The 2005–06 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 57th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 60th overall. The Los Angeles Lakers finished in third place of the Pacific Division and as the seventh seed of the Western Conference playoffs. The season ended with the team being eliminated in seven games against the Phoenix Suns after holding a 3-1 series lead.
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—Advertising billboard campaign in Los Angeles, mounted by New York fashion house Charivari.
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—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)
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