page_title: Los Angeles Lakers
hierarchical_section_title: Los Angeles Lakers
caption_attribution_description: Kobe Bryant and his follow through on his free throw.
context_page_description: The Los Angeles Lakers are a team in the National Basketball Association. They play their home games in the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, which they share with the Los Angeles Clippers, their sister team the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA, and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League The Lakers were originally known as Minneapolis Lakers.
  Many famous players played on the Los Angeles Lakers' team, including:
  Wilt Chamberlain
  George Mikan
  Jerry West
  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  Magic Johnson
  Elgin Baylor
  Gail Goodrich
  Jamaal Wilkes
  Bob McAdoo
  James Worthy
  Shaquille O'Neal
  Kobe Bryant
  Pau Gasol
  LeBron James
  Anthony Davis
  The Lakers have won 16 NBA championships, including 5 in Minneapolis and 11 in Los Angeles.
  Three of the Lakers' rivals are the Boston Celtics, Portland Trail Blazers and the Sacramento Kings.
context_section_description: The Los Angeles Lakers are a team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They play their home games in the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, which they share with the Los Angeles Clippers, their sister team the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA, and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League  The Lakers were originally known as Minneapolis Lakers.  
  Many famous players played on the Los Angeles Lakers' team, including:
  Wilt Chamberlain
  George Mikan
  Jerry West
  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  Magic Johnson
  Elgin Baylor
  Gail Goodrich
  Jamaal Wilkes
  Bob McAdoo
  James Worthy
  Shaquille O'Neal
  Kobe Bryant
  Pau Gasol
  LeBron James
  Anthony Davis
  The Lakers have won 16 NBA championships, including 5 in Minneapolis (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954) and 11 in Los Angeles (1972, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2009, 2010).
  Three of the Lakers' rivals are the Boston Celtics, Portland Trail Blazers and the Sacramento Kings.
caption: Kobe Bryant in a Lakers uniform.
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