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Los Angeles Lakers

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Also known as: Los Angeles Lakers
Program History

Model Outputs

1997-1998
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 → 1226 (#4) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1174 (#5) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +3.0 More → +6.9 (#2) HCA +3.0
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.724 (#2) -

1998 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1997-10-31 vs UTA W 104 - 87
1997-11-04 @ SAC W 101 - 98
1997-11-07 vs NYK W 99 - 94
1997-11-09 vs GSW W 132 - 97
1997-11-11 @ DAL W 118 - 96
1997-11-13 @ SAS W 109 - 100
1997-11-14 @ HOU - Incomplete score
1997-11-16 vs VAN W 121 - 95
1997-11-18 @ UTA W 97 - 92
1997-11-19 vs MIN W 118 - 93
1997-11-23 vs LAC W 119 - 102
1997-11-25 @ MIA L 86 - 103
1997-11-26 @ BOS W 118 - 103
1997-11-28 @ PHI L 95 - 105
1997-11-30 vs TOR W 105 - 99
1997-12-03 @ DEN W 107 - 89
1997-12-05 vs SAS W 98 - 88
1997-12-07 vs CLE L 84 - 94
1997-12-08 @ POR L 99 - 105
1997-12-10 @ GSW L 92 - 93
1997-12-12 vs HOU W 119 - 102
1997-12-14 vs DAL W 119 - 89
1997-12-16 @ MIN W 109 - 96
1997-12-17 @ CHI L 83 - 104
1997-12-19 @ ATL W 98 - 96
1997-12-20 @ CHH W 109 - 100
1997-12-22 @ HOU W 94 - 83
1997-12-26 vs LAC W 118 - 114
1997-12-28 vs BOS L 102 - 108
1997-12-30 vs SAC W 93 - 80
1998-01-02 vs ATL W 116 - 106
1998-01-04 vs PHI L 107 - 113
1998-01-06 @ VAN W 100 - 87
1998-01-07 vs MIL W 114 - 102
1998-01-09 @ LAC W 125 - 115
1998-01-11 vs CHH L 93 - 98
1998-01-14 vs DEN W 132 - 114
1998-01-17 vs MIA W 108 - 99
1998-01-19 vs ORL W 92 - 89
1998-01-21 @ PHX W 119 - 109
1998-01-24 @ SEA L 95 - 101
1998-01-28 vs NJN L 95 - 106
1998-01-30 vs MIN W 121 - 114
1998-02-01 vs CHI W 112 - 87
1998-02-10 @ POR L 105 - 117
1998-02-11 vs GSW W 105 - 99
1998-02-13 vs SEA L 108 - 113
1998-02-18 @ PHX L 103 - 110
1998-02-19 vs DEN W 131 - 92
1998-02-22 @ ORL L 94 - 96
1998-02-24 @ MIL W 98 - 81
1998-02-25 @ IND W 96 - 89
1998-02-27 @ MIN W 104 - 91
1998-03-01 @ NYK L 89 - 101
1998-03-02 @ WAS L 86 - 96
1998-03-04 vs IND W 104 - 95
1998-03-06 vs SAS W 91 - 84
1998-03-08 vs DET W 96 - 89
1998-03-11 vs POR W 121 - 107
1998-03-12 @ LAC W 108 - 85
1998-03-15 @ VAN W 119 - 110
1998-03-18 vs PHX W 99 - 93
1998-03-20 vs SEA W 93 - 80
1998-03-22 @ SAC W 96 - 93
1998-03-25 vs SAC W 114 - 91
1998-03-28 @ UTA L 91 - 106
1998-03-29 vs WAS W 116 - 89
1998-03-31 @ TOR W 114 - 105
1998-04-02 @ NJN W 117 - 106
1998-04-03 @ CLE W 105 - 93
1998-04-05 @ DET W 105 - 103
1998-04-08 vs VAN W 113 - 102
1998-04-10 vs PHX L 105 - 114
1998-04-11 @ GSW W 96 - 84
1998-04-13 @ SAS W 99 - 75
1998-04-14 @ DAL W 111 - 95
1998-04-17 vs DAL W 124 - 95
1998-04-19 vs UTA W 102 - 98
1998-04-24 vs POR W 104 - 102
1998-04-26 vs POR W 108 - 99
1998-04-28 @ POR L 94 - 99
1998-04-30 @ POR W 110 - 99
1998-05-04 @ SEA L 92 - 106
1998-05-06 @ SEA W 92 - 68
1998-05-08 vs SEA W 119 - 103
1998-05-10 vs SEA W 112 - 100
1998-05-12 @ SEA W 110 - 95
1998-05-16 @ UTA L 77 - 112
1998-05-18 @ UTA L 95 - 99
1998-05-22 vs UTA L 98 - 109
1998-05-24 vs UTA L 92 - 96

1998 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 69 35.9 29.1 11.2 2.5 0.6 2.5 3.0 19.3 23.6 - - - 59.3 0 52.4 - 59.3 59.3
Eddie Jones G 89 35.9 16.7 3.8 3.0 2.0 0.8 1.8 12.3 12.3 - - - 47.9 39.4 78.0 - 59.3 55.0
Kobe Bryant G 86 24.8 14.5 3.0 2.4 0.8 0.5 1.9 11.1 8.3 - - - 42.1 32.9 77.7 - 53.7 45.9
Nick Van Exel G 73 31.1 13.6 3.0 6.4 0.9 0.1 1.7 11.8 10.5 - - - 40.1 38.0 78.0 - 52.2 48.4
Rick Fox G 91 32.6 11.9 4.3 3.5 1.2 0.5 2.3 9.3 9.8 - - - 47.2 33.9 74.8 - 56.8 53.2
Elden Campbell G 90 20.6 9.5 5.4 0.9 0.4 1.2 1.4 7.3 8.7 - - - 46.4 50.0 68.5 - 52.6 46.5
Robert Horry G 82 30.6 7.7 7.4 2.4 1.5 1.3 1.4 5.9 13.1 - - - 48.8 22.2 68.9 - 55.6 51.2
Derek Fisher G 91 21.1 5.8 2.3 4.0 1.0 0.0 1.4 4.7 7.1 - - - 43.4 36.2 73.3 - 52.9 47.4
Mario Bennett G 46 7.0 3.7 2.7 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 2.8 4.3 - - - 59.8 50.0 39.1 - 58.1 60.2
Corie Blount G 78 14.7 3.5 4.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.7 2.6 6.0 - - - 56.9 0.0 53.1 - 57.4 56.9
Sean Rooks G 44 9.3 3.2 2.6 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.4 2.4 4.2 - - - 46.2 0 59.7 - 51.5 46.2
Jon Barry G 54 6.5 2.2 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.4 2.0 1.9 - - - 34.5 27.7 93.1 - 49.3 42.7
Shea Seals - 4 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.2 - - - 12.5 0.0 50.0 - 20.5 12.5

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