What Are The 4 Nba Teams In California?
The Los Angeles Lakers, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Golden State Warriors, and the Sacramento Kings are the four NBA teams in California.
The Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, an arena shared with the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association.
The franchise began with the 1947 purchase of a disbanded team, the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League (NBL). The new team began playing in Minneapolis, calling themselves the Minneapolis Lakers. Initially a member of the NBL, the Lakers won pre-NBA championships in 1948 and 1949. In 1950, they joined what is now known as the NBA, and won five of six championships between 1951 and 1954, led by stars such as George Mikan, Bob Cousy, Jim Pollard, and Jerry West.
In 1960, led by Hall of Famers Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, Los Angeles made history by becoming first NBA team to have an all-rookie starting lineup: Baylor at small forward; Jerry West at shooting guard; Mel Counts at center; Gene Wiley at power forward; and Rudy LaRusso at point guard. Despite being surrounded by talented veteran players such as Bill Russell and K.C. Jones during his time with Boston Celtics in late 1950s and early 1960s, Cousy always considered West superior to all other fellow players he ever faced throughout his career..
The Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers, commonly referred to as the Clippers, are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league’s Western Conference in the Pacific Division. The Clippers play their home games at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, an arena shared with fellow NBA team the Los Angeles Lakers, as well as the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 1946 in Philadelphia, the Warriors relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1962 and took the city’s name, before changing its geographic moniker to Golden State in 1971. They play their home games at the Oracle Arena in Oakland.
The Sacramento Kings
The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference’s Pacific Division. The Kings are the only team in the major professional North American sports leagues located in Sacramento. The team plays its home games at the Golden 1 Center. Their best seasons to date in the city were in the early 2000s, including the 2001–02 season when they had the best record in the NBA at 61–21.
