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The Detroit Gems became the Lakers in 1947 after Ben Berger and Morris Chalfen purchased the franchise for fifteen thousand dollars and moved it to Minnesota. They renamed the team the Lakers inspired by the state nickname Land of 10,000 Lakes.
George Mikan became their first superstar after being selected with the first pick in the 1947 Professional Basketball League of America dispersal draft. He averaged twenty-eight point three points per game setting a BAA record when the team moved leagues in 1948.
On the 18th of January 1960 the team plane crash-landed in a cornfield due to snow storms driving the pilot off course. No one was hurt but the incident contributed to the decision to move the team to Los Angeles later that year.
By winning thirty-three straight games Los Angeles set a record for longest winning streak of any team in major American professional team sports. The streak ended on the 9th of January 1972 when the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Lakers 120, 104.
On the 22nd of January 2006 Bryant scored eighty-one points against Toronto which remains the second-highest total in NBA history. This performance occurred during a season where the team finished forty-five wins and thirty-seven losses making the playoffs after a one-season absence.
LeBron James led the Lakers to defeat the Miami Heat four games to two winning the 2020 NBA Finals. James was named Finals MVP for the fourth time and the championship was dedicated to Kobe Bryant following his death in a helicopter accident on the 26th of January 2020.