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The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. They are notable for having (at the end of the 2004–05 season) the most wins (2,621), the highest winning percentage (61.9%), the most finals appearances (28), and the second most championships (14), behind the Boston Celtics who have 16. They also have the record for most consecutive wins in a season (33).
Raymond Darlington Felix (b. December 10, 1930 in New York, New York; d. July 28, 1991) was an American professional basketball player.
A 6' 11" center from Long Island University, Felix was selected by the Baltimore Bullets with the first pick in the 1953 NBA Draft. He quickly became the NBA's first dominant African-American center, winning the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 1954 after averaging 17.6 points and 13.3 rebounds. Felix was also the second African-American (after Don Barksdale) to be named an All-Star. In his nine seasons in the league, which he spent with the Bullets, New York Knicks, Minneapolis Lakers, and Los Angeles Lakers, Felix averaged 10.9 points and 8.9 rebounds, and he retired in 1962 with career totals of 6,974 points and 5,652 rebounds.