1993–94 Los Angeles Lakers season

The 1993–94 NBA season was the Lakers' 46th season in the National Basketball Association, and 34th in the city of Los Angeles.^[1] The Lakers received the twelfth overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft, and selected George Lynch from the University of North Carolina,^[2][3][4][5] and also selected Nick Van Exel from the University of Cincinnati with the 37th overall pick.^[6][7][8][5] During the off-season, the team acquired Sam Bowie from the New Jersey Nets,^[9][10][11] and re-signed free agent and former Lakers forward Kurt Rambis.^[12][13] The Lakers continued to struggle as they lost 9 of their first 12 games, and held a 18–29 record at the All-Star break.^[14] Head coach Randy Pfund was fired after a 27–37 start, and was replaced with interim Bill Bertka for the next two games.^[15][16]

1993–94 Los Angeles Lakers season
Head coach	Randy Pfund (fired) Bill Bertka (interim) Magic Johnson
General manager	Jerry West
Owner(s)	Jerry Buss
Arena	Great Western Forum
Results
Record	33–49 (.402)
Place	Division: 5th (Pacific) Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KCAL-TV Prime Sports West
Radio	KLAC
< 1992–93 1994–95 >

With the team out of playoff position and struggling in March, they decided to bring former Laker and retired All-Star guard Magic Johnson back as their new coach.^{[17][18][19][20][21]} At midseason, the team acquired Danny Schayes from the Milwaukee Bucks.^[22][23] Under Magic, the Lakers won five of their next six games. However, they lost their final ten games of the season and finished fifth in the Pacific Division with a 33–49 record, missing the playoffs for the first time since 1975–76.^[24]

Vlade Divac led the team with 14.2 points, 10.8 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, while second-year guard Anthony Peeler averaged 14.1 points per game, but only played just 30 games due to a stress fracture in his left leg, and tendonitis in his right leg,^[25][26][27] and Van Exel averaged 13.6 points and 5.8 assists per game, and was selected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. In addition, Sedale Threatt provided the team with 11.9 points, 4.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game, while Elden Campbell provided with 12.3 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game, second-year guard Doug Christie contributed 10.3 points and 1.4 steals per game, and James Worthy averaged 10.2 points per game off the bench.^[28]

Following the season, Johnson resigned as head coach,^[29][30] while Worthy retired after twelve seasons with the Lakers,^[31][32][33] Christie was traded to the New York Knicks,^[34][35][36] and Schayes signed as a free agent with the Phoenix Suns.^[37]

Draft picks

Main article: 1993 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	12	George Lynch	SF/PF	United States	North Carolina
2	37	Nick Van Exel	PG	United States	Cincinnati

Roster

1993–94 Los Angeles Lakers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From C 31 Bowie, Sam 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1961–03–17 Kentucky F 41 Campbell, Elden 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1968–07–23 Clemson G 8 Christie, Doug 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1970–05–09 Pepperdine C 12 Divac, Vlade 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 243 lb (110 kg) 1968–02–03 Yugoslavia C 53 Edwards, James 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1955–11–22 Washington F 40 Harvey, Antonio 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1970–07–06 Pfeiffer G 23 Jordan, Reggie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1968–01–26 New Mexico F 30 Lynch, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1970–09–03 North Carolina G 1 Peeler, Anthony 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1969–11–25 Missouri F 18 Rambis, Kurt 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1958–02–25 Santa Clara C 26 Schayes, Danny 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1959–05–10 Syracuse G 34 Smith, Tony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1968–06–14 Marquette G 3 Threatt, Sedale 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1961–09–10 West Virginia Tech G 9 Van Exel, Nick 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1971–11–27 Cincinnati F 42 Worthy, James 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1961–02–27 North Carolina

Head coach Randy Pfund (fired) Bill Bertka (interim) Magic Johnson Assistant coach(es) Bill Bertka Michael Cooper Larry Drew Chet Kammerer Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: 1994–02–24

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Seattle SuperSonics	63	19	.768	—	37–4	26–15	25–5
x-Phoenix Suns	56	26	.683	7	36–5	20–21	19–11
x-Golden State Warriors	50	32	.610	13	29–12	21–20	19–11
x-Portland Trail Blazers	47	35	.573	16	30–11	17–24	17–13
Los Angeles Lakers	33	49	.402	30	21–20	12–29	7–23
Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	35	20–21	8–33	9–21
Los Angeles Clippers	27	55	.329	36	17–24	10–31	9–21

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Seattle SuperSonics	63	19	.768	–
2	y-Houston Rockets	58	24	.707	5
3	x-Phoenix Suns	56	26	.683	7
4	x-San Antonio Spurs	55	27	.671	8
5	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	10
6	x-Golden State Warriors	50	32	.610	13
7	x-Portland Trail Blazers	47	35	.573	16
8	x-Denver Nuggets	42	40	.512	21
9	Los Angeles Lakers	33	49	.402	30
10	Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	35
11	Los Angeles Clippers	27	55	.329	36
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	20	62	.244	43
13	Dallas Mavericks	13	69	.159	50

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1993-94 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	4–0	4–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Boston	0–4	–	0–4	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–4	0–4	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Charlotte	1–4	4–0	–	1–4	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2
Chicago	3–2	2–2	4–1	–	1–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0
Cleveland	1–3	3–1	4–1	3–1	–	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–4	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	–	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–4	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	0–5	0–4	0–5	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	–	2–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–4	2–2	1–4	1–1
Detroit	0–4	1–3	0–4	0–5	2–3	1–1	0–2	–	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–4	2–0	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	–	0–4	1–1	4–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	4–1	2–2	1–4	3–1	2–0
Houston	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–0	4–0	–	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	4–0	2–3	2–2	3–3	1–1
Indiana	2–3	4–0	2–2	1–4	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–3	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	–	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	2–3	3–2	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–0	0–5	1–3	2–0	3–2	–	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–5	1–4	0–4	0–5	2–2	1–1
Miami	1–3	3–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	–	4–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–3	4–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Milwaukee	0–5	1–3	2–3	0–4	2–3	2–0	0–2	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	–	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–4	0–2	2–2	1–4	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–4	0–4	1–4	0–2
New Jersey	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	–	4–1	0–5	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
New York	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–4	–	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–0
Orlando	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	5–0	2–3	–	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–1
Philadelphia	0–4	1–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	0–4	–	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–3
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	5–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	3–2	4–1	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	0–4	1–1	3–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–3	–	4–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	2–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–4	–	1–3	0–5	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	4–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	–	0–4	0–5	2–0
Seattle	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	5–0	4–0	–	3–1	2–0
Utah	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	5–0	1–3	–	2–0
Washington	0–4	2–3	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–3	0–5	1–4	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

Regular season

1993–94 game log Total: 33–49 (Home: 21–20; Road: 12–29)
November: 5–9 (home: 3–3; road: 2–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 5 Phoenix W 116-108 Nick Van Exel (23) Vlade Divac (8) Tony Smith (9) Great Western Forum 17,505 1–0 2 November 6 @ Seattle L 101-129 Nick Van Exel (19) Vlade Divac (12) Nick Van Exel (5) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 1-1 3 November 9 Portland L 102-109 James Worthy (21) Vlade Divac (12) Nick Van Exel (10) Great Western Forum 11,476 1–2 4 November 10 @ Sacramento L 101-112 James Worthy (20) Vlade Divac (15) Nick Van Exel (9) ARCO Arena 17,317 1–3 5 November 12 Denver L 84-113 Doug Christie (21) Tony Smith (8) Nick Van Exel (4) Great Western Forum 11,215 1–4 6 November 14 Cleveland W 107-100 Bowie & Christie (18) Vlade Divac (13) Nick Van Exel (6) Great Western Forum 11,139 2–4 7 November 16 L.A. Clippers W 116-114 (2OT) 3 players tied (23) Vlade Divac (24) Nick Van Exel (9) Great Western Forum 11,012 3–4 8 November 18 @ Golden State L 76-103 Elden Campbell (15) Christie & Divac (7) Nick Van Exel (4) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 15,025 3–5 9 November 19 Chicago L 86-88 Doug Christie (22) Campbell & Divac (7) Nick Van Exel (9) Great Western Forum 15,512 3–6 10 November 21 @ New Jersey L 102-105 Sedale Threatt (30) Vlade Divac (14) Vlade Divac (4) Brendan Byrne Arena 12,205 3–7 11 November 23 @ Atlanta L 94-103 Nick Van Exel (22) Campbell & Divac (11) Nick Van Exel (5) Omni Coliseum 10,920 3–8 12 November 24 @ Charlotte L 124-141 Anthony Peeler (21) Vlade Divac (7) Sedale Threatt (10) Charlotte Coliseum 23,698 3–9 13 November 26 @ Indiana W 102-100 Anthony Peeler (21) Divac & Peeler (8) James Worthy (8) Market Square Arena 16,313 4–9 14 November 27 @ Minnesota W 96-92 Vlade Divac (20) Vlade Divac (12) Threatt & Van Exel (5) Target Center 18,354 5–9
December : 4–10 (home: 1–5; road: 3–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 15 December 1 Dallas W 124-91 Elden Campbell (18) Vlade Divac (8) Nick Van Exel (11) Great Western Forum 10,319 6–9 16 December 4 @ L.A. Clippers W 109-102 Doug Christie (33) Sam Bowie (9) 3 players tied (7) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 16,005 7–9 17 December 5 Minnesota L 99-101 Doug Christie (21) Campbell & Divac (7) Nick Van Exel (7) Great Western Forum 11,256 7–10 18 December 7 New York L 78-92 Sam Bowie (20) Elden Campbell (12) Threatt & Van Exel (5) Great Western Forum 14,147 7–11 19 December 10 @ Portland L 99-117 Elden Campbell (22) Elden Campbell (9) Sam Bowie (6) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 7–12 20 December 12 Golden State L 97-100 Doug Christie (19) Sam Bowie (8) Sedale Threatt (8) Great Western Forum 11,477 7–13 21 December 14 @ Detroit W 99-93 Sam Bowie (21) Elden Campbell (10) James Worthy (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 20,236 8–13 22 December 16 @ New York L 85-108 Christie & Worthy (14) Vlade Divac (13) Nick Van Exel (7) Madison Square Garden 19,763 8–14 23 December 17 @ Philadelphia L 94-105 James Worthy (22) Campbell & Divac (9) Nick Van Exel (8) The Spectrum 15,239 8–15 24 December 19 @ Cleveland L 92-122 Nick Van Exel (16) Elden Campbell (10) Nick Van Exel (8) Richfield Coliseum 17,308 8–16 25 December 21 @ Orlando W 109-102 Doug Christie (31) Vlade Divac (11) Anthony Peeler (6) Orlando Arena 15,291 9–16 26 December 23 @ Miami L 92-109 Nick Van Exel (16) Vlade Divac (11) Doug Christie (5) Miami Arena 15,200 9–17 27 December 26 Houston L 93-118 Doug Christie (20) Vlade Divac (11) Divac & Peeler (5) Great Western Forum 15,393 9–18 28 December 29 Seattle L 92-99 Elden Campbell (20) Campbell & Divac (13) Sedale Threatt (10) Great Western Forum 15,599 9–19
January : 5–7 (home: 4–3; road: 1–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 29 January 2 @ San Antonio L 92-94 Anthony Peeler (27) Elden Campbell (12) Sedale Threatt (7) Alamodome 18,017 9-20 30 January 4 @ Denver W 119-118 James Worthy (27) Vlade Divac (13) Christie & Threatt (4) McNichols Sports Arena 17,171 10–20 31 January 5 @ Sacramento L 98-106 Sedale Threatt (20) Vlade Divac (19) 3 players tied (3) ARCO Arena 17,317 10–21 32 January 7 L.A. Clippers W 111-108 Anthony Peeler (26) Vlade Divac (16) Sedale Threatt (7) Great Western Forum 14,321 11–21 33 January 9 San Antonio L 89-95 Nick Van Exel (19) Vlade Divac (8) Peeler & Threatt (5) Great Western Forum 11,069 11–22 34 January 11 Golden State L 117-122 Nick Van Exel (28) Vlade Divac (9) Divac & Van Exel (7) Great Western Forum 11,735 11–23 35 January 14 Charlotte L 122-130 Nick Van Exel (29) George Lynch (10) Vlade Divac (8) Great Western Forum 16,011 11–24 36 January 18 @ Seattle L 88-103 Nick Van Exel (22) Vlade Divac (15) Tony Smith (4) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,627 11–25 37 January 20 Phoenix W 107-102 James Worthy (22) Vlade Divac (13) Lynch & Van Exel (6) Great Western Forum 14,741 12–25 38 January 21 @ Portland L 93-111 Elden Campbell (27) George Lynch (9) Nick Van Exel (10) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 12–26 39 January 26 Indiana W 103-99 Vlade Divac (26) Vlade Divac (11) Vlade Divac (7) Great Western Forum 11,577 13–26 40 January 28 Detroit W 105-97 Lynch & Threatt (20) George Lynch (18) Nick Van Exel (8) Great Western Forum 13,235 14–26
February : 6–7 (home: 4–3; road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 41 February 1 @ San Antonio L 97-112 Nick Van Exel (24) Elden Campbell (10) Campbell & Van Exel (4) Alamodome 17,397 14–27 42 February 3 @ Houston L 88-99 Elden Campbell (29) Vlade Divac (15) Sedale Threatt (4) The Summit 12,092 14–28 43 February 4 @ Dallas W 95-87 George Lynch (26) Vlade Divac (19) Vlade Divac (7) Reunion Arena 15,482 15–28 44 February 6 Utah W 107-90 Reggie Jordan (28) Vlade Divac (23) Vlade Divac (9) Great Western Forum 11,777 16–28 45 February 8 Phoenix W 107-104 Sedale Threatt (26) Vlade Divac (15) Divac & Threatt (8) Great Western Forum 12,100 17–28 46 February 9 @ Utah W 103-96 Sedale Threatt (25) George Lynch (12) Nick Van Exel (6) Delta Center 19,911 18–28 47 February 10 Sacramento L 84-103 Nick Van Exel (17) George Lynch (16) Nick Van Exel (5) Great Western Forum 10,785 18–29 All-Star Break 48 February 15 L.A. Clippers L 89-100 James Worthy (15) Vlade Divac (16) Vlade Divac (12) Great Western Forum 11,954 18–30 49 February 18 @ Phoenix L 96-113 Elden Campbell (25) Elden Campbell (10) 3 players tied (4) American West Arena 19,023 18–31 50 February 20 Philadelphia W 107-95 Sedale Threatt (21) Vlade Divac (9) James Worthy (7) Great Western Forum 11,662 19–31 51 February 24 @ Sacramento L 90-102 Sedale Threatt (28) Vlade Divac (16) 3 players tied (5) ARCO Arena 17,317 19–32 52 February 25 San Antonio L 110-126 Vlade Divac (21) Vlade Divac (10) Sedale Threatt (9) Great Western Forum 13,783 19–33 53 February 27 Boston W 100-97 Vlade Divac (28) Vlade Divac (13) Nick Van Exel (12) Great Western Forum 13,063 20–33
March : 10–6 (home: 6–1; road: 4–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 54 March 2 @ Chicago W 97-89 Vlade Divac (27) Vlade Divac (11) Sedale Threatt (10) Chicago Stadium 18,146 21–33 55 March 4 @ Boston L 99-109 Nick Van Exel (26) Vlade Divac (11) Sedale Threatt (8) Boston Garden 14,890 21–34 56 March 5 @ Washington L 118-124 Sedale Threatt (32) Vlade Divac (14) Divac & Van Exel (7) USAir Arena 18,756 21–35 57 March 7 @ Milwaukee W 106-84 Tony Smith (25) 3 players tied (10) Divac & Van Exel (5) Bradley Center 14,978 22–35 58 March 10 Dallas W 106-101 Vlade Divac (22) Vlade Divac (17) Vlade Divac (12) Great Western Forum 11,149 23–35 59 March 13 @ Minnesota W 90-88 Vlade Divac (18) Vlade Divac (13) Sedale Threatt (11) Target Center 17,255 24–35 60 March 14 @ Utah L 101-102 Nick Van Exel (22) Vlade Divac (13) Vlade Divac (7) Delta Center 19,911 24–36 61 March 16 Washington W 129-94 Nick Van Exel (21) 3 players tied (10) Nick Van Exel (11) Great Western Forum 11,004 25–36 62 March 18 New Jersey L 90-102 Vlade Divac (18) Vlade Divac (11) Nick Van Exel (10) Great Western Forum 12,251 25–37 63 March 20 Orlando W 97-91 Sedale Threatt (30) Elden Campbell (13) Vlade Divac (9) Great Western Forum 17,505 26–37 64 March 21 Miami W 84-81 Sedale Threatt (23) Vlade Divac (15) Divac & Van Exel (6) Great Western Forum 11,497 27–37 65 March 23 @ Dallas W 112-109 Nick Van Exel (28) Elden Campbell (13) Divac & Van Exel (6) Reunion Arena 12,484 28–37 66 March 24 @ Houston L 107-113 Elden Campbell (25) Divac & Lynch (9) Vlade Divac (7) The Summit 14,688 28–38 67 March 27 Milwaukee W 110-101 George Lynch (30) Vlade Divac (19) Nick Van Exel (8) Great Western Forum 17,505 29–38 68 March 29 Minnesota W 91-89 Elden Campbell (27) Vlade Divac (11) Nick Van Exel (8) Great Western Forum 13,588 30–38 69 March 31 @ Seattle L 92-95 Elden Campbell (19) Campbell & Lynch (7) Tony Smith (6) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 30–39
April : 3–10 (home: 3–5; road: 0–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 70 April 1 Houston W 101-88 Nick Van Exel (31) Vlade Divac (13) 3 players tied (4) Great Western Forum 15,316 31–39 71 April 3 Atlanta W 101-89 Elden Campbell (17) Elden Campbell (10) Nick Van Exel (10) Great Western Forum 14,249 32–39 72 April 6 Sacramento W 128-123 (OT) James Worthy (31) Vlade Divac (14) 3 players tied (8) Great Western Forum 12,066 33–39 73 April 8 Denver L 99-112 Vlade Divac (33) Vlade Divac (9) Van Exel & Worthy (10) Great Western Forum 17,505 33–40 74 April 9 @ Portland L 104-112 Tony Smith (18) Vlade Divac (12) Sedale Threatt (7) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 33–41 75 April 12 Golden State L 117-128 Tony Smith (22) Vlade Divac (11) Nick Van Exel (11) Great Western Forum 13,302 33–42 76 April 13 @ Phoenix L 88-117 Tony Smith (22) 3 players tied (7) Nick Van Exel (8) American West Arena 19,023 33–43 77 April 15 Portland L 100-105 Elden Campbell (21) Vlade Divac (10) Nick Van Exel (10) Great Western Forum 14,494 33–44 78 April 16 @ L.A. Clippers L 103-108 Nick Van Exel (28) George Lynch (12) Nick Van Exel (5) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 16,005 33–45 79 April 19 @ Denver L 98-105 Vlade Divac (22) Campbell & Divac (8) Tony Smith (6) McNichols Sports Arena 17,171 33–46 80 April 20 Seattle L 90-112 Sedale Threatt (28) Doug Christie (8) Christie & Threatt (7) Great Western Forum 15,283 33–47 81 April 23 @ Golden State L 91-126 Tony Smith (19) 3 players tied (8) Christie & Van Exel (5) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 15,025 33–48 82 April 24 Utah L 97-103 Nick Van Exel (21) Kurt Rambis (9) Nick Van Exel (9) Great Western Forum 15,338 33–49
1993–94 schedule

Player statistics

Legend

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

Regular season

Los Angeles Lakers statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Sam Bowie	25	7	22.2	.436	.250	.867	5.2	1.9	.2	1.1	8.9
Elden Campbell	76	74	29.6	.462	.000	.689	6.8	1.1	.8	1.9	12.3
Doug Christie	65	34	23.3	.434	.328	.697	3.6	2.1	1.4	.4	10.3
Vlade Divac	79	73	34.0	.506	.191	.686	10.8	3.9	1.2	1.4	14.2
James Edwards	45	2	10.4	.464		.684	1.4	.5	.1	.1	4.7
Antonio Harvey	27	6	9.1	.367		.462	2.2	.2	.3	.7	2.6
Reggie Jordan	23	0	11.3	.427	.500	.686	2.9	1.1	.6	.2	5.4
George Lynch	71	46	24.8	.508	.000	.596	5.8	1.4	1.4	.4	9.6
Anthony Peeler	30	30	30.8	.430	.222	.803	3.6	3.1	1.4	.3	14.1
Kurt Rambis	50	1	12.7	.518	.000	.648	3.8	.6	.4	.5	3.3
Danny Schayes†	13	0	10.2	.368		.800	2.6	.6	.4	.2	2.8
Tony Smith	73	31	22.2	.441	.320	.714	2.7	2.0	.8	.2	8.8
Sedale Threatt	81	20	28.1	.482	.152	.890	1.9	4.2	1.4	.2	11.9
Nick Van Exel	81	80	33.3	.394	.338	.781	2.9	5.8	1.0	.1	13.6
Trevor Wilson†	5	4	25.2	.487		.520	5.6	2.4	1.0	.2	10.2
James Worthy	80	2	20.0	.406	.288	.741	2.3	1.9	.6	.2	10.2

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Lakers only.

Awards and records

Transactions

Main article: List of 1993–94 NBA season transactions

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