How The Showtime Lakers Dominated the 80s

Today, everyone knows the Los Angeles Lakers as the glamorous franchise that’s on the heels of
the Boston Celtics, their eternal rivals, for the most NBA championships in league history. But that
wasn’t always the case.
A few decades ago, despite enjoying sustained regular-season success and acquiring a significant
number of star players throughout the years, the Lakers had only been able to win a single
championship since their move from Minneapolis to Los Angeles.
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  • @Courtsidechannel
    @Courtsidechannel Жыл бұрын

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  • @bobfeller604
    @bobfeller6042 жыл бұрын

    Magic leading the fast break, doing a no-look pass to Worthy for the slam, was pure artistry.

  • @tedunseth3966
    @tedunseth39662 жыл бұрын

    There was 2 Dynasties in the 80's. The Celtics and Lakers finished at the top of their conferences. In the 80's the Celtics won 592 games and the Lakers 591 games. The next closest team was the 76ers with 535 wins. The Bucks was next with 522 and nobody else came near 500 wins. The 76ers,Rockets, and Pistons actually spoiled the 2 from playing each other at least 6 times in the Finals. Looking back one of the 2 actually choked. The 1984 Finals is still the best 7 game series ever. You had fights and Boston actually turned up the Heat on Showtime. 1985 was also great for 6 games and 1986 and 1987 was insane. I believe the 86 Celtics and 87 Lakers are the 2 best teams I've ever seen. The 90's Bulls was awesome but they would've been destroyed inside. Watching Kareem down low was automatic and that Boston Front court with Bird,McHale and Parrish was special. Watch Bird and Walton highlights in 86. Magic running the ball with Worthy and Scott. WoW

  • @araucanoraptorargentinus3973

    @araucanoraptorargentinus3973

    Жыл бұрын

    In an alternate timeline, the 76ers would have been the dynasty of the decade.

  • @martinezfred32
    @martinezfred323 жыл бұрын

    I loved watching these teams. It's been forever and I still remember all their names like it was yesterday.

  • @bobbyhulll8737
    @bobbyhulll87372 жыл бұрын

    Kareem running the court into his mid and late 30's

  • @mikepetitti
    @mikepetitti2 жыл бұрын

    As a long time NBA fan, I lived this. Awesome video!

  • @jonesy2892
    @jonesy28922 жыл бұрын

    I watched the 1988 finals against Detroit with my dad and his friends at a Shakey's Pizza in Los Angeles. The place was packed with Lakers fans and the vibe was lively and fun, but intense. I remember clearly how much everyone hated Dennis Rodman LOL

  • @clarissawestbrook2203
    @clarissawestbrook2203 Жыл бұрын

    As a lifelong lover of the NBA and basketball this was an insightful video. ❤❤❤❤

  • @maxearchuk6490
    @maxearchuk64903 жыл бұрын

    desrves more views great job!

  • @broncobilly4029
    @broncobilly40293 ай бұрын

    Yes, the Nuggets are playing a beautiful brand of basketball right now. They're not old (as long as they stay healthy) so they've got a good run in them.

  • @HAA0603
    @HAA06033 жыл бұрын

    This video is so underrated

  • @Pronzini1
    @Pronzini12 жыл бұрын

    Kareem greatest scorer of all-time. Magic greatest passer of all time. Rambis hardest worker of all time.

  • @youtuber3328

    @youtuber3328

    2 жыл бұрын

    the best individual statistics in basketball history are #1 tied the rebounding from wilt chamberlain and bill russell #2 tied the scoring from wilt chamberlain along with the shotblocking from bill russell and a MASSIVELY close #3 is the shotblocking from wilt chamberlain and #4 is the passing from oscar robertson

  • @thelyric8266

    @thelyric8266

    2 жыл бұрын

    Slow your roll dennis rodman still exist

  • @lloydkline1518

    @lloydkline1518

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pat riley/ paul westhead almost invented fastbreak bssketball / run & gun basketball ;;

  • @lloydkline1518

    @lloydkline1518

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thelyric8266 i rather have kurt rambis; dennis robman very selfish rebounder; play dirty

  • @thelyric8266

    @thelyric8266

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lloydkline1518 he won 5 rings grabbing the most rebounds against David Robinson shaq Hakeem at 6'6..averaged 18 rebounds while guarding magic...but ehh your pick

  • @damianwalker633
    @damianwalker6332 жыл бұрын

    Nah brah showtime Lakers is the greatest ever I don't care what people think they are the greatest ever suck on that brotha straight up

  • @whhusa
    @whhusa2 жыл бұрын

    This was a time when the freeways would clear up during home games because people would rush home to watch the games.

  • @kobekoolluv981

    @kobekoolluv981

    2 жыл бұрын

    Miss those days

  • @jlobiafra
    @jlobiafra2 жыл бұрын

    Ok I gotta nitpick here. When you said the rockets beat the lakers in 81 you showed a picture of Ralph Sampson and Hakeem Olajuwon. Neither were on the 81 squad, that team was led by moses malone, Calvin Murphy and rudy Tomjonovich

  • @danielnc1979

    @danielnc1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep! That really bothered me. The Moses rockets were no joke. And don't forget Billy Paultz.

  • @weegeemike

    @weegeemike

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rudy "Ran my face into a fist" Tomjonovich

  • @gm2407

    @gm2407

    Жыл бұрын

    Like the picture of Oscar doing the splits mid air when they are talking about Kareem. Sometimes editing can be a miss. Fun video though.

  • @ojparkiano4658
    @ojparkiano4658 Жыл бұрын

    The Showtime Lakers 1980-1992 they went to 9 NBA Finals and I believe 10 West Finals appearances along with 5 crown championships and that's a dominant run if any even rivaling the 90s Bulls run of 6

  • @teofemo7000
    @teofemo70002 жыл бұрын

    Greatest team ever. Dominated the toughest decade. 1982 was the best version of the team though many will tell you it was '85 or 87. It's 1982. Jabbar was younger and still dominant, Magic Johnson averaged a triple double, keyed the Lakers half court Trap and led the league in steals. Norm Nixon was almost as good as Johnson leading the breaking with lightning speed and Norm could score as well. A better player than Byron Scott. Jamaal Wilkes was a wingman on the break, a good scorer who had great chemistry with the guards. Wilkes was a good defender and rebounder. He wasn't James Worthy but he was almost as effective in his role. Bob McAdoo was still only 31 when he came to LA and he was hungry for a championship and to prove he wasn't a selfish ballplayer. You hear that? A 3 time scoring champ and MVP coming off the bench. Blocking shots and running the floor. Michael Cooper was high flying Defensive stopper and could play multiple positions. Even Kurt Rambis at power forward playing inspired defense as rebounding hustling gave this squad and unbeatable mix. They almost ran the table undefeated, not losing until the NBA Finals overall going 15-2 I believe. This was the greatest Lakere team ever assembled. The record won't show it because they had coaching turmoil early replaced Westhead with somebody named Riley. That's the Truth Ruth!

  • @youtuber3328

    @youtuber3328

    2 жыл бұрын

    the #1 tied best teams ever are the first 10 celtics championship teams led by the prime version of bill russell and #2 is the 1967 76ers led by the prime version of the other goat being wilt chamberlain

  • @teofemo7000

    @teofemo7000

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@youtuber3328 The greatest for dominating their era. Head to head I doubt they could handle The Lakers, Celtics or 76ers of the 80s. The Lakers had the Greyhounds Cooper, Wilkes, Nixon and Magic Johnson. The best fastbreak in history. In the half court they had the #1 option Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The 60s Celtics were a great running team of for that era but the athletism went to another level in the 70s and 80s. Russell would always play well, great D, rebound, he wasn't an offensive threat or had the bulk to bother Jabbar. Just nostalgia to say they could beat those later team. Greatest? That reasonable 1964 perhaps but not the best.

  • @youtuber3328

    @youtuber3328

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@teofemo7000 having between nine and twelve teams meant average role players like kurt rambis would never ever make the nba

  • @teofemo7000

    @teofemo7000

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@youtuber3328 Boston had role players like Don Nelson compared to Rambis. Kurt was bigger, quicker and more skilled defensively. Rambis fit in perfectly because he besides hustled and toughness had great footwork, could run the floor and sometimes fill the lane for Nixon or Johnson. Rambis was more athletic than people gave him credit for. Do you think the 60s Celts could beat Bird's squad with McHale, Parish, DJ and Walton? I respect your opinion but as longtime fan I don't see it.

  • @youtuber3328

    @youtuber3328

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@teofemo7000 don nelson was NOT a role players he was very elite and the larry bird's scoring didn't equal the A rebounding and B shotblocking from bill russell

  • @chuckdeleonaeron7538
    @chuckdeleonaeron75382 жыл бұрын

    All time lakers Johnson, Bryant, lebron. ,Jabbar, Shaq

  • @robertmasina7388
    @robertmasina73884 ай бұрын

    I don't know if that was in style that decade but Pat Riley had the same slicked back hairdo in the 1980's like Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen in the movie "Wall Street".

  • @cmitchel35
    @cmitchel355 ай бұрын

    Showtime was so dazzling and offensively unstoppable but believe it or not they played good defense.

  • @jyy9624
    @jyy96249 ай бұрын

    Lakers made it look goooood

  • @chasugc3740
    @chasugc37402 жыл бұрын

    You can't have showtime without magic. He really dazzled. There will be no other. You can see glimpses of it with LeBron. But, he can't sustain it, because he doesn't have a big man who can stay healthy to support him. The Lakers just have no chemistry now, and no Magic.

  • @arnold5536
    @arnold55362 жыл бұрын

    Lakers are the top NBA franchise of all time the ships the Celtics won were trash when the NBA had no competition and was in its infancy

  • @abrahammitchell5599
    @abrahammitchell559911 ай бұрын

    You could not tell me nothing back then Lakers were my team.

  • @Ottonic6
    @Ottonic610 ай бұрын

    The Bulls of the 90's surpassed the Lakers of the 80's. though not as fun to watch, they did win 6 championships in 8 years, and I feel it could have been 8 straight if Michael Jordan wouldn't have retired (from basketball) for the 1994 and 1995 seasons. Michael Jordan gave Minor League baseball a go. He did get to play one MLB game, an exhibition game between the White Sox and the Cubs and after 1 season and a stint in the Arizona Fall league with no success hung up his cleats.

  • @eduardoquintero8363
    @eduardoquintero836310 ай бұрын

    He did not mention the phantom foul.

  • @vicc7409
    @vicc740911 ай бұрын

    At one point, the Lakers had 4 number one draft picks on their team: Kareem Magic Worthy Thompson

  • @eddieG667
    @eddieG6672 жыл бұрын

    I know these videos are tough to put together, but it just doesn't feel right when the narrator is talking about a certain season while the video or photo is clearly showing teams and players from other seasons. It mentioned the 1981 playoff loss and showed Akeem and Ralph Sampson -- neither was even in the league at the time and it was Moses Malone who was the center. So many other references showing the wrong clips too.

  • @AC-bb1cg

    @AC-bb1cg

    2 жыл бұрын

    oscar at 1:39

  • @moslemhasirbaf2388
    @moslemhasirbaf23882 жыл бұрын

    8 finals appearances and 5 championships...Bulls are probably the closest going 6 for 6 in the 90s

  • @mymagicisntgivingup5908

    @mymagicisntgivingup5908

    Жыл бұрын

    Remember they changed the rules so Jordan and The Bulls could dominate. Rules in the 80’s were way different. I read the rule books for both eras.

  • @TheSpaceCoupe57Chevy
    @TheSpaceCoupe57Chevy21 күн бұрын

    Magic is GOAT

  • @ruminator3570
    @ruminator3570 Жыл бұрын

    Wilt, Showtime, Shaq and Ko Time and LeBro time.

  • @michaelchapman6925
    @michaelchapman692510 ай бұрын

    I’ll take the 86 Celtics over any Laker team ever.

  • @utubeuseronline3385
    @utubeuseronline33852 жыл бұрын

    Umm they’re tied in chips

  • @cdazo32
    @cdazo32 Жыл бұрын

    early 2000 led by Kobe Bryant without Shaq they wouldn't 3 peat correct that Shaq was too dominant Kobe was developing at that time

  • @tomselleck5560

    @tomselleck5560

    10 ай бұрын

    I’ve said this so many times and get dragged by 21 year old Kobe fans. Both are great, but Magic was…Magic

  • @TheYeti308
    @TheYeti3082 жыл бұрын

    Eie . !

  • @whoopdattrick9390
    @whoopdattrick93902 жыл бұрын

    Led by kobe? Shaq won 3 finals mvplol

  • @youtuber3328
    @youtuber33282 жыл бұрын

    the finals mvp in june of 1980 and 1982 SHOULD'VE been awarded to kareem abdul-jabbar because his scoring outweighed magic johnson's passing and the 1980's lakers third best individual statistic was the rebounding from kareem abdul-jabbar

  • @JAWrightonline

    @JAWrightonline

    2 жыл бұрын

    Magic was better with the media, so Kareem got shafted as the media wrote the story the other way. It was unfair and childish but that's how it went.

  • @eddieG667

    @eddieG667

    2 жыл бұрын

    Kareem would continue to not get his due the remainder of his career especially in the GOAT conversations. Glad to hear he's being mentioned today as his body of work speaks for itself. I just wish Magic would mention him more when people want to talk about Jordan as the GOAT. Magic should at least mention him during those conversations as other names would get brought up like Lebron, Bird, Wilt, etc.

  • @JAWrightonline

    @JAWrightonline

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@eddieG667 Unfortunately, Magic desperately wants to stay among the Basketball Trinity (Jordan, Bird, himself) and with that is the requirement that he trumpets the Stern Propoganda: The NBA was at its weakest in the '70s (Reality: the only weak aspects of that decade were the commissioner, Larry O'Brien, and the horrible TV package of CBS Sports), Bird and Magic SAVED the league (Reality: They revived the NBA by leading in a new style of play and new generation of players; Kareem and Dr. J carried the league until their arrival; The NBA was NEVER in danger of folding), Michael Jordan "made basketball global" and is the game's Greatest Player Ever (Reality: saying Michael Jordan "made basketball global" is like saying Columbus "discovered" America. In 1956, Bill Russell won a Gold Medal 🏅. In 1960, Oscar Robertson and Jerry West brought home the Gold from Rome. In 1968, Spencer Haywood turned it out in Mexico for another Gold Medal. If basketball is an Olympic sport then it IS already global. If people say Jordan made professional basketball global, they're wrong again. The Harlem Globetrotters are considered basketball ambassadors around the world). Kareem did way more and was more immediately impactual on his teams than Michael Jordan. People love to point out Kareem won no titles without Oscar or Magic. They never won without him, either. However, he did have winning records and advanced in the playoffs without either on his squad. Michael Jordan never produced a winning regular season record or advanced in the playoffs WITHOUT Scottie Pippen. Julius Erving, Isiah Thomas, and Robert Parish always say Kareem is the GOAT. Magic basically had a front row seat and yet refuses go off the Stern Propoganda script. Michael Cooper, who had a front row seat along side Magic, always says Kareem was the Best of all Time.

  • @eddieG667

    @eddieG667

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JAWrightonline dunno about Magic wanting to be up there. He never mentioned himself except when cornered by Dan Patrick and even then, just was really vague. He's already said Kobe is the best Laker several times (which I think is again a slap in Kareem's face) On another thread, someone talked about the effect Len Bias would've had on the Celtics. I think that pushes out Detroit's run and likely the changing of rules to pretty much handed Jordan his dynasty in the 90s. The NBA pretty much didn't want the Pistons to win any longer and ended up making rules against teams like the Knicks.

  • @truth.74

    @truth.74

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JAWrightonline Dude, this is the best comment ever. Loaded with FACTS.

  • @DrDetfink
    @DrDetfink2 жыл бұрын

    You forgot in the first Finals match up between Detroit and LA, the Pistons lost Isiah Thomas to an injury giving the Lakers a decided edge in Game 7.

  • @michaeljacksin9367
    @michaeljacksin93672 жыл бұрын

    it just says cocaine and steroids for 8 and a half minutes

  • @vaidaszapereckas4655

    @vaidaszapereckas4655

    5 ай бұрын

    lol

  • @CR250rSMITH
    @CR250rSMITH Жыл бұрын

    Prime bird was better then Prime Magic🤷‍♂

  • @lovenlightman
    @lovenlightman Жыл бұрын

    The Lakers never played fair. The got Kareem I think in 1976 Then they Drafted Magic in 1979 They had other good players. And west decids to pay Magic 25 Million Unheard of untill then... Cause he has to win. Now, some how in 1983 they pick the first round pick a gain? HOW come? So they steal james Worthy from the Clippers... Ok now its the 1990s...players of the 80s retiere. So what do we do? We Get Shaq from Orlando for a crazy amount of 117 million! Shaq is one of tge best players to ever play and he and Koby Dominte every one except Sacramento .

  • @youtuber3328
    @youtuber33282 жыл бұрын

    the best teams ever are #1 tied the first 10 celtics championship teams and #2 the 1967 76ers led by the prime versions of both goats being wilt chamberlain and bill russell

  • @randybenton1623
    @randybenton16233 жыл бұрын

    Thanks all good games in 80s

  • @hitstickn1ck
    @hitstickn1ck2 жыл бұрын

    The bucks will be the next dynasty

  • @ballin1006
    @ballin10063 жыл бұрын

    Hi first comment

  • @ballin1006
    @ballin10063 жыл бұрын

    Third like