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.[1] 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.

2004–05 Los Angeles Lakers season
Head coachRudy Tomjanovich
Frank Hamblen
General managerMitch Kupchak
OwnersJerry Buss
ArenaStaples Center
Results
Record34–48 (.415)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finishDid Not Qualify
Local media
TelevisionFSN West, KCAL
RadioAM 570 KLAC

Draft picks
Round Pick Player Nationality Position College
1 27 Sašha Vujačić  Slovenia G Pallalcesto Amatori Udine (Italy)
2 56 Marcus Douthit  United States PF/C Providence

Roster
Roster listing
Los Angeles Lakers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 9 Atkins, Chucky 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) South Florida
G 15 Bobbitt, Tony 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Cincinnati
G 5 Brown, Tierre 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 189 lb (86 kg) McNeese State
G/F 8 Bryant, Kobe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Lower Merion HS (PA)
G/F 1 Butler, Caron 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Connecticut
F 43 Cook, Brian 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 234 lb (106 kg) Illinois
C 12 Divac, Vlade 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 243 lb (110 kg) Serbia
F 3 George, Devean 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Augsburg
F/C 55 Grant, Brian 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 254 lb (115 kg) Xavier
F 20 Jones, Jumaine 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Georgia
F 14 Medvedenko, Slava 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 253 lb (115 kg) Ukraine
C 31 Mihm, Chris 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Texas
F 7 Odom, Lamar 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Rhode Island
G 18 Vujačić, Sasha 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg)
F 4 Walton, Luke 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Arizona
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Player Salaries
Rank Player Salary
1 Kobe Bryant $14,175,000
2 Brian Grant $13,233,434
3 Lamar Odom $10,548,596
4 Vlade Divac $4,903,000
5 Devean George $4,546,000
6 Chucky Atkins $4,200,000
7 Chris Mihm $3,371,393
8 Stanislav Medvedenko $3,000,000
9 Caron Butler $1,930,680
10 Jumaine Jones $1,687,500
11 Brian Cook $971,160
12 Sasha Vujacic $846,840
13 Tierre Brown $720,046
14 Luke Walton $620,046
15 Tony Bobbitt $305,403[2]

Regular season

Season standings
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Phoenix Suns 6220.756–31–1031–1012–4
x-Sacramento Kings 5032.6101230–1120–2110–6
Los Angeles Clippers 3745.4512527–1410–316–10
Los Angeles Lakers 3448.4152822–1912–296–10
Golden State Warriors 3448.4152820–2114–276–10
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Phoenix Suns6220.756—
2 y-San Antonio Spurs5923.7203
3 y-Seattle SuperSonics5230.63410
4 x-Dallas Mavericks5824.7074
5 x-Houston Rockets5131.62211
6 x-Sacramento Kings5032.61012
7 x-Denver Nuggets4933.59813
8 x-Memphis Grizzlies4537.54917
9 Minnesota Timberwolves4438.53718
10 Los Angeles Clippers3745.45125
11 Los Angeles Lakers3448.41528
12 Golden State Warriors3448.41528
13 Portland Trail Blazers2755.32935
14 Utah Jazz2656.31736
15 New Orleans Hornets1864.22044

Record vs. opponents
2004-05 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta —1–31–30–40–41–10–21–30–21–10–30–21–10–20–41–21–10–31–11–31–31–30–20–20–20–20–21–20–20–4
Boston 3–1—4–02–21–20–20–21–31–11–11–22–01–11–11–23–11–11–32–03–13–01–31–11–10–20–22–03–12–03–1
Charlotte 3–10–4—0–40–40–21–12–10–22–00–30–20–20–21–30–41–10–41–11–33–10–30–20–21–10–20–21–21–10–4
Chicago 4–02–24–0—2–21–11–12–21–10–22–20–21–12–01–32–22–00–41–14–03–02–10–22–01–10–21–13–02–01–2
Cleveland 4–02–14–02–2—1–11–12–22–00–21–31–11–12–00–32–21–11–32–01–33–10–31–12–00–20–20–23–12–01–2
Dallas 1–12–02–01–11–1—2–11–13–12–21–11–22–24–02–02–02–22–04–02–01–11–11–24–03–11–33–12–03–02–0
Denver 2–02–01–11–11–11–2—1–12–21–22–02–12–24–01–12–02–21–14–01–11–11–10–43–11–22–22–22–02–22–0
Detroit 3–13–11–22–22–21–11–1—2–02–02–22–02–00–22–12–21–12–12–03–03–13–11–11–11–11–11–13–11–14–0
Golden State 2–01–12–01–10–21–32–20–2—1–21–10–41–31–30–22–01–20–22–21–11–11–12–22–23–10–32–21–12–11–1
Houston 1–11–10–22–02–02–22–10–22–1—1–13–02–23–11–11–11–22–03–11–12–02–02–24–02–22–23–11–12–21–1
Indiana 3–02–13–02–23–11–10–22–21–11–1—0–21–12–03–12–22–02–21–12–21–30–41–12–00–21–10–22–12–02–2
L.A. Clippers 2–00–22–02–01–12–11–20–24–00–32–0—2–21–31–11–11–31–13–11–11–11–10–42–20–40–42–11–12–21–1
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–01–11–12–22–20–23–12–21–12–2—0–30–22–02–11–13–01–11–10–20–42–11–30–41–31–11–30–2
Memphis 2–01–12–00–20–20–40–42–03–11–30–23–13–0—1–12–03–12–03–11–11–12–02–23–10–33–10–32–03–00–2
Miami 4–02–13–13–13–00–21–11–22–01–11–31–12–01–1—4–01–13–02–04–04–02–21–11–12–01–10–23–12–04–0
Milwaukee 2–11–34–02–22–20–20–22–20–21–12–21–10–20–20–4—1–12–11–12–12–10–40–20–20–20–21–12–21–11–3
Minnesota 1–11–11–10–21–12–22–21–12–12–10–23–11–21–31–11–1—2–04–01–11–12–01–34–03–11–21–30–23–11–1
New Jersey 3–03–14–04–03–10–21–11–22–00–22–21–11–10–20–31–20–2—2–03–11–33–10–21–11–10–20–22–22–01–3
New Orleans 1–10–21–11–10–20–40–40–22–21–31–11–30–31–30–21–10–40–2—1–10–21–10–42–11–20–40–30–22–21–1
New York 3–11–33–10–43–10–21–10–31–11–12–21–11–11–10–41–21–11–31–1—1–23–10–21–10–21–10–21–32–02–1
Orlando 3–10–31–30–31–31–11–11–31–10–23–11–11–11–10–41–21–13–12–02–1—2–20–21–11–11–11–12–22–02–2
Philadelphia 3–13–13–01–23–01–11–11–31–10–24–01–12–00–22–24–00–21–31–11–32–2—0–21–10–20–21–13–11–12–1
Phoenix 2–01–12–02–01–12–14–01–12–22–21–14–04–02–21–12–03–12–04–02–02–02–0—3–02–21–22–12–03–11–1
Portland 2–01–12–00–20–20–41–31–12–20–40–22–21–21–31–12–00–41–11–21–11–11–10–3—1–31–21–31–12–20–2
Sacramento 2–02–01–11–12–01–32–11–11–32–22–04–03–13–00–22–01–31–12–12–01–12–02–23–1—1–31–31–12–12–0
San Antonio 2–02–02–02–02–03–12–21–13–02–21–14–04–01–31–12–02–12–04–01–11–12–02–12–13–1—2–21–12–21–1
Seattle 2–00–22–01–12–01–32–21–12–21–32–01–23–13–02–01–13–12–03–02–01–11–11–23–13–12–2—2–03–10–2
Toronto 2–11–32–10–31–30–20–21–31–11–11–21–11–10–21–32–22–02–22–03–12–21–30–21–11–11–10–2—2–01–3
Utah 2–00–21–10–20–20–32–21–11–22–20–22–23–10–30–21–11–30–22–20–20–21–11–32–21–22–21–30–2—0–2
Washington 4–01–34–02–12–10–20–20–41–11–12–21–12–02–00–43–11–13–11–11–22–21–21–12–00–21–12–03–12–0—

Game log

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Chucky Atkins 828235.4.426.387.8032.44.4.9.013.6
Tony Bobbitt 206.0.400.500.1.5.0.0.02.5
Tierre Brown 76014.0.356.361.7871.22.0.4.04.4
Kobe Bryant 666640.7.433.339.8165.96.01.3.827.6
Caron Butler 777735.7.445.304.8625.81.91.4.315.5
Brian Cook 72015.1.417.392.7573.0.5.3.46.4
Vlade Divac 1508.7.419..6672.11.3.3.12.3
Devean George 15320.4.356.362.7503.5.9.5.17.3
Brian Grant 69816.5.493..7223.7.5.3.33.8
Jumaine Jones 762324.1.432.391.7335.2.9.6.37.6
Stanislav Medvedenko 4349.8.455.000.8211.8.3.2.03.8
Chris Mihm 757524.9.507.000.6786.7.7.21.49.8
Lamar Odom 646436.3.473.308.69510.23.7.71.015.2
Kareem Rush 1406.5.200.2001.000.7.2.1.1.9
Sasha Vujacic 35311.5.282.270.9471.81.5.3.12.9
Luke Walton 61512.6.411.262.7082.31.5.4.23.2

Awards and records

Transactions
  • Kareem Rush was traded to the Charlotte Bobcats on December 6, 2004 for a 2005 2nd round draft pick and a 2009 2nd round draft pick.

References
  1. 2004-05 Los Angeles Lakers
  2. 2004-05 Los Angeles Lakers | Roster | NBA Basketball | FOX Sports
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