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 Here you can find a lot of data about the Los Angeles Lakers history, including yearly records, best and worst seasons, coaches, draft, season and Finals MVPs, scoring titles and much more... |
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 Everything about one of the best players in NBA history, from his profile, stats, game logs to his shoes, his 81-point game and picture galleries. All you want to know about Kobe the basketball player is here.
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 Playoffs, pictures, stats, rosters and game recaps from all the Lakers NBA Championships:
2000 Championship
2001 Championship
2002 Championship
Other Lakers Championships |
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 Information about the Lakers records in the Regular Season and Playoffs. This is career, single season and game records and the complete list of leaders in each category for the Laker franchise. |
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 All the information about some of the hottest shoes of the market: Kobe Bryant Nike shoes. His signature sneakers are already in their third edition. You can see the pictures and check what's available. There's also information about what basketball shoes are the other NBA players wearing.
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 Depending on the time of the year, here you will find updated info on the Los Angeles Lakers roster, the regular season game by game, full schedule with all the results, the game highlights and the playoffs. |
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| History: Kobe's Triple-Doubles / Season summaries, game logs and standings / Scoring titles / Records / All-NBA Lakers / 2008-09 Season / Head-to-Head Records |
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 All the information about the Lakers roster, including who left, who arrived, who stayed and who was traded before the season, all the jersey numbers, players data, draft picks and the coaching staff. |
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2009-10 Roster and Player Movement |
Stay
Kobe Bryant
didn't opt out
Josh Powell
team option
DJ Mbenga
team option |
Arrived Ron Artest
free agent from Houston
Gone
Trevor Ariza
free agent to Houston |
Others
Lamar Odom
free agent
Shannon Brown
free agents
Sun Yue
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Under contract: guards Farmar, Fisher, Bryant, Vujacic; forwards Artest, Morrison, Walton, Gasol, Powell; centers Bynum, Mbenga
More: 2009-10 Roster |
Player movement details: In an very unexpected move, the Lakers got Ron Artest, free-agent from Houston. / Trevor Ariza agreed to a 5-year contract with the Rockets. / The Lakers picked up team options for Powell and Mbenga who will be payed $959,111 each in 2009-10. / 7/1: Kobe Bryant decided not to opt out of his contract and is expected to sign three-year extension on top of his two remaining years. Lamar Odom, Trevor Ariza and Shannon Brown became free-agents and the Lakers will try to re-sign them. |
Lakers in the 2009 NBA Playoffs |
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Game 5: Lakers 99, Magic 86 |
June 14 - The Lakers returned to the top of the NBA world with a 99-86 victory over the Orlando Magic on game 5 of the 2009 NBA Finals.
It's the 15th championship for the Lakers franchise, the fourth for Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher. It is also the fourth for Phil Jackson as Laker coach and his 10th overall to break a tie with the legendary Red Auerbach as the winningest coach in NBA history.
Kobe Bryant, who ended the game with 30 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks, got a well deserved Finals MVP and finally got rid of the shadow of Shaquille O'Neal. This time, instead of sharing the team with big figure like Shaq, Kobe was surrounded by many talented and determined players, starting with Pau Gasol and continuing with Lamar Odom, Trevor Ariza and Derek Fisher. And game 5 was the perfect end for a great season... / more...
Related: Lakers vs. Magic Head-to-head -
Lakers History: Season summaries, game logs and standings / Records / All-NBA Lakers / 2008 Playoffs / Head-to-Head Records |
Lakers 2008-09 Season Summary |
Record: 65-17 / Final Streak: won 2
Pacific Division: 1st / Western Conference: 1st / NBA: 2nd
more about the 2008-09 season... |
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6/26: The Lakers sold their first round-pick to the Knicks and a second-round pick to the Heat.
5/13: Kobe Bryant was named to the NBA's All-NBA first team for the seventh time. Pau Gasol was selected for the third team becoming the first Laker other than Kobe and Shaq on those teams since 1991.
5/6: Kobe Bryant was named to the NBA's All-Defensive first team for the seventh time.
4/9: Andrew Bynum returned after missing 32 games
4/3: The Lakers, who have already secured the number 1 seed in the Western Conference for the 2009 Playoffs, have also reached the 60-win mark for the 11th time in franchise history.
3/6: With a victory over the Timberwolves the Lakers became the first team this season to reach 50 wins. With 20 games left in their schedule, L.A. holds the best record in the league at 50-12. Kobe Bryant, who scored 23, passed Robert Parish for 18th on the NBA's all-time career scoring list with 23,354 points.
2/18: Chris Mihm was traded to Memphis for a 2013 2nd-round draft pick.
2/10: Kobe Bryant became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 23,000-point. He did it being 30 years, 171 days old, 5 days younger than Wilt Chamberlain.
2/15: Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal not only were in the same team once again but they also shared the MVP trophy in the 2009 All-Star Game. The lead the West to a 146-119 victory.
2/8: The Lakers sent Vladimir Radmanovic to the Charlotte Bobcats in a trade for a pair of young players-- forward Adam Morrison and guard Shannon Brown.
2/2: Andrew Bynum will be out for 8 to 12 weeks with a torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee.
1/29: Kobe Bryant will be a starter for the West in the 2009 All-Star Game. Pau Gasol will join him as a reserve.
1/21: The Lakers have the best half-season record (33-8) in the Western Conference meaning Phil Jackson will coach the West team at the All-Star Game on Feb. 15 in Phoenix.
 11/25: Kobe Bryant new signature shoes will hit the streets in January 2009 but we have a picture gallery of the new Nike Zoom Kobe IV (or 4).
10/30: Andrew Bynum signed a 4-year contract extension for $57.4 million and will be a Laker until 2012-13.
Offseason moves: Center D.J. Mbenga signed a one-year contract. / The Lakers agreed to terms with Chinese player Sun Yue. / in the 2008 NBA Draft the Lakers selected Joe Crawford with the 58th pick. / Sasha Vujacic agreed to a three-year, 15-million deal to stay in L.A. / As a free agent Ronny Turiaf signed an offer sheet with the Warriors for about $17 million over 4 years. / The Lakers Lakers exercised a 4th year contract option for the 2009-10 season on Jordan Farmar.
9/10: Kobe decided he won't have surgery on his injured finger.
8/24: Kobe Bryant led the USA Basketball team to the Olympic Gold Medal in Beijing 2008.
8/5: The NBA released the Lakers 2008-09 schedule. The Lakers will face the Celtics on Christmas Day. |
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Here we have compiled all the scores from all the games played by the Lakers since 1948.
This includes all the game logs of the Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers in the regular season and the playoffs. |
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 What's new in Lakers Universe?
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April 2009: everything's ready for the 2009 NBA Playoffs March 2009: Jerry West profile with information and statistics and updated the other players profiles.
Jan 2009: Kobe Bryant's 2008-09 game log with points, rebounds, assists and other stats.
June 2008: new Magic Johnson Profile in the Lakers All-time players list. / May 2008: Updated the season records and top 50 list for each category (points, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals) / March 2008: All-Time Players List / Feb 2008: Pau Gasol Profile. / Jan 2008: Andrew Bynum and jerseys.
Dec 2007: We are preparing head -to-head records. More coming soon. / Oct 2007: all the season stats for players since 1949. / Kobe 2007-08 Game log. / Sept. 2007: We have added all the Lakers division and conference standings in NBA history. / New section with all the information about the Lakers 2007-2008 season, with full schedule and game highlights / Aug 2007: All the seasons summaries and game logs in franchise history. / The Lakers released their season schedule. / June 2007: Wilt Chamberlain profile including his Laker years. / May 2007: information and pictures of all the NBA jerseys. / April 2007: All the Lakers game logs since 1948 / Kobe will have new Nike shoes and we added 11 pictures of the Zoom Kobe II / new section with all the data about the Los Angeles Lakers performance in the 2007 NBA Playoffs. / Feb. 2007: all the information about the all-time Lakers players that were part of the NBA All-Star Game: MVP, summary and year by year. / Jan 2007: We have now a new domain, www.lakersuniverse.com, and we have changed the name of the site form Lakers Web to Lakers Universe.
2006: Dec: details of Kobe Bryant career top scoring games. / New Kobe pictures. / Nov: Kobe Bryant 2006-07 game log. New players picture gallery. / Oct: All the Lakers players that have been selected for the All-NBA and All-Defensive teams. / Sep: Lakers all-time records for steals in the season and in the Playoffs. Also blocks in the Playoffs. / Aug: more records: all-time leaders in rebounds, rebounds in the NBA Playoffs and assists records in the season / July: Updated all the changes in the roster for the 2006/2007 season. More points records: Playoffs career total, career average, total in 1 playoff and average. / May: history section with the Los Angeles Lakers best and worst seasons. / Points records top 50: Career Average, Career Total, Single Season Avg., Single Season Total / Apr: New history sections: Lakers scoring titles, rebounds leaders and assists leaders, coaches, Finals MVPs, Season MVPs, yearly records and playoff performances. / March 2006: Slowly, we are incorporating information about all the Lakers championships. All the rosters and the playoffs series are available. / Jan: added a page with all the details of Kobe Bryant's 81 points and his game by game stats from 1997 to 2006
2005: Nov: There are 4 new pages with the Lakers records: steals and blocks in the season and playoffs. / Oct: 2005-06 season information (including the schedule) and all the scores. / Sep: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Profile. New picture gallery from the 2001 championship. / Aug.: A new section with pictures of the Kobe Bryant shoes. Jerry West profile and Magic Johnson profile. / July: updated the 2005-2006 roster. New page: Los Angeles Lakers tickets. / June: Added the Phil Jackson Profile. Sections with records, including Regular Season, Playoffs and Lakers All-Time Leaders.
Previous updates: 3 sections added to the store, Authentic NBA Jerseys, NBA Throwback Jerseys and High School Jerseys. / Added NBA Basketball Shoes.
/ Kobe Bryant Stats and Career Highs. / picture galleries: Kobe Bryant pictures 3, Kobe and Shaq Gallery /
Updated USA basketball Olympic jerseys. /
updated the Lakers roster for the 2004-05 season, including the departure of Shaquille O'Neal and Phil Jackson / Kobe Bryant picture gallery II / Kobe Bryant Profile, with news, career highs and highlights. |
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Review all the Lakers jerseys available. Home and Road, Authentic and Replica, from Nike and Reebok. Jerseys from current players like Kobe Bryant and Lamar Odom and from former players like Jerry West, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
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