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The 2022–23 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 76th season of the franchise, its 75th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), its 63rd season in Los Angeles, and its 24th season playing home games at Crypto.com Arena. On April 11, 2022, the Los Angeles Lakers fired Frank Vogel as head coach. On June 3, 2022, the Lakers hired Darvin Ham as their new head coach.
2022–23 Los Angeles Lakers season | |
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Head coach | Darvin Ham |
General manager | Rob Pelinka |
President | Jeanie Buss |
Owners | Jerry Buss family trust (majority)[1] Jeanie Buss (controlling owner) Philip Anschutz, Edward P. Roski, and Patrick Soon-Shiong (minority) |
Arena | Crypto.com Arena (Capacity: 18,997) |
Results | |
Record | 43–39 (.524) |
Place | Division: 5th (Pacific) Conference: 7th (Western) |
Playoff finish | Western Conference Finals (lost to Nuggets 0–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | Spectrum SportsNet |
Radio | ESPN LA 710 (English) 1020 Radio AM (Spanish) |
The Lakers began the season 0–5 and were the last winless team in the league.[2] It was the first time that LeBron James started a season 0–5 since his rookie season with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003.[3] The Lakers earned their first win in the following game against the Denver Nuggets, after Anthony Davis returned from a one-game absence due to lower back tightness.[2] He scored 23 points and had 15 rebounds, and James added 26 points. In his second game off the bench as the Lakers' sixth man, Russell Westbrook had 18 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists.[4] After winning their next game against the New Orleans Pelicans, the Lakers lost 130–116 to the Utah Jazz, failing to secure their first three-game winning streak since January 7, 2022.[5]
On November 18, 2022, the Lakers won their second straight game for the second time this season and they also won their third straight game for the first time since January 2022. The Lakers retired No. 99 in honor of George Mikan on October 30, 2022. Pau Gasol's No. 16 was retired on March 7, 2023, against his former team the Memphis Grizzlies. On February 7, 2023, James broke the NBA scoring record against the Oklahoma City Thunder.[6]
With a 128–117 win over the Jazz, the Lakers qualified for the Play-In-Tournament for the first time since 2021. The Lakers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 108–102 in overtime to return to the playoffs after a one-year absence. Additionally, the Lakers became the sixth team to advance to the playoffs after starting the season 2–10. The Lakers won 8 of their last 10 games. In the 2023 NBA playoffs, the Lakers defeated the two-seeded Memphis Grizzlies in six games despite being underdogs to win a playoff series for the first time since their championship run in 2020 and on their home court for the first time since 2012. In the conference semifinals, they defeated the defending champion Golden State Warriors also in six games, becoming the first 7th-seed to reach the Western Conference finals since the 1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics.
However, the Lakers were swept by the eventual NBA champion Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference finals in 4 straight games. This was the first time that the Nuggets have won a playoff series over Los Angeles in their franchise history. Beforehand, the Lakers had won 7 straight playoff matchups against Denver dating back from 1979 to 2020. It was also the first time that the Lakers were swept in a playoff round since the San Antonio Spurs did it in the first round of the 2013 NBA playoffs, and the first time that they were swept by a top seeded team since the Utah Jazz did it in the 1997–98 NBA season. This also marked the first time for James of experiencing a defeat in the conference finals since 2009, when he also was then part of the Cleveland Cavaliers team, who were under his leadership that he also led and lost to the Dwight Howard-led Orlando Magic in a six-game series.
The Lakers did not hold any pick in the 2022 NBA draft;[7] however, they got the 35th pick, Max Christie, in a trade with the Orlando Magic in exchange for a 2028 second-round pick and cash considerations.[8][9]
Pacific Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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y – Sacramento Kings | 48 | 34 | .585 | – | 23–18 | 25–16 | 9–7 | 82 |
x – Phoenix Suns | 45 | 37 | .549 | 3.0 | 28–13 | 17–24 | 9–7 | 82 |
x – Los Angeles Clippers | 44 | 38 | .537 | 4.0 | 23–18 | 21–20 | 9–7 | 82 |
x – Golden State Warriors | 44 | 38 | .537 | 4.0 | 33–8 | 11–30 | 7–9 | 82 |
x – Los Angeles Lakers | 43 | 39 | .524 | 5.0 | 23–18 | 20–21 | 6–10 | 82 |
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | c – Denver Nuggets * | 53 | 29 | .646 | – | 82 |
2 | y – Memphis Grizzlies * | 51 | 31 | .622 | 2.0 | 82 |
3 | y – Sacramento Kings * | 48 | 34 | .585 | 5.0 | 82 |
4 | x – Phoenix Suns | 45 | 37 | .549 | 8.0 | 82 |
5 | x – Los Angeles Clippers | 44 | 38 | .537 | 9.0 | 82 |
6 | x – Golden State Warriors | 44 | 38 | .537 | 9.0 | 82 |
7 | x – Los Angeles Lakers | 43 | 39 | .524 | 10.0 | 82 |
8 | x – Minnesota Timberwolves | 42 | 40 | .512 | 11.0 | 82 |
9 | pi – New Orleans Pelicans | 42 | 40 | .512 | 11.0 | 82 |
10 | pi – Oklahoma City Thunder | 40 | 42 | .488 | 13.0 | 82 |
11 | Dallas Mavericks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 15.0 | 82 |
12 | Utah Jazz | 37 | 45 | .451 | 16.0 | 82 |
13 | Portland Trail Blazers | 33 | 49 | .402 | 20.0 | 82 |
14 | Houston Rockets | 22 | 60 | .268 | 31.0 | 82 |
15 | San Antonio Spurs | 22 | 60 | .268 | 31.0 | 82 |
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2022 preseason game log Total: 1–5 (home: 0–3; road: 1–2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preseason: 1–5 (home: 0–3; road: 1–2)
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2022–23 season schedule |
2022–23 game log Total: 43–39 (home: 23–18; road: 20–21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October: 1–5 (home: 1–2; road: 0–3)
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November: 7–7 (home: 5–4; road: 2–3)
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December: 7–9 (home: 2–2; road: 5–7)
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January: 9–7 (home: 5–4; road: 4–3)
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February: 5–5 (home: 2–2; road: 3–3)
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March: 10–5 (home: 6–4; road: 4–1)
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April
: 4–1 (home: 2–0; road: 2–1)
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2022–23 season schedule |
2023 play-in game log Total: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Play-in: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)
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2022–23 season schedule |
2023 playoff game log Total: 8–8 (home: 6–2; road: 2–6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First Round: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
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Conference Semifinals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
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Conference Finals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
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2023 playoff schedule |
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 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Troy Brown Jr. | 76 | 45 | 24.5 | .430 | .381 | .872 | 4.1 | 1.3 | .8 | .2 | 7.1 |
Wenyen Gabriel | 68 | 2 | 15.1 | .596 | .278 | .619 | 4.2 | .5 | .4 | .5 | 5.5 |
Dennis Schröder | 66 | 50 | 30.1 | .415 | .329 | .857 | 2.5 | 4.5 | .8 | .2 | 12.6 |
Austin Reaves | 64 | 22 | 28.8 | .529 | .398 | .864 | 3.0 | 3.4 | .5 | .3 | 13.0 |
Anthony Davis | 56 | 54 | 34.0 | .563 | .257 | .784 | 12.5 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 25.9 |
Lonnie Walker IV | 56 | 32 | 23.2 | .448 | .365 | .858 | 1.9 | 1.1 | .5 | .3 | 11.7 |
LeBron James | 55 | 54 | 35.5 | .500 | .321 | .768 | 8.3 | 6.8 | .9 | .6 | 28.9 |
Russell Westbrook† | 52 | 3 | 28.7 | .417 | .296 | .655 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 1.0 | .4 | 15.9 |
Patrick Beverley† | 45 | 45 | 26.9 | .402 | .348 | .780 | 3.1 | 2.6 | .9 | .6 | 6.4 |
Thomas Bryant† | 41 | 25 | 21.4 | .654 | .440 | .741 | 6.8 | .7 | .3 | .6 | 12.1 |
Max Christie | 41 | 3 | 12.5 | .415 | .419 | .875 | 1.8 | .5 | .2 | .2 | 3.1 |
Kendrick Nunn† | 39 | 2 | 13.5 | .406 | .325 | .810 | 1.4 | .9 | .3 | .1 | 6.7 |
Rui Hachimura† | 33 | 9 | 22.4 | .485 | .296 | .721 | 4.7 | .7 | .2 | .4 | 9.6 |
Juan Toscano-Anderson† | 30 | 7 | 12.2 | .500 | .200 | .733 | 2.0 | .8 | .3 | .2 | 2.7 |
Jarred Vanderbilt† | 26 | 24 | 24.0 | .529 | .303 | .784 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | .2 | 7.2 |
Malik Beasley† | 26 | 14 | 23.9 | .392 | .353 | .619 | 3.3 | 1.2 | .8 | .0 | 11.1 |
Damian Jones† | 22 | 1 | 8.0 | .541 | .000 | .750 | 2.5 | .2 | .1 | .5 | 2.5 |
D'Angelo Russell† | 17 | 17 | 30.9 | .484 | .414 | .735 | 2.9 | 6.1 | .6 | .5 | 17.4 |
Matt Ryan† | 12 | 0 | 10.8 | .306 | .371 | .800 | 1.2 | .3 | .2 | .0 | 3.9 |
Mo Bamba† | 9 | 1 | 9.8 | .407 | .313 | .545 | 4.6 | .4 | .1 | .6 | 3.7 |
Davon Reed† | 8 | 0 | 3.4 | .750 | .500 | .250 | .5 | .5 | .3 | .0 | 1.0 |
Cole Swider | 7 | 0 | 5.9 | .333 | .375 | 1.0 | .6 | .0 | .0 | 1.3 | |
Scotty Pippen Jr. | 6 | 0 | 5.3 | .333 | .333 | .556 | .7 | .3 | .3 | .2 | 2.3 |
Sterling Brown | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | .000 | .000 | 2.0 | .5 | .8 | .0 | .0 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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LeBron James | 16 | 16 | 38.7 | .498 | .264 | .761 | 9.9 | 6.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 24.5 |
Anthony Davis | 16 | 16 | 38.0 | .520 | .333 | .852 | 14.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 22.6 |
Austin Reaves | 16 | 16 | 36.2 | .464 | .443 | .895 | 4.4 | 4.6 | .6 | .2 | 16.9 |
D'Angelo Russell | 16 | 15 | 29.6 | .426 | .310 | .769 | 2.9 | 4.6 | .7 | .3 | 13.3 |
Dennis Schröder | 16 | 3 | 26.1 | .398 | .333 | .821 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 1.0 | .2 | 7.4 |
Rui Hachimura | 16 | 1 | 24.3 | .557 | .487 | .882 | 3.6 | .6 | .5 | .3 | 12.2 |
Jarred Vanderbilt | 15 | 13 | 16.5 | .400 | .241 | .700 | 3.2 | .8 | .7 | .8 | 4.6 |
Lonnie Walker IV | 13 | 0 | 13.8 | .483 | .382 | .750 | .9 | .8 | .5 | .1 | 6.2 |
Troy Brown Jr. | 12 | 0 | 10.3 | .357 | .133 | 2.0 | .9 | .2 | .1 | 1.8 | |
Malik Beasley | 11 | 0 | 8.3 | .294 | .269 | 1.000 | .7 | .2 | .1 | .0 | 3.0 |
Wenyen Gabriel | 10 | 0 | 3.7 | .400 | .667 | .9 | .0 | .2 | .3 | 1.0 | |
Max Christie | 9 | 0 | 3.7 | .500 | .250 | .500 | .8 | .3 | .0 | .1 | 1.4 |
Shaquille Harrison | 8 | 0 | 3.5 | .571 | 1.000 | .500 | .4 | 1.1 | .3 | .0 | 1.3 |
Tristan Thompson | 6 | 0 | 5.3 | .455 | .200 | 1.7 | .3 | .0 | .0 | 1.8 | |
Mo Bamba | 3 | 0 | 3.3 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | .3 | .0 | .3 | .0 |
June 23, 2022[8] | To Los Angeles Lakers 2022 No. 35 pick |
To Orlando Magic 2028 second-round pick Cash considerations |
August 25, 2022[10] | To Los Angeles Lakers Patrick Beverley |
To Utah Jazz Talen Horton-Tucker Stanley Johnson |
January 23, 2023[11][12] | To Los Angeles Lakers Rui Hachimura |
To Washington Wizards Kendrick Nunn 2023 CHI second-round pick 2028 second-round pick[lower-alpha 1] 2029 LAL second-round pick |
February 9, 2023[13][14] | To Los Angeles Lakers Malik Beasley (from Utah)
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To Minnesota Timberwolves Nickeil Alexander-Walker (from Utah)
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To Utah Jazz Damian Jones (from Los Angeles)
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February 9, 2023[16][17] [18][19] |
To Los Angeles Lakers Mo Bamba (from Orlando)
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To Orlando Magic Patrick Beverley (from Lakers)
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To Denver Nuggets Thomas Bryant (from Lakers) |
To Los Angeles Clippers Bones Hyland (from Denver) |
Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team | Ref. |
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July 1 | Damian Jones | 2 year minimum | Sacramento Kings | [21] |
Troy Brown Jr. | 1 year minimum | Chicago Bulls | [21] | |
Juan Toscano-Anderson | 1 year minimum | Golden State Warriors | [21] | |
Scotty Pippen Jr. | Two-way contract | Vanderbilt Commodores | [22] | |
Cole Swider | Two-way contract | Syracuse Orange | [22] | |
July 6 | Thomas Bryant | 1 year minimum | Washington Wizards | [23] |
Lonnie Walker IV | 1 year $6.5M | San Antonio Spurs | [24] | |
September 16 | Dennis Schröder | 1-year minimum | Houston Rockets | [25] |
September 26 | Matt Ryan | 1-year minimum | Boston Celtics | [26] |
Date | Player | Reason | New team | Ref. |
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July 6 | Malik Monk | 2-year $19M | Sacramento Kings | [27] |
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