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1996-97 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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56-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Del Harris (56-26)

Points Per Game: 100.0 (8th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 95.7 (12th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 53-29 (8th of 29)

Arena: Great Western Forum ▪ Attendance: 697,132 (13th of 29)

SRS: 3.65 (8th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.1 (10th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 108.3 (9th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.7 (8th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Utah Jazz
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers

1996-97 Los Angeles Lakers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
43 Corie Blount F 6-9 240 January 4, 1969 3 University of Cincinnati
8 Kobe Bryant G 6-6 200 August 23, 1978 R
41 Elden Campbell C 6-11 215 July 23, 1968 6 Clemson University
23 Cedric Ceballos F 6-6 190 August 2, 1969 6 California State University, Fullerton
2 Derek Fisher G 6-1 200 August 9, 1974 R University of Arkansas at Little Rock
5 Robert Horry F 6-9 220 August 25, 1970 4 University of Alabama
6 Eddie Jones G-F 6-6 190 October 20, 1971 2 Temple University
12 Jerome Kersey F 6-7 215 June 26, 1962 12 Longwood University
35 Joe Kleine C 6-11 255 January 4, 1962 11 University of Arkansas
40 Travis Knight C 7-0 235 September 13, 1974 R University of Connecticut
Larry Krystkowiak F-C 6-9 220 September 23, 1964 8 University of Montana
24 George McCloud G-F 6-6 205 May 27, 1967 6 Florida State University
34 Shaquille O'Neal C 7-1 325 March 6, 1972 4 Louisiana State University
20 Rumeal Robinson G 6-2 195 November 13, 1966 5 University of Michigan
45 Sean Rooks C 6-10 250 September 9, 1969 4 University of Arizona
4 Byron Scott G 6-3 195 March 28, 1961 13 Arizona State University
9 Nick Van Exel G 6-1 170 November 27, 1971 3 University of Cincinnati

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19930 3018 6642 .454 551 1500 .367 1613 2330 .692 1092 2414 3506 1845 740 575 1222 1818 8200 100.0
Opponent 82 19930 2922 6619 .441 479 1379 .347 1527 2126 .718 1110 2368 3478 1880 620 388 1341 1934 7850 95.7

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Eddie Jones 25 80 80 2998 473 1081 .438 152 389 .391 276 337 .819 90 236 326 270 189 49 169 226 1374
2 Shaquille O'Neal 24 51 51 1941 552 991 .557 0 4 .000 232 479 .484 195 445 640 159 46 147 146 180 1336
3 Nick Van Exel 25 79 79 2937 432 1075 .402 177 468 .378 165 200 .825 44 182 226 672 75 10 212 110 1206
4 Elden Campbell 28 77 77 2516 442 942 .469 1 4 .250 263 370 .711 207 408 615 126 46 117 130 276 1148
5 Kobe Bryant 18 71 6 1103 176 422 .417 51 136 .375 136 166 .819 47 85 132 91 49 23 112 102 539
6 Byron Scott 35 79 8 1440 163 379 .430 73 188 .388 127 151 .841 21 97 118 99 46 16 53 72 526
7 Jerome Kersey 34 70 44 1766 194 449 .432 17 65 .262 71 118 .602 112 251 363 89 119 49 74 219 476
8 Travis Knight 22 71 14 1156 140 275 .509 0 0 62 100 .620 130 189 319 39 31 59 49 170 342
9 Derek Fisher 22 80 3 921 104 262 .397 22 73 .301 79 120 .658 25 72 97 119 41 5 71 87 309
10 Sean Rooks 27 69 3 735 87 185 .470 0 1 .000 91 130 .700 56 107 163 42 17 38 51 123 265
11 Corie Blount 28 58 18 1009 92 179 .514 1 3 .333 56 83 .675 113 163 276 35 22 25 50 121 241
12 Robert Horry 26 22 14 676 75 165 .455 25 76 .329 28 40 .700 28 90 118 56 38 29 26 72 203
13 George McCloud 29 23 2 286 34 96 .354 21 49 .429 6 9 .667 7 29 36 17 9 0 9 20 95
14 Cedric Ceballos 27 8 8 279 34 83 .410 5 21 .238 13 15 .867 11 42 53 15 5 6 17 19 86
15 Rumeal Robinson 30 15 3 126 17 48 .354 6 23 .261 5 8 .625 2 8 10 13 5 2 11 12 45
16 Joe Kleine 35 8 0 30 2 8 .250 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 7 9 0 0 0 0 6 6
17 Larry Krystkowiak 32 3 0 11 1 2 .500 0 0 1 2 .500 2 3 5 3 2 0 1 3 3

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Shaquille O'Neal 24 51 51 38.1 10.8 19.4 .557 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 9.4 .484 3.8 8.7 12.5 3.1 0.9 2.9 2.9 3.5 26.2
2 Eddie Jones 25 80 80 37.5 5.9 13.5 .438 1.9 4.9 .391 3.5 4.2 .819 1.1 3.0 4.1 3.4 2.4 0.6 2.1 2.8 17.2
3 Nick Van Exel 25 79 79 37.2 5.5 13.6 .402 2.2 5.9 .378 2.1 2.5 .825 0.6 2.3 2.9 8.5 0.9 0.1 2.7 1.4 15.3
4 Elden Campbell 28 77 77 32.7 5.7 12.2 .469 0.0 0.1 .250 3.4 4.8 .711 2.7 5.3 8.0 1.6 0.6 1.5 1.7 3.6 14.9
5 Cedric Ceballos 27 8 8 34.9 4.3 10.4 .410 0.6 2.6 .238 1.6 1.9 .867 1.4 5.3 6.6 1.9 0.6 0.8 2.1 2.4 10.8
6 Robert Horry 26 22 14 30.7 3.4 7.5 .455 1.1 3.5 .329 1.3 1.8 .700 1.3 4.1 5.4 2.5 1.7 1.3 1.2 3.3 9.2
7 Kobe Bryant 18 71 6 15.5 2.5 5.9 .417 0.7 1.9 .375 1.9 2.3 .819 0.7 1.2 1.9 1.3 0.7 0.3 1.6 1.4 7.6
8 Jerome Kersey 34 70 44 25.2 2.8 6.4 .432 0.2 0.9 .262 1.0 1.7 .602 1.6 3.6 5.2 1.3 1.7 0.7 1.1 3.1 6.8
9 Byron Scott 35 79 8 18.2 2.1 4.8 .430 0.9 2.4 .388 1.6 1.9 .841 0.3 1.2 1.5 1.3 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.9 6.7
10 Travis Knight 22 71 14 16.3 2.0 3.9 .509 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.4 .620 1.8 2.7 4.5 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.7 2.4 4.8
11 Corie Blount 28 58 18 17.4 1.6 3.1 .514 0.0 0.1 .333 1.0 1.4 .675 1.9 2.8 4.8 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.9 2.1 4.2
12 George McCloud 29 23 2 12.4 1.5 4.2 .354 0.9 2.1 .429 0.3 0.4 .667 0.3 1.3 1.6 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.9 4.1
13 Derek Fisher 22 80 3 11.5 1.3 3.3 .397 0.3 0.9 .301 1.0 1.5 .658 0.3 0.9 1.2 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.9 1.1 3.9
14 Sean Rooks 27 69 3 10.7 1.3 2.7 .470 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.9 .700 0.8 1.6 2.4 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.7 1.8 3.8
15 Rumeal Robinson 30 15 3 8.4 1.1 3.2 .354 0.4 1.5 .261 0.3 0.5 .625 0.1 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.8 3.0
16 Larry Krystkowiak 32 3 0 3.7 0.3 0.7 .500 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 .500 0.7 1.0 1.7 1.0 0.7 0.0 0.3 1.0 1.0
17 Joe Kleine 35 8 0 3.8 0.3 1.0 .250 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.3 0.9 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.8

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Shaquille O'Neal 24 51 51 1941 10.2 18.4 .557 0.0 0.1 .000 4.3 8.9 .484 3.6 8.3 11.9 2.9 0.9 2.7 2.7 3.3 24.8
2 Kobe Bryant 18 71 6 1103 5.7 13.8 .417 1.7 4.4 .375 4.4 5.4 .819 1.5 2.8 4.3 3.0 1.6 0.8 3.7 3.3 17.6
3 Eddie Jones 25 80 80 2998 5.7 13.0 .438 1.8 4.7 .391 3.3 4.0 .819 1.1 2.8 3.9 3.2 2.3 0.6 2.0 2.7 16.5
4 Elden Campbell 28 77 77 2516 6.3 13.5 .469 0.0 0.1 .250 3.8 5.3 .711 3.0 5.8 8.8 1.8 0.7 1.7 1.9 3.9 16.4
5 Nick Van Exel 25 79 79 2937 5.3 13.2 .402 2.2 5.7 .378 2.0 2.5 .825 0.5 2.2 2.8 8.2 0.9 0.1 2.6 1.3 14.8
6 Byron Scott 35 79 8 1440 4.1 9.5 .430 1.8 4.7 .388 3.2 3.8 .841 0.5 2.4 2.9 2.5 1.1 0.4 1.3 1.8 13.1
7 Sean Rooks 27 69 3 735 4.3 9.1 .470 0.0 0.0 .000 4.5 6.4 .700 2.7 5.2 8.0 2.1 0.8 1.9 2.5 6.0 13.0
8 Rumeal Robinson 30 15 3 126 4.9 13.7 .354 1.7 6.6 .261 1.4 2.3 .625 0.6 2.3 2.9 3.7 1.4 0.6 3.1 3.4 12.9
9 Derek Fisher 22 80 3 921 4.1 10.2 .397 0.9 2.9 .301 3.1 4.7 .658 1.0 2.8 3.8 4.7 1.6 0.2 2.8 3.4 12.1
10 George McCloud 29 23 2 286 4.3 12.1 .354 2.6 6.2 .429 0.8 1.1 .667 0.9 3.7 4.5 2.1 1.1 0.0 1.1 2.5 12.0
11 Cedric Ceballos 27 8 8 279 4.4 10.7 .410 0.6 2.7 .238 1.7 1.9 .867 1.4 5.4 6.8 1.9 0.6 0.8 2.2 2.5 11.1
12 Robert Horry 26 22 14 676 4.0 8.8 .455 1.3 4.0 .329 1.5 2.1 .700 1.5 4.8 6.3 3.0 2.0 1.5 1.4 3.8 10.8
13 Travis Knight 22 71 14 1156 4.4 8.6 .509 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.1 .620 4.0 5.9 9.9 1.2 1.0 1.8 1.5 5.3 10.7
14 Larry Krystkowiak 32 3 0 11 3.3 6.5 .500 0.0 0.0 3.3 6.5 .500 6.5 9.8 16.4 9.8 6.5 0.0 3.3 9.8 9.8
15 Jerome Kersey 34 70 44 1766 4.0 9.2 .432 0.3 1.3 .262 1.4 2.4 .602 2.3 5.1 7.4 1.8 2.4 1.0 1.5 4.5 9.7
16 Corie Blount 28 58 18 1009 3.3 6.4 .514 0.0 0.1 .333 2.0 3.0 .675 4.0 5.8 9.8 1.2 0.8 0.9 1.8 4.3 8.6
17 Joe Kleine 35 8 0 30 2.4 9.6 .250 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.4 1.000 2.4 8.4 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 7.2

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Eddie Jones 25 80 2998 17.3 .559 .508 3.5 8.9 6.2 15.0 3.3 1.2 12.1 20.9 113 103 5.3 4.3 9.6
2 Shaquille O'Neal 24 51 1941 27.1 .556 .557 11.6 25.9 18.8 17.3 1.2 5.8 10.8 31.1 110 99 4.1 3.9 8.0
3 Nick Van Exel 25 79 2937 16.0 .518 .484 1.7 7.0 4.4 37.5 1.3 0.3 15.4 21.0 111 109 5.0 2.2 7.2
4 Elden Campbell 28 77 2516 16.8 .520 .470 9.5 18.3 14.0 8.6 1.0 3.5 10.5 22.0 108 103 3.4 3.6 7.0
5 Byron Scott 35 79 1440 13.5 .590 .526 1.7 7.6 4.7 10.7 1.7 0.8 10.6 15.5 120 108 2.8 1.3 4.1
6 Jerome Kersey 34 70 1766 12.3 .475 .451 7.3 16.1 11.7 7.8 3.5 2.1 12.9 14.6 101 99 0.4 3.4 3.8
7 Travis Knight 22 71 1156 14.2 .536 .509 13.0 18.5 15.7 5.3 1.4 3.9 13.3 14.3 112 102 1.4 1.9 3.3
8 Corie Blount 28 58 1009 11.9 .559 .517 12.9 18.3 15.6 5.2 1.1 1.9 18.8 11.8 112 104 1.1 1.4 2.4
9 Robert Horry 26 22 676 15.0 .556 .530 4.8 15.1 10.0 12.8 3.0 3.3 12.5 13.8 115 100 1.0 1.2 2.2
10 Sean Rooks 27 69 735 13.4 .547 .470 8.8 16.5 12.7 8.9 1.2 3.9 17.4 17.9 106 103 0.7 1.1 1.8
11 Kobe Bryant 18 71 1103 14.4 .544 .477 4.9 8.7 6.8 13.8 2.3 1.6 18.5 24.7 101 105 0.5 1.3 1.8
12 Derek Fisher 22 80 921 11.0 .491 .439 3.1 8.8 6.0 20.1 2.3 0.4 18.4 18.8 98 106 0.0 1.0 1.1
13 George McCloud 29 23 286 9.9 .475 .464 2.8 11.5 7.2 9.3 1.7 0.0 8.3 17.1 102 107 0.1 0.3 0.4
14 Cedric Ceballos 27 8 279 9.7 .480 .440 4.5 17.0 10.8 8.5 0.9 1.6 15.9 17.1 95 105 -0.1 0.3 0.2
15 Larry Krystkowiak 32 3 11 27.2 .521 .500 20.9 30.8 25.9 40.9 9.6 0.0 25.8 15.8 118 82 0.0 0.0 0.1
16 Joe Kleine 35 8 30 4.2 .338 .250 7.7 26.4 17.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.3 92 104 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 Rumeal Robinson 30 15 126 7.7 .437 .417 1.8 7.2 4.5 16.6 2.1 1.2 17.6 22.2 86 106 -0.2 0.1 -0.1

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Shaquille O'Neal 24 9 326 89 173 0 0 64 105 38 95 29 5 17 22 37 242 .514 .610 36.2 26.9 10.6 3.2
2 Nick Van Exel 25 9 353 45 119 12 44 28 34 6 31 58 10 0 18 19 130 .378 .273 .824 39.2 14.4 3.4 6.4
3 Elden Campbell 28 9 278 37 93 1 1 31 38 14 39 9 7 13 14 30 106 .398 1.000 .816 30.9 11.8 4.3 1.0
4 Eddie Jones 25 9 283 33 72 9 24 26 35 8 31 29 9 4 13 24 101 .458 .375 .743 31.4 11.2 3.4 3.2
5 Kobe Bryant 18 9 133 21 55 6 23 26 30 1 11 11 3 2 14 23 74 .382 .261 .867 14.8 8.2 1.2 1.2
6 Robert Horry 26 9 279 17 38 12 28 14 18 12 48 13 10 7 11 27 60 .447 .429 .778 31.0 6.7 5.3 1.4
7 Byron Scott 35 8 134 15 33 4 11 17 19 0 12 11 1 0 8 15 51 .455 .364 .895 16.8 6.4 1.5 1.4
8 Jerome Kersey 34 9 210 17 35 0 1 15 19 14 48 14 9 6 3 34 49 .486 .000 .789 23.3 5.4 5.3 1.6
9 Travis Knight 22 9 93 8 10 0 0 3 4 3 18 3 3 3 2 16 19 .800 .750 10.3 2.1 2.0 0.3
10 Sean Rooks 27 8 54 4 9 0 0 6 8 5 12 1 3 3 3 10 14 .444 .750 6.8 1.8 1.5 0.1
11 Derek Fisher 22 6 34 3 11 0 5 2 3 0 3 6 1 0 6 4 8 .273 .000 .667 5.7 1.3 0.5 1.0
12 Corie Blount 28 3 8 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 1.000 .500 2.7 1.0 0.7 0.3

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Shaquille O'Neal 24 9 326 29.0 .552 .514 14.6 21.3 18.0 22.8 0.9 4.4 9.1 35.6 114 105 1.0 0.4 1.5
2 Jerome Kersey 34 9 210 14.5 .565 .486 8.3 19.8 14.1 11.4 2.4 2.4 6.5 10.6 130 103 0.5 0.3 0.8
3 Eddie Jones 25 9 283 14.9 .578 .521 3.5 9.9 6.8 18.7 1.8 1.2 12.9 17.1 116 109 0.5 0.2 0.7
4 Robert Horry 26 9 279 11.6 .653 .605 5.4 15.8 10.6 7.7 2.0 2.1 19.3 9.8 118 106 0.3 0.3 0.7
5 Nick Van Exel 25 9 353 13.9 .485 .429 2.1 8.6 5.4 30.6 1.6 0.0 11.8 20.7 106 111 0.3 0.2 0.5
6 Travis Knight 22 9 93 12.1 .808 .800 4.0 19.7 11.9 5.6 1.8 2.7 14.5 7.1 143 105 0.2 0.1 0.3
7 Byron Scott 35 8 134 11.6 .617 .515 0.0 10.9 5.5 14.9 0.4 0.0 16.2 17.7 114 112 0.2 0.1 0.3
8 Elden Campbell 28 9 278 12.1 .483 .403 6.3 11.0 8.7 6.1 1.4 3.9 11.3 21.4 99 108 0.0 0.3 0.3
9 Sean Rooks 27 8 54 13.0 .559 .444 11.6 15.8 13.7 3.1 3.1 4.7 19.3 13.8 108 102 0.0 0.1 0.1
10 Kobe Bryant 18 9 133 12.5 .543 .436 0.9 9.2 5.1 16.4 1.3 1.3 17.0 29.8 100 110 0.0 0.1 0.1
11 Corie Blount 28 3 8 18.8 .798 1.000 0.0 30.5 15.4 23.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.3 166 106 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Derek Fisher 22 6 34 -2.1 .325 .273 0.0 10.8 5.4 30.7 1.6 0.0 32.8 25.9 60 110 -0.2 0.0 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Shaquille O'Neal $10,714,000
2 Elden Campbell $7,000,000
3 Cedric Ceballos $2,400,000
4 Nick Van Exel $1,900,000
5 Eddie Jones $1,800,000
6 Robert Horry $1,703,000
7 Joe Kleine $1,235,000
8 Corie Blount $1,235,000
9 Sean Rooks $1,200,000
10 George McCloud $1,100,000
11 Kobe Bryant $1,015,000
12 Derek Fisher $612,000
13 Larry Krystkowiak *$247,500
14 Rumeal Robinson $247,500
15 Byron Scott $247,500
16 Jerome Kersey $247,500
17 Travis Knight $220,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)