The sports day: Lakers in the first conference final in ten years

The Los Angeles Lakers have reached the final of the Western Conference in the North American professional basketball league NBA for the first time in ten years.

• As the Lakers' most successful thrower, LeBron James contributed 29 points to the win. In addition, the 35-year-old had eleven rebounds and seven assists.

  (Photo: AP)

  The team around superstar LeBron James defeated the Houston Rockets 119: 96 in the fifth game of the best-of-seven series and prevailed 4: 1 overall.

• The last time the Lakers reached the final in the west was in 2010, when the Lakers around Kobe Bryant, who died in January, prevailed against the Phoenix Suns and won the final series against the Boston Celtics. It was the last NBA title for the Lakers so far.
• This year, head coach Frank Vogel's team will meet either local rivals Los Angeles Clippers or the Denver Nuggets in the final of the Western Conference.