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Lakers trade for Wilt

July 6, 1968 By Keith Thursby Times staff writer he Lakers, always a team with a certain amount of star power, acquired one of the game’s biggest stars in Wilt Chamberlain. Chamberlain would join Jerry West and Elgin Baylor and … Continue reading

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Darrall Imhoff

Here’s the Laker in our mystery photo: Darrall Imhoff.   Photograph by Ben Olender / Los Angeles Times The Lakers over the Celtics 123-115, April 26, 1966, tying the playoffs 3-3.  The Celtics, playing in Boston, won the seventh game … Continue reading

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