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. Eddie Jones scored a team-leading 1,374 points for the Lakers, while Shaquille O'Neal racked up 640 rebounds. Nick Van Exel dished out 672 assists for the squad.

On defense, Eddie Jones added 189 steals, and Shaquille O'Neal swatted 147 opponent shot attempts.

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