The Lakers may have lost Baylor, but they did have a balanced, mature, and experienced team with Hairston and second-year ...

West was also-ran champion By Bob Carter Special to ESPN.com "Michael might have played the game maybe more athletically than Jerry did, but ther ...

For four decades, members of the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers had few anxious moments. The closest anybody had gotten to their NBA-record 33-game winning streak was the 2007-08 Houston Rockets reaching ...

In 1971-72, the Lakers put together the longest regular season winning streak in major professional sports history, rattling off 33 consecutive victories behind a talented roster led by Jerry West, ...