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Los Angeles Lakers

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Also known as: Los Angeles Lakers
Program History

Model Outputs

1996-1997
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1188 (#5) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1103 (#9) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.7 More → +3.9 (#8) HCA +2.7
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.635 (#8) -

1997 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1996-11-01 vs PHX W 96 - 82
1996-11-03 vs MIN W 91 - 85
1996-11-05 @ NYK W 98 - 92
1996-11-06 @ CHH L 78 - 88
1996-11-08 @ TOR L 92 - 93
1996-11-10 vs ATL W 92 - 85
1996-11-12 @ HOU - Incomplete score
1996-11-13 @ SAS L 83 - 95
1996-11-15 vs LAC W 107 - 100
1996-11-20 vs UTA L 97 - 113
1996-11-22 vs SAS W 96 - 86
1996-11-24 vs HOU L 85 - 90
1996-11-26 @ PHI W 100 - 88
1996-11-27 @ BOS L 94 - 110
1996-11-29 @ DET W 84 - 76
1996-12-01 vs DEN W 104 - 96
1996-12-03 vs SEA W 110 - 106
1996-12-04 @ UTA L 75 - 101
1996-12-06 vs ORL W 92 - 81
1996-12-08 vs MIN W 110 - 86
1996-12-10 @ SAC W 92 - 90
1996-12-11 vs IND W 79 - 76
1996-12-13 vs POR W 120 - 119
1996-12-17 @ CHI L 123 - 129
1996-12-18 @ MIL W 111 - 105
1996-12-21 @ MIN L 88 - 103
1996-12-25 @ PHX W 108 - 87
1996-12-27 vs BOS W 109 - 102
1996-12-29 vs PHI W 115 - 102
1997-01-02 @ SAC W 90 - 83
1997-01-03 vs SAC W 100 - 93
1997-01-05 @ VAN W 95 - 82
1997-01-06 @ POR L 84 - 88
1997-01-10 vs MIA W 94 - 85
1997-01-14 vs VAN W 91 - 81
1997-01-16 vs POR L 98 - 102
1997-01-18 vs DET - Incomplete score
1997-01-20 vs DAL W 109 - 99
1997-01-24 vs GSW W 114 - 97
1997-01-26 @ SEA W 104 - 103
1997-01-28 @ DAL W 102 - 83
1997-01-29 @ SAS W 99 - 92
1997-02-02 vs WAS W 129 - 99
1997-02-04 @ LAC L 86 - 108
1997-02-05 vs CHI W 106 - 90
1997-02-12 @ MIN W 100 - 84
1997-02-13 @ DEN W 132 - 117
1997-02-16 vs SEA L 91 - 102
1997-02-19 vs CLE L 84 - 103
1997-02-21 vs VAN W 99 - 91
1997-02-23 vs NYK - Incomplete score
1997-02-25 @ HOU L 96 - 100
1997-02-27 @ WAS W 122 - 107
1997-02-28 @ ATL L 75 - 86
1997-03-02 @ IND L 85 - 101
1997-03-04 @ DAL W 102 - 92
1997-03-07 vs HOU L 90 - 111
1997-03-09 vs NJN W 115 - 105
1997-03-12 vs GSW W 109 - 101
1997-03-14 vs LAC L 95 - 97
1997-03-16 vs TOR W 98 - 90
1997-03-17 @ DEN W 113 - 94
1997-03-20 @ CLE W 89 - 76
1997-03-21 @ MIA L 97 - 98
1997-03-23 @ ORL L 84 - 110
1997-03-24 @ NJN W 109 - 84
1997-03-26 vs MIL W 106 - 84
1997-03-27 @ VAN W 102 - 98
1997-04-01 @ SEA W 99 - 97
1997-04-02 vs DEN W 110 - 85
1997-04-04 vs SAS L 83 - 94
1997-04-06 vs DAL W 87 - 80
1997-04-08 @ GSW W 109 - 85
1997-04-09 @ UTA L 89 - 101
1997-04-11 vs PHX W 114 - 98
1997-04-13 vs UTA W 100 - 98
1997-04-17 vs SAC W 108 - 99
1997-04-18 @ LAC W 123 - 95
1997-04-20 @ POR L 96 - 100
1997-04-25 vs POR W 95 - 77
1997-04-27 vs POR W 107 - 93
1997-04-30 @ POR L 90 - 98
1997-05-02 @ POR W 95 - 91
1997-05-04 @ UTA L 77 - 93
1997-05-06 @ UTA L 101 - 103
1997-05-08 vs UTA W 104 - 84
1997-05-10 vs UTA L 95 - 110
1997-05-12 @ UTA L 93 - 98

1997 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Shaquille O'Neal Shaquille O'Neal G 57 37.1 26.5 12.2 3.1 0.9 2.8 2.8 19.5 23.1 - - - 54.9 0.0 51.2 - 55.5 54.9
Eddie Jones G 86 36.2 16.5 3.9 3.3 2.2 0.6 2.0 12.9 11.7 - - - 43.9 39.4 81.7 - 56.2 51.0
Nick Van Exel G 85 37.0 15.0 3.0 8.2 1.0 0.1 2.6 13.6 11.1 - - - 39.5 36.6 82.4 - 50.9 47.3
Elden Campbell G 83 32.1 14.8 7.6 1.6 0.6 1.5 1.7 12.1 12.3 - - - 46.2 40.0 72.2 - 51.7 46.3
Cedric Ceballos G 8 34.2 10.8 6.6 1.9 0.6 0.8 2.1 10.4 8.1 - - - 41.0 23.8 86.7 - 48.0 44.0
Robert Horry G 31 30.5 8.5 5.4 2.2 1.5 1.2 1.2 6.5 11.0 - - - 45.3 35.6 72.4 - 57.5 54.4
Kobe Bryant G 77 15.0 7.6 1.8 1.3 0.6 0.3 1.5 5.9 4.2 - - - 41.4 35.3 83.0 - 54.5 47.2
Byron Scott G 85 17.5 6.6 1.5 1.2 0.5 0.2 0.7 4.7 4.6 - - - 43.5 37.9 84.0 - 59.2 52.7
Jerome Kersey G 76 24.5 6.6 5.2 1.3 1.6 0.7 1.0 6.1 8.3 - - - 43.1 26.2 64.1 - 47.9 44.8
Travis Knight G 79 15.1 4.5 4.2 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.6 3.5 6.2 - - - 51.4 0 62.1 - 54.1 51.4
George McCloud G 23 11.9 4.1 1.6 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 4.2 2.3 - - - 35.4 42.9 66.7 - 47.5 46.4
Corie Blount G 59 16.1 4.0 4.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.8 2.9 6.2 - - - 51.1 33.3 69.1 - 56.0 51.4
Derek Fisher G 83 10.6 3.7 1.2 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.9 3.2 2.8 - - - 39.0 28.9 65.9 - 48.4 43.1
Sean Rooks G 74 10.0 3.7 2.4 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.7 2.6 4.1 - - - 46.6 0.0 69.9 - 54.4 46.6
Rumeal Robinson G 14 7.4 2.5 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.7 2.8 0.8 - - - 33.3 20.0 62.5 - 41.2 38.5
Larry Krystkowiak - 3 3.7 1.0 1.7 1.0 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.7 3.3 - - - 50.0 0 50.0 - 52.1 50.0
Joe Kleine F 8 3.5 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.9 - - - 25.0 0 100.0 - 33.8 25.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

Not enough players with both Numbers/Game and RAPM to plot.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG