The Los Angeles Lakers: 50 Amazing Years in the City of Angels [Hardcover]

The Los Angeles Times Sports Staff (Author), Narda Zacchino (Editor), Getty Images (Photographer), Phil Jackson (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 28, 2009

The Los Angeles Lakers, 2009 NBA Champions and one of the most storied and illustrious franchises in the National Basketball Association, celebrate 50 years in Los Angeles in 2010. Since moving from Minneapolis in 1960, pioneering the NBA s expansion to the West Coast, The Lakers have won 10 NBA Championships, 24 Western Conference/Division titles, and 20 Pacific Division titles, and finished in the playoffs all but four seasons in the last half century. Some of the greatest players in NBA history have worn the Lakers jersey including Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Gail Goodrich, James Worthy and four of the NBA s Most Valuable Players Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O Neal and Kobe Bryant. Seven LA Lakers were inducted into the Hall of Fame, as were head coaches Bill Sharman, Pat Riley and Phil Jackson. The team holds the record for the longest consecutive win streak in professional sports (33) and several NBA records including the most regular season wins and highest winning percentage over the past three decades. The Los Angeles Lakers: 50 Amazing Years in the City of Angels takes a look back at the heartbreaking rivalry with the Boston Celtics in the 60s, fast-break Showtime basketball of 80s, and dominance as four-time NBA champions this past decade. The story is told in more than 300 archival photos from Getty Images and text from the Los Angeles Times sports staff, including columns from the late Pulitzer Prize winner Jim Murray, with a foreword by Phil Jackson.

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Photos by Getty Images, text from the Los Angeles Times sports staff.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Time Capsule Press, LLC (October 28, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0982324200
• ISBN-13: 978-0982324202
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 9.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #621,706 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #63 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Basketball > Professional

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Lakers Book Ever, October 9, 2009

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garry joseph "Garry Joseph" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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Picked this up at the Forum tonight. It is worth the money- many pictures I have never seen and some of the best sportwriting in LA history from the LA Times.
A long forward by Phil Jackson, lots of Scott Ostler and Jim Murray. I have so many Lakers books but this one is the best yet.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great history !!!!, October 17, 2009

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Philip Brice (Boynton Beach, Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Los Angeles Lakers: 50 Amazing Years in the City of Angels (Hardcover)

I received this book last night and could not put it down. It is the history of the great Lakers franchise with brilliant articles by some of the best writers, spectacular photos and even year by year key statistics. It makes me proud to be a Laker fan and I just placed it on my coffee table for all to see.
The L.A. Times has done a wonderful job along with the Lakers organization for keeping such a high standard after fifty years.

Like Magic said, let's go "back to back" again.

L.A. all the way !!!!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Colorful Trip Back Into Time, October 12, 2009

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The pictures in this book are incredible, and the writing from the country's best sportswriters detail the incredible journey -- both the ups and the downs -- that this basketball team has traveled over the past 50 years. The introduction by Phil Jackson is both personal and telling, setting the stage for an honest history that reinforces why I love the team, the city ... and now this book.