Phil Jackson Breaks Lakers' All-Time Wins Mark

Sports News - February 4th, 2010 - Written By John Ritter

The NBA's all-time winningest coach is now the winningest coach of his own team.

Phil Jackson won his 534th game with the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, narrowly edging out the Charlotte Bobcats, 99-97, passing Pat Riley for the franchise-high. And with Kobe Bryant breaking the team's all-time scoring mark on Tuesday, the Lakers become the only team to actively field the franchise's wins and scoring leader.

Center Andrew Bynum had another double-double, going for 17 points and 14 rebounds, and Lamar Odom added another 19 points in the win.

Jackson is also the Chicago Bulls' all-time winningest coach, winning 545 games over nine years with the club. He did, of course, have the help of one Michael Jordan during that span, and also coached soon-to-be Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen, but winning six NBA titles in nine seasons isn't something to scoff at.

“It’s been a really good run,” Jackson said. “Having this opportunity to coach this team is always special. The fact that we’ve had some great teams, great players, is always a credit to them. It’s not really an individual record in my mind.”

The "Zen Master" has four titles with the Lakers in that same amount of time, and also has benefited from coaching Bryant.

Bryant became the team's all-time leading scorer two nights ago when he dropped 44 points on the Memphis Grizzlies on the road. He passed Jerry West with 25,213 career points. He had just five against the Bobcats, but was hobbled by an injury and wasn't actively involved in the game.

Jackson has the most NBA titles in league history (10), and is the only coach to ever win 70-percent of his games. The Lakers are back home after an eight-game road trip in which they went a paltry 5-3, including another bad loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers