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Los Angeles Lakers End-of-Season Notes 17-time World Champions GAME Most wins in NBA postseason history: 456-305 (.599) 7th place - Western Conference • 3rd place - Pacific Division NOTES Regular Season: 42-10 • NBA Playoffs: 2-4 DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT TV/REC LAST GAME'S STARTERS 12/22 LA Clippers L, 116-109 0-1 12/25 Dallas W, 138-115 1-1 12/27 Minnesota W, 127-91 2-1 LeBron GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% MPG 12/28 Portland L, 115-107 2-2 James 6/6 23.3 7.2 8.0 .474 .375 .609 37.3 12/30 at San Antonio W, 121-107 3-2 LAST GAME: 29 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks in 41 minutes in Game 6 1/1 at San Antonio W, 109-103 4-2 #23 • Extended his NBA-record double-digit scoring streak to 1,040 games this season 1/3 at Memphis W, 108-94 5-2 F • 6-9 • 250 • Averaged at least 25 points per game for an NBA-record 17th season (2004-21) 1/5 at Memphis W, 94-92 6-2 • Named to All-NBA First Team for league-record 13th time in 2019-20 1/7 San Antonio L, 118-109 6-3 St. Vincent-St. Mary 1/8 Chicago W, 117-115 7-3 1/10 at Houston W, 120-102 8-3 Anthony GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% MPG 1/12 at Houston W, 117-100 9-3 1/13 at Oklahoma City W, 128-99 10-3 Davis 5/5 17.4 6.6 2.6 .403 .182 .833 28.8 1/15 New Orleans W, 112-95 11-3 #3 LAST GAME: 1 rebound and 1 assist in 5 minutes in Game 6 1/18 Golden State L, 115-113 11-4 • One of five players to shoot 50-40-90 or better in the NBA Finals (min. 20+ PPG) 1/21 at Milwaukee W, 113-106 12-4 F • 6-10 • 253 • One of eight players to win an NBA Championship, NCAA championship and Olympic gold medal 1/23 at Chicago W, 101-90 13-4 Kentucky • Named to All-NBA First Team and NBA All-Defensive First Team last season 1/25 at Cleveland W, 115-108 14-4 1/27 at Philadelphia L, 107-106 14-5 1/28 at Detroit L, 107-92 14-6 Marc GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% MPG 1/30 at Boston W, 96-95 15-6 5/1 5.2 3.8 3.0 .615 .636 .750 17.5 2/1 at Atlanta W, 107-99 16-6 Gasol 2/4 Denver W, 114-93 17-6 #14 LAST GAME: 7 assists, 3 rebounds and 1 block in 18 minutes in Game 6 2/6 Detroit W, 135-129 (2OT) 18-6 C • 7-1 • 255 • 2019 NBA Champion with the Toronto Raptors 2/8 Oklahoma City W, 119-112 (OT) 19-6 • Former Defensive Player of the Year (2013) 2/10 Oklahoma City W, 114-113 (OT) 20-6 CB Girona • Three-time All-Star & Two-time All-NBA honoree 2/12 Memphis W, 115-105 21-6 2/14 at Denver L, 122-105 21-7 GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% MPG 2/16 at Minnesota W, 112-104 22-7 Kentavious 2/18 Brooklyn L, 109-98 22-8 Caldwell-Pope 5/5 6.2 2.8 1.0 .379 .211 1.000 29.1 2/20 Miami L, 96-94 22-9 #1 LAST GAME: 19 points and 3 rebounds in 39 minutes in Game 6 2/22 Washington L, 127-124 (OT) 22-10 • Ranks 5th on the Lakers' career three-pointers made list (522) 2/24 at Utah L, 114-89 22-11 G • 6-5 • 205 • Shot a career-best 41 percent (120-293 3FG) from three-point range this season 2/26 Portland W, 102-93 23-11 Georgia • Re-signed with the Lakers on Nov. 22 2020 2/28 Golden State W, 117-91 24-11 3/2 Phoenix L, 114-104 24-12 3/3 at Sacramento L, 123-120 24-13 Dennis GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% MPG 3/12 Indiana W, 105-100 25-13 3/15 at Golden State W, 128-97 26-13 Schröder 6/6 14.3 3.0 2.8 .400 .308 .846 32.8 3/16 Minnesota W, 137-121 27-13 #17 LAST GAME: 20 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal in 38 minutes in Game 6 3/18 Charlotte W, 116-105 28-13 • Led all bench players in scoring in 2019-20 3/20 Atlanta L, 99-94 28-14 G • 6-1 • 172 • Shot career-highs from the field (.469) and from three-point range (.385) last season 3/21 at Phoenix L, 111-94 28-15 LÖwen Braunschweig • Acquired by the Lakers in a trade with Oklahoma City on Nov. 18, 2020 3/23 at New Orleans L, 128-111 28-16 3/25 Philadelphia L, 109-101 28-17 3/26 Cleveland W, 100-86 29-17 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: Kostas Antetokounmpo (COAST-us ah-deh-toh-KOON-boh); Devontae Cacok 3/28 Orlando W, 96-93 30-17 (CAY-cock); Montrezl Harrell (mon-TREZ HAIR-uhl); Talen Horton-Tucker (TAY-len); Dennis Schröder 3/31 Milwaukee L, 112-97 30-18 (SHROO-der); Nina Hsieh (SHAY) 4/2 at Sacramento W, 115-94 31-18 4/4 at LA Clippers L, 104-86 31-19 4/6 at Toronto W, 110-101 32-19 2020-21 RECORDS 4/8 at Miami L, 110-104 32-20 4/10 at Brooklyn W, 126-101 33-20 RECORD HOME (STREAK) ROAD (STREAK) OVERTIME STREAK 4/12 at New York L, 111-96 33-21 4/13 at Charlotte W, 101-93 34-21 PLAYOFFS 2-4 1-2 (L2) 1-2 (L1) - L3 4/15 Boston L, 121-113 34-22 4/17 Utah W, 127-115 (OT) 35-22 REG. SEASON 42-30 21-15 (W4) 21-15 (W2) 5-1 (W2) W5 4/19 Utah L, 111-97 35-23 4/22 at Dallas L, 115-110 35-24 PACIFIC 4-8 2-4 (W1) 2-4 (L2) - W1 4/24 at Dallas L, 108-93 35-25 WESTERN 25-17 14-7 (W3) 11-10 (W1) 3-0 (W3) W3 4/26 at Orlando W, 114-103 36-25 4/28 at Washington L, 116-107 36-26 EASTERN 17-13 7-8 (W1) 10-5 (W1) 2-1 (W1) W2 4/30 Sacramento L, 110-106 36-27 5/2 Toronto L, 121-114 36-28 5/3 Denver W, 93-89 37-28 + STATUS REPORT 2020-21 TEAM LEADERS 5/6 at LA Clippers L, 118-94 37-29 CATEGORY PLAYER 5/7 at Portland L, 106-101 37-30 • The Lakers missed a combined 165 games due to 5/9 Phoenix W, 123-110 38-30 Scoring James – 1,126 (25.0) injury or illness in 2020-21, between the regular 5/11 New York W, 101-99 (OT) 39-30 Rebounds Harrell – 428 (6.2) 5/12 Houston W, 124-122 40-30 season (163) and 2021 NBA Playoffs (2) 5/15 at Indiana W, 122-115 41-30 Assists Schröder – 351 (5.8) 5/16 at New Orleans W, 110-98 42-30 Steals Schröder – 70 (1.1) 5/19 Golden State^ W, 103-100 - Blocks Davis – 59 (1.6) 5/23 at Phoenix L, 99-90 0-1 FG James – 422 5/25 at Phoenix W, 109-102 1-1 FG% Harrell – .622 (375-603, 5th in NBA) 5/27 Phoenix W, 109-95 2-1 3FG Kuzma – 137 5/30 Phoenix L, 100-92 2-2 3FG% Caldwell-Pope – .410 (120-293) 6/1 at Phoenix L, 115-85 2-3 6/3 Phoenix L, 113-100 2-4 FT Schröder – 206 FT% Schröder – .848 (206-243) All times shown in Pacific Daylight Time; ^ designates Play-In Tournament IN-GAME STATS UPDATES ARE AVAILABLE TO CREDENTIALED MEDIA ON TWITTER AT @LAKERS_MR LOS ANGELES LAKERS | 17-time World Champions 2020-21 LOS ANGELES LAKERS ROSTER NO. NAME POS HT WT DOB PRIOR TO NBA / COUNTRY YRS 37 Kostas Antetokounmpo (2W) F 6-10 200 11/20/97 Dayton / Greece 2 12 Devontae Cacok (2W) F 6-7 240 10/8/96 UNC Wilmington / USA 1 1 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G 6-5 205 2/18/93 Georgia / USA 7 4 Alex Caruso G 6-5 186 2/28/94 Texas A&M / USA 3 3 Anthony Davis F 6-10 253 3/11/93 Kentucky / USA 8 2 Andre Drummond C 6-10 279 8/10/93 Connecticut / USA 8 10 Jared Dudley F 6-6 237 7/10/85 Boston College / USA 13 14 Marc Gasol C 7-1 255 1/29/85 CB Girona (Spain) / Spain 12 15 Montrezl Harrell F/C 6-7 253 1/26/94 Louisville / USA 5 5 Talen Horton-Tucker G 6-4 233 11/25/00 Iowa State / USA 1 23 LeBron James F 6-9 250 12/30/84 St. Vincent-St.Mary (OH) / USA 17 0 Kyle Kuzma F 6-8 220 7/24/95 Utah / USA 3 9 Wesley Matthews G 6-4 221 10/14/86 Marquette / USA 11 28 Alfonzo McKinnie F 6-8 215 9/17/92 Green Bay / USA 3 7 Ben McLemore G 6-3 195 2/11/93 Kansas / USA 7 88 Markieff Morris F 6-10 245 9/2/89 Kansas / USA 9 17 Dennis SchrÖder G 6-1 172 9/15/93 LÖwen Braunschweig (Germany) / Germany 7 HEAD COACH: Frank Vogel (Kentucky) ASSISTANT COACHES: Jason Kidd (California), Lionel Hollins (Arizona State), Phil Handy (Hawaii), Miles Simon (Arizona), Mike Penberthy (Master’s College), Quinton Crawford (Arizona) ATHLETIC TRAINER: Nina Hsieh (Cal State Fullerton) NUMERICAL ROSTER HOW THE LAKERS WERE BUILT VIA FREE AGENCY 0 Kuzma 12 Cacok 2017-18: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (re-signed 11/19/20), 1 Caldwell-Pope 14 Gasol Alex Caruso (re-signed 7/7/19) 2 Drummond 15 Harrell 2018-19: LeBron James (re-signed 12/3/20) 3 Davis 17 SchrÖder 2019-20: Kostas Antetokounmpo (re-signed 11/26/20), Devontae Cacok, 4 Caruso 23 James Jared Dudley (re-signed 12/1/20), Markieff Morris (re-signed 11/23/20) 5 Horton-Tucker 28 McKinnie 2020-21: Andre Drummond, Marc Gasol, Montrezl Harrell, Wesley Matthews, 7 McLemore 37 Antetokounmpo Ben McLemore 9 Matthews 88 Morris 10 Dudley VIA TRADE (Acquired From) 2017-18: Kyle Kuzma (Brooklyn) 2019-20: Anthony Davis (New Orleans), Talen Horton-Tucker (Orlando) 2020-21: Alfonzo McKinnie (Cleveland), Dennis SchrÖder (Oklahoma City) SEASON TRANSACTIONS (11/18) Selected Jaden McDaniels with the 28th overall selection in the 2020 NBA Draft ..