1996-97 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 56-26
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 4-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Portland Trail Blazers 3-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Utah Jazz 4-1
Coach: Del Harris (56-26)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 697,132, Avg. 17,003 in 41 home dates

1996-97 Los Angeles Lakers Roster
1996-97 Los Angeles Lakers Results

The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 56 wins and 26 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-5.

Los Angeles scored 8,200 points and allowed 7,850.

Del Harris coached the team. The 1996-97 Los Angeles Lakers lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Eddie Jones	F-G	80	80	2998	1081	473	389	152	337	276	90	236	326	270	189	49	169	226	1374
Shaquille O'Neal	C	51	51	1941	991	552	4	0	479	232	195	445	640	159	46	147	146	180	1336
Nick Van Exel	G	79	79	2937	1075	432	468	177	200	165	44	182	226	672	75	10	212	110	1206
Elden Campbell	F-C	77	77	2516	942	442	4	1	370	263	207	408	615	126	46	117	130	276	1148
Kobe Bryant	G	71	6	1103	422	176	136	51	166	136	47	85	132	91	49	23	112	102	539
Byron Scott	G	79	8	1440	379	163	188	73	151	127	21	97	118	99	46	16	53	72	526
Jerome Kersey	F	70	44	1766	449	194	65	17	118	71	112	251	363	89	119	49	74	219	476
Travis Knight	F-C	71	14	1156	275	140	0	0	100	62	130	189	319	39	31	59	49	170	342
Derek Fisher	G	80	3	921	262	104	73	22	120	79	25	72	97	119	41	5	71	87	309
Sean Rooks	C	69	3	735	185	87	1	0	130	91	56	107	163	42	17	38	51	123	265
Corie Blount	F	58	18	1009	179	92	3	1	83	56	113	163	276	35	22	25	50	121	241
Robert Horry	F	22	14	676	165	75	76	25	40	28	28	90	118	56	38	29	26	72	203
George McCloud	G-F	23	2	286	96	34	49	21	9	6	7	29	36	17	9	0	9	20	95
Cedric Ceballos	F	8	8	279	83	34	21	5	15	13	11	42	53	15	5	6	17	19	86
Rumeal Robinson	G	15	3	126	48	17	23	6	8	5	2	8	10	13	5	2	11	12	45
Joe Kleine	C	8	0	30	8	2	0	0	2	2	2	7	9	0	0	0	0	6	6
Larry Krystkowiak	F-C	3	0	11	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	3	5	3	2	0	1	3	3
Totals		864	410	19930	6642	3018	1500	551	2330	1613	1092	2414	3506	1845	740	575	1181	1818	8200

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Eddie Jones	F-G	80	80	37.5	43.8	39.1	81.9	1.1	3.0	4.1	3.4	2.4	0.6	2.1	2.8	17.2
Shaquille O'Neal	C	51	51	38.1	55.7	0.0	48.4	3.8	8.7	12.5	3.1	0.9	2.9	2.9	3.5	26.2
Nick Van Exel	G	79	79	37.2	40.2	37.8	82.5	0.6	2.3	2.9	8.5	0.9	0.1	2.7	1.4	15.3
Elden Campbell	F-C	77	77	32.7	46.9	25.0	71.1	2.7	5.3	8.0	1.6	0.6	1.5	1.7	3.6	14.9
Kobe Bryant	G	71	6	15.5	41.7	37.5	81.9	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.4	7.6
Byron Scott	G	79	8	18.2	43.0	38.8	84.1	0.3	1.2	1.5	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.9	6.7
Jerome Kersey	F	70	44	25.2	43.2	26.2	60.2	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.3	1.7	0.7	1.1	3.1	6.8
Travis Knight	F-C	71	14	16.3	50.9		62.0	1.8	2.7	4.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.7	2.4	4.8
Derek Fisher	G	80	3	11.5	39.7	30.1	65.8	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.1	3.9
Sean Rooks	C	69	3	10.7	47.0	0.0	70.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.8	3.8
Corie Blount	F	58	18	17.4	51.4	33.3	67.5	1.9	2.8	4.8	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.9	2.1	4.2
Robert Horry	F	22	14	30.7	45.5	32.9	70.0	1.3	4.1	5.4	2.5	1.7	1.3	1.2	3.3	9.2
George McCloud	G-F	23	2	12.4	35.4	42.9	66.7	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.9	4.1
Cedric Ceballos	F	8	8	34.9	41.0	23.8	86.7	1.4	5.3	6.6	1.9	0.6	0.8	2.1	2.4	10.8
Rumeal Robinson	G	15	3	8.4	35.4	26.1	62.5	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.8	3.0
Joe Kleine	C	8	0	3.8	25.0		100.0	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.8
Larry Krystkowiak	F-C	3	0	3.7	50.0		50.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.0
Averages		864	410	23.1	45.4	36.7	69.2	1.3	2.8	4.1	2.1	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.1	9.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Shaquille O'Neal	C	9	326	173	89	0	0	105	64	38	57	95	29	5	17	22	37	242
Nick Van Exel	G	9	353	119	45	44	12	34	28	6	25	31	58	10	0	18	19	130
Elden Campbell	F-C	9	278	93	37	1	1	38	31	14	25	39	9	7	13	14	30	106
Eddie Jones	F-G	9	283	72	33	24	9	35	26	8	23	31	29	9	4	13	24	101
Kobe Bryant	G	9	133	55	21	23	6	30	26	1	10	11	11	3	2	14	23	74
Robert Horry	F	9	279	38	17	28	12	18	14	12	36	48	13	10	7	11	27	60
Byron Scott	G	8	134	33	15	11	4	19	17	0	12	12	11	1	0	8	15	51
Jerome Kersey	F	9	210	35	17	1	0	19	15	14	34	48	14	9	6	3	34	49
Travis Knight	F-C	9	93	10	8	0	0	4	3	3	15	18	3	3	3	2	16	19
Sean Rooks	C	8	54	9	4	0	0	8	6	5	7	12	1	3	3	3	10	14
Derek Fisher	G	6	34	11	3	5	0	3	2	0	3	3	6	1	0	6	4	8
Corie Blount	F	3	8	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	3
Totals		97	2185	649	290	137	44	315	233	101	249	350	185	61	55	114	241	857

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Shaquille O'Neal	C	9	36.2	51.4		61.0	4.2	6.3	10.6	3.2	0.6	1.9	2.4	4.1	26.9
Nick Van Exel	G	9	39.2	37.8	27.3	82.4	0.7	2.8	3.4	6.4	1.1	0.0	2.0	2.1	14.4
Elden Campbell	F-C	9	30.9	39.8	100.0	81.6	1.6	2.8	4.3	1.0	0.8	1.4	1.6	3.3	11.8
Eddie Jones	F-G	9	31.4	45.8	37.5	74.3	0.9	2.6	3.4	3.2	1.0	0.4	1.4	2.7	11.2
Kobe Bryant	G	9	14.8	38.2	26.1	86.7	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	0.3	0.2	1.6	2.6	8.2
Robert Horry	F	9	31.0	44.7	42.9	77.8	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.4	1.1	0.8	1.2	3.0	6.7
Byron Scott	G	8	16.8	45.5	36.4	89.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.1	0.0	1.0	1.9	6.4
Jerome Kersey	F	9	23.3	48.6	0.0	78.9	1.6	3.8	5.3	1.6	1.0	0.7	0.3	3.8	5.4
Travis Knight	F-C	9	10.3	80.0		75.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	1.8	2.1
Sean Rooks	C	8	6.8	44.4		75.0	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.3	1.8
Derek Fisher	G	6	5.7	27.3	0.0	66.7	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.7	1.3
Corie Blount	F	3	2.7	100.0		50.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0
Averages		864	22.5	44.7	32.1	74.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.5	8.8