The Los Angeles Jets were an American basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team based in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

 that was a member of the American Basketball League

American Basketball League (1961-1963)

The American Basketball League played one full season, 1961-1962, and part of 1962-1963. The league actually folded on December 31, 1962. The ABL was the first basketball league to have a three point shot for baskets scored far away from the goal.-Formation:...

 in the league's 1961-62 season. The team's only coach was Bill Sharman

Bill Sharman

William Walton "Bill" Sharman is a former professional basketball player and coach. Sharman completed high school in the rural city of Porterville, California and is mostly known for his time with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s, partnering with Bob Cousy in what some consider the greatest...

.

The team was competing for ticket buyers in a market that included the recently relocated Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...

, as well as the college teams of USC and UCLA. Partway through their first and only season, with a respectable record of 24-15, the Jets franchise found itself unable to draw enough spectators to continue.

The team disbanded during its only season on January 10, 1962.

Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
1961/62	ABL	4th, Western	N/A