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0 -- Lakers who have been named NBA Finals MVP in back-to-back seasons. Shaquille O'Neal, last year's winner, can become the first. Five other Lakers have won the award -- James Worthy (1988), Magic Johnson ('87, '82, '80), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ('85), Wilt Chamberlain ('72) and Jerry West ('69). |
Derek Fisher bombed the Spurs with a record 15 3-pointers in the Western Conference finals.
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.765 -- Phil Jackson's postseason winning percentage (26-8) with the Lakers, the highest in team history. Pat Riley is second at .685 (102-47). |
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.857 -- The highest postseason winning percentage by the Lakers, established in 1982 when they went 12-2 and won the NBA title. |
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2 -- Teams that have advanced to the Finals without a loss since the current playoff system was adopted in 1984 -- the 1989 and 2001 Lakers. |
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4 -- Times the Lakers have repeated as NBA champions -- 1950, '53, '54, '88. |
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5 -- Consecutive road victories by the Lakers, two shy of the postseason record held by the 1995 Houston Rockets. |
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12 -- NBA titles won by the Lakers, second only to the Celtics' 16. |
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13 -- The NBA record for most consecutive postseason wins, set by the Lakers from 1988-89. The current Lakers have won 12 in a row, dating to Game 6 of last year's Finals. |
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15 -- Three-pointers made by Derek Fisher in the Western Conference finals, breaking the record of 14 in a four-game series held by Nick Van Exel (1995) and Robert Horry ('96). |
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19 -- Consecutive victories by the Lakers, tying the 1999-00 club for the second-longest winning streak in franchise history. The 1971-72 Lakers won 33 consecutive games, the longest winning streak in professional sports history. |
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22.3 -- The Lakers' margin of victory in sweeping the Spurs, the largest in conference finals history. The previous record-holders were the 1996 Bulls, who beat O'Neal's Magic by an average of 16.8 points. |
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50-62 -- The Lakers' all-time record in 25 NBA Finals. |
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58 -- Percentage of the Lakers' points accounted for by Kobe Bryant and O'Neal in the playoffs so far, compared with 49 percent in the regular season. |
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89.2 -- Points per game the Lakers have allowed in the playoffs after giving up 97.2 in the regular season. |
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322 -- Points scored by O'Neal this postseason, moving him up to seventh on the team's all-time playoff scoring list with 1,880. O'Neal has passed Michael Cooper (1,581) and George Mikan (1,680) this postseason. He needs 343 more points to catch Byron Scott for the No. 6 spot. |
