NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 2017–18 Los Angeles Lakers season was the franchise's 70th season, its 69th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 58th in Los Angeles .
On December 18, 2017 against the Golden State Warriors , the Lakers retired the numbers 8 and 24 of former shooting guard Kobe Bryant , making him the first NBA player to have two numbers retired on the same team.
Originally, the Lakers were at risk of losing their own first-round pick this year to the Philadelphia 76ers due to the stipulations of a previous trade involving Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns and having less than 50% odds of keeping the pick despite having the third-worst record that season. However, they not only kept the pick, but also moved up a spot in the process. The Lakers will ultimately lose their first-round pick for the 2018 NBA draft , regardless of whether it goes to the 76ers or the Boston Celtics later on, but they will at least keep their first-round pick for the 2019 NBA draft as opposed to giving it to the Orlando Magic as a result of their Dwight Howard trade around the same period. Their original second first-round pick at #28, however, came from the Houston Rockets as an incentive to trade away Lou Williams in exchange for Corey Brewer . On June 20, two days before the draft began, the Lakers would acquire a new first-round pick by getting the worst of the Brooklyn Nets ' first-round picks at #27 alongside their star center Brook Lopez in a trade in exchange for star combo guard D'Angelo Russell and Russian center Timofey Mozgov . On draft night, though, the Lakers acquired two more picks in the draft by trading their weakest first-round pick (which became power forward/center Tony Bradley from the most recent NCAA Champions in University of North Carolina ) to the Utah Jazz for Picks #30 & 42 in this year's draft.
With the 2nd pick of the draft, the Lakers selected their hometown star Lonzo Ball , who played point guard during his sole season at UCLA . During that time there, Ball averaged a league-leading 7.6 assists to go with 14.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.8 steals, and 0.8 blocks per game in 36 total games there. He also earned the Wayman Tisdale Award , the Pac-12 Freshman of The Year Award , First Team All-Pac-12 Honors, and consensus First-Team All-American Honors in the process. Next up, with the pick they acquired from the Brooklyn Nets , the Lakers took power forward Kyle Kuzma from the University of Utah . In Kuzma's final year at Utah, he joined Ball in being a member of the All-Pac-12 First Team by averaging 16.4 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 2.4 assists as a junior. With their last pick in the first round of the draft, the Lakers selected senior shooting guard Josh Hart from Villanova University . Throughout his time there (which included an NCAA Championship in his junior season), Hart averaged 13.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game at Villanova while earning plenty of awards in each of his last three seasons there. The Lakers ended their draft night by taking sophomore power forward/center Thomas Bryant from Indiana University . In his time at Indiana, Bryant averaged 12.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.2 blocks, and nearly an assist per game throughout his college career. He made the Big 10 Conference's Freshman Team and the All-Big 10 Third Team Honors in his first season there.
2017–18 Los Angeles Lakers roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 2 Ball, Lonzo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997–10–27 UCLA C 31 Bryant, Thomas 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 248 lb (112 kg) 1997–07–31 Indiana G 1 Caldwell-Pope, Kentavious 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1993–02–18 Georgia G 4 Caruso, Alex (TW) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1994–02–28 Texas A&M F 9 Deng, Luol 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1985–04–16 Duke G 10 Ennis, Tyler 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1994–08–24 Syracuse F 12 Frye, Channing 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1983–05–17 Arizona G 5 Hart, Josh 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1995–03–06 Villanova G 20 Ingram, Andre 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1985–11–19 American G/F 14 Ingram, Brandon 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997–09–02 Duke F 0 Kuzma, Kyle 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1995–07–24 Utah C 11 Lopez, Brook 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 268 lb (122 kg) 1988–04–01 Stanford G 23 Payton, Gary (TW) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1992–12–01 Oregon State F/C 30 Randle, Julius 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1994–11–29 Kentucky G 3 Thomas, Isaiah 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1989–02–07 Washington F 21 Wear, Travis 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1990–09–21 UCLA C 40 Zubac, Ivica 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1997–03–18 Croatia
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended(GL) On assignment to G League affiliate(TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: 2018–04–05
Standings [ edit ] Division [ edit ] Conference [ edit ] Game log [ edit ] Preseason [ edit ] 2017 pre-season game log Total: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2) Pre-season: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 September 30 Minnesota L 99–108 Kyle Kuzma (19) Larry Nance Jr. (9) Ball , Ennis (8) Honda Center 18,000 0–1 2 October 2 Denver L 107–113 Kyle Kuzma (23) Julius Randle (10) four players (4) Staples Center 17,218 0–2 3 October 4 Denver L 104–122 Jordan Clarkson (24) Julius Randle (6) Briante Weber (5) Citizens Business Bank Arena 17,000 0–3 4 October 8 Sacramento W 75–69 Julius Randle (17) Julius Randle (10) Alex Caruso (5) T-Mobile Arena 13,094 1–3 5 October 10 Utah L 99–105 Clarkson , Kuzma (18) Alex Caruso (6) Alex Caruso (10) Staples Center 15,054 1–4 6 October 13 @ LA Clippers W 111–104 Brook Lopez (16) Nance Jr. , Randle (7) Ingram , Kuzma , Caldwell-Pope (5) Staples Center 16,711 2–4
2017–18 season schedule
Regular season [ edit ] 2017–18 game log Total: 35–47 (Home: 20–21; Road: 15–26) October: 3–4 (home: 2–3; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 19 L.A. Clippers L 92–108 Brook Lopez (20) Larry Nance Jr. (12) Ball , Ingram (4) Staples Center 18,997 0–1 2 October 20 @ Phoenix W 132–130 Lonzo Ball (29) Ball , Lopez (11) Lonzo Ball (9) Talking Stick Resort Arena 18,055 1–1 3 October 22 New Orleans L 112–119 Jordan Clarkson (24) Lonzo Ball (8) Lonzo Ball (13) Staples Center 18,997 1–2 4 October 25 Washington W 102–99 (OT) Brandon Ingram (19) Ingram , Nance Jr. (10) Lonzo Ball (10) Staples Center 18,996 2–2 5 October 27 Toronto L 92–101 Julius Randle (18) Kyle Kuzma (10) Lonzo Ball (6) Staples Center 17,876 2–3 6 October 28 @ Utah L 81–96 Brandon Ingram (16) Larry Nance Jr. (10) Lonzo Ball (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306 2–4 7 October 31 Detroit W 113–93 Julius Randle (17) Larry Nance Jr. (12) Brandon Ingram (6) Staples Center 17,569 3–4
November : 5–9 (home: 4–3; road: 1–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 8 November 2 @ Portland L 110–113 Brook Lopez (27) Julius Randle (6) Ball , Clarkson (4) Moda Center 19,469 3–5 9 November 3 Brooklyn W 124–112 Brook Lopez (34) Kyle Kuzma (13) Lonzo Ball (7) Staples Center 18,997 4–5 10 November 5 Memphis W 107–102 Brook Lopez (21) Kyle Kuzma (12) Lonzo Ball (9) Staples Center 18,997 5–5 11 November 8 @ Boston L 96–107 Jordan Clarkson (18) Julius Randle (12) Lonzo Ball (6) TD Garden 18,624 5–6 12 November 9 @ Washington L 95–111 Lopez , Clarkson (15) Kyle Kuzma (9) Lonzo Ball (8) Capital One Arena 20,173 5–7 13 November 11 @ Milwaukee L 90–98 Kyle Kuzma (21) Lonzo Ball (12) Lonzo Ball (13) BMO Harris Bradley Center 18,717 5–8 14 November 13 @ Phoenix W 100–93 Jordan Clarkson (25) Brook Lopez (10) Lonzo Ball (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena 17,533 6–8 15 November 15 Philadelphia L 109–115 Brandon Ingram (26) Brandon Ingram (11) Jordan Clarkson (5) Staples Center 18,997 6–9 16 November 17 Phoenix L 113–122 Kyle Kuzma (30) Kuzma , Lopez (10) Lonzo Ball (6) Staples Center 18,997 6–10 17 November 19 Denver W 127–109 Julius Randle (24) Lonzo Ball (16) Lonzo Ball (11) Staples Center 18,997 7–10 18 November 21 Chicago W 103–94 Kyle Kuzma (22) Lonzo Ball (13) Ingram , Kuzma (5) Staples Center 18,997 8–10 19 November 22 @ Sacramento L 102–113 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (20) Julius Randle (8) Lonzo Ball (11) Golden 1 Center 17,583 8–11 20 November 27 @ L.A. Clippers L 115–120 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (29) Clarkson , Nance Jr. (8) Lonzo Ball (7) Staples Center 18,086 8–12 21 November 29 Golden State L 123–127 (OT) Brandon Ingram (32) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (7) Lonzo Ball (10) Staples Center 18,997 8–13
December : 3–11 (home: 0–6; road: 3–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 22 December 2 @ Denver L 100–115 Brandon Ingram (20) Kyle Kuzma (10) Lonzo Ball (5) Pepsi Center 19,520 8–14 23 December 3 Houston L 95–118 Kyle Kuzma (22) Kyle Kuzma (12) Brandon Ingram (5) Staples Center 18,997 8–15 24 December 7 @ Philadelphia W 107–104 Brandon Ingram (21) Lonzo Ball (8) Lonzo Ball (8) Wells Fargo Center 20,495 9–15 25 December 9 @ Charlotte W 110–99 Jordan Clarkson (22) Kyle Kuzma (14) Lonzo Ball (9) Spectrum Center 19,320 10–15 26 December 12 @ New York L 109–113 (OT) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (24) Larry Nance Jr. (9) Lonzo Ball (6) Madison Square Garden 19,359 10–16 27 December 14 @ Cleveland L 112–121 Brandon Ingram (26) Larry Nance Jr. (12) Lonzo Ball (11) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 10–17 28 December 18 Golden State L 114–116 (OT) Kyle Kuzma (25) Julius Randle (11) Lonzo Ball (6) Staples Center 18,997 10–18 29 December 20 @ Houston W 122–116 Kyle Kuzma (38) Ball , Nance Jr. (9) Brandon Ingram (6) Toyota Center 18,055 11–18 30 December 22 @ Golden State L 106–113 Kyle Kuzma (27) Kyle Kuzma (14) Lonzo Ball (5) Oracle Arena 19,596 11–19 31 December 23 Portland L 92–95 Clarkson , Kuzma (18) Josh Hart (10) Lonzo Ball (11) Staples Center 18,997 11–20 32 December 25 Minnesota L 104–121 Kyle Kuzma (31) Julius Randle (7) Jordan Clarkson (7) Staples Center 18,997 11–21 33 December 27 Memphis L 99–109 Brandon Ingram (23) Larry Nance Jr. (9) Brandon Ingram (4) Staples Center 18,997 11–22 34 December 29 L.A. Clippers L 106–121 Jordan Clarkson (20) Caldwell-Pope , Randle (7) Jordan Clarkson (8) Staples Center 18,997 11–23 35 December 31 @ Houston L 142–148 (2OT) Julius Randle (29) Julius Randle (15) Tyler Ennis (11) Toyota Center 18,179 11–24
January : 8–7 (home: 6–2; road: 2–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 36 January 1 @ Minnesota L 96–114 Jordan Clarkson (20) Julius Randle (12) Clarkson , Ennis (4) Target Center 18,978 11–25 37 January 3 Oklahoma City L 96–133 Kyle Kuzma (18) Larry Nance Jr. (7) Tyler Ennis (6) Staples Center 18,997 11–26 38 January 5 Charlotte L 94–108 Brandon Ingram (22) Brandon Ingram (14) Lonzo Ball (5) Staples Center 18,997 11–27 39 January 7 Atlanta W 132–113 Brandon Ingram (20) Lonzo Ball (10) Brandon Ingram (7) Staples Center 18,997 12–27 40 January 9 Sacramento W 99–86 Julius Randle (22) Julius Randle (14) Lonzo Ball (11) Staples Center 18,997 13–27 41 January 11 San Antonio W 93–81 Brandon Ingram (26) Lonzo Ball (10) Lonzo Ball (6) Staples Center 18,997 14–27 42 January 13 @ Dallas W 107–101 (OT) Julius Randle (23) Julius Randle (15) Lonzo Ball (7) American Airlines Center 20,209 15–27 43 January 15 @ Memphis L 114–123 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (27) Larry Nance Jr. (11) Kyle Kuzma (5) FedExForum 17,794 15–28 44 January 17 @ Oklahoma City L 90–114 Julius Randle (16) Larry Nance Jr. (6) Clarkson , Ennis , Ingram , Randle (3) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 15–29 45 January 19 Indiana W 99–86 Jordan Clarkson (33) Larry Nance Jr. (11) Jordan Clarkson (7) Staples Center 18,997 16–29 46 January 21 New York W 127–107 Jordan Clarkson (29) Julius Randle (12) Jordan Clarkson (10) Staples Center 18,997 17–29 47 January 23 Boston W 108–107 Kyle Kuzma (28) Julius Randle (14) Clarkson , Ingram (4) Staples Center 18,997 18–29 48 January 26 @ Chicago W 108–103 Brandon Ingram (25) Brandon Ingram (9) Brandon Ingram (5) United Center 21,827 19–29 49 January 28 @ Toronto L 111–123 Clarkson , Randle (17) Julius Randle (10) Caruso , Randle (5) Air Canada Centre 19,800 19–30 50 January 31 @ Orlando L 105–127 Clarkson , Randle (20) Julius Randle (9) Brandon Ingram (5) Amway Center 18,553 19–31
February : 7–3 (home: 3–0; road: 4–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 51 February 2 @ Brooklyn W 102–99 Lopez , Randle (19) Josh Hart (14) Brandon Ingram (10) Barclays Center 17,732 20–31 52 February 4 @ Oklahoma City W 108–104 Brook Lopez (20) Josh Hart (11) Lopez , Ingram (5) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 21–31 53 February 6 Phoenix W 112–93 Brandon Ingram (26) Josh Hart (11) Clarkson , Ingram , Randle (5) Staples Center 18,997 22–31 54 February 8 Oklahoma City W 106–81 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (20) Brook Lopez (9) Brandon Ingram (6) Staples Center 18,997 23–31 55 February 10 @ Dallas L 123–130 Julius Randle (26) Kyle Kuzma (15) Julius Randle (7) American Airlines Center 20,162 23–32 56 February 14 @ New Orleans L 117–139 Kyle Kuzma (23) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (8) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (8) Smoothie King Center 15,436 23–33 57 February 15 @ Minnesota L 111–119 Julius Randle (23) Caldwell-Pope , Zubac (11) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (6) Target Center 17,534 23–34 58 February 23 Dallas W 124–102 Julius Randle (18) Julius Randle (13) Julius Randle (10) Staples Center 18,997 24–34 59 February 24 @ Sacramento W 113–108 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (34) Julius Randle (13) Brandon Ingram (8) Golden 1 Center 17,583 25–34 60 February 26 @ Atlanta W 123–104 Brandon Ingram (21) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (14) Brandon Ingram (6) Philips Arena 16,328 26–34
March : 7–8 (home: 4–3; road: 3–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 61 March 1 @ Miami W 131–113 Isaiah Thomas (29) Randle , Ball , Kuzma (6) Lonzo Ball (7) American Airlines Arena 19,600 27–34 62 March 3 @ San Antonio W 116–112 Julius Randle (25) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (13) Lonzo Ball (11) AT&T Center 18,557 28–34 63 March 5 Portland L 103–108 Julius Randle (21) Julius Randle (9) Isaiah Thomas (7) Staples Center 18,997 28–35 64 March 7 Orlando W 108–107 Brook Lopez (27) Julius Randle (11) Isaiah Thomas (9) Staples Center 18,997 29–35 65 March 9 @ Denver L 116–125 Brook Lopez (29) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (9) Lonzo Ball (8) Pepsi Center 19,807 29–36 66 March 11 Cleveland W 127–113 Julius Randle (36) Julius Randle (14) Isaiah Thomas (9) Staples Center 18,997 30–36 67 March 13 Denver W 112–103 Randle , Kuzma (26) Randle , Kuzma (13) Lonzo Ball (8) Staples Center 18,997 31–36 68 March 14 @ Golden State L 106–117 Julius Randle (22) Julius Randle (10) Lonzo Ball (11) Oracle Arena 19,596 31–37 69 March 16 Miami L 91–92 Julius Randle (25) Julius Randle (12) Lonzo Ball (8) Staples Center 18,997 31–38 70 March 19 @ Indiana L 100–110 Kyle Kuzma (27) Julius Randle (9) Lonzo Ball (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,603 31–39 71 March 22 @ New Orleans L 125–128 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (28) Lonzo Ball (13) Lonzo Ball (9) Smoothie King Center 18,037 31–40 72 March 24 @ Memphis W 100–93 Kyle Kuzma (25) Julius Randle (11) Lonzo Ball (10) FedExForum 18,119 32–40 73 March 26 @ Detroit L 106–112 Julius Randle (23) Randle , Kuzma (11) Lonzo Ball (11) Little Caesars Arena 18,718 32–41 74 March 28 Dallas W 103–93 Brook Lopez (22) Julius Randle (10) Lonzo Ball (11) Staples Center 18,997 33–41 75 March 30 Milwaukee L 122–124 (OT) Kyle Kuzma (27) Josh Hart (13) Caruso , Ingram , Kuzma (6) Staples Center 18,997 33–42
April : 2–5 (home: 1–4; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 76 April 1 Sacramento L 83–84 Julius Randle (19) Ivica Zubac (10) Ennis , Hart (4) Staples Center 18,997 33–43 77 April 3 @ Utah L 110–117 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (28) Julius Randle (12) Julius Randle (9) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306 33–44 78 April 4 San Antonio W 122–112 (OT) Kyle Kuzma (30) Josh Hart (10) Tyler Ennis (7) Staples Center 18,997 34–44 79 April 6 Minnesota L 96–113 Hart , Randle (20) Josh Hart (11) Ennis , Payton II (4) Staples Center 18,997 34–45 80 April 8 Utah L 97–112 Josh Hart (25) Julius Randle (7) Julius Randle (4) Staples Center 18,997 34–46 81 April 10 Houston L 99–105 Josh Hart (20) Julius Randle (8) Alex Caruso (6) Staples Center 18,997 34–47 82 April 11 @ L.A. Clippers W 115–100 Josh Hart (30) Gary Payton II (12) Andre Ingram (6) Staples Center 19,068 35–47
2017–18 season schedule
Transactions [ edit ] Free agency [ edit ] Re-signed [ edit ] Additions [ edit ] Subtractions [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "Lakers acquire Brook Lopez, Kyle Kuzma in trade with Brooklyn" . nba.com/lakers . June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017 . ^ "Lakers acquire Josh Hart, Thomas Bryant in trade with Utah" . nba.com/lakers . June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017 . ^ "Cavaliers trade Isaiah Thomas for Jordan Clarkson, Larry Nance" . ESPN.com . ^ "Lakers Sign Tyler Ennis" . NBA.com/lakers . July 26, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017 . ^ "Lakers sign Kentavious Caldwell-Pope" . NBA.com/lakers . July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017 . ^ "Lakers sign Alex Caruso" . NBA.com/lakers . July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017 . ^ "Lakers Sign Vander Blue" . NBA.com . October 18, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017 . ^ "Lakers waive Tarik Black" . NBA.com/lakers . July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017 . ^ "Warriors sign free agent guard Nick Young" . NBA.com/warriors . July 7, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2017 . ^ "Lakers waive David Nwaba" . NBA.com/lakers . July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017 .
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