The 2017–18 Los Angeles Lakers season was the franchise's 70th season, its 69th season in the

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(NBA), and its 58th in

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. On December 18, 2017, against the

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, the Lakers retired the numbers 8 and 24 of former shooting guard

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, making him the first NBA player to have two numbers retired on the same team.

Draft

Originally, the Lakers were at risk of losing their own first-round pick this year to the

Philadelphia 76ers The Philadelphia 76ers, also known colloquially as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlan ...

due to the stipulations of a previous trade involving Steve Nash and the

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and having less than 50% odds of keeping the pick despite having the third-worst record that season. However, they not only kept the pick, but also moved up a spot in the process. The Lakers will ultimately lose their first-round pick for the

2018 NBA draft The 2018 NBA Draft was held on June 21, 2018, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible players, including internationa ...

, regardless of whether it goes to the 76ers or the

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later on, but they will at least keep their first-round pick for the

2019 NBA draft The 2019 NBA draft was held on June 20, 2019. It took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible p ...

as opposed to giving it to the

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as a result of their Dwight Howard trade around the same period. Their original second first-round pick at #28, however, came from the

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as an incentive to trade away Lou Williams in exchange for Corey Brewer. On June 20, two days before the draft began, the Lakers would acquire a new first-round pick by getting the worst of the

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' first-round picks at #27 alongside their star center Brook Lopez in a trade in exchange for star combo guard D'Angelo Russell and Russian center Timofey Mozgov. On draft night, though, the Lakers acquired two more picks in the draft by trading their weakest first-round pick (which became power forward/center Tony Bradley from the most recent NCAA Champions in

University of North Carolina The University of North Carolina is the Public university, public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referre ...

) to the

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for Picks #30 & 42 in this year's draft. With the 2nd pick of the draft, the Lakers selected their hometown star Lonzo Ball, who played point guard during his sole season at

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. During that time there, Ball averaged a league-leading 7.6 assists to go with 14.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.8 steals, and 0.8 blocks per game in 36 total games there. He also earned the Wayman Tisdale Award, the Pac-12 Freshman of The Year Award, First Team All-Pac-12 Honors, and consensus First-Team

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Honors in the process. Next up, with the pick they acquired from the

, the Lakers took power forward Kyle Kuzma from the

University of Utah The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public university, public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret (Book of Mormon), Deseret by the General A ...

. In Kuzma's final year at Utah, he joined Ball in being a member of the All-Pac-12 First Team by averaging 16.4 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 2.4 assists as a junior. With their last pick in the first round of the draft, the Lakers selected senior shooting guard Josh Hart from

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. Throughout his time there (which included an NCAA Championship in his junior season), Hart averaged 13.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game at Villanova while earning plenty of awards in each of his last three seasons there. The Lakers ended their draft night by taking sophomore power forward/center Thomas Bryant from

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a state university system, system of Public university, public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. The system has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration o ...

. In his time at Indiana, Bryant averaged 12.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.2 blocks, and nearly an assist per game throughout his college career. He made the Big 10 Conference's Freshman Team and the All-Big 10 Third Team Honors in his first season there.

Roster

Standings

Division

Conference

Game log

Preseason

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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 ...

, , Kyle Kuzma (19) , Larry Nance Jr. (9) ,

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(8) , Honda Center
18,000 , 0–1 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2 , October 2 ,

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 ...

, , Kyle Kuzma (23) , Julius Randle (10) , ''four players'' (4) ,

Staples Center Crypto.com Arena (originally and colloquially known as Staples Center) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles. Opened on October 17, 1999, as Staples Center, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along F ...

17,218 , 0–2 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 3 , October 4 ,

, , Jordan Clarkson (24) , Julius Randle (6) , Briante Weber (5) , Citizens Business Bank Arena
17,000 , 0–3 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 4 , October 8 ,

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 ...

, , Julius Randle (17) , Julius Randle (10) , Alex Caruso (5) ,

T-Mobile Arena T-Mobile Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Paradise, Nevada, United States. Opened on April 6, 2016, it is the home arena of the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). A joint venture between MGM Resorts International ...

13,094 , 1–3 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 5 , October 10 ,

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 ...

, , Clarkson, Kuzma (18) , Alex Caruso (6) , Alex Caruso (10) , Staples Center
15,054 , 1–4 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 6 , October 13 , @ LA Clippers , , Brook Lopez (16) , Nance Jr., Randle (7) , Ingram, Kuzma, Caldwell-Pope (5) , Staples Center
16,711 , 2–4

Regular season

, - style="background:#fbb;" , 1 , October 19 , L.A. Clippers , , Brook Lopez (20) , Larry Nance Jr. (12) ,

, Ingram (4) ,

18,997 , 0–1 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 2 , October 20 , @ Phoenix , , Lonzo Ball (29) ,

, Lopez (11) , Lonzo Ball (9) ,

Talking Stick Resort Arena The PHX Arena (formerly America West Arena, US Airways Center, Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix Suns Arena and Footprint Center) is a multi-purpose arena in Phoenix, Arizona. It opened under the name America West Arena on June 6, 1992, at ...

18,055 , 1–1 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 3 , October 22 ,

New Orleans New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...

, , Jordan Clarkson (24) , Lonzo Ball (8) , Lonzo Ball (13) ,

18,997 , 1–2 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 4 , October 25 , Washington , ,

Brandon Ingram Brandon Xavier Ingram (born September 2, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the second overall pick in the 2016 N ...

(19) , Ingram, Nance Jr. (10) , Lonzo Ball (10) ,

18,996 , 2–2 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 5 , October 27 ,

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 ...

, , Julius Randle (18) , Kyle Kuzma (10) , Lonzo Ball (6) ,

17,876 , 2–3 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 6 , October 28 , @

, ,

(16) , Larry Nance Jr. (10) , Lonzo Ball (4) , Vivint Smart Home Arena
18,306 , 2–4 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 7 , October 31 ,

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 ...

, , Julius Randle (17) , Larry Nance Jr. (12) ,

(6) ,

17,569 , 3–4 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 8 , November 2 , @ Portland , , Brook Lopez (27) , Julius Randle (6) ,

, Clarkson (4) ,

Moda Center Moda Center, formerly known as the Rose Garden, is the primary indoor sports arena in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is used for basketball, rodeos, circuses, conventions, ice shows, concerts, and dramatic productions. The arena has a capa ...

19,469 , 3–5 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 9 , November 3 ,

Brooklyn Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...

, , Brook Lopez (34) , Kyle Kuzma (13) , Lonzo Ball (7) ,

18,997 , 4–5 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 10 , November 5 , Memphis , , Brook Lopez (21) , Kyle Kuzma (12) , Lonzo Ball (9) ,

18,997 , 5–5 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 11 , November 8 , @

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 ...

, , Jordan Clarkson (18) , Julius Randle (12) , Lonzo Ball (6) ,

TD Garden TD Garden (named the FleetCenter from opening until 2005 and TD Banknorth Garden until 2009) is a multi-purpose arena in Boston. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening i ...

18,624 , 5–6 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 12 , November 9 , @ Washington , , Lopez, Clarkson (15) , Kyle Kuzma (9) , Lonzo Ball (8) , Capital One Arena
20,173 , 5–7 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 13 , November 11 , @

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 ...

, , Kyle Kuzma (21) , Lonzo Ball (12) , Lonzo Ball (13) , BMO Harris Bradley Center
18,717 , 5–8 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 14 , November 13 , @ Phoenix , , Jordan Clarkson (25) , Brook Lopez (10) , Lonzo Ball (5) ,

17,533 , 6–8 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 15 , November 15 ,

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 ...

, ,

(26) ,

(11) , Jordan Clarkson (5) ,

18,997 , 6–9 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 16 , November 17 , Phoenix , , Kyle Kuzma (30) , Kuzma, Lopez (10) , Lonzo Ball (6) ,

18,997 , 6–10 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 17 , November 19 ,

, , Julius Randle (24) , Lonzo Ball (16) , Lonzo Ball (11) ,

18,997 , 7–10 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 18 , November 21 ,

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 ...

, , Kyle Kuzma (22) , Lonzo Ball (13) , Ingram, Kuzma (5) ,

18,997 , 8–10 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 19 , November 22 , @

, , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (20) , Julius Randle (8) , Lonzo Ball (11) , Golden 1 Center
17,583 , 8–11 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 20 , November 27 , @ L.A. Clippers , , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (29) , Clarkson, Nance Jr. (8) , Lonzo Ball (7) ,

18,086 , 8–12 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 21 , November 29 , Golden State , ,

(32) , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (7) , Lonzo Ball (10) ,

18,997 , 8–13 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 22 , December 2 , @

, ,

(20) , Kyle Kuzma (10) , Lonzo Ball (5) ,

Pepsi Center Ball Arena (formerly known as the Pepsi Center) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is situated at Speer Boulevard, a main thoroughfare in downtown Denver, and is served by two nearby exits off Int ...

19,520 , 8–14 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 23 , December 3 ,

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 ...

, , Kyle Kuzma (22) , Kyle Kuzma (12) ,

(5) ,

18,997 , 8–15 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 24 , December 7 , @

, ,

(21) , Lonzo Ball (8) , Lonzo Ball (8) , Wells Fargo Center
20,495 , 9–15 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 25 , December 9 , @ Charlotte , , Jordan Clarkson (22) , Kyle Kuzma (14) , Lonzo Ball (9) , Spectrum Center
19,320 , 10–15 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 26 , December 12 , @ New York , , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (24) , Larry Nance Jr. (9) , Lonzo Ball (6) ,

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 ...

19,359 , 10–16 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 27 , December 14 , @

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 ...

, ,

(26) , Larry Nance Jr. (12) , Lonzo Ball (11) , Quicken Loans Arena
20,562 , 10–17 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 28 , December 18 , Golden State , , Kyle Kuzma (25) , Julius Randle (11) , Lonzo Ball (6) ,

18,997 , 10–18 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 29 , December 20 , @

, , Kyle Kuzma (38) ,

, Nance Jr. (9) ,

(6) , Toyota Center
18,055 , 11–18 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 30 , December 22 , @ Golden State , , Kyle Kuzma (27) , Kyle Kuzma (14) , Lonzo Ball (5) , Oracle Arena
19,596 , 11–19 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 31 , December 23 , Portland , , Clarkson, Kuzma (18) , Josh Hart (10) , Lonzo Ball (11) ,

18,997 , 11–20 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 32 , December 25 ,

, , Kyle Kuzma (31) , Julius Randle (7) , Jordan Clarkson (7) ,

18,997 , 11–21 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 33 , December 27 , Memphis , ,

(23) , Larry Nance Jr. (9) ,

(4) ,

18,997 , 11–22 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 34 , December 29 , L.A. Clippers , , Jordan Clarkson (20) , Caldwell-Pope, Randle (7) , Jordan Clarkson (8) ,

18,997 , 11–23 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 35 , December 31 , @

, , Julius Randle (29) , Julius Randle (15) , Tyler Ennis (11) , Toyota Center
18,179 , 11–24 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 36 , January 1 , @

, , Jordan Clarkson (20) , Julius Randle (12) , Clarkson,

(4) ,

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 ...

18,978 , 11–25 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 37 , January 3 ,

Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Oklahoma, most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat ...

, , Kyle Kuzma (18) , Larry Nance Jr. (7) , Tyler Ennis (6) ,

18,997 , 11–26 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 38 , January 5 , Charlotte , ,

(22) ,

(14) , Lonzo Ball (5) ,

18,997 , 11–27 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 39 , January 7 ,

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 ...

, ,

(20) , Lonzo Ball (10) ,

(7) ,

18,997 , 12–27 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 40 , January 9 ,

, , Julius Randle (22) , Julius Randle (14) , Lonzo Ball (11) ,

18,997 , 13–27 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 41 , January 11 ,

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 ...

, ,

(26) , Lonzo Ball (10) , Lonzo Ball (6) ,

18,997 , 14–27 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 42 , January 13 , @

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 ...

, , Julius Randle (23) , Julius Randle (15) , Lonzo Ball (7) ,

American Airlines Center The American Airlines Center (AAC) is a multi-purpose List of indoor arenas, indoor arena located in the Victory Park, Dallas, Victory Park neighborhood in downtown Dallas, Texas. The arena serves as the home of the Dallas Stars of the National ...

20,209 , 15–27 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 43 , January 15 , @ Memphis , , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (27) , Larry Nance Jr. (11) , Kyle Kuzma (5) , FedExForum
17,794 , 15–28 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 44 , January 17 , @

, , Julius Randle (16) , Larry Nance Jr. (6) , Clarkson,

, Ingram, Randle (3) , Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203 , 15–29 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 45 , January 19 ,

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 ...

, , Jordan Clarkson (33) , Larry Nance Jr. (11) , Jordan Clarkson (7) ,

18,997 , 16–29 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 46 , January 21 , New York , , Jordan Clarkson (29) , Julius Randle (12) , Jordan Clarkson (10) ,

18,997 , 17–29 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 47 , January 23 ,

, , Kyle Kuzma (28) , Julius Randle (14) , Clarkson, Ingram (4) ,

18,997 , 18–29 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 48 , January 26 , @

, ,

(25) ,

(9) ,

(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) ...

21,827 , 19–29 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 49 , January 28 , @

, , Clarkson, Randle (17) , Julius Randle (10) , Caruso, Randle (5) , Air Canada Centre
19,800 , 19–30 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 50 , January 31 , @ Orlando , , Clarkson, Randle (20) , Julius Randle (9) ,

(5) , Amway Center
18,553 , 19–31 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 51 , February 2 , @

, , Lopez, Randle (19) , Josh Hart (14) ,

(10) ,

Barclays Center Barclays Center ( ) is a multi-purpose list of indoor arenas, indoor arena in the New York City Boroughs of New York City, borough of Brooklyn. The arena is home to the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association and the New York Liber ...

17,732 , 20–31 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 52 , February 4 , @

, , Brook Lopez (20) , Josh Hart (11) , Lopez, Ingram (5) , Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203 , 21–31 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 53 , February 6 , Phoenix , ,

(26) , Josh Hart (11) , Clarkson, Ingram, Randle (5) ,

18,997 , 22–31 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 54 , February 8 ,

, , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (20) , Brook Lopez (9) ,

(6) ,

18,997 , 23–31 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 55 , February 10 , @

, , Julius Randle (26) , Kyle Kuzma (15) , Julius Randle (7) ,

20,162 , 23–32 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 56 , February 14 , @

, , Kyle Kuzma (23) , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (8) , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (8) , Smoothie King Center
15,436 , 23–33 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 57 , February 15 , @

, , Julius Randle (23) , Caldwell-Pope, Zubac (11) , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (6) ,

17,534 , 23–34 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 58 , February 23 ,

, , Julius Randle (18) , Julius Randle (13) , Julius Randle (10) ,

18,997 , 24–34 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 59 , February 24 , @

, , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (34) , Julius Randle (13) ,

(8) , Golden 1 Center
17,583 , 25–34 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 60 , February 26 , @

, ,

(21) , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (14) ,

(6) ,

Philips Arena State Farm Arena is a Multi-purpose stadium, multi-purpose arena located in Atlanta, Georgia. The arena serves as the home venue for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It also served as home to the Atlanta Thrasher ...

16,328 , 26–34 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 61 , March 1 , @

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 ...

, , Isaiah Thomas (29) , Randle,

, Kuzma (6) , Lonzo Ball (7) , American Airlines Arena
19,600 , 27–34 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 62 , March 3 , @

, , Julius Randle (25) , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (13) , Lonzo Ball (11) , AT&T Center
18,557 , 28–34 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 63 , March 5 , Portland , , Julius Randle (21) , Julius Randle (9) , Isaiah Thomas (7) ,

18,997 , 28–35 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 64 , March 7 , Orlando , , Brook Lopez (27) , Julius Randle (11) , Isaiah Thomas (9) ,

18,997 , 29–35 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 65 , March 9 , @

, , Brook Lopez (29) , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (9) , Lonzo Ball (8) ,

19,807 , 29–36 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 66 , March 11 ,

, , Julius Randle (36) , Julius Randle (14) , Isaiah Thomas (9) ,

18,997 , 30–36 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 67 , March 13 ,

, , Randle, Kuzma (26) , Randle, Kuzma (13) , Lonzo Ball (8) ,

18,997 , 31–36 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 68 , March 14 , @ Golden State , , Julius Randle (22) , Julius Randle (10) , Lonzo Ball (11) , Oracle Arena
19,596 , 31–37 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 69 , March 16 ,

, , Julius Randle (25) , Julius Randle (12) , Lonzo Ball (8) ,

18,997 , 31–38 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 70 , March 19 , @

, , Kyle Kuzma (27) , Julius Randle (9) , Lonzo Ball (8) ,

Bankers Life Fieldhouse Gainbridge Fieldhouse is an indoor arena located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It opened in November 1999 to replace Market Square Arena. The arena is the home of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) ...

16,603 , 31–39 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 71 , March 22 , @

, , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (28) , Lonzo Ball (13) , Lonzo Ball (9) , Smoothie King Center
18,037 , 31–40 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 72 , March 24 , @ Memphis , , Kyle Kuzma (25) , Julius Randle (11) , Lonzo Ball (10) , FedExForum
18,119 , 32–40 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 73 , March 26 , @

, , Julius Randle (23) , Randle, Kuzma (11) , Lonzo Ball (11) ,

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18,718 , 32–41 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 74 , March 28 ,

, , Brook Lopez (22) , Julius Randle (10) , Lonzo Ball (11) ,

18,997 , 33–41 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 75 , March 30 ,

, , Kyle Kuzma (27) , Josh Hart (13) , Caruso, Ingram, Kuzma (6) ,

18,997 , 33–42 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 76 , April 1 ,

, , Julius Randle (19) ,

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(10) ,

, Hart (4) ,

18,997 , 33–43 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 77 , April 3 , @

, , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (28) , Julius Randle (12) , Julius Randle (9) , Vivint Smart Home Arena
18,306 , 33–44 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 78 , April 4 ,

, , Kyle Kuzma (30) , Josh Hart (10) , Tyler Ennis (7) ,

18,997 , 34–44 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 79 , April 6 ,

, , Hart, Randle (20) , Josh Hart (11) ,

, Payton II (4) ,

18,997 , 34–45 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 80 , April 8 ,

, , Josh Hart (25) , Julius Randle (7) , Julius Randle (4) ,

18,997 , 34–46 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 81 , April 10 ,

, , Josh Hart (20) , Julius Randle (8) , Alex Caruso (6) ,

18,997 , 34–47 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 82 , April 11 , @ L.A. Clippers , , Josh Hart (30) , Gary Payton II (12) , Andre Ingram (6) ,

19,068 , 35–47

Player statistics

Regular season

, - , style="text-align:left;", , 82 , , 49 , , 26.7 , , .558 , , .222 , , .718 , , 8.0 , , 2.6 , , .5 , , .5 , , 16.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 77 , , 37 , , 31.2 , , .450 , , .366 , , .707 , , 6.3 , , 1.8 , , .6 , , .4 , , 16.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 74 , , 74 , , 33.2 , , .426 , , .383 , , .789 , , 5.2 , , 2.2 , , 1.4 , , .2 , , 13.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 74 , , 72 , , 23.4 , , .465 , , .345 , , .703 , , 4.0 , , 1.7 , , .4 , , 1.3 , , 13.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 63 , , 23 , , 23.2 , , .469 , , .396 , , .702 , , 4.2 , , 1.3 , , .7 , , .3 , , 7.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 59 , , 59 , , 33.5 , , .470 , , .390 , , .681 , , 5.3 , , 3.9 , , .8 , , .7 , , 16.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 54 , , 11 , , 12.6 , , .420 , , .250 , , .759 , , 1.8 , , 1.9 , , .6 , , .2 , , 4.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", ^† , 54 , , 2 , , 12.9 , , .453 , , .186 , , .667 , , 1.7 , , .8 , , .8 , , .1 , , 3.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", ^† , 53 , , 2 , , 23.7 , , .448 , , .324 , , .795 , , 3.0 , , 3.3 , , .7 , , .1 , , 14.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 52 , , 50 , , 34.2 , , .360 , , .305 , , .451 , , 6.9 , , 7.2 , , 1.7 , , .8 , , 10.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 43 , , 0 , , 9.5 , , .500 , , .000 , , .765 , , 2.9 , , .6 , , .2 , , .3 , , 3.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", ^† , 42 , , 17 , , 22.0 , , .601 , , .250 , , .632 , , 6.8 , , 1.4 , , 1.4 , , .5 , , 8.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 37 , , 7 , , 15.2 , , .431 , , .302 , , .700 , , 1.8 , , 2.0 , , .6 , , .3 , , 3.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 24 , , 5 , , 9.0 , , .680 , , , , 1.000 , , 3.3 , , .6 , , .2 , , .5 , , 1.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", ^† , 17 , , 1 , , 26.8 , , .383 , , .327 , , .921 , , 2.1 , , 5.0 , , .4 , , .1 , , 15.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 17 , , 0 , , 13.4 , , .347 , , .362 , , 1.000 , , 2.2 , , .4 , , .2 , , .3 , , 4.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 15 , , 0 , , 4.8 , , .381 , , .100 , , .556 , , 1.1 , , .4 , , .1 , , .1 , , 1.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", ^† , 11 , , 0 , , 10.5 , , .415 , , .308 , , .167 , , 2.5 , , 1.1 , , .4 , , .2 , , 3.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", ^† , 9 , , 0 , , 16.7 , , .465 , , .360 , , .750 , , 2.8 , , 1.1 , , .1 , , .1 , , 5.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 5 , , 0 , , 9.0 , , .200 , , .000 , , .500 , , .2 , , .6 , , .2 , , .0 , , .6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 2 , , 0 , , 32.0 , , .471 , , .556 , , 1.000 , , 3.0 , , 3.5 , , 1.5 , , 1.5 , , 12.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", ^† , 2 , , 0 , , 5.5 , , .333 , , .000 , , 1.000 , , .0 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 1.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 2 , , 0 , , 4.5 , , .250 , , .000 , , , , .5 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 1.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 1 , , 1 , , 13.0 , , .500 , , , , , , .0 , , 1.0 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 2.0

Transactions

Trades

Free agency

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions

References

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