1997-98 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 61-21
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 7-6 Lost conference finals
Conference First Round - Defeated Portland Trail Blazers 3-1
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Seattle Supersonics 4-1
Conference Finals - Lost to Utah Jazz 4-0
Coach: Del Harris (61-21)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 691,994, Avg. 16,878 in 41 home dates

1997-98 Los Angeles Lakers Roster
1997-98 Los Angeles Lakers Results

The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 61 wins and 21 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-6.

The Lakers scored 8,652 points, best in the league. Los Angeles conceded 8,017 points.

Del Harris coached the team. The 1997-98 Los Angeles Lakers lost in the conference finals.

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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
Shaquille O'Neal	C	60	57	2175	1147	670	0	0	681	359	208	473	681	142	39	144	175	193	1699
Eddie Jones	F-G	80	80	2910	1005	486	368	143	306	234	85	217	302	246	160	55	146	164	1349
Kobe Bryant	G	79	1	2056	913	391	220	75	457	363	79	163	242	199	74	40	157	180	1220
Rick Fox	G-F	82	82	2709	771	363	265	86	230	171	78	280	358	276	100	48	201	309	983
Nick Van Exel	G	64	46	2053	743	311	316	123	172	136	31	163	194	442	64	6	104	120	881
Elden Campbell	F-C	81	28	1784	624	289	2	1	342	237	143	312	455	78	35	102	115	209	816
Robert Horry	F	72	71	2192	420	200	93	19	169	117	186	356	542	163	112	94	99	238	536
Derek Fisher	G	82	36	1760	378	164	81	31	152	115	38	155	193	333	75	5	119	126	474
Corie Blount	F	70	3	1029	187	107	4	0	78	39	114	184	298	37	29	25	51	157	253
Mario Bennett	F	45	4	354	135	80	2	1	44	16	60	66	126	18	19	11	21	61	177
Sean Rooks	C	41	1	425	101	46	0	0	79	47	46	72	118	24	2	23	19	68	139
Jon Barry	G	49	1	374	104	38	61	18	29	27	8	29	37	51	24	3	22	33	121
Shea Seals	G	4	0	9	8	1	3	0	4	2	3	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	4
Totals		809	410	19830	6536	3146	1415	497	2743	1863	1079	2471	3550	2009	734	556	1229	1859	8652

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Shaquille O'Neal	C	60	57	36.3	58.4		52.7	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	2.9	3.2	28.3
Eddie Jones	F-G	80	80	36.4	48.4	38.9	76.5	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.1	2.0	0.7	1.8	2.1	16.9
Kobe Bryant	G	79	1	26.0	42.8	34.1	79.4	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.5	0.9	0.5	2.0	2.3	15.4
Rick Fox	G-F	82	82	33.0	47.1	32.5	74.3	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.4	1.2	0.6	2.5	3.8	12.0
Nick Van Exel	G	64	46	32.1	41.9	38.9	79.1	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.9	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.9	13.8
Elden Campbell	F-C	81	28	22.0	46.3	50.0	69.3	1.8	3.9	5.6	1.0	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.6	10.1
Robert Horry	F	72	71	30.4	47.6	20.4	69.2	2.6	4.9	7.5	2.3	1.6	1.3	1.4	3.3	7.4
Derek Fisher	G	82	36	21.5	43.4	38.3	75.7	0.5	1.9	2.4	4.1	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.5	5.8
Corie Blount	F	70	3	14.7	57.2	0.0	50.0	1.6	2.6	4.3	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.7	2.2	3.6
Mario Bennett	F	45	4	7.9	59.3	50.0	36.4	1.3	1.5	2.8	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.4	3.9
Sean Rooks	C	41	1	10.4	45.5		59.5	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.5	1.7	3.4
Jon Barry	G	49	1	7.6	36.5	29.5	93.1	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.7	2.5
Shea Seals	G	4	0	2.3	12.5	0.0	50.0	0.8	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0
Averages		809	410	24.5	48.1	35.1	67.9	1.3	3.1	4.4	2.5	0.9	0.7	1.5	2.3	10.7

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	13	501	258	158	0	0	159	80	48	84	132	38	7	34	43	41	396
Eddie Jones	F-G	13	476	148	69	48	20	76	63	12	39	51	32	26	21	17	37	221
Nick Van Exel	G	13	367	151	50	70	22	40	29	9	23	32	54	8	1	22	30	151
Rick Fox	G-F	13	428	114	51	53	21	23	19	18	40	58	51	11	3	21	47	142
Robert Horry	F	13	422	70	39	17	6	41	28	34	50	84	40	14	14	18	45	112
Kobe Bryant	G	11	220	76	31	14	3	45	31	7	14	21	16	3	8	11	28	96
Derek Fisher	G	13	278	68	27	20	6	29	18	2	23	25	49	17	0	15	33	78
Elden Campbell	F-C	13	180	51	23	0	0	34	22	17	28	45	8	3	12	13	27	68
Corie Blount	F	12	209	24	12	0	0	11	7	24	40	64	7	6	4	3	27	31
Mario Bennett	F	4	10	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	4	6	0	0	1	0	2	4
Sean Rooks	C	4	11	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	4
Jon Barry	G	7	18	8	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
Totals		129	3120	976	463	227	78	460	299	174	347	521	295	96	101	163	320	1303

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Shaquille O'Neal	C	13	38.5	61.2		50.3	3.7	6.5	10.2	2.9	0.5	2.6	3.3	3.2	30.5
Eddie Jones	F-G	13	36.6	46.6	41.7	82.9	0.9	3.0	3.9	2.5	2.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	17.0
Nick Van Exel	G	13	28.2	33.1	31.4	72.5	0.7	1.8	2.5	4.2	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.3	11.6
Rick Fox	G-F	13	32.9	44.7	39.6	82.6	1.4	3.1	4.5	3.9	0.8	0.2	1.6	3.6	10.9
Robert Horry	F	13	32.5	55.7	35.3	68.3	2.6	3.8	6.5	3.1	1.1	1.1	1.4	3.5	8.6
Kobe Bryant	G	11	20.0	40.8	21.4	68.9	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.5	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.5	8.7
Derek Fisher	G	13	21.4	39.7	30.0	62.1	0.2	1.8	1.9	3.8	1.3	0.0	1.2	2.5	6.0
Elden Campbell	F-C	13	13.8	45.1		64.7	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.0	2.1	5.2
Corie Blount	F	12	17.4	50.0		63.6	2.0	3.3	5.3	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.3	2.3	2.6
Mario Bennett	F	4	2.5	50.0		100.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.0
Sean Rooks	C	4	2.8	33.3			0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.0
Jon Barry	G	7	2.6	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
Averages		809	24.2	47.4	34.4	65.0	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.3	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.5	10.1