Los Angeles Lakers 1980 Championship - The Playoffs

The 1980 NBA Playoffs: Los Angeles Lakers and all the other teams

Here you have the information about the 1980 NBA Playoffs and the path the Los Angeles Lakers took to win a new championship: The league had 22 teams divided in 4 divisions in 1980. The best team of each division qualified directly to the Conference semifinals. The next 4 best teams of each Conference (regardless of the division) had to play in the first round of the playoffs.

Western Conference					NBA Finals			Eastern Conference
		(1) Lakers	4						4	Celtics (1)
				Lakers	4		1	Celtics
(3) Suns	2										2	Rockets (4)
		Suns	1						0	Rockets
(5) Kings	1										1	Spurs (5)
						Lakers	4
					Champion: L.A. Lakers
						76ers	2
		(4) Bucks	3						1	Hawks (3)
				Sonics	1		4	76ers
(2) Sonics	2										2	76ers (2)
		Sonics	4						4	76ers
(6) Blazers	1										0	Bullets (6)

Western Conference teams:

Lakers = Los Angeles Lakers
Suns = Phoenix Suns
Kings = Kansas City Kings
Bucks = Milwaukee Bucks
Sonics = Seattle Supersonics
Blazers = Portland Trail Blazers

Eastern Conference teams:

Celtics = Boston Celtics
Rockets = Houston Rockets
Spurs = San Antonios Spurs
Hawks = Atlanta Hawks
76ers = Philadelphia 76ers
Bullets = Baltimore Bullets

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