the last time the lakers won a championship was 2010.
the last time the lakers won a championship was 2010.
when was the last time the lakers won a championship?
2010
the gvsu men's club lacrosse team competes at the division 2 of men's collegiate lacrosse association in the central collegiate lacrosse association (ccla). in 2007 the lakers finished 3rd losing to eventual conference champions, university of dayton. in 2008 after a coaching change and structuring the program to run like a varsity program (although competing at a club level) the gvsu men's lacrosse team won the ccla conference title and earned their first bid to play in the men's collegiate lacrosse association (mcla) national championship tournament featuring teams from throughout the us and canada. the lakers went into the championship tournament ranked 2nd in america and with an 18–0 record in mcla play. after a first round bye the lakers defeated southwestern university, and were slotted to play a re-match against the university of st. thomas (who the lakers defeated earlier in the season by 1 in overtime) in texas stadium (former home of the dallas cowboys), the lakers went on to win the game earning a spot to play in the mcla div. 2 national championship game. the lakers season ended with the first league loss of the season coming in the national championship to westminster university resulting in a 20–1 season, scoring over 300 goals. the 2009 laker lacrosse team finished with a 10–4 record, with losses coming to the 1–4 nationally ranked teams. the lakers ended their season in the ccla division 2 semi-final losing to national runners up university of dayton. due to powers beyond their control, the lakers also were slightly edged from being invited to the national championship tournament despite having its only 4 losses to the nations top 4 teams. the 2010 laker lacrosse team finished with a record of 15–4, going undefeated in ccla play, winning the ccla north championship, and taking second place in the ccla tournament. the lakers were invited to participate for their 2nd time in the mcla national championship tournament. the lakers were ousted early from the tournament by cross town rivals davenport panthers who were finally able to get the best of the lakers in their third meeting of the season. in 2011 the lakers jumped out to impressive early season victories and earned a top national ranking for a three-month period. the lakers finished the regular season undefeated, won the ccla conference tournament, and earned a number one seed to the mcla national championship tournament. unfortunately the 2011 undefeated streak and season ended in a quadruple overtime loss in the national semifinal in denver, co at the hands of eventual national champions, davenport panthers by a 16–15 score. the 2011 season featured a 19–1 record, 5 mcla all-americans, 6 ccla all-conference players, and over 400 goals scored throughout the year (higher than any ncaa/mcla program, at any division). since 2008 the lakers feature a 64–11 record, have had 13 players receive all-american mentions, have yet to finish outside the national top-ten rankings, and have not lost a home contest since 2009.
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for the first time in 2012–13, the clippers, like the lakers, had reasonable expectations to win an nba championship. the clippers signed former lakers ronny turiaf, matt barnes, and lamar odom, who joined caron butler as clippers who had played for the lakers. coach mike brown of the 0–2 lakers called the 1–0 clippers "a better team" prior to their first meeting. he added, "it's sort of a rivalry now, and so it will probably be a physical game." however, brown likened the clippers to his cleveland cavaliers teams with lebron james trying to form a rivalry with the boston celtics despite cleveland's lack of championships. lakers fans booed the clippers during warmups and player introductions, which griffin did not witness before during his rookie season. he said lakers fans "didn't really care" about the clippers before, and he attributed the newfound attention to his team's turnaround. the clippers won the game, dropping the lakers to 0–3 for the first time in 34 years. the game was televised by espn and drew a 5.9 rating in los angeles, the network's highest-rated regular season game ever in the l.a. market. the clippers later defeated the defending nba champions, the miami heat, but the city was more engrossed in the lakers' firing of brown and the hiring of mike d'antoni. heat coach erik spoelstra subsequently called the clippers "legit contenders for the title", while arash markazi of espn.com called them "the best team in l.a." prior to their second meeting that season, the clippers were 25–8 and fighting for the best record in the league, while the lakers were 15–16—nine games behind the clippers—and looking to secure a playoff spot in the western conference. for only the fourth time in their prior 127 meetings since they moved to los angeles, the clippers had a better record than the lakers entering their matchup when both teams had played 30 or more games. prior to the game, bryant called the clippers "top contenders" for a championship. the clippers won 107–102 in a nationally-televised game that gave espn its best nba regular-season overnight rating (2.7) in nearly two years. the local los angeles rating of 5.7 was the second highest ever behind the record set in the teams' previous meeting. the clippers also won their third meeting, 125–101, after starting the game with a 15–0 lead. the win clinched the season series for the clippers for the first time in 20 years since 1992–93. on april 7, the clippers defeated the lakers 109–95, clinching their first pacific division title in franchise history. the lakers had won 23 of the previous 42 division titles. the win also completed a season sweep of the lakers, 4–0. the franchise had not swept the lakers since 1974–75, when they were in buffalo. while both teams qualified for the playoffs that season, they were both eliminated in the first round, as the lakers were swept by the san antonio spurs, and the clippers lost in six games to the memphis grizzlies. it also marked the last time the lakers made the playoffs.
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