2004–05 Los Angeles Lakers season


The 2004–05 Los Angeles Lakers season was the franchise's 57th season in the National Basketball Association, and 45th in the city of Los Angeles. The previous season had ended with a crushing defeat in five games to the Detroit Pistons in the 2004 NBA Finals, despite the Lakers being heavily favored. The 2004–05 season is best remembered as a tough one for the Lakers, winning only 34 games and missing the playoffs for the first time in 11 years. It was also the Lakers first season since 1995-96 without either center Shaquille O'Neal, who was traded to the Miami Heat for Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Brian Grant, and future draft picks or point guard Derek Fisher, both of whom had been instrumental in the Lakers' previous three championship victories, on the roster. With the firing of Phil Jackson in the offseason and replaced by former Houston Rockets head coach Rudy Tomjanovich. However in February of 2005, Tomjanovich's struggle with cancer forced him to resign and be replaced by Jackson's assistant coach Frank Hamblen for the rest of the season. Following the season, Butler was traded to the Washington Wizards, and Vlade Divac retired.

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerNationalityPositionCollege
127GPallalcesto Amatori Udine
256PF/CProvidence

Roster

Player Salaries

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Player statistics

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
828235.4.426.387.8032.44.4.9.013.6
206.0.400.500.1.5.0.0.02.5
76014.0.356.361.7871.22.0.4.04.4
666640.7.433.339.8165.96.01.3.827.6
777735.7.445.304.8625.81.91.4.315.5
72015.1.417.392.7573.0.5.3.46.4
1508.7.419..6672.11.3.3.12.3
15320.4.356.362.7503.5.9.5.17.3
69816.5.493..7223.7.5.3.33.8
762324.1.432.391.7335.2.9.6.37.6
4349.8.455.000.8211.8.3.2.03.8
757524.9.507.000.6786.7.7.21.49.8
646436.3.473.308.69510.23.7.71.015.2
1406.5.200.2001.000.7.2.1.1.9
35311.5.282.270.9471.81.5.3.12.9
61512.6.411.262.7082.31.5.4.23.2

Awards and records