Los Angeles Lakers 1996-1997 Season
2nd Pacific Division, 4th Western Conference - Lost West Conf Semis
Coached by Del Harris
Regular Season Record: 56-26 (.683)
Home: 30-11, Away: 25-16Playoff Record: 4-5 (.444)
Home: 3-1, Away: 1-4Lost West Conf Semis (4-1) to Utah Jazz
Won West Conf 1st Rd (3-1) over Portland Trail Blazers
Regular Season Stats
| PLAYER | G | MIN | FGM | FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | 3PM | 3PA | PCT | REB | RPG | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaquille O'neal | 51 | 1941 | 552 | 991 | .557 | 232 | 479 | .484 | 0 | 4 | - | 640 | 12.5 | 159 | 180 | 46 | 146 | 147 | 1336 | 26.2 |
| Eddie Jones | 80 | 2998 | 473 | 1081 | .438 | 276 | 337 | .819 | 152 | 389 | .391 | 326 | 4.1 | 270 | 226 | 189 | 169 | 49 | 1374 | 17.2 |
| Nick Van Exel | 79 | 2937 | 432 | 1075 | .402 | 165 | 200 | .825 | 177 | 461 | .384 | 226 | 2.9 | 672 | 110 | 75 | 212 | 10 | 1206 | 15.3 |
| Elden Campbell | 77 | 2516 | 442 | 942 | .469 | 263 | 370 | .711 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 615 | 8.0 | 126 | 276 | 46 | 130 | 117 | 1148 | 14.9 |
| Cedric Ceballos | 8 | 279 | 34 | 83 | .410 | 13 | 15 | .867 | 5 | 21 | .238 | 53 | 6.6 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 86 | 10.8 |
| Robert Horry | 22 | 676 | 75 | 165 | .455 | 28 | 40 | .700 | 25 | 76 | .329 | 118 | 5.4 | 56 | 72 | 38 | 26 | 29 | 203 | 9.2 |
| Kobe Bryant | 71 | 1103 | 176 | 422 | .417 | 136 | 166 | .819 | 51 | 136 | .375 | 132 | 1.9 | 91 | 102 | 49 | 112 | 23 | 539 | 7.6 |
| Jerome Kersey | 70 | 1766 | 194 | 449 | .432 | 71 | 118 | .602 | 17 | 65 | .262 | 363 | 5.2 | 89 | 219 | 119 | 74 | 49 | 476 | 6.8 |
| Byron Scott | 79 | 1440 | 163 | 379 | .430 | 127 | 151 | .841 | 73 | 188 | .388 | 118 | 1.5 | 99 | 72 | 46 | 53 | 16 | 526 | 6.7 |
| Travis Knight | 71 | 1156 | 140 | 275 | .509 | 62 | 100 | .620 | 0 | 0 | - | 319 | 4.5 | 39 | 170 | 31 | 49 | 59 | 342 | 4.8 |
| Corie Blount | 58 | 1009 | 92 | 179 | .514 | 56 | 83 | .675 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 276 | 4.8 | 35 | 121 | 22 | 50 | 25 | 241 | 4.2 |
| George Mccloud | 23 | 286 | 34 | 96 | .354 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 21 | 49 | .429 | 36 | 1.6 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 95 | 4.1 |
| Derek Fisher | 80 | 921 | 104 | 262 | .397 | 79 | 120 | .658 | 22 | 73 | .301 | 97 | 1.2 | 119 | 87 | 41 | 71 | 5 | 309 | 3.9 |
| Sean Rooks | 69 | 735 | 87 | 185 | .470 | 91 | 130 | .700 | 0 | 1 | - | 163 | 2.4 | 42 | 123 | 17 | 51 | 38 | 265 | 3.8 |
| Rumeal Robinson | 15 | 126 | 17 | 48 | .354 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 6 | 23 | .261 | 10 | 0.7 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 45 | 3.0 |
| Larry Krystkowiak | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Joe Kleine | 8 | 30 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | - | 9 | 1.1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.8 |
| Team | 82 | 19930 | 3018 | 6642 | .454 | 1613 | 2330 | .692 | 551 | 1500 | .367 | 3506 | 42.8 | 1845 | 1818 | 740 | 1222 | 575 | 8200 | 100.0 |
| Opponents | 82 | 19930 | 2922 | 6619 | .441 | 1527 | 2126 | .718 | 479 | 1379 | .347 | 3478 | 42.4 | 1880 | 1934 | 620 | 1341 | 388 | 7850 | 95.7 |
Playoff Stats
| PLAYER | G | MIN | FGM | FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | 3PM | 3PA | PCT | REB | RPG | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaquille O'Neal | 9 | 326 | 89 | 173 | .514 | 64 | 105 | .610 | 0 | 0 | - | 95 | 10.6 | 29 | 37 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 242 | 26.9 |
| Nick Van Exel | 9 | 353 | 45 | 119 | .378 | 28 | 34 | .824 | 12 | 44 | .273 | 31 | 3.4 | 58 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 130 | 14.4 |
| Elden Campbell | 9 | 278 | 37 | 93 | .398 | 31 | 38 | .816 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 39 | 4.3 | 9 | 30 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 106 | 11.8 |
| Eddie Jones | 9 | 283 | 33 | 72 | .458 | 26 | 35 | .743 | 9 | 24 | .375 | 31 | 3.4 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 101 | 11.2 |
| Kobe Bryant | 9 | 133 | 21 | 55 | .382 | 26 | 30 | .867 | 6 | 23 | .261 | 11 | 1.2 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 74 | 8.2 |
| Robert Horry | 9 | 279 | 17 | 38 | .447 | 14 | 18 | .778 | 12 | 28 | .429 | 48 | 5.3 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 60 | 6.7 |
| Byron Scott | 8 | 134 | 15 | 33 | .455 | 17 | 19 | .895 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 12 | 1.5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 51 | 6.4 |
| Jerome Kersey | 9 | 210 | 17 | 35 | .486 | 15 | 19 | .789 | 0 | 1 | - | 48 | 5.3 | 14 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 5.4 |
| Travis Knight | 9 | 93 | 8 | 10 | .800 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | - | 18 | 2.0 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 2.1 |
| Sean Rooks | 8 | 54 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 0 | 0 | - | 12 | 1.5 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 1.8 |
| Derek Fisher | 6 | 34 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 5 | - | 3 | 0.5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1.3 |
| Corie Blount | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 |
