Los Angeles Lakers Opening Day Rosters

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1996-1997 Los Angeles Lakers Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Corie Blount F-C 6-9 240 Jan 4, 1969 27 Cincinnati 3 1993 1st Rnd, #25, Chicago Bulls
Kobe Bryant SG 6-6 212 Aug 23, 1978 18 Lower Merion High School (Pennsylvania) 0 1996 1st Rnd, #13, Charlotte Hornets (1988)
Elden Campbell C-F 6-11 215 Jul 23, 1968 28 Clemson 6 1990 1st Rnd, #27, Los Angeles Lakers
Cedric Ceballos SF 6-6 190 Aug 2, 1969 27 Cal State Fullerton 6 1990 2nd Rnd, #48, Phoenix Suns
Derek Fisher PG 6-1 210 Aug 9, 1974 22 Little Rock 0 1996 1st Rnd, #24, Los Angeles Lakers
Eddie Jones G-F 6-6 200 Oct 20, 1971 25 Temple 2 1994 1st Rnd, #10, Los Angeles Lakers
Jerome Kersey SF 6-7 215 Jun 26, 1962 34 Longwood 12 1984 2nd Rnd, #46, Portland Trail Blazers
Travis Knight C 7-0 235 Sep 13, 1974 22 UConn 0 1996 1st Rnd, #29, Chicago Bulls
Shaquille O'Neal C 7-1 325 Mar 6, 1972 24 LSU 4 1992 1st Rnd, #1, Orlando Magic
Rumeal Robinson PG 6-2 195 Nov 13, 1966 29 Michigan 6 1990 1st Rnd, #10, Atlanta Hawks
Sean Rooks C 6-10 250 Sep 9, 1969 27 Arizona 4 1992 2nd Rnd, #30, Dallas Mavericks
Byron Scott PG 6-3 195 Mar 28, 1961 35 Arizona State 13 1983 1st Rnd, #4, San Diego Clippers
Nick Van Exel PG 6-1 170 Nov 27, 1971 24 Cincinnati 3 1993 2nd Rnd, #37, Los Angeles Lakers
Trevor Wilson SF 6-7 210 Mar 16, 1968 28 UCLA 4 1990 2nd Rnd, #36, Atlanta Hawks

Phoenix 82, L.A. Lakers 96

November 1, 1996

Regular Season

The Forum (Inglewood, California)

Attendance: 17,505

Officials: Mike Callahan, Dick Bavetta, Tommy Nunez Jr.

Team Rebounds: Phoenix (11) Los Angeles (11)

Technicals: Phoenix (0) Los Angeles (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
PHX (0-1) 20 20 29 13 82
LAL (1-0) 26 31 15 24 96

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
PHX 92 88.9 104.1
LAL 92 104.1 88.9

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
PHX .368 0.130 0.417 0.165
LAL .540 0.249 0.216 0.444

Phoenix Suns

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
10 Sam Cassell Starter PG 38:00 7-18 2-5 4-4 8.0 1.0 2 3 6 3 1 0 5 20
45 A.C. Green Starter PF 11:00 0-4 0-0 2-4 0.5 1.0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2
25 Robert Horry Starter SF 27:00 0-3 0-1 0-0 9.2 0.0 4 4 6 3 4 2 2 0
35 Joe Kleine Starter C 16:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 0.0 1.0 2 3 1 3 1 0 2 2
11 Wesley Person Starter SG 40:00 7-18 0-3 3-3 10.9 5.0 4 9 1 1 2 0 2 17
3 Rex Chapman Bench SG 09:00 1-4 0-2 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2
4 Michael Finley Bench SF 37:00 4-8 1-1 2-2 11.2 2.0 4 6 2 2 1 0 0 11
15 Danny Manning Bench PF 32:00 5-16 0-0 2-5 3.4 3.0 3 6 1 4 1 1 1 12
13 Steve Nash Bench PG 05:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -0.8 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Wayman Tisdale Bench PF 25:00 7-15 0-0 2-3 5.6 2.0 2 4 1 5 0 0 0 16
  Team                   11            
        240 32-91 3-13 15-21 64.1 15 21 47 21 25 11 4 12 82
          35.2% 23.1% 71.4%                    

Los Angeles Lakers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
41 Elden Campbell Starter PF 37:00 3-7 0-0 10-12 14.2 1.0 6 7 4 3 0 3 3 16
23 Cedric Ceballos Starter SF 41:00 5-14 1-5 4-4 6.2 2.0 9 11 1 3 1 2 8 15
25 Eddie Jones Starter SG 25:00 4-8 3-6 0-0 7.5 1.0 4 5 2 5 0 0 1 11
34 Shaquille O'Neal Starter C 35:00 8-10 0-0 7-11 20.4 4.0 10 14 3 5 0 2 5 23
9 Nick Van Exel Starter PG 25:00 1-5 0-2 0-0 7.8 0.0 4 4 8 3 2 0 2 2
43 Corie Blount Bench PF 19:00 3-4 0-0 1-2 6.0 3.0 3 6 0 3 0 0 1 7
2 Derek Fisher Bench PG 20:00 4-5 1-1 3-6 11.5 0.0 2 2 5 2 0 0 0 12
40 Travis Knight Bench C 01:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 0.2 0.0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
20 Rumeal Robinson Bench PG 08:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 2.0 0.0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2
45 Sean Rooks Bench C 04:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Byron Scott Bench SG 25:00 2-7 1-4 3-5 4.9 0.0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 8
  Team                   11            
        240 31-63 6-18 28-40 108.8 11 40 62 26 26 6 8 23 96
          49.2% 33.3% 70.0%                    

Phoenix Suns Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Sam Cassell
20p, 3r, 6a		 Wesley Person
17p, 9r, 1a		 Robert Horry
0p, 4r, 6a		 A.C. Green
2p, 1r, 1a		 Joe Kleine
2p, 3r, 1a
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Michael Finley
11p, 6r, 2a		 Danny Manning
12p, 6r, 1a		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		 Wayman Tisdale
16p, 4r, 1a		  
 
Lim PT Steve Nash
0p, 0r, 0a		 Rex Chapman
2p, 0r, 2a		  
 		  
 		  
 

Los Angeles Lakers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Nick Van Exel
2p, 4r, 8a		 Eddie Jones
11p, 5r, 2a		 Cedric Ceballos
15p, 11r, 1a		 Elden Campbell
16p, 7r, 4a		 Shaquille O'Neal
23p, 14r, 3a
Rotation Derek Fisher
12p, 2r, 5a		 Byron Scott
8p, 0r, 2a		  
 		 Corie Blount
7p, 6r, 0a		  
 
Lim PT Rumeal Robinson
2p, 0r, 1a		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Sean Rooks
0p, 0r, 0a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Travis Knight
0p, 2r, 0a