Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers were 56-26 in 1996-97. They finished 2nd in the Pacific Division and 4th in the Western Conference. They lost in the Western Conference Semifinals against the Utah Jazz, 4 games to 1.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Mon 5/12	@	UTA	L 93-98
Sat 5/10	vs	UTA	L 95-110
Thu 5/8	vs	UTA	W 104-84
Tue 5/6	@	UTA	L 101-103
Sun 5/4	@	UTA	L 77-93

Team Leaders

See roster

PPG

26.2

O'Neal

RPG

12.5

O'Neal

APG

8.5

Van Exel

1996-97 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	SuperSonics	57	25	.695	7.0
3	Rockets	57	25	.695	7.0
4	Lakers	56	26	.683	8.0
5	Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	15.0
6	Timberwolves	40	42	.488	24.0

1996-97 Stats

See stats

	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Team	82	243.0	100.0	42.8	22.5	9.0	7.0	36.8	81.0	45.4	6.7	18.3	36.7	19.7	28.4	69.2	53.5	13.3	29.4	14.9	22.2
Team Rank		1st	8th	5th	11th	4th	1st	7th	9th	15th	10th	8th	10th	9th	4th	29th	16th	8th	7th	6th	16th
Opponent	82	243.0	95.7	42.4	22.9	7.6	4.7	35.6	80.7	44.1	5.8	16.8	34.7	18.6	25.9	71.8	52.0	13.5	28.9	16.4	23.6
Opponent Rank		1st	12th	20th	21st	5th	11th	11th	19th	10th	9th	15th	7th	14th	16th	1st	6th	27th	20th	5th	4th
Net			+4.3	+0.3	-0.4	+1.5	+2.3	+1.2	+0.3	+1.3	+0.9	+1.5	+2.0	+1.0	+2.5	-2.6	+1.5	-0.2	+0.6	-1.5	-1.4
Net Rank			8th	12th	17th	3rd	1st	9th	13th	11th	8th	8th	6th	10th	6th	26th	11th	17th	10th	5th	7th

Gallery

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.5

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.6

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.5

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

2.9

Wembanyama

2.0

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.7

Dončić

3.5

Knueppel

3.5

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

67.9

Antetokounmpo

67.6

Jokić

67.3

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.4

120.9

119.4

118.7

118.6

118.2

DRtg Rankings

107.4

108.9

111.4

112.4

112.6

112.9

NetRtg Rankings

11.2

8.0

7.9

6.2

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

14-48

15-46

15-45

16-43

18-42

19-43

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,918.8

Maxey

2,806.1

Jokić

2,714.7

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,990.5

Jokić

2,945.3

Maxey

2,875.5

Dončić

USG% Leaders

37.3

Dončić

36.5

Brown

33.7

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.5

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.6

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.81

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.92

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

39-22

36-23-1

35-25

35-26

33-26-1

34-27

Worst Record ATS

24-38

24-34-1

26-36

25-34

26-35

26-34-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	45	14	.763
2	Celtics	40	20	.667	5.5
3	Knicks	39	22	.639	7.0
4	Cavaliers	38	24	.613	8.5
5	Raptors	35	25	.583	10.5
6	76ers	33	27	.550	12.5
7	Magic	31	28	.525	14.0
8	Heat	32	29	.525	14.0
9	Hawks	31	31	.500	15.5
10	Hornets	30	31	.492	16.0
11	Bucks	26	33	.441	19.0
12	Bulls	25	36	.410	21.0
13	Wizards	16	43	.271	29.0
14	Nets	15	45	.250	30.5
15	Pacers	15	46	.246	31.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	47	15	.758
2	Spurs	43	17	.717	3.0
3	Rockets	37	22	.627	8.5
4	Timberwolves	38	23	.623	8.5
5	Nuggets	37	24	.607	9.5
6	Lakers	36	24	.600	10.0
7	Suns	34	26	.567	12.0
8	Warriors	31	29	.517	15.0
9	Clippers	28	31	.475	17.5
10	Trail Blazers	29	33	.468	18.0
11	Grizzlies	23	36	.390	22.5
12	Mavericks	21	39	.350	25.0
13	Pelicans	19	43	.306	28.0
14	Jazz	18	42	.300	28.0
15	Kings	14	48	.226	33.0