• 42-40, 2nd Place in the Pacific Division


• Lost in First Round to Phoenix, 4-1

• F-C: Kwame Brown
• G: Kobe Bryant
• C: Andrew Bynum
• F: Brian Cook
• G: Maurice Evans
• G: Jordan Farmar
• F: Lamar Odom
• C: Vladimir Radmanovic
• G: Sasha Vujacic

• C: Chris Mihm
• G: Smush Parker
• F: Ronny Turiaf
• F: Luke Walton

• Shooter to Complement Kobe
• Front Court Depth
• Reliable Point Guard Play
• Consistency

Kobe Bryant made history when he revived his team from a seven game losing streak by scoring 50-plus points in four consecutive games. The madness occurred in March against Portland, Minnesota, Memphis and New Orleans/Oklahoma City with Kobe scoring 65, 50, 60 and 50 points respectively. Kobe won the scoring title with an average of 31.6 points per game. The Lakers lost to the Suns in the First Round of the playoffs. Bryant expressed his frustration with the team’s early playoff exit by publicly criticizing the front office.

Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	+	-	+/-	Min	+/- /Min	G
V. Radmanovic	M. Evans	S. Vujacic	A. Bynum	J. Farmar	181	-147	34	75:51	.448	18
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"But Kupchak needs to do something dramatic to shake up the roster, and that means anybody not named Kobe has to be available. Odom, Bynum, anyone. Try to put together a package for a top draft pick. Make a major deal to acquire a superstar. Clear out the roster the way Jerry West did to create salary cap room when he signed Shaquille O'Neal.”
-- Steve Dilbeck, L.A. Daily News

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