Los Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher, right, goes up for a shot as Charlotte Bobcats center DeSagana Diop defends during the first...

WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: President Barack Obama (R) poses for photographs with Kobe Bryant (C), Derek Fisher and members of the National Basketball Association 2009 champions Los Angeles Lakers in the East Room...

...NEW YORK - JANUARY 22: Derek Fisher #2 (R) of the Los Angeles Lakers talks with Assistant Coach Jim Cleamons (L) during the...

...DC - JANUARY 25: United States President Barack Obama accepts a jersey and basketball from Lakers captains Derek Fisher (left) and Kobe Bryant (center) during a ceremony to honor the 2008-9 NBA Champions in...

...DC - JANUARY 25: United States President Barack Obama accepts a jersey and basketball from Lakers captains Derek Fisher (left) and Kobe Bryant (center) during a ceremony to honor the 2008-9 NBA Champions in...

...DECEMBER 16: Kobe Bryant #24 (R) of the Los Angeles Lakers huddles with teammates (L-R) Derek Fisher #2, Ron Artest #37, and Pau Gasol #16 during the game against the Milwaukee Bucks on...

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 18: Derek Fisher #2 of the Los Angeles Lakers drives against Vince Carter #15 of the Orlando Magic in...

LOS ANGELES - DECEMBER 4: Derek Fisher #2 and Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers talk together during the game against...

...Spurs' Tony Parker, center, of France, is defended by Los Angeles Lakers' Andrew Bynum, left, and Derek Fisher, right, during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, in San...

...Jennings #3 of the Milwaukee Bucks drives to the basket against (L-R) Lamar Odom #7, Derek Fisher #2, and Pau Gasol #16 of the Los Angeles Lakers on December 16, 2009 at the...

LOS ANGELES - JANUARY 6: Baron Davis #1 of the Los Angeles Clippers drives against Derek Fisher #2 of the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on January 6, 2010 in Los Angeles...

LOS ANGELES - DECEMBER 9: Deron Williams #8 of the Utah Jazz shoots against Derek Fisher #2 of the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on December 9, 2009 in Los Angeles...

8: 2001-2002 Lakers

...against Portland and New Jersey. Kobe and Shaq became elite, while Robert Horry, Rick Fox and Derek Fisher became role players for the ages

6: 2008-2009 Lakers

...Andrew Bynum), masterful trades (Pau Gasol for Kwame Brown?) and the return of a familiar face (Derek Fisher) all helped

No. 3: 2004 Western Conference Semifinals: Lakers-Spurs

...on the clock (0.4, to be exact) and the Lakers trailing the Spurs 73-72, Derek Fisher somehow managed to catch, turn and shoot the game-winning basket to give the Lakers an...