The 1971-72 season was definitely one for the record books. The Lakers were not expected to turn around after a mediocre season the year before and dominate the way that they did. Nba.com explains this season as;
“Gail Goodrich, Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, Jim McMillan and Happy Hairston were all a part of this dominant season. “Broke Philadelphia’s 1966-67 record for wins in a season (broken by Chicago in 1995-96), at one point winning 33 consecutive games, a record that still stands.” (NBA.”) To put that into perspective, winning 33 games in a row is the most consecutive victories in the history of any major North American Sport. (“NBA”.) If they were to play a game every single day they would have won every game for over an entire month. That shows how dominant this season really was. They went on to defeat New York 4 games to 1 in the 1972 NBA Finals.” (“NBA”.)
Another one of the Lakers dominant season came in the year of 1986-87. The “Showtime” Lakers, (“NBA”.) according to Nba.com this was one of the most dominant seasons the league has ever seen, Nba.com writes,
“The Lakers recaptured their place atop the NBA thanks to the “Showtime” fast-break style spearheaded by Earvin “Magic” Johnson and teammates Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy, Byron Scott, A.C. Green and Michael Cooper…Johnson averaged a career-best 23.9 points per game and led the league in assists with a 12.2 average…Lakers defeated Boston 4-2 in the 1987 NBA Finals after winning 11 of their first 12 games in the playoffs.” (“NBA.”)
With a winning percentage of (.793) this Lakers team was one of the top ten teams to go through the entire league statistically. This is something that is not at all easy to do, very few teams can even say that they have had a ...
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