when did the lakers win the championship?
1985 NBA Finals 1948 NBL Finals 1954 NBA Finals 1972 NBA Finals 1949 BAA Finals 1952 NBA Finals 1980 NBA Finals 1950 NBA Finals 1953 NBA Finals 1982 NBA Finals
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 The Lakers won 60 games in the 1972 – 73 NBA season , and took another Pacific Division title . Wilt Chamberlain , playing in his final season , again led the league in rebounding and set the still standing NBA record for field @-@ goal percentage at 72 @.@ 7 % . The team defeated the Chicago Bulls in seven games in the conference semifinals , then the Golden State Warriors in five in the Western Division Finals . They played the New York Knicks in the 1973 NBA Finals . Los Angeles took the first game by three points , but New York won the series in five games . 

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 The following year , the Lakers and three other NBL franchises jumped to the fledgling Basketball Association of America . Mikan led his new league in scoring , and again set a single @-@ season scoring record . The Lakers defeated the Washington Capitols in the 1949 BAA Finals . 

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 The franchise began with the 1947 purchase of a disbanded team , the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League ( NBL ) . The new team began playing in Minneapolis , Minnesota , calling themselves the Minneapolis Lakers in honor of the state 's nickname , " Land of 10 @,@ 000 Lakes " . Initially a member of the NBL , the Lakers won the 1948 NBL championship before joining the rival Basketball Association of America and winning five of the next six BAA and NBA championships in Minneapolis after the NBA formed in 1949 . The team was propelled by center George Mikan , who is described by the NBA 's official website as the league 's " first superstar " . After struggling financially in the late 1950s following Mikan 's retirement , they relocated to Los Angeles before the 1960 – 61 season . 

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 The Lakers hold several NBA records as a team including most consecutive games won overall ( 33 ) and most consecutive road games won ( 16 ) both of which came during the 1971 – 72 season . Highest field @-@ goal percentage for a season at 54 @.@ 5 % ( 1984 – 85 ) , and highest road winning percentage at 0 @.@ 816 ( 1971 – 72 ) . They also hold records for having ( into the 2009 – 10 season ) the most wins ( 3 @,@ 027 ) , the highest winning percentage ( 61 @.@ 9 % ) , and the most NBA Finals appearances ( 31 ) . The 2000 – 01 team tied the NBA record for best playoff record at 15 – 1 . The 1971 – 72 team holds franchise records in wins ( 69 ) , most points scored , and largest margin of victory ; both of the latter came in the team 's 63 point win versus Golden State ( 162 – 99 ) . They also used to hold the record for most wins at home in the regular season ( going 36 @-@ 5 in 1971 @-@ 72 , then 37 @-@ 4 in both 1976 @-@ 77 and 1979 @-@ 1980 ) before the Boston Celtics set the current record of 40 @-@ 1 in the 1985 @-@ 86 season . 

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 The Lakers , who had added Ron Artest ( now Metta World Peace ) in place of Trevor Ariza in their starting lineup , finished the 2009 – 10 season with the best record in the Western Conference for the third straight time . On January 13 , 2010 , the Lakers became the first team in NBA history to win 3 @,@ 000 regular season games by defeating the Dallas Mavericks 100 – 95 . They defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder , the Utah Jazz , and the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference playoffs . In the finals , the Lakers played the Boston Celtics for the 12th time . They rallied back from a 3 – 2 disadvantage in the series and erased a 13 @-@ point deficit in the fourth quarter of the seventh game to defeat the Celtics . This series win gave them their 16th NBA title overall and 11th since they moved to Los Angeles . Bryant was named Finals MVP for the second year in a row , despite a 6 – 24 shooting performance in game seven . 
