How Los Angeles Lakers Milestones is played

Every card in this deck carries a hidden value on the same scale — release years and dates — and the run is one long sorting problem. The first card is dealt face up. Each card after it goes into the gap where you think it belongs, and the value only shows once it lands. Get it wrong three times and the run ends with whatever you had placed.

This deck can also be shuffled together with any other deck measured in release years and dates — tick several on the deck tree to build one longer timeline out of them.

What's in the deck

25 of the 25 cards you could be dealt. The values stay hidden until you place them.

Franchise founded in Minneapolis The team enters the NBL as the Minneapolis Lakers
First title with George Mikan Big man leads Minneapolis to the BAA crown
Three-peat capped in Minneapolis Mikan's dynasty wins a third straight NBA title
Team relocates to Los Angeles The Lakers leave Minnesota for California
Drafted Jerry West and Elgin Baylor era peaks West joins from West Virginia to pair with Baylor
Wilt Chamberlain's 33-game win streak title over the Knicks Record 69-win season ends a title drought
Drafted Magic Johnson first overall Michigan State star arrives via the Jazz pick
Rookie Magic's title over Philadelphia He plays center in the clinching Game 6
Showtime title over the 76ers Kareem and Magic beat Dr. J's Philadelphia
Beat the Celtics in a seven-game Finals Kareem earns MVP avenging the prior loss to Boston
Title over the Rockets Showtime rebounds from an upset the year before
Repeat championship vs. the Pistons Back-to-back crowns as Magic guarantees it
Kobe Bryant and Shaq acquired A draft-day trade and free-agent signing reshape LA
Phil Jackson three-peat begins over Indiana First title of the Shaq-Kobe run beats the Pacers
Swept the Nets in the Finals Second straight title, this one a sweep of New Jersey
Kobe scores 81 against Toronto Second-highest single-game total in league history
Title over the Magic Kobe's first ring without Shaq, Finals MVP
Game 7 championship over the Celtics Ron Artest hits a dagger three to beat Boston
Kobe's 60-point farewell He scores 60 in his final NBA game
LeBron James signs with the Lakers The four-time MVP joins in free agency
Anthony Davis traded to Los Angeles New Orleans big man arrives for a package of picks
Bubble title over the Heat LeBron and AD win the championship in Orlando
Kobe Bryant's numbers 8 and 24 retired Both his jerseys hang in the Staples Center rafters
Inaugural In-Season Tournament won LA beats Indiana to claim the first NBA Cup
Luka Doncic acquired in a blockbuster trade Dallas sends the star guard to Los Angeles