1997-98 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics
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 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. Shaquille O'Neal scored a team-leading 1,699 points for the team and racked up 681 rebounds. Nick Van Exel dished out 442 assists for the squad.
Defensively, Eddie Jones added 160 steals, while Shaquille O'Neal swatted 144 opponent shot attempts.
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 |