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   1964–65 NBA season

   The Los Angeles Lakers won the West Division with 49 wins in 80 games behind superstars Elgin Baylor and Jerry West.
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   Sports-related curses

   Since Bias' death, Boston advanced to the NBA Finals only once (until 2008), the ensuing season, where the Los Angeles Lakers won the series, 4 games to 2. ... During each of those 14 years, the Yankees failed to win the division, and played in the postseason only once as the American League's first wild-card team in 1995.
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   Los Angeles Lakers

   In the 1951–52 season the Lakers won 40 games, finishing second in its division. ... The team won the Pacific Division for the fourth straight year.
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   Phil Jackson

   His next team, the Los Angeles Lakers, won three consecutive NBA titles from 2000-2002. ... Jackson did well there, helping the Fighting Sioux to third- and fourth-place finishes in the NCAA Division II tournament in his sophomore and junior years (1965 and 1966).
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   History of the St. Louis Rams

   Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Lakers won championships in 1980 and 1982 en route to winning five titles in that decade, the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series in 1981 and 1988, and even the Los Angeles Kings made a deep run in the playoffs in 1982. ... The 2003 season saw the Rams go 12-4, win the Western Division again.
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   National Basketball Association criticisms and controversies

   When the Los Angeles Lakers won three titles in a row in the early 2000s, fans believed that referees were helping them win as well. ... | Other: 50 Greatest Players · Arenas · Awards · Criticisms and controversies · Current team rosters · D-League · Dress code · Europe Live Tour · Head coaches · First overall draft picks · Larry O'Brien Trophy · Midwest Division · NBA champions · NBA Store · NBA TV · Players (Foreign players) · Records (All-Star Game) · Salary Cap · WNBA |
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   Los Angeles Lakers seasons

   | 1954–55 | — | — | Western | 2nd ¤ | 40 | 32 | .556 | 3 | Won NBA Western Division Semifinals vs. Rochester Royals, 2–1 Lost NBA Western Division Finals to Fort Wayne Pistons, 3–1 | — | ... Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers
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   1965–66 NBA season

   The Los Angeles Lakers won 45 of 80 games to capture the West Division of the NBA, which produced no league champion 1959-1970. ... Six of the NBA's nine teams made the playoffs, with the second and third place teams in each division meeting in the first round, and the East and West Division winners getting a first round bye, then meeting the first round winners in the second round.
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   1967–68 NBA season

   The St. Louis Hawks, now fully recovered from the retirement of Bob Pettit, posted 56 wins to win the NBA's West Division. ... The Los Angeles Lakers won 52 games behind the now-legendary tandem of Jerry West and Elgin Baylor.
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    History of the Los Angeles Lakers

    The team won the Pacific Division for the fourth straight year, this time by an NBA-record 20 games. ... Los Angeles Lakers

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