DVD : NBA Dynasty Series - Los Angeles Lakers - The Complete History
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Team Marketing
EAN: 9780790786223
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0790786222
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 01, 2004
Running Time: 1338 minutes
Sales Rank: 19839
Studio: Warner Home Video
Features:- Officially Licensed
- Highest Quality Recording
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Over the past 50 years the Lakers have won an unprecedented 14 Championships, making them the best NBA franchise ever. This 5-disc special edition collector's set features the complete Lakers history including year-end compilation programs highlighting the Championship seasons from the 1950s through 2002. Plus for the first time ever on DVD, the team's most memorable Finals games iincluding their first Championship win in Los Angeles, Magic's "baby hook" game in 1987, and their back-to-back title games.
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Packing a whopping 22 hours of content on five double-sided discs, Los Angeles Lakers: The Complete History is a treasure trove for fans of the purple and gold. In fact, even the ambitious title doesn't do the set justice, as the opening 2002 documentary traces the franchise to its Minnesota roots and a vintage 1953 feature shows the game's first dominant big man, George Mikan, in action. The glitzier West Coast years--Wilt, West, Magic, Kareem, Shaq, Kobe, et al.--are the primary focus, of course, and this set, one of the first two entries in the NBA Dynasty series (along with the slightly less-substantial Chicago Bulls: The 1990s), collects seven of the highlight videos that were released on VHS (2000 and 2002 were also on DVD), which provide a time-capsule look at each of the championship seasons.
The real joy of the set, however, is nine NBA playoff games presented as they were originally broadcast and almost in their entirety. They last about 90-100 minutes with TV introductions and post-game interviews, but minus halftime, commercials, and some slower moments. The games include such absolute classics as the game in which rookie Magic Johnson started at center in place of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and the 1987 "baby hook" game against the Boston Celtics. If you're used to watching current NBA games you might be tempted to just skip to the end, but it's surprisingly rewarding to watch the game develop, to watch the game's superstars strut their stuff (or see a couple of 1972 reserves named Phil Jackson and Pat Riley), and to observe how radically the sport has changed over the years. Variable picture quality and technical glitches are unavoidable (even the 2002 game looks washed out), but this is the first time complete or nearly complete NBA games have been available in the home-video era, and they probably still look better than the VHS tapes you've been saving over the years. Yes, it'd be easy to argue about which games from the Lakers' long history should have been included, and the highlight videos don't have a ton of replay value, but the NBA Dynasty series is a major milestone in archived sports. --David Horiuchi
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I bought this for my boyfriend, who is a big Laker fan, and he loved it!
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Excellent video on the history of the Lakers and the full playback of key playoff games is great.
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Where are Game 5 of the 2004 Finals, Game 4 of the 2008 Finals and, of course, Game 6 of the 2008 Finals? That would give us a true picture of this "dynasty". And I'm not even mentioning all the choke jobs from the 60s and 70s.
BTW, the Lakers set the record for the most LOSSES in the Championship round of all the 4 major prof. sports.
Time to "simmah down now" Laker fans!
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* "The Laker Dynasty" (2004) - a 47-minute feature reviewing the history of the franchise that began in Minneapolis with the NBA's first superstar George Mikan, moves through the Jerry West-Elgin Baylor-Wilt Chamberlain 1960s, to the Showtime Lakers of the 1980s, through the Shaq-Kobe dynasty of the new millennium.
* "Meet the Champs" (1954) - Rare, archival black-and-white film featuring the first NBA dynasty, the Minneapolis Lakers, including extensive highlights of the 1954 season, the Western Conference Finals against the Fort Wayne Pistons, and the 1954 NBA Finals against the New York Knickerbockers.
* 1972 NBA Finals Game 5, Knicks at Lakers - Complete Original Broadcast (ABC Sports).
* "That Magic Season" (1980) - Vintage NBA Films presentation reviewing the 1980 Playoffs, and NBA Finals between Dr. J's Sixers and Magic Johnson's Lakers.
* 1980 NBA Finals Game 6, Lakers at Sixers - Complete Original Broadcast (CBS Sports).
* "Something to Prove" (1982) - Vintage NBA Films presentation reviewing the 1982 NBA Finals, a rematch of the 1980 Sixers-Lakers matchup.
* 1982 NBA Finals Game 1, Lakers at Sixers - Complete Original Broadcast (CBS Sports).
* "Return to Glory" (1985) - Vintage NBA Films presentation reviewing the 1985 playoffs, and the 1985 NBA Finals between the Lakers and Celtics.
* 1985 NBA Finals Game 6, Lakers at Celtics - Complete Original Broadcast ... Read More
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This 5 dvd package includes:
DISC 1
SIDE 1
-The Lakers Dynasty (History of the Lakers)
SIDE 2
-Dynasty Overview (Minneapolis Lakers)
-Meet the Champs (1953 Minneapolis Lakers)
-Almost a Dynasty (Lakers of the 60's)
-1972 NBA Finals game 5 (Wilt Chamberlain leads the Lakers over the Knicks. Missing last few minutes)
DISC 2
SIDE 1
-That Magic Season (1980 highlights)
-1980 NBA Finals game 6 (Magic Johnson starts at C as L.A. wins title)
SIDE 2
-Something to Prove (1982 highlights)
-1982 NBA Finals game 1 (Lakers capture comeback win in Philadelphia)
DISC 3
SIDE 1
-Return to Glory (1985 highlights)
-1985 NBA Finals game 6 (Lakers beat the Celtics in Boston for title)
SIDE 2
-The Drive For Five (1987 highlights)
-1987 NBA Finals game 4 (Magic's junior sky hook beats Boston)
DISC 4
SIDE 1
-Back to Back (1988 highlights)
-1988 NBA Finals game 7 (Lakers beat Pistons for back-to-back titles)
SIDE 2
-2000 Championship Season highlights
-2000 NBA Finals game 4 (Lakers beat Pacers in OT)
DISC 5
SIDE 1
-2001 Championship Season highlights
-2001 NBA Finals game 5 (Lakers beat 76ers for back-to-back titles)
SIDE 2
-2002 Championship Season highlights
-2002 Western Conference Finals game 7 (Lakers beat Kings ... Read More
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