There have been some disappointing seasons in Los Angeles Lakers’ history.
Most of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ history is filled with success. The team is the most successful team in NBA history with the second-most NBA Championships, the most individual dynasties and the most superstars to don the purple and gold.
Not everything has been a success, though, as the Lakers have fallen victim to the same thing that every other franchise has: disappointment. Except in the Lakers’ case, that disappointment does not happen often.
Let’s take a trip down memory lane at the four most disappointing seasons in Lakers’ history, shall we?
Los Angeles Lakers’ most disappointing seasons: 4. 2002-03
The 2002-03 season was still a success in some regard for the team. The Lakers were still a 50-win team, won in the first round of the playoffs and saw Kobe Bryant became a 30 point per game scorer for the first time in his career.
However, this team had to overcome the hurdle of accomplishing their own expectations and that is what made this a disappointing season. This season was sandwiched between the Lakers winning three championships in a row and then making the NBA Finals the following year but losing to the Detroit Pistons.
This is really when we started to see the cracks of Kobe and Shaq’s relationship have an impact on the team’s performance. The Lakers took on the number one seed in the West, the San Antonio Spurs, in the second round of the playoffs and lost a playoff series for the first time in four years.
San Antonio jumped out to a 2-0 lead, the Lakers battled back to make it 2-2 but could not finish the job, dropping the next two games in a close fashion and then a blowout fashion.