The Los Angeles Lakers had a dominant 2019-2020 season, finishing first in the Western Conference winning a total of 52 games in the NBA’s shorten season. Behind LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Dwight Howard, and JaVale McGee the Lakers had a relatively easy road to the finals winning all of their playoff series in 5 games.
This was the first playoff birth for the Lakers since the 2012- 2013 season, a playoff birth that was clinched on March 6, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NBA season was suspended on March 11th a few days later. The Lakers would later determine their playoff seeding when the season resumed in the NBA Bubble in the Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
The Lakers claimed their first Pacific Division title since 2012 and became the top seed in the Western Conference for the first time since 2009-10. Anthony Davis is the team leader in points per game and rebounds with 26 and 9, followed by Lebron James with 25 and 7.
Lakers NBA Regular Season
Despite the global pandemic and various work stoppages due to the Black Lives Matter movement, the Lakers were the most dominant team in the West, winning 52 games, with the Clippers being their closest rival at 3.5 games back. Anthony Davis and Lebron James completely dominated the team leaders’ statistics.
Lakers in the NBA Playoffs
In both the first round of the playoffs and in the semi-finals the Lakers would drop Game 1 but would bounce back to win 4 straight and advance to the Western Conference Finals. In the series against the Denver Nuggets, the Lakerswould again win the series in 5 games and cruisetheir way to the NBA Finals for the first time in 10 years. Their opponent in the NBA Finals will be the Miami Heat.