2023–24 Los Angeles Lakers season

2023–24 Los Angeles Lakers season
2023–24 Los Angeles Lakers season
NBA Cup champions
Head coach	Darvin Ham
President	Jeanie Buss; Rob Pelinka (vice);
General manager	Rob Pelinka
Owners	Jerry Buss family trust (majority); Jeanie Buss (controlling owner); Mark Walter, Todd Boehly, Edward P. Roski, and Patrick Soon-Shiong (minority)
Arena	Crypto.com Arena
Results
Record	47–35 (.573)
Place	Division: 3rd (Pacific); Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finish	First round; (lost to Nuggets 1–4)
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Spectrum SportsNet
Radio	ESPN LA 710 (English); 1020 Radio AM (Spanish)
< 2022–23	2024–25 >

The 2023–24 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 77th season of the franchise, its 76th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), its 64th season in Los Angeles, and its 25th season playing home games at Crypto.com Arena. This was the Lakers' second and final season with Darvin Ham as head coach, with Ham joining the team as the Lakers coach on June 3, 2022, before the end of the 2021–22 season.

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Prior to the start of the season, LeBron James announced that he would switch his jersey number back to #23 after wearing #6 (which he also wore with the Miami Heat) the previous two seasons. On August 24, 2023, the Lakers announced that a statue of Kobe Bryant would be unveiled in front of Crypto.com Arena on February 8, 2024.

The Lakers held a perfect 7–0 record in the inaugural In-Season Tournament,^[2] winning the inaugural NBA Cup on December 9 by defeating the Indiana Pacers.^[3] The Lakers improved to the 4th seed in the Western Conference after their In-Season Tournament run, having a 14–9 record. However, they struggled immediately after the run, eventually falling to 17–19 in January and the 9th seed. Despite this, the Lakers finished the season 47–35, having a record of 23-10 since February 1. They moved up to the 8th seed in the Western Conference, which qualified them for the NBA Play-In Tournament for the second consecutive year. They defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 110–106 to go to the playoffs for a second consecutive year. The Lakers played the defending champion Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 2024 NBA playoffs, a rematch of the previous year's Western Conference Finals. However, the Nuggets won the series 4–1, which included two Jamal Murray game-winning shots in Games 2 and 5, respectively. This is the first time that the Lakers lost in the first round since 2021 when they lost to the eventual Conference champion Phoenix Suns in six games and the second time that James lost in the first round in his career, having also lost to the 2020–21 Suns.

On May 3, 2024, the Lakers fired their entire coaching staff, which includes head coach Darvin Ham, after serving for two seasons, and assistant coach Phil Handy, who had been with the team since their 2020 championship season.^[4]

The Los Angeles Lakers drew an average home attendance of 18,903 in 42 home games in the 2023-24 NBA season.^[5]

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Team
1	17	Jalen Hood-Schifino	PG/SG	United States	Indiana (Fr.)
2	40	Maxwell Lewis	SF	United States	Pepperdine (So.)

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Los Angeles Clippers	51	31	.622	–	25‍–‍16	26‍–‍15	9‍–‍7	82
x – Phoenix Suns	49	33	.598	2.0	25‍–‍16	24‍–‍17	9‍–‍9	82
x – Los Angeles Lakers	47	35	.573	4.0	28‍–‍14	19‍–‍21	7‍–‍10	82
pi – Sacramento Kings	46	36	.561	5.0	24‍–‍17	22‍–‍19	10‍–‍7	82
pi – Golden State Warriors	46	36	.561	5.0	21‍–‍20	25‍–‍16	7‍–‍9	82

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c – Oklahoma City Thunder *	57	25	.695	–	82
2	x – Denver Nuggets	57	25	.695	–	82
3	x – Minnesota Timberwolves	56	26	.683	1.0	82
4	y – Los Angeles Clippers *	51	31	.622	6.0	82
5	y – Dallas Mavericks *	50	32	.610	7.0	82
6	x – Phoenix Suns	49	33	.598	8.0	82

7	x – New Orleans Pelicans	49	33	.598	8.0	82
8	x – Los Angeles Lakers	47	35	.573	10.0	82
9	pi – Sacramento Kings	46	36	.561	11.0	82
10	pi – Golden State Warriors	46	36	.561	11.0	82

11	Houston Rockets	41	41	.500	16.0	82
12	Utah Jazz	31	51	.378	26.0	82
13	Memphis Grizzlies	27	55	.329	30.0	82
14	San Antonio Spurs	22	60	.268	35.0	82
15	Portland Trail Blazers	21	61	.256	36.0	82

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	LAL	PHX	UTA	POR	MEM
1	Los Angeles Lakers	4	4	0	494	420	+74	Advance to knockout stage	—	122–119	131–99	107–95	134–107
2	Phoenix Suns	4	3	1	480	446	+34	Advance to knockout stage	119–122	—	131–128	120–107	110–89
3	Utah Jazz	4	2	2	469	482	−13		99–131	128–131	—	115–99	127–121
4	Portland Trail Blazers	4	1	3	416	455	−39		95–107	107–120	99–115	—	115–113 (OT)
5	Memphis Grizzlies	4	0	4	430	486	−56		107–134	89–110	121–127	113–115 (OT)	—

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

2023–24 Los Angeles Lakers season

Draft

Roster

Standings

Division

Conference

Game log

Preseason

Regular season

Play-in

Playoffs

In-Season Tournament

West group A

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Transactions

Free agency

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions

References

External links

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Los Angeles Lakers statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Colin Castleton	16	0	3.7	.563		1.000	.8	.2	.1	.0	1.5
Max Christie	67	7	14.1	.427	.356	.783	2.1	.9	.3	.3	4.2
Anthony Davis	76	76	35.5	.556	.271	.816	12.6	3.5	1.2	2.3	24.7
Spencer Dinwiddie^†	28	4	24.2	.397	.389	.880	1.7	2.4	.5	.5	6.8
Alex Fudge^†	4	0	3.5	.167	.000	1.000	.5	.0	.0	.0	1.0
Harry Giles III^†	7	0	2.7	.167	.000		.6	.0	.1	.0	.3
Rui Hachimura	68	39	26.9	.537	.422	.739	4.3	1.2	.6	.4	13.6
Jaxson Hayes	70	5	12.5	.720	.000	.622	3.0	.5	.5	.4	4.3
D'Moi Hodge	7	0	5.9	.333	.250	.500	.0	.7	.1	.1	2.0
Jalen Hood-Schifino	21	0	5.2	.222	.133	.600	.6	.4	.1	.1	1.6
LeBron James	71	71	35.3	.540	.410	.750	7.3	8.3	1.3	.5	25.7
Maxwell Lewis	34	0	3.0	.190	.111	.667	.1	.2	.1	.0	.3
Skylar Mays^†	17	0	4.5	.476	.400		.4	.6	.4	.1	1.3
Taurean Prince	78	49	27.0	.442	.396	.735	2.9	1.5	.7	.4	8.9
Austin Reaves	82	57	32.1	.486	.367	.853	4.3	5.5	.8	.3	15.9
Cam Reddish	48	26	20.5	.389	.336	.759	2.1	1.0	1.0	.3	5.4
D'Angelo Russell	76	69	32.7	.456	.415	.828	3.1	6.3	.9	.5	18.0
Jarred Vanderbilt	29	6	20.0	.518	.296	.667	4.8	1.2	1.2	.2	5.2
Gabe Vincent	11	0	19.8	.306	.107	.500	.8	1.9	.8	.0	3.1
Dylan Windler^†	8	0	3.5	.444	.500		.4	.8	.0	.0	1.5
Christian Wood	50	1	17.4	.466	.307	.702	5.1	1.0	.3	.7	6.9

Los Angeles Lakers statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Anthony Davis	5	5	41.6	.634	.000	.808	15.6	4.0	.4	1.6	27.8
Spencer Dinwiddie	5	0	14.6	.357	.250	.500	1.4	1.6	.4	.2	3.0
Rui Hachimura	5	5	30.4	.395	.357	.500	3.8	.8	.0	.0	7.8
Jaxson Hayes	4	0	6.0	.000		.500	3.0	.3	.0	.0	.3
LeBron James	5	5	40.8	.566	.385	.739	6.8	8.8	2.4	1.0	27.8
Taurean Prince	5	0	22.2	.414	.294	1.000	2.4	.6	.2	.4	7.4
Austin Reaves	5	5	34.8	.476	.269	.895	3.8	3.6	1.4	.6	16.8
D'Angelo Russell	5	5	37.0	.384	.318	.500	2.8	4.2	.8	.2	14.2
Gabe Vincent	5	0	13.8	.250	.143		1.6	.6	.4	.0	1.4

Date	Player	Contract terms	Ref.
July 1, 2023	Rui Hachimura	3 years $51M	^[9]
July 1, 2023	Austin Reaves	4 years $56M	^[10]
July 1, 2023	D'Angelo Russell	2 years $37M	^[11]
September 18, 2023	Jarred Vanderbilt	4 years $48M	^[12]^[13]

Date	Player	Contract terms	Former team	Ref.
July 1, 2023	Gabe Vincent	3 years $33M	Miami Heat	^[14]
July 1, 2023	Taurean Prince	1 year $4.5M	Minnesota Timberwolves	^[15]
July 1, 2023	Cam Reddish	2 years $4.6M	Portland Trail Blazers	^[16]
July 1, 2023	Jaxson Hayes	2 years $4.6M	New Orleans Pelicans	^[17]
July 3, 2023	Colin Castleton	Two-way contract	Florida Gators	^[18]
September 5, 2023	Christian Wood	2 years $5.7M	Dallas Mavericks	^[19]
January 6, 2024	Dylan Windler	Two-way contract	Westchester Knicks	^[20]
January 8, 2024	Skylar Mays	Two-way contract	Portland Trail Blazers	^[21]
February 10, 2024	Spencer Dinwiddie	1 year $2.0M	Brooklyn Nets	^[22]
March 2, 2024	Harry Giles III	Two-way contract	Brooklyn Nets	^[23]