The 1997–98 NBA season was the 50th season for the

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in the

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, and their 38th season in

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. During the off-season, the Lakers signed free agents Rick Fox, and three-point specialist Jon Barry. The Lakers got off to a fast start to the regular season by winning their first eleven games, before losing

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to a strained stomach muscle that forced him to sit out 20 games; in his absence, the team posted a 13–7 record. In January,

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went down with a knee injury missing 18 games, and was replaced with second-year guard Derek Fisher as the team's starting point guard for the remainder of the season. The Lakers held a 34–11 record at the All-Star break, and won 22 of their final 25 games to tie the Pacific Division title with the Seattle SuperSonics with a 61–21 record, earning the #3 seed in the Western Conference. It was the Lakers' best record since the 1989–90 season. O'Neal averaged 28.3 points, 11.4 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game, and was named to the

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, while Eddie Jones averaged 16.9 points and 2.0 steals per game, led the Lakers with 143 three-point field goals, and was named to the

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, and second-year guard

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emerged as a star in his second season, playing an increased role as the team's sixth man off the bench, averaging 15.4 points per game. In addition, Van Exel provided the team with 13.8 points and 6.9 assists per game, and finished second on the team with 123 three-point field goals, while Fox contributed 12.0 points per game, Robert Horry averaged 7.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.3 blocks per game, Elden Campbell provided with 10.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game off the bench, and Fisher contributed 5.8 points and 4.1 assists per game. Four members of the team, O'Neal, Bryant, Jones and Van Exel, were all selected for the

1998 NBA All-Star Game The 1998 NBA All-Star Game was the 48th edition of the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game. The event was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The East won the game 135–114. Besides the NBA All-Star game, there were t ...

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. It was Bryant's first ever All-Star appearance, as he was voted as a starter for the Western Conference at the age of 19; Bryant scored 18 points in 22 minutes, as the Western Conference lost to the Eastern Conference, 135–114. O'Neal also finished in fourth place in

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voting, while Bryant finished in second place in Sixth Man of the Year voting behind

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of the

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, and also finished in seventh place in Most Improved Player voting. In the 1998 NBA playoffs, the Lakers defeated the

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, 3–1 in the Western Conference First Round for the second consecutive year, then after losing Game 1 of the Western Conference Semi-finals to the 2nd–seeded SuperSonics, 106–92 at Seattle, the Lakers would win the next four games, thus the series. However, in the Western Conference Finals, they were swept by the top-seeded

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in four straight games. The Jazz would go on to lose in six games to the

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in the 1998 NBA Finals for the second straight year. Following the season, Van Exel was traded to the

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after feuding with head coach Del Harris, and Barry signed as a free agent with the

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Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Preseason

, - style="background:#cfc;" , 1 , October 9 ,

Denver Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of ...

W 135-102
,

(31) , Corie Blount (7) , Jon Barry (6) , San Diego Sports Arena (San Diego, CA)
10,754 , 1–0 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , October 10 , @ Phoenix
L 91-93
,

(27) ,

(15) ,

(4) , American West Arena
19,023 , 1-1 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 3 , October 17 , L.A. Clippers
W 116-85
,

(28) ,

(10) , Fisher & Van Exel (5) , Kiel Center (St. Louis, MO)
17,398 , 2–1 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 4 , October 18 ,

Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...

W 117-107
,

(34) ,

(9) , Rick Fox (7) ,

Great Western Forum The Kia Forum, also known as Los Angeles Forum and formerly Great Western Forum, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Inglewood, California, United States, adjacent to Los Angeles. Located on West Manchester Boulevard, with Laffit Pincay Jr., P ...

18,123 , 3–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 5 , October 21 , @

L 92-101
, Bryant & Campbell (15) , Mario Bennett (11) ,

(4) ,

McNichols Sports Arena McNichols Sports Arena was an indoor arena located in Denver, Colorado, United States. Located adjacent to Mile High Stadium and completed in 1975, at a cost of $16 million, it seated 16,061 for hockey games and 17,171 for basketball games. Sp ...

7,121 , 3–2 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 6 , October 22 , Washington
W 124-113 (OT)
, Elden Campbell (33) , Elden Campbell (13) , Barry & Horry (4) ,

Thomas & Mack Center The Thomas & Mack Center is a multi-purpose arena located on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada. It is home of the UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team of the Mountain West Conference. History The facility first ...

(Las Vegas, NV)
10,771 , 4–2 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 7 , October 24 ,

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

W 93-89
, Rick Fox (18) , Elden Campbell (12) ,

(9) ,

11,814 , 5–2 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 8 , October 25 ,

Seattle Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cou ...

W 85-79
,

(15) , Corie Blount (9) , Derek Fisher (5) ,

13,862 , 6–2

Regular season

, - style="background:#cfc;" , 1 , October 31 ,

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

W 104-87
,

(23) , Robert Horry (13) , Horry & Van Exel (7) ,

16,234 , 1–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2 , November 4 , @

Sacramento Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 p ...

W 101-98
, Eddie Jones (35) , Corie Blount (7) ,

(6) , ARCO Arena
17,317 , 2–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 3 , November 7 , New York
W 99-94
, Horry & O'Neal (17) , Robert Horry (10) ,

(6) ,

17,505 , 3–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 4 , November 9 , Golden State
W 132-97
,

(27) ,

(19) , Derek Fisher (10) ,

14,623 , 4–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 5 , November 11 , @

Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

W 118-96
,

(37) ,

(12) , Robert Horry (9) ,

Reunion Arena Reunion Arena was an indoor arena located in the Reunion, Dallas, Reunion district of downtown Dallas, Texas, United States. The arena served as the primary home of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Dallas Stars and the National Basketball Ass ...

13,722 , 5–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 6 , November 13 , @

San Antonio San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...

W 109-100 (OT)
,

(34) ,

(15) , Eddie Jones (7) ,

Alamodome The Alamodome is a 64,000-seat domed indoor multi-purpose stadium in San Antonio, Texas. It is located on the southeastern fringe of downtown San Antonio. The facility opened on May 15, 1993, having been constructed at a cost of $186 milli ...

20,557 , 6–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 7 , November 14 , @

Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

W 113-103 (2OT)
,

(35) ,

(13) ,

(8) , Compaq Center
16,285 , 7–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 8 , November 16 ,

Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...

W 121-95
, Eddie Jones (28) , Robert Horry (12) ,

(8) ,

17,139 , 8–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 9 , November 18 , @

W 97-92
, Bryant & Van Exel (19) ,

(9) ,

(5) , Delta Center
19,911 , 9–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 10 , November 19 ,

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

W 118-93
, Eddie Jones (31) ,

(12) , Derek Fisher (9) ,

17,505 , 10–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 11 , November 23 , L.A. Clippers
W 119-102
, Eddie Jones (28) , Corie Blount (9) ,

(11) ,

17,505 , 11–0 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 12 , November 25 , @

Miami Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...

L 86-103
,

(21) , 3 players tied (7) , Eddie Jones (6) , Miami Arena
15,200 , 11–1 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 13 , November 26 , @

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

W 118-103
, Elden Campbell (22) , Robert Horry (9) ,

(9) , Fleet Center
18,624 , 12–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 14 , November 28 , @

Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

L 95-105
, Bryant & Campbell (19) , Robert Horry (9) ,

(6) , CoreStates Center
20,714 , 12–2 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 15 , November 30 ,

Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

W 105-99
, Eddie Jones (32) , Blount & Horry (8) ,

(10) ,

14,940 , 13–2 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 16 , December 3 , @

W 107-89
, Elden Campbell (25) , Elden Campbell (12) ,

(5) ,

14,503 , 14–2 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 17 , December 5 ,

W 98-88
,

(25) , Corie Blount (10) ,

(6) ,

17,505 , 15–2 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 18 , December 7 ,

L 84-94
,

(21) , Robert Horry (10) ,

(4) ,

16,945 , 15–3 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 19 , December 8 , @ Portland
L 99-105
,

(24) , Elden Campbell (12) ,

(12) , Rose Garden
20,721 , 15–4 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 20 , December 10 , @ Golden State
L 92-93
,

(20) , Elden Campbell (9) ,

(8) , The Arena in Oakland
13,414 , 15–5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 21 , December 12 ,

W 119-102
, Rick Fox (30) , Robert Horry (8) ,

(8) ,

17,505 , 16–5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 22 , December 14 ,

W 119-89
,

(30) , Elden Campbell (8) , Fisher & Van Exel (7) ,

15,893 , 17–5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 23 , December 16 , @

W 109-96
, Eddie Jones (32) , 4 players tied (6) ,

(14) ,

Target Center Target Center is a multi-purpose arena located in Minneapolis that opened in 1990. It hosts major family shows, concerts, sporting events, graduations and private events. Target Corporation, founded and headquartered in Minneapolis since 1902, h ...

16,874 , 18–5 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 24 , December 17 , @

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

L 83-104
,

(33) , Robert Horry (6) ,

(5) ,

United Center The United Center is an indoor arena on the Near West Side, Chicago, Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is home to the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) ...

24,119 , 18–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 25 , December 19 , @

W 98-96
,

(19) , Robert Horry (8) ,

(7) ,

Georgia Dome The Georgia Dome was a Stadium#Types, domed stadium in the Southeastern United States. Located in Atlanta between downtown Atlanta, downtown to the east and Vine City to the west, it was owned and operated by the State of Georgia as part of th ...

25,288 , 19–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 26 , December 20 , @ Charlotte
W 109-100
,

(24) , Corie Blount (11) ,

(8) , Charlotte Coliseum
24,042 , 20–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 27 , December 22 , @

W 94-83
,

(19) , Elden Campbell (14) ,

(10) , Compaq Center
16,285 , 21–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 28 , December 26 , L.A. Clippers
W 118-114 (OT)
,

(30) , Elden Campbell (11) ,

(12) ,

17,505 , 22–6 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 29 , December 28 ,

L 102-108
, Rick Fox (27) , 3 players tied (9) ,

(10) ,

17,505 , 22–7 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 30 , December 30 ,

W 93-80
, Elden Campbell (23) , Elden Campbell (9) ,

(11) ,

16,283 , 23–7 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 31 , January 2 ,

W 116-106
, Eddie Jones (23) ,

(9) ,

(13) ,

17,505 , 24–7 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 32 , January 4 ,

L 107-113
,

(26) ,

(16) ,

(9) ,

17,505 , 24–8 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 33 , January 6 , @

W 100-87
,

(25) ,

(14) ,

(7) , General Motors Place
15,837 , 25–8 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 34 , January 7 ,

Milwaukee Milwaukee is the List of cities in Wisconsin, most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the List of United States cities by population, 31st-most populous city in the United States ...

W 114-102
,

(38) , Horry & O'Neal (9) ,

(18) ,

15,483 , 26–8 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 35 , January 9 , @ L.A. Clippers
W 125-115
,

(32) , Elden Campbell (10) ,

(5) , Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
16,067 , 27–8 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 36 , January 11 , Charlotte
L 93-98
,

(32) ,

(13) , Eddie Jones (7) ,

17,505 , 27–9 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 37 , January 14 ,

W 132-114
,

(34) ,

(10) , Derek Fisher (13) ,

15,067 , 28–9 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 38 , January 17 ,

W 108-99
,

(24) ,

(14) ,

(4) ,

17,505 , 29–9 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 39 , January 19 , Orlando
W 92-89
,

(35) ,

(15) , Robert Horry (7) ,

17,505 , 30–9 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 40 , January 21 , @ Phoenix
W 119-109
,

(26) ,

(11) ,

(6) , American West Arena
19,023 , 31–9 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 41 , January 24 , @

L 95-101
,

(30) ,

(12) ,

(8) , KeyArena
17,072 , 31–10 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 42 , January 28 ,

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

L 95-106
,

(27) ,

(19) ,

(8) ,

15,643 , 31–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 43 , January 30 ,

W 121-114
, Rick Fox (30) ,

(17) , Derek Fisher (9) ,

17,505 , 32–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 44 , February 1 ,

W 112-87
, Rick Fox (25) , Corie Blount (13) , Blount & Fisher (7) ,

17,505 , 33–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 45 , February 4 , Portland
W 122-115
, Eddie Jones (28) ,

(10) ,

(11) ,

15,389 , 34–11 , - align="center" , colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff", All-Star Break , - style="background:#cfc;" , - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , - style="background:#fcc;" , 46 , February 10 , @ Portland
L 105-117
,

(31) ,

(12) , Barry & Fox (6) , Rose Garden
21,538 , 34–12 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 47 , February 11 , Golden State
W 105-99
,

(33) ,

(10) ,

(14) ,

14,674 , 35–12 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 48 , February 13 ,

L 108-113 (OT)
,

(44) , Robert Horry (14) , Eddie Jones (7) ,

17,505 , 35–13 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 49 , February 15 ,

L 88-90
, 3 players tied (18) ,

(13) ,

(9) ,

17,505 , 35–14 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 50 , February 18 , @ Phoenix
L 103-110
,

(30) ,

(10) , Derek Fisher (5) , American West Arena
19,023 , 35–15 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 51 , February 19 ,

W 131-92
, Rick Fox (22) , Mario Bennett (13) ,

(7) ,

15,159 , 36–15 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 52 , February 22 , @ Orlando
L 94-96
,

(20) ,

(10) , Fisher & Fox (5) , Orlando Arena
17,238 , 36–16 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 53 , February 24 , @

W 98-81
,

(21) ,

(12) , Derek Fisher (6) , Bradley Center
18,717 , 37–16 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 54 , February 25 , @

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

W 96-89
,

(24) , Horry & O'Neal (9) , Derek Fisher (6) , Market Square Arena
16,726 , 38–16 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 55 , February 27 , @

W 104-91
,

(35) , Robert Horry (8) , Derek Fisher (8) ,

20,197 , 39–16 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 56 , March 1 , @ New York
L 89-101
,

(19) , Robert Horry (12) ,

(5) ,

Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh and Eighth Avenue (Manhattan), Eig ...

19,763 , 39–17 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 57 , March 2 , @ Washington
L 86-96
,

(28) ,

(15) , Derek Fisher (10) , MCI Center
20,674 , 39–18 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 58 , March 4 ,

W 104-95
,

(29) ,

(12) , Derek Fisher (7) ,

17,505 , 40–18 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 59 , March 6 ,

W 91-84
,

(23) , Elden Campbell (7) , Fisher & Fox (5) ,

17,505 , 41–18 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 60 , March 8 ,

Detroit Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...

W 96-89
,

(32) ,

(13) , Derek Fisher (11) ,

17,505 , 42–18 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 61 , March 11 , Portland
W 121-107
,

(33) , Elden Campbell (11) , Derek Fisher (10) ,

16,758 , 43–18 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 62 , March 12 , @ L.A. Clippers
W 108-85
,

(32) , Robert Horry (14) , Rick Fox (5) , Arrowhead Pond
18,521 , 44–18 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 63 , March 15 , @

W 119-110
,

(24) , Robert Horry (13) , 3 players tied (6) , General Motors Place
18,983 , 45–18 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 64 , March 16 , @

L 89-101
,

(25) ,

(8) , Fox & Jones (4) , KeyArena
17,072 , 45–19 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 65 , March 18 , Phoenix
W 99-93
,

(33) ,

(22) ,

(7) ,

17,505 , 46–19 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 66 , March 20 ,

W 93-80
,

(24) ,

(16) , Rick Fox (7) ,

17,505 , 47–19 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 67 , March 22 , @

W 96-93
,

(33) , Robert Horry (14) ,

(5) , ARCO Arena
17,317 , 48–19 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 68 , March 23 , @

W 107-86
, Eddie Jones (27) ,

(9) ,

(6) ,

17,171 , 49–19 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 69 , March 25 ,

W 114-91
,

(25) ,

(14) ,

(6) ,

16,634 , 50–19 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 70 , March 28 , @

L 91-106
,

(31) , Robert Horry (7) ,

(6) , Delta Center
19,911 , 50–20 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 71 , March 29 , Washington
W 116-89
,

(33) ,

(13) , Derek Fisher (9) ,

17,505 , 51–20 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 72 , March 31 , @

W 114-105
, Rick Fox (31) ,

(13) , Derek Fisher (7) ,

Maple Leaf Gardens Maple Leaf Gardens is a historic building located at the northwest corner of Carlton Street and Church and Wellesley, Church Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The building was originally constructed in 1931 as an indoor arena to host ice hoc ...

16,086 , 52–20 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 73 , April 2 , @

W 117-106
,

(50) , Robert Horry (10) ,

(6) ,

Continental Airlines Arena Meadowlands Arena (formerly Brendan Byrne Arena, Continental Airlines Arena and Izod Center) is a closed indoor sports and concert venue located in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. Since closing, ...

20,049 , 53–20 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 74 , April 3 , @

W 105-93
,

(26) ,

(11) ,

(6) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 54–20 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 75 , April 5 , @

W 105-103 (OT)
,

(35) ,

(12) ,

(4) , The Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076 , 55–20 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 76 , April 8 ,

W 113-102
,

(30) , Corie Blount (15) ,

(6) ,

17,505 , 56–20 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 77 , April 10 , Phoenix
L 105-114
,

(24) , Mario Bennett (14) , Fox & Van Exel (7) ,

17,505 , 56–21 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 78 , April 11 , @ Golden State
W 96-84
,

(35) ,

(15) , Rick Fox (6) , The Arena in Oakland
19,821 , 57–21 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 79 , April 13 , @

W 99-75
,

(28) ,

(16) , Derek Fisher (6) ,

26,783 , 58–21 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 80 , April 14 , @

W 111-95
,

(34) , Robert Horry (13) , Derek Fisher (9) ,

18,107 , 59–21 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 81 , April 17 ,

W 124-95
,

(43) , Robert Horry (10) , Derek Fisher (10) ,

17,505 , 60–21 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 82 , April 19 ,

W 102-98
,

(33) ,

(15) ,

(7) ,

17,505 , 61–21

Playoffs

, - style="background:#cfc;" , 1 , April 24 , Portland
W 104–102
,

(30) , Jones & O'Neal (7) , Robert Horry (5) ,

17,505 , 1–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2 , April 26 , Portland
W 108–99
, Rick Fox (24) ,

(9) , Derek Fisher (7) ,

17,505 , 2–0 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 3 , April 28 , @ Portland
L 94–99
,

(36) ,

(16) , Robert Horry (7) , Rose Garden
21,558 , 2–1 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 4 , April 30 , @ Portland
W 110–99
,

(31) ,

(15) ,

(7) , Rose Garden
21,558 , 3–1 , - , - style="background:#fcc;" , 1 , May 4 , @

L 92–106
,

(27) ,

(11) , Rick Fox (10) , KeyArena
17,072 , 0–1 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2 , May 6 , @

W 92–68
,

(26) , Horry & O'Neal (10) , Derek Fisher (7) , KeyArena
17,072 , 1–1 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 3 , May 8 ,

W 119–103
,

(30) ,

(10) , Derek Fisher (7) ,

17,505 , 2–1 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 4 , May 10 ,

W 112–100
,

(39) ,

(8) , O'Neal & Van Exel (7) ,

17,505 , 3–1 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 5 , May 12 , @

W 110–95
,

(31) , Robert Horry (11) , Derek Fisher (6) , KeyArena
17,072 , 4–1 , - , - style="background:#fcc;" , 1 , May 16 , @

L 77–112
,

(19) , Corie Blount (9) ,

(3) , Delta Center
19,911 , 0–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , May 18 , @

L 95–99
,

(31) , Corie Blount (10) , Rick Fox (7) , Delta Center
19,911 , 0–2 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 3 , May 22 ,

L 98–109
,

(39) ,

(15) ,

(7) ,

17,505 , 0–3 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 4 , May 24 ,

L 92–96
,

(38) , Robert Horry (8) , Eddie Jones (6) ,

17,505 , 0–4 , -

Player statistics

NOTE: Please write the players statistics in alphabetical order by last name.

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

was named to the

* Eddie Jones was named to the

All-Star

was selected to his first NBA All-Star Game. * Eddie Jones was selected to his second NBA All-Star Game. *

was selected to his first NBA All-Star Game. *

was selected to his sixth NBA All-Star Game.

Weekly and monthly

was named ''NBA Player of the Week'' for games played from November 9 through November 15. * Eddie Jones was named ''NBA Player of the Month'' for November. *

was named ''NBA Player of the Month'' for January. *

was named ''NBA Player of the Week'' for games played from March 15 to March 21. *

was named ''NBA Player of the Month'' for April. * Del Harris was named ''NBA Coach of the Month'' for April.

Transactions

References

External links

*
Lakers on Basketball Reference
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