Finding:

1. close

   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. ... From the first football game played in 1892, the team waited until January 2, 1995 to win its first postseason game (eight appearances); that record of futility (on games) has since been tied, and broken, by West Virginia, and Notre Dame, respectively.
2. close

   Phil Jackson

   His next team, the Los Angeles Lakers, won three consecutive NBA titles from 2000-2002.
3. close

   Los Angeles Lakers

   The Lakers won five championships before relocating to Los Angeles in the 1960–61 NBA season. ... These appearances include eight NBA Finals appearances in the 80s.
4. close

   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. ... Appearances (5)
5. close

   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.
6. close

   1967–68 NBA season

   The Los Angeles Lakers won 52 games behind the now-legendary tandem of Jerry West and Elgin Baylor.
7. close

   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.
8. close
   

   Los Angeles Lakers seasons

   Jerry West played in nine of the Lakers' twenty-nine NBA Finals appearances, from 1962 to 1973. ... The Lakers won five championships before relocating to Los Angeles in the 1960–61 NBA season.
9. close

   History of the Los Angeles Lakers

   As of 2006, the Lakers hold the all-time records for wins (2,806), winning percentage (61.5%), and NBA Finals appearances (29). ... Los Angeles D-Fenders
10. close

    1995–96 Toronto Raptors season

    The Los Angeles Lakers won the game by a score of 111-106.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Sports-related curses,
• Phil Jackson,
• Los Angeles Lakers,
• History of the St. Louis Rams,
• National Basketball Association criticisms and controversies,
• 1967–68 NBA season,
• 1965–66 NBA season,
• Los Angeles Lakers seasons,
• History of the Los Angeles Lakers,
• 1995–96 Toronto Raptors season