 But with that being said, they never, ever had a shot in the last two years with Byron Scott as his head coach of actually competing for an NBA championship. It was a miracle that they even won a game against the Jazz in the regular season. And the only reason they were able to do that was because Kobe scored 60 points. The Lakers have always been that. They've always had a quest to the stars. When Magic got Paul Westhead fired back in the day, Jerry Buss sided with Magic all the way through.