Los Angeles Lakers Playoff Rosters

2001-2002 Los Angeles Lakers Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Kobe Bryant SG 6-6 212 Aug 23, 1978 23 Lower Merion High School (Pennsylvania) 5 1996 1st Rnd, #13, Charlotte Hornets (1988)
Derek Fisher PG 6-1 210 Aug 9, 1974 27 Little Rock 5 1996 1st Rnd, #24, Los Angeles Lakers
Rick Fox SF 6-7 230 Jul 24, 1969 32 North Carolina 10 1991 1st Rnd, #24, Boston Celtics
Devean George SF/SG 6-8 235 Aug 29, 1977 24 Augsburg College 2 1999 1st Rnd, #23, Los Angeles Lakers
Robert Horry F-C 6-9 220 Aug 25, 1970 31 Alabama 9 1992 1st Rnd, #11, Houston Rockets
Lindsey Hunter PG 6-2 195 Dec 3, 1970 31 Jackson State 8 1993 1st Rnd, #10, Detroit Pistons
Mark Madsen C-F 6-9 240 Jan 28, 1976 26 Stanford 1 2000 1st Rnd, #29, Los Angeles Lakers
Jelani McCoy F-C 6-10 245 Dec 6, 1977 24 UCLA 3 1998 2nd Rnd, #33, Seattle SuperSonics
Slava Medvedenko PF 6-10 250 Apr 4, 1979 23 BC Kyiv (Ukraine) 1 1998 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Shaquille O'Neal C 7-1 325 Mar 6, 1972 30 LSU 9 1992 1st Rnd, #1, Orlando Magic
Mitch Richmond SG 6-5 215 Jun 30, 1965 36 Kansas State 13 1988 1st Rnd, #5, Golden State Warriors
Brian Shaw SG 6-6 190 Mar 22, 1966 36 UC Santa Barbara 12 1988 1st Rnd, #24, Boston Celtics
Samaki Walker PF 6-9 250 Feb 25, 1976 26 Louisville 5 1996 1st Rnd, #9, Dallas Mavericks

2001-2002 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 New Jersey Nets #8 Indiana Pacers NJN in 5
First Round #2 Detroit Pistons #7 Toronto Raptors DET in 5
First Round #3 Boston Celtics #6 Philadelphia Sixers BOS in 5
First Round #4 Charlotte Hornets #5 Orlando Magic CHA in 4
Second Round #1 New Jersey Nets #4 Charlotte Hornets NJN in 5
Second Round #2 Detroit Pistons #3 Boston Celtics BOS in 5
Conference Finals #1 New Jersey Nets #3 Boston Celtics NJN in 6

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Sacramento Kings #8 Utah Jazz SAC in 4
First Round #2 San Antonio Spurs #7 Seattle SuperSonics SAS in 5
First Round #3 Los Angeles Lakers #6 Portland Trail Blazers LAL in 3
First Round #4 Dallas Mavericks #5 Minnesota Timberwolves DAL in 3
Second Round #1 Sacramento Kings #4 Dallas Mavericks SAC in 5
Second Round #3 Los Angeles Lakers #2 San Antonio Spurs LAL in 5
Conference Finals #1 Sacramento Kings #3 Los Angeles Lakers LAL in 7

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #3 Los Angeles Lakers #1 New Jersey Nets LAL in 4

2001-2002 L.A. Lakers Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Shaquille O'Neal 19 40.8 28.5 12.6 2.8 0.5 2.5 3.3
Kobe Bryant 19 43.8 26.6 5.8 4.6 1.4 0.9 2.8
Derek Fisher 19 34.2 10.2 3.3 2.7 1.0 0.1 1.1
Rick Fox 19 34.3 9.8 5.4 3.4 1.1 0.3 2.4
Robert Horry 19 37.0 9.3 8.1 3.2 1.7 0.8 1.6
Devean George 19 17.2 5.0 3.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6
Samaki Walker 19 12.6 3.3 4.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.6
Brian Shaw 19 12.5 2.9 1.8 1.6 0.3 0.3 0.4
Lindsey Hunter 18 7.3 2.0 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.3
Slava Medvedenko 7 3.0 0.9 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Mitch Richmond 2 2.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
Mark Madsen 7 1.4 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1

2001-2002 Los Angeles Lakers Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record L.A. Lakers Leaders Portland Leaders
Apr 21, 2002
v.
Portland
W, 95-87 crypto.com Arena
Opening Round
1-0 PTS: 34. Kobe Bryant
REB: 9. S. O'Neal
AST: 6. Rick Fox
PTS: 25. R. Wallace
REB: 14. R. Wallace
AST: 6. Bonzi Wells
Apr 25, 2002
v.
Portland
W, 103-96 crypto.com Arena
Opening Round
2-0 PTS: 31. S. O'Neal
REB: 14. S. O'Neal
AST: 5. Kobe Bryant
PTS: 31. R. Wallace
REB: 11. R. Wallace
AST: 5. D. Stoudamire
Apr 28, 2002
@
Portland
W, 91-92 Moda Center
Opening Round
3-0 PTS: 25. Kobe Bryant
REB: 11. S. O'Neal
AST: 7. S. O'Neal
PTS: 20. R. Wallace
REB: 12. R. Wallace
AST: 8. S. Pippen

2001-2002 Los Angeles Lakers Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record L.A. Lakers Leaders San Antonio Leaders
May 5, 2002
v.
San Antonio
W, 86-80 crypto.com Arena
Conference Semi Finals
1-0 PTS: 23. S. O'Neal
REB: 17. S. O'Neal
AST: 4. D. George
PTS: 26. Tim Duncan
REB: 21. Tim Duncan
AST: 5. Tim Duncan
May 7, 2002
v.
San Antonio
L, 85-88 crypto.com Arena
Conference Semi Finals
1-1 PTS: 26. Kobe Bryant
REB: 11. Robert Horry
AST: 6. Kobe Bryant
PTS: 27. Tim Duncan
REB: 17. Tim Duncan
AST: 9. Tony Parker
May 10, 2002
@
San Antonio
W, 89-99 Alamodome
Conference Semi Finals
2-1 PTS: 31. Kobe Bryant
REB: 15. S. O'Neal
AST: 6. Kobe Bryant
PTS: 28. Tim Duncan
REB: 12. Tim Duncan
AST: 5. Tony Parker
May 12, 2002
@
San Antonio
W, 85-87 Alamodome
Conference Semi Finals
3-1 PTS: 28. Kobe Bryant
REB: 11. S. O'Neal
AST: 5. S. O'Neal
PTS: 30. Tim Duncan
REB: 11. Tim Duncan
AST: 6. Tim Duncan
May 14, 2002
v.
San Antonio
W, 93-87 crypto.com Arena
Conference Semi Finals
4-1 PTS: 26. Kobe Bryant
REB: 11. S. O'Neal
AST: 7. Rick Fox
PTS: 34. Tim Duncan
REB: 25. Tim Duncan
AST: 6. Tony Parker

2001-2002 Los Angeles Lakers Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record L.A. Lakers Leaders Sacramento Leaders
May 18, 2002
@
Sacramento
W, 99-106 Sleep Train Arena
Conference Finals
1-0 PTS: 30. Kobe Bryant
REB: 9. S. O'Neal
AST: 5. Kobe Bryant
PTS: 28. Chris Webber
REB: 14. Chris Webber
AST: 6. Chris Webber
May 20, 2002
@
Sacramento
L, 96-90 Sleep Train Arena
Conference Finals
1-1 PTS: 35. S. O'Neal
REB: 20. Robert Horry
AST: 4. Robert Horry
PTS: 21. Chris Webber
REB: 14. Vlade Divac
AST: 8. Mike Bibby
May 24, 2002
v.
Sacramento
L, 90-103 crypto.com Arena
Conference Finals
1-2 PTS: 22. Kobe Bryant
REB: 19. S. O'Neal
AST: 7. Brian Shaw
PTS: 26. Chris Webber
REB: 12. D. Christie
AST: 6. Chris Webber
May 26, 2002
v.
Sacramento
W, 100-99 crypto.com Arena
Conference Finals
2-2 PTS: 27. S. O'Neal
REB: 18. S. O'Neal
AST: 5. Robert Horry
PTS: 23. Vlade Divac
REB: 12. H. Turkoglu
AST: 5. Chris Webber
May 28, 2002
@
Sacramento
L, 92-91 Sleep Train Arena
Conference Finals
2-3 PTS: 30. Kobe Bryant
REB: 11. Robert Horry
AST: 3. Robert Horry
PTS: 29. Chris Webber
REB: 13. Chris Webber
AST: 3. Chris Webber
May 31, 2002
v.
Sacramento
W, 106-102 crypto.com Arena
Conference Finals
3-3 PTS: 41. S. O'Neal
REB: 17. S. O'Neal
AST: 5. Kobe Bryant
PTS: 26. Chris Webber
REB: 13. Chris Webber
AST: 8. Chris Webber
Jun 2, 2002
@
Sacramento
W, 106-112 Sleep Train Arena
Conference Finals
4-3 PTS: 35. S. O'Neal
REB: 14. Rick Fox
AST: 7. Kobe Bryant
PTS: 29. Mike Bibby
REB: 10. Vlade Divac
AST: 11. Chris Webber

2001-2002 Los Angeles Lakers NBA Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record L.A. Lakers Leaders New Jersey Leaders
Jun 5, 2002
v.
New Jersey
W, 99-94 crypto.com Arena
NBA Finals
1-0 PTS: 36. S. O'Neal
REB: 16. S. O'Neal
AST: 6. Kobe Bryant
PTS: 23. Jason Kidd
REB: 10. Jason Kidd
AST: 10. Jason Kidd
Jun 7, 2002
v.
New Jersey
W, 106-83 crypto.com Arena
NBA Finals
2-0 PTS: 40. S. O'Neal
REB: 12. S. O'Neal
AST: 8. S. O'Neal
PTS: 23. K. Kittles
REB: 9. Jason Kidd
AST: 7. Jason Kidd
Jun 9, 2002
@
New Jersey
W, 103-106 Izod Center
NBA Finals
3-0 PTS: 36. Kobe Bryant
REB: 11. S. O'Neal
AST: 6. Derek Fisher
PTS: 30. Jason Kidd
REB: 5. Jason Kidd
AST: 10. Jason Kidd
Jun 12, 2002
@
New Jersey
W, 107-113 Izod Center
NBA Finals
4-0 PTS: 34. S. O'Neal
REB: 10. S. O'Neal
AST: 8. Kobe Bryant
PTS: 35. K. Martin
REB: 11. K. Martin
AST: 12. Jason Kidd