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06-07 Los Angeles Lakers season
Head Coach Phil Jackson
Arena Staples Center
Results
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Place Division: 2nd Pacific Division
Playoff Finish Eliminated 4-1 by Phoenix Suns

The 2006-07 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 58th in the NBA and 61st overall. The year began with the team attempting to advance to the second round of the Western Conference playoffs. Ultimately, even though team Captain Kobe Bryant was the leading NBA scorer with 31.6 PPG, the Lakers were eliminated in five games in a rematch against the Phoenix Suns.

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[edit] Roster

Los Angeles Lakers
06-07 Roster
Head Coach: Phil Jackson Edit
F/C 54 Flag of the United States Kwame Brown (Glynn Academy HS,
Brunswick, GA)
SG 24 Flag of the United States Kobe Bryant- Captain (Lower Merion HS,
Lower Merion, PA)
C 17 Flag of the United States Andrew Bynum (St. Joseph HS,
Metuchen, NJ)
PF 43 Flag of the United States Brian Cook (Illinois)
G/F 6 Flag of the United States Maurice Evans (Texas)
PG 5 Flag of the United States Jordan Farmar (UCLA)
SG 2 Flag of the United States Aaron McKie (Temple)
C 31 Flag of the United States Chris Mihm image:injuryicon.jpg (Texas)
PF 7 Flag of the United States Lamar Odom-Captain (Rhode Island)
PG 1 Flag of the United States Smush Parker (Fordham)
SF 10 Flag of Serbia Vladimir Radmanović (Serbia)
PF 21 Flag of France Ronny Turiaf (Gonzaga)
PG 18 Flag of Slovenia Sasha Vujačić (Slovenia)
SF 4 Flag of the United States Luke Walton (Arizona)
PG 3 Flag of the United States Shammond Williams (North Carolina)
image:injuryicon.jpg - Denotes Injury Los Angeles Lakers


[edit] Off-season

[edit] Roster changes

In the 2006 NBA Draft, the Lakers selected Jordan Farmar, the PG for UCLA. The Lakers also made more draft day noise by cutting J.R. Pinnock and Von Wafer. Along with the cuts, Los Angelos traded their 51st pick(Cheick Samb) to the Detroit Pistons for SF Maurice Evans.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Regular season

The Lakers started their season opener hosting the Phenoix Suns, the team who knocked them out of the playoffs. Kobe Bryant was out, allowing Maurice Evans to play in his place. Centers Kwame Brown and Chris Mihm were out on injury, forcing Bynum in their place.

Even with two of their starters out on injuries, it didn't seem to affect the team, as Odom led the team until Bryant recovered. The next night at Oracle Arena against the Golden State Warriors, Odom had stats, almost recording his first triple-double of the season, 22 points with nine rebounds and nine assists. Ronny Turiaf, known for his sideline celebrations, had career-highs in almost every catogary, including 23 points and nine rebounds for a 110-98 win. Bryant also sat this out.

The Lakes finished the first month 11-5.