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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. ... Catcher Darrell Porter then allowed a passed ball, allowing the runners to advance to second and third.
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   Phil Jackson

   His next team, the Los Angeles Lakers, won three consecutive NBA titles from 2000-2002.
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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. ... New game ball
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   Los Angeles Lakers

   The Lakers won five championships before relocating to Los Angeles in the 1960–61 NBA season. ... During the 2002 Western Conference Finals, The Kings were up 99–97, and with two seconds remaining, Vlade Divac knocked the ball away as far away from the net as he could.
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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 rest of their choices were Safety Oshiomogho Atogwe from Stanford, Center Richie Incognito from Nebraska, Safety Jerome Carter from Florida State, TE Jerome Collins from Notre Dame, WR Dante Ridgeway from Ball State, QB Ryan Fitzpatrick from Harvard, and Fullback Madison Hedgecock from North Carolina.
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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. ... But The 76ers had not gelled enough yet with the giant star to unseat the champion Celtics, who held off Philly by a single point in Game Seven when John Havlicek stole the ball in the final seconds.
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   1967–68 NBA season

   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

   Following the inbounds pass and with 3.6 seconds remaining in the game, Robert Horry let fly the potential game-winning three-pointer — only this time the Lakers saw the ball go in, then inexplicably rim out. ... Los Angeles D-Fenders
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   1995–96 Toronto Raptors season

   The Los Angeles Lakers won the game by a score of 111-106. ... 1996 in basketball
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    Los Angeles Lakers seasons

    The Lakers won five championships before relocating to Los Angeles in the 1960–61 NBA season.

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• History of the Los Angeles Lakers,
• 1995–96 Toronto Raptors season,
• Los Angeles Lakers seasons