1996-97 Los Angeles Lakers Game Log

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Record: 56-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Del Harris (56-26)

Executive: Jerry West

PTS/G: 100.0 (8th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 95.7 (12th of 29)

SRS: 3.65 (8th of 29) Pace: 91.1 (10th of 29)

Off Rtg: 108.3 (9th of 29) Def Rtg: 103.7 (8th of 29) Net Rtg: +4.6 (8th of 29)

Expected W-L: 53-29 (8th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +500, Over-Under 57.0

Arena: Great Western Forum Attendance: 697,159 (15th of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (1-4) versus Utah Jazz (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1996-11-01		PHO	W	96	82	31	63	.492	6	18	.333	28	40	.700	11	51	26	6	8	23	26	32	91	.352	3	13	.231	15	21	.714	15	36	21	11	4	12	25
2	2	1996-11-03		MIN	W	91	85	38	79	.481	4	12	.333	11	17	.647	14	47	23	6	6	22	21	34	82	.415	3	13	.231	14	18	.778	12	37	23	7	6	15	24
3	3	1996-11-05	@	NYK	W	98	92	32	64	.500	6	13	.462	28	36	.778	10	39	21	6	7	19	20	36	83	.434	9	21	.429	11	19	.579	14	38	20	10	2	14	27
4	4	1996-11-06	@	CHH	L	78	88	33	72	.458	4	17	.235	8	11	.727	9	40	22	1	7	16	19	33	80	.413	5	17	.294	17	22	.773	16	40	25	7	1	10	21
5	5	1996-11-08	@	TOR	L	92	93	34	88	.386	7	20	.350	17	29	.586	14	41	14	9	6	13	16	36	75	.480	10	18	.556	11	20	.550	11	47	22	9	9	19	26
6	6	1996-11-10		ATL	W	92	85	36	77	.468	6	16	.375	14	20	.700	11	48	24	5	12	16	23	30	84	.357	10	30	.333	15	19	.789	10	34	21	10	4	10	18
7	7	1996-11-12	@	HOU	W	126	115	46	100	.460	10	27	.370	24	31	.774	18	48	20	5	6	14	27	42	98	.429	11	37	.297	20	27	.741	18	46	32	6	10	18	20
8	8	1996-11-13	@	SAS	L	83	95	30	76	.395	8	23	.348	15	20	.750	13	34	18	9	6	23	21	38	75	.507	8	20	.400	11	19	.579	15	42	29	14	7	22	19
9	9	1996-11-15		LAC	W	107	100	37	73	.507	6	15	.400	27	40	.675	12	37	31	13	5	20	25	41	81	.506	4	10	.400	14	23	.609	16	41	25	12	3	22	31
10	10	1996-11-17	@	PHO	W	102	88	34	69	.493	10	24	.417	24	35	.686	6	42	26	9	2	20	19	36	85	.424	4	19	.211	12	15	.800	11	38	24	12	1	14	18
11	11	1996-11-19	@	GSW	W	112	109	46	80	.575	8	15	.533	12	23	.522	9	36	34	9	6	13	22	41	80	.513	14	26	.538	13	18	.722	10	37	32	3	3	16	22
12	12	1996-11-20		UTA	L	97	113	36	84	.429	9	22	.409	16	27	.593	16	39	21	4	5	15	26	40	72	.556	3	12	.250	30	36	.833	7	42	35	11	5	15	28
13	13	1996-11-22		SAS	W	96	86	35	70	.500	6	18	.333	20	28	.714	13	37	23	13	3	18	18	36	72	.500	3	12	.250	11	20	.550	13	38	19	9	3	22	24
14	14	1996-11-24		HOU	L	85	90	31	74	.419	9	21	.429	14	25	.560	11	36	20	8	2	13	23	28	67	.418	10	27	.370	24	31	.774	12	37	19	4	1	18	23
15	15	1996-11-26	@	PHI	W	100	88	34	78	.436	7	23	.304	25	39	.641	15	49	23	12	5	20	20	34	93	.366	5	18	.278	15	18	.833	20	53	18	10	3	23	27
16	16	1996-11-27	@	BOS	L	94	110	37	84	.440	6	21	.286	14	28	.500	10	40	19	8	12	12	21	42	82	.512	5	9	.556	21	30	.700	10	48	25	8	2	14	23
17	17	1996-11-29	@	DET	W	84	76	33	65	.508	7	17	.412	11	22	.500	8	40	21	6	1	18	24	25	73	.342	7	26	.269	19	24	.792	15	38	15	10	2	14	23
18	18	1996-12-01		DEN	W	104	96	40	81	.494	6	17	.353	18	30	.600	12	43	28	8	6	18	21	34	84	.405	7	21	.333	21	25	.840	12	41	27	6	1	18	25
19	19	1996-12-03		SEA	W	110	106	42	84	.500	9	19	.474	17	26	.654	13	37	32	8	9	13	26	39	79	.494	6	17	.353	22	32	.688	15	41	22	7	2	13	23
20	20	1996-12-04	@	UTA	L	75	101	28	82	.341	3	14	.214	16	30	.533	20	44	14	10	7	14	20	36	69	.522	6	13	.462	23	26	.885	6	42	26	8	7	16	22
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1996-12-06		ORL	W	92	81	31	75	.413	3	9	.333	27	36	.750	16	51	24	9	16	16	22	32	88	.364	6	18	.333	11	20	.550	13	41	19	4	5	11	29
22	22	1996-12-08		MIN	W	110	86	41	78	.526	8	15	.533	20	26	.769	12	41	31	15	9	18	22	35	88	.398	3	16	.188	13	16	.813	17	43	20	11	4	24	25
23	23	1996-12-10	@	SAC	W	92	90	37	78	.474	2	11	.182	16	25	.640	11	38	22	12	8	14	24	34	76	.447	1	10	.100	21	25	.840	12	44	24	5	3	19	22
24	24	1996-12-11		IND	W	79	76	29	74	.392	6	17	.353	15	29	.517	10	44	23	6	10	13	21	29	83	.349	4	7	.571	14	26	.538	18	53	18	4	4	13	24
25	25	1996-12-13		POR	W	120	119	45	92	.489	6	13	.462	24	31	.774	15	40	32	13	11	12	22	42	79	.532	9	19	.474	26	34	.765	8	38	24	4	6	21	25
26	26	1996-12-17	@	CHI	L	123	129	48	95	.505	7	20	.350	20	35	.571	16	49	17	7	4	15	27	45	101	.446	11	23	.478	28	36	.778	24	56	27	11	4	12	25
27	27	1996-12-18	@	MIL	W	111	105	41	74	.554	4	6	.667	25	32	.781	8	38	21	7	7	17	23	42	87	.483	4	10	.400	17	28	.607	17	41	21	13	3	18	29
28	28	1996-12-21	@	MIN	L	88	103	31	78	.397	6	11	.545	20	28	.714	19	47	14	7	7	21	24	39	77	.506	6	13	.462	19	25	.760	8	34	24	9	10	14	22
29	29	1996-12-25	@	PHO	W	108	87	41	84	.488	8	17	.471	18	30	.600	9	53	22	9	3	11	27	26	74	.351	4	14	.286	31	41	.756	8	39	19	7	3	12	25
30	30	1996-12-27		BOS	W	109	102	36	76	.474	9	20	.450	28	52	.538	18	44	22	12	8	15	17	44	82	.537	1	8	.125	13	22	.591	10	41	26	7	2	16	35
31	31	1996-12-29		PHI	W	115	102	45	88	.511	6	16	.375	19	26	.731	12	35	31	19	7	14	25	36	80	.450	5	17	.294	25	35	.714	18	47	21	5	4	23	21
32	32	1997-01-02	@	SAC	W	90	83	35	83	.422	5	10	.500	15	22	.682	16	46	15	5	6	8	23	33	78	.423	3	9	.333	14	24	.583	14	42	19	5	2	16	22
33	33	1997-01-03		SAC	W	100	93	32	85	.376	7	20	.350	29	36	.806	20	48	17	6	7	13	22	35	83	.422	7	18	.389	16	25	.640	19	44	21	5	5	17	33
34	34	1997-01-05	@	VAN	W	95	82	37	80	.463	5	11	.455	16	23	.696	12	42	33	9	6	16	20	30	87	.345	6	19	.316	16	28	.571	25	56	21	9	7	18	21
35	35	1997-01-06	@	POR	L	84	88	35	74	.473	3	15	.200	11	24	.458	7	35	18	5	6	14	28	28	73	.384	4	14	.286	28	40	.700	14	46	19	7	4	13	21
36	36	1997-01-08		CHH	W	101	97	41	92	.446	5	18	.278	14	22	.636	12	46	23	6	13	14	23	33	80	.413	6	17	.353	25	30	.833	10	43	24	8	4	16	23
37	37	1997-01-10		MIA	W	94	85	35	85	.412	5	12	.417	19	34	.559	17	55	24	8	8	14	23	33	82	.402	3	22	.136	16	33	.485	13	50	24	3	6	14	27
38	38	1997-01-14		VAN	W	91	81	38	86	.442	7	22	.318	8	24	.333	17	53	22	12	15	19	19	31	85	.365	3	13	.231	16	22	.727	12	44	17	9	2	16	20
39	39	1997-01-16		POR	L	98	102	33	76	.434	4	15	.267	28	45	.622	17	37	20	4	11	14	32	33	67	.493	9	16	.563	27	38	.711	11	40	20	5	6	19	31
40	40	1997-01-18		DET	L	97	100	40	98	.408	6	26	.231	11	21	.524	23	58	27	5	10	13	28	38	92	.413	5	19	.263	19	25	.760	18	52	25	7	2	10	24
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1997-01-20		DAL	W	109	99	35	77	.455	10	16	.625	29	41	.707	11	36	26	9	8	11	28	34	78	.436	7	16	.438	24	34	.706	18	49	20	7	3	21	31
42	42	1997-01-24		GSW	W	114	97	44	95	.463	7	22	.318	19	25	.760	25	54	34	6	12	17	19	38	89	.427	2	12	.167	19	27	.704	16	39	23	11	6	15	27
43	43	1997-01-26	@	SEA	W	104	103	40	86	.465	12	30	.400	12	20	.600	15	45	24	5	8	14	26	33	77	.429	6	15	.400	31	37	.838	10	35	24	10	7	7	21
44	44	1997-01-28	@	DAL	W	102	83	41	81	.506	5	16	.313	15	22	.682	14	46	19	13	6	15	19	31	79	.392	2	11	.182	19	24	.792	16	44	17	8	1	19	18
45	45	1997-01-29	@	SAS	W	99	92	37	84	.440	8	21	.381	17	29	.586	14	47	23	8	6	13	21	33	78	.423	7	15	.467	19	27	.704	12	42	17	6	7	14	23
46	46	1997-02-02		WSB	W	129	99	48	91	.527	5	12	.417	28	36	.778	14	55	22	11	7	14	19	42	92	.457	4	16	.250	11	20	.550	11	38	32	8	3	14	24
47	47	1997-02-04	@	LAC	L	86	108	28	80	.350	5	22	.227	25	35	.714	10	31	15	17	6	17	17	44	81	.543	7	22	.318	13	15	.867	13	54	21	8	9	26	25
48	48	1997-02-05		CHI	W	106	90	41	89	.461	6	21	.286	18	21	.857	15	50	24	9	9	11	17	35	81	.432	8	19	.421	12	18	.667	10	33	30	4	7	13	21
49	49	1997-02-12	@	MIN	W	100	84	40	86	.465	4	11	.364	16	23	.696	15	49	23	13	13	14	24	29	80	.363	4	16	.250	22	33	.667	13	44	19	6	7	15	15
50	50	1997-02-13	@	DEN	W	132	117	45	94	.479	12	24	.500	30	38	.789	9	41	27	14	9	8	20	39	86	.453	12	23	.522	27	33	.818	12	50	22	6	9	19	22
51	51	1997-02-16		SEA	L	91	102	31	77	.403	6	18	.333	23	27	.852	15	42	20	5	6	16	22	38	79	.481	7	19	.368	19	22	.864	11	35	23	10	5	10	27
52	52	1997-02-19		CLE	L	84	103	26	58	.448	7	15	.467	25	31	.806	8	28	17	1	5	13	26	35	71	.493	4	12	.333	29	34	.853	14	36	19	5	3	5	22
53	53	1997-02-21		VAN	W	99	91	37	72	.514	9	20	.450	16	24	.667	10	40	29	5	14	15	19	31	67	.463	6	10	.600	23	29	.793	7	30	26	7	4	12	21
54	54	1997-02-23		NYK	L	121	127	42	99	.424	8	23	.348	29	36	.806	14	48	29	13	8	17	28	45	103	.437	10	20	.500	27	39	.692	20	63	34	10	8	22	28
55	55	1997-02-25	@	HOU	L	96	100	36	84	.429	4	23	.174	20	26	.769	10	40	22	6	5	12	21	37	77	.481	7	22	.318	19	23	.826	7	40	25	7	4	18	22
56	56	1997-02-27	@	WSB	W	122	107	47	86	.547	7	17	.412	21	26	.808	7	33	22	9	5	10	22	39	82	.476	3	11	.273	26	30	.867	11	37	25	6	6	17	23
57	57	1997-02-28	@	ATL	L	75	86	26	75	.347	5	19	.263	18	25	.720	10	37	13	5	4	11	16	34	74	.459	7	17	.412	11	15	.733	9	44	20	7	6	15	19
58	58	1997-03-02	@	IND	L	85	101	29	80	.363	10	23	.435	17	24	.708	13	35	19	11	6	12	19	39	74	.527	8	19	.421	15	25	.600	12	48	24	3	7	16	17
59	59	1997-03-04	@	DAL	W	102	92	35	84	.417	10	23	.435	22	24	.917	14	47	12	9	7	20	24	35	79	.443	1	13	.077	21	25	.840	10	42	20	7	12	18	17
60	60	1997-03-07		HOU	L	90	111	34	84	.405	4	19	.211	18	25	.720	13	34	23	9	6	9	21	44	82	.537	9	18	.500	14	16	.875	14	47	31	6	7	18	25
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1997-03-09		NJN	W	115	105	42	85	.494	9	24	.375	22	27	.815	11	38	28	10	6	20	24	42	96	.438	9	23	.391	12	18	.667	19	42	22	11	3	19	29
62	62	1997-03-12		GSW	W	109	101	43	91	.473	4	19	.211	19	26	.731	20	47	30	9	8	16	25	38	86	.442	7	18	.389	18	22	.818	15	36	24	6	5	15	21
63	63	1997-03-14		LAC	L	95	97	35	92	.380	10	29	.345	15	23	.652	22	49	21	12	3	14	27	36	74	.486	6	16	.375	19	30	.633	10	37	25	7	8	15	23
64	64	1997-03-16		TOR	W	98	90	31	80	.388	3	20	.150	33	43	.767	11	41	19	12	5	12	24	33	81	.407	5	21	.238	19	33	.576	19	55	17	8	5	22	33
65	65	1997-03-17	@	DEN	W	113	94	42	78	.538	14	23	.609	15	22	.682	7	40	15	11	5	17	23	33	78	.423	6	20	.300	22	31	.710	14	38	18	8	7	19	23
66	66	1997-03-20	@	CLE	W	89	76	32	70	.457	9	18	.500	16	30	.533	12	34	19	8	4	13	19	29	62	.468	3	16	.188	15	23	.652	10	37	19	8	4	20	19
67	67	1997-03-21	@	MIA	L	97	98	34	74	.459	8	17	.471	21	28	.750	11	43	19	7	8	13	22	34	78	.436	15	36	.417	15	23	.652	12	36	25	5	4	11	21
68	68	1997-03-23	@	ORL	L	84	110	33	85	.388	4	20	.200	14	19	.737	12	40	21	7	2	12	13	45	87	.517	11	27	.407	9	12	.750	11	47	25	7	5	13	15
69	69	1997-03-24	@	NJN	W	109	84	41	86	.477	5	14	.357	22	27	.815	18	54	19	11	13	14	22	34	102	.333	2	16	.125	14	25	.560	26	52	19	5	3	18	23
70	70	1997-03-26		MIL	W	106	84	38	88	.432	5	18	.278	25	39	.641	19	52	22	10	2	9	19	33	82	.402	4	12	.333	14	22	.636	17	45	22	3	3	22	27
71	71	1997-03-27	@	VAN	W	102	98	33	87	.379	6	20	.300	30	37	.811	18	47	22	8	5	10	22	34	77	.442	5	14	.357	25	35	.714	15	49	24	6	8	16	29
72	72	1997-04-01	@	SEA	W	99	97	37	85	.435	7	21	.333	18	26	.692	15	44	12	9	7	11	24	34	83	.410	5	17	.294	24	32	.750	18	45	20	5	5	12	23
73	73	1997-04-02		DEN	W	110	85	44	92	.478	10	21	.476	12	13	.923	11	52	32	12	8	10	17	35	90	.389	8	25	.320	7	18	.389	17	49	26	7	7	18	18
74	74	1997-04-04		SAS	L	83	94	30	78	.385	7	25	.280	16	22	.727	19	47	19	6	6	23	24	36	74	.486	3	8	.375	19	25	.760	10	36	23	12	6	14	24
75	75	1997-04-06		DAL	W	87	80	30	66	.455	7	18	.389	20	24	.833	8	31	24	19	6	23	19	33	76	.434	4	12	.333	10	16	.625	14	40	22	14	3	25	19
76	76	1997-04-08	@	GSW	W	109	85	39	70	.557	11	22	.500	20	25	.800	11	41	22	15	5	20	23	34	84	.405	2	11	.182	15	20	.750	20	39	25	11	3	19	16
77	77	1997-04-09	@	UTA	L	89	101	28	75	.373	8	20	.400	25	34	.735	14	39	19	8	4	15	24	37	73	.507	2	12	.167	25	27	.926	7	43	27	10	4	16	29
78	78	1997-04-11		PHO	W	114	98	46	96	.479	8	20	.400	14	19	.737	19	49	25	8	12	13	24	33	83	.398	8	22	.364	24	36	.667	17	40	21	3	5	13	22
79	79	1997-04-13		UTA	W	100	98	34	78	.436	6	21	.286	26	39	.667	17	38	24	10	4	10	24	33	64	.516	4	8	.500	28	32	.875	7	37	25	5	3	18	30
80	80	1997-04-17		SAC	W	108	99	39	76	.513	5	14	.357	25	30	.833	10	38	29	12	9	18	16	39	89	.438	3	8	.375	18	23	.783	17	38	25	11	4	16	20
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1997-04-18	@	LAC	W	123	95	43	72	.597	9	15	.600	28	37	.757	8	41	24	13	4	17	23	36	76	.474	8	18	.444	15	26	.577	11	36	23	8	8	20	29
82	82	1997-04-20	@	POR	L	96	100	38	82	.463	3	10	.300	17	24	.708	11	35	19	14	6	12	22	35	68	.515	5	12	.417	25	34	.735	11	40	18	7	2	19	20

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