Celtics' rivalry with the Los Angeles Lakers when the two faced off in three NBA Finals in 1984, 1985, and 1987. Those were some of the most iconic heated rivalries to ...