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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.
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   Phil Jackson

   His next team, the Los Angeles Lakers, won three consecutive NBA titles from 2000-2002. ... Nevertheless, the Lakers went on to win the series and the championship.
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   Los Angeles Lakers

   The Lakers then stretched its postseason winning streak to nine games by taking the first contest of the NBA Finals from the 76ers. ... The Sixers, however, won the series and the championship in four straight games.
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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. ... The Bulls went on to win the game, and the series, on a famous, seemingly posed final play in which Jordan stole the ball from Karl Malone, took the ball to the other end, and made the game-winning jumper over Jazz forward Bryon Russell, who fell on the play.
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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.
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   History of the Los Angeles Lakers

   But the "three-peat" was foiled, as Johnson and Byron Scott both were injured and the Pistons won the series in four games. ... 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. ... The Bullets started three reserves in the series.
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   Los Angeles Lakers seasons

   The Lakers won five championships before relocating to Los Angeles in the 1960–61 NBA season. ... | Post-season Series Records (1948–present) | 98 | 42 | .700 |
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   1995–96 Toronto Raptors season

   The Los Angeles Lakers won the game by a score of 111-106. ... February 29, 1996 – The seven game losing streak was duplicated.
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    1988 in sports

    The Series MVP was Orel Hershiser, Los Angeles ... Los Angeles Lakers won 4 games to 3 over the Detroit Pistons

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• 1988 in sports