2005–06 Los Angeles Lakers season explained

The 2005–06 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 58th of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the 60th overall. The Lakers finished in third place of the Pacific Division and as the seventh seed of the Western Conference. The season ended with the team being eliminated in seven games against the Phoenix Suns in the First Round of the playoffs after holding a 3–1 series lead. After a year absence, the Lakers rehired Phil Jackson as their head coach. It was the final season that Kobe Bryant wore jersey number 8 before changing it to 24 the following season. Also memorable from this season was during a January 22, 2006 game vs. the Toronto Raptors where Bryant dropped a record 81 points, only the 2nd highest total in NBA history behind Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game in 1962.

After the playoffs, Bryant underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in July. This led to him missing the 2006 FIBA World Championship.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Draft picks

See main article: article and 2005 NBA draft. The Lakers had 3 picks going into the 2005 NBA draft. The Lakers picked seven footer Andrew Bynum as the 10th pick of the draft. Los Angeles also picked Ronny Turiaf and Von Wafer as the 37th and 39th picks respectively.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	10	Andrew Bynum	Center		St. Joseph HS (New Jersey)
2	37	Ronny Turiaf	Forward		Gonzaga University
2	39	Von Wafer	Guard		Florida State University

Roster

Injuries

• Wednesday November 16, 2005: Slava Medvedenko was sidelined for the rest of the season after he suffered a herniated disc.^[5]
• Friday November 18, 2005: Kwame Brown strained his right hamstring and was sidelined for two weeks.^[6]
• Tuesday December 20, 2005: Laron Profit ruptured his Achilles' tendon during a game against the Dallas Mavericks.^[7] He underwent surgery on December 23, 2005. He was unable to play for the rest of the season after the surgery.

Player salaries

Rank	Player	Salary
1	Kobe Bryant	$15,946,875
2	Lamar Odom	$11,465,334
3	Kwame Brown	$7,500,000
4	Devean George	$5,000,600
5	Chris Mihm	$3,796,875
6	Stanislav Medvedenko	$3,000,000
7	Aaron McKie	$2,500,000
8	Andrew Bynum	$1,888,680
9	Luke Walton	$1,250,000
10	Brian Cook	$865,800
11	Sasha Vujačić	$910,440
12	Smush Parker	$745,248
13	Laron Profit	$835,810
14	Devin Green	$398,762
15	Von Wafer	$398,762^[8]

Regular season

The Lakers opened the season with an overtime victory against the Denver Nuggets.^[9] Despite dipping below .500 during the November, the team recovered and finished 2005 with a 15–14 record. The team went into the All Star Break with a 26–26 record^[9] The Lakers did not maintain any long winning streaks nor were they in long losing slumps; their longest winning streak of the season equalled their longest losing streak of 5 games.^[10] The team finished the season with a 5-game winning streak, the longest of the season, and an overall 45–37 record.^[10] The Lakers finished third in the Pacific Division and qualified for the playoffs as the 7th seed in the Western Conference.^[10] In a January home game against the Toronto Raptors, Kobe Bryant scored 81 points, the second most in a single game in NBA history, behind Wilt Chamberlain's 100.

Record vs. opponents

2005-06 NBA Records
width=100	Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOK	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	2–1	1–3	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–3
Boston	1–2	–	2–1	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–3
Charlotte	3–1	1–2	–	2–2	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–2	3–0	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–3
Chicago	3–0	4–0	2–2	–	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	3–1
Cleveland	2–1	4–0	3–0	4–0	–	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–3
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	–	3–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–0
Denver	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	–	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–1
Detroit	3–1	3–0	4–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–3
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	–	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	2–2	0–4	2–1	2–0	1–3	0–2
Houston	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	3–1	–	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–4	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	1–2	2–0
Indiana	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	–	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–2
L.A. Clippers	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	–	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–4	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	–	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1
Memphis	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	0–2	3–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	–	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–4	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–0
Miami	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–0
Milwaukee	3–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	–	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–1
Minnesota	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	–	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–1
New Jersey	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	–	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
New Orleans/Oklahoma City	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–2	0–2	2–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	–	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–3	1–1
New York	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–2	–	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–3
Orlando	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	3–1	–	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2
Philadelphia	2–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	–	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–2
Phoenix	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1
Portland	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–2	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	–	1–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	0–4	1–1
Sacramento	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	–	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–2
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	4–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	–	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1
Seattle	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–2	–	1–1	3–1	1–1
Toronto	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–4	0–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	3–1	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	–	0–2	1–2
Utah	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	4–0	1–3	0–3	1–3	2–0	–	1–1
Washington	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	—

Game log

Pre-season

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1| October 11| Golden State| W 101-93| Kobe Bryant (28)| Chris Mihm (9)| Kobe Bryant (5)| Stan Sheriff Center (Honolulu, HI)
7,307| 1-0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| October 12| Golden State| L 81-112| 3 players tied (11)| Lamar Odom (9)| Odom & Parker (3)| Stan Sheriff Center (Honolulu, HI)
7,646| 1-1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| October 18| Washington| W 111-108 (OT)| Kobe Bryant (28)| Lamar Odom (8)| Lamar Odom (6)| Rabobank Arena (Bakersfield, CA)
6,536| 2-1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| October 20| Denver| L 94-105| Kwame Brown (16)| Lamar Odom (9)| Lamar Odom (7)| Staples Center
15,047| 2-2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 5| October 21| Charlotte| W 109-93| Kobe Bryant (25)| Kwame Brown (7)| Laron Profit (6)| Staples Center
15,568| 3-2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 6| October 23| Charlotte| W 98-97| Kobe Bryant (25)| Chris Mihm (11)| Lamar Odom (6)| iPayOne Center (San Diego, CA)
7,058| 4-2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 7| October 25| Utah| W 95-85| Kobe Bryant (20)| Kwame Brown (9)| Odom & Parker (4)| Arrowhead Pond (Anaheim, CA)
15,253| 5-2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 8| October 28| Sacramento| W 105-103| Kobe Bryant (24)| Brown & Odom (7)| McKie & Parada (3)| Thomas & Mack Center (Las Vegas, NV)
14,759| 6-2

Regular season

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1| November 2| @ Denver| W 99-97 (OT)| Kobe Bryant (33)| Lamar Odom (9)| Lamar Odom (7)| Pepsi Center
19,245| 1-0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| November 3| Phoenix| L 112-122| Kobe Bryant (39)| Lamar Odom (16)| Lamar Odom (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 1-1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| November 6| Denver| W 112-92| Kobe Bryant (37)| Chris Mihm (13)| Bryant & Parker (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 2-1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 4| November 8| @ Atlanta| W 103-97| Kobe Bryant (37)| Lamar Odom (11)| Lamar Odom (6)| Philips Arena
19,523| 3-1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| November 9| @ Minnesota| L 74-88| Kobe Bryant (28)| Kwame Brown (13)| Kobe Bryant (4)| Target Center
15,192| 3-2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| November 11| @ Philadelphia| L 81-85| Chris Mihm (20)| Lamar Odom (12)| Kobe Bryant (7)| Wachovia Center
20,292| 3-3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| November 14| @ Memphis| L 73-85| Kobe Bryant (18)| Chris Mihm (10)| Lamar Odom (4)| FedEx Forum
16,671| 3-4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 8| November 16| New York| W 97-92| Kobe Bryant (42)| Mihm & Odom (9)| Lamar Odom (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 4-4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| November 18| L.A. Clippers| L 91-97| Kobe Bryant (36)| Chris Mihm (9)| Bryant & Odom (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 4-5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| November 20| Chicago| L 93-96| Kobe Bryant (43)| Lamar Odom (10)| Lamar Odom (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 4-6|- style="background:#cfc;"| 11| November 24| Seattle| W 108-96| Kobe Bryant (34)| Lamar Odom (12)| Lamar Odom (6)| Staples Center
18,070| 5-6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| November 27| New Jersey| L 96-102 (OT)| Kobe Bryant (46)| Mihm & Odom (10)| Odom & Walton (5)| Staples Center
18,528| 5-7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| November 29| @ San Antonio| L 84-90| Lamar Odom (27)| Lamar Odom (16)| 3 players tied (3)| SBC Center
18,797| 5-8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 14| December 1| @ Utah| W 105-101 (OT)| Kobe Bryant (30)| Lamar Odom (13)| Lamar Odom (9)| Delta Center
18,008| 6-8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| December 2| Minnesota| L 108-113| Lamar Odom (24)| Kobe Bryant (9)| Bryant & Odom (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 6-9|- style="background:#cfc;"| 16| December 4| Charlotte| W 99-98| Kobe Bryant (29)| Lamar Odom (10)| Lamar Odom (11)| Staples Center
18,506| 7-9|- style="background:#cfc;"| 17| December 6| @ Milwaukee| W 111-92| Kobe Bryant (33)| Lamar Odom (9)| Lamar Odom (8)| Bradley Center
15,185| 8-9|- style="background:#cfc;"| 18| December 7| @ Toronto| W 102-91| Lamar Odom (19)| George & Mihm (8)| Kobe Bryant (9)| Air Canada Centre
18,821| 9-9|- style="background:#cfc;"| 19| December 9| @ Chicago| W 93-80| Kobe Bryant (23)| Kobe Bryant (9)| Kobe Bryant (8)| United Center
22,410| 10-9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| December 10| @ Minnesota| L 82-95| Kobe Bryant (35)| Chris Mihm (11)| Lamar Odom (4)| Target Center
18,739| 10-10|- style="background:#cfc;"| 21| December 12| @ Dallas| W 109-106| Kobe Bryant (43)| Lamar Odom (11)| Lamar Odom (5)| American Airlines Center
19,680| 11-10|- style="background:#cfc;"| 22| December 14| @ Memphis| W 94-79| Kobe Bryant (27)| Bryant & Mihm (8)| Odom & Walton (5)| FedEx Forum
16,591| 12-10|- style="background:#cfc;"| 23| December 16| Washington| W 97-91| Kobe Bryant (41)| Lamar Odom (11)| Luke Walton (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 13-10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| December 18| Houston| L 74-76| Kobe Bryant (24)| Lamar Odom (7)| Kobe Bryant (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 13-11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 25| December 20| Dallas| W 112-90| Kobe Bryant (62)| 3 players tied (8)| Luke Walton (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 14-11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 26| December 23| @ Orlando| W 104-88| Kobe Bryant (21)| Kwame Brown (9)| Kobe Bryant (9)| TD Waterhouse Centre
17,283| 15-11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| December 25| @ Miami| L 92-97| Kobe Bryant (37)| Lamar Odom (16)| Bryant & Odom (6)| American Airlines Arena
20,277| 15-12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| December 26| @ Washington| L 91-94| Kobe Bryant (31)| Chris Mihm (9)| Lamar Odom (7)| MCI Center
20,173| 15-13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| December 28| Memphis| L 99-100 (OT)| Kobe Bryant (45)| Lamar Odom (15)| Odom & Parker (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 15-14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| January 1| Utah| L 94-98| Brian Cook (19)| Lamar Odom (12)| Lamar Odom (8)| Staples Center
18,310| 15-15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| January 3| @ Utah| L 80-90| Lamar Odom (25)| Lamar Odom (8)| Odom & Parker (4)| Delta Center
19,013| 15-16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 32| January 6| Philadelphia| W 119-93| Kobe Bryant (48)| Kobe Bryant (10)| Lamar Odom (12)| Staples Center
18,997| 16-16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 33| January 7| @ L.A. Clippers| W 112-109| Kobe Bryant (50)| 3 players tied (10)| Kobe Bryant (8)| Staples Center
20,154| 17-16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 34| January 9| Indiana| W 96-90| Kobe Bryant (45)| Lamar Odom (12)| Kobe Bryant (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 18-16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 35| January 11| @ Portland| L 103-113| Kobe Bryant (41)| Chris Mihm (7)| Lamar Odom (5)| Rose Garden
16,421| 18-17|- style="background:#cfc;"| 36| January 12| Cleveland| W 99-98| Kobe Bryant (27)| Lamar Odom (10)| Lamar Odom (9)| Staples Center
18,997| 19-17|- style="background:#cfc;"| 37| January 14| @ Golden State| W 110-104| Kobe Bryant (38)| Brown & Parker (12)| Kobe Bryant (7)| Oakland Arena
20,179| 20-17|- style="background:#cfc;"| 38| January 16| Miami| W 100-92| Kobe Bryant (37)| Lamar Odom (10)| Lamar Odom (9)| Staples Center
18,997| 21-17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 39| January 19| @ Sacramento| L 109-118 (OT)| Kobe Bryant (51)| Lamar Odom (10)| Lamar Odom (6)| ARCO Arena
17,317| 21-18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 40| January 20| @ Phoenix| L 93-106| Kobe Bryant (37)| Lamar Odom (12)| Lamar Odom (4)| American West Arena
18,422| 21-19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 41| January 22| Toronto| W 122-104| Kobe Bryant (81)| Brown & Odom (10)| Lamar Odom (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 22-19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 42| January 27| Golden State| W 106-105 (OT)| Kobe Bryant (30)| 3 players tied (9)| Kobe Bryant (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 23-19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 43| January 29| @ Detroit| L 93-102| Kobe Bryant (39)| Chris Mihm (14)| 3 players tied (3)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076| 23-20|- style="background:#cfc;"| 44| January 31| @ New York| W 130-97| Kobe Bryant (40)| Lamar Odom (13)| Smush Parker (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 24-20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 45| February 1| @ Indiana| L 79-105| Kobe Bryant (26)| Lamar Odom (7)| Luke Walton (3)| Conseco Fieldhouse
16,127| 24-21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 46| February 3| @ Charlotte| L 102-112| Kobe Bryant (35)| Bryant & Mihm (9)| Bryant & Walton (5)| Charlotte Bobcats Arena
19,026| 24-22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 47| February 4| @ New Orleans/Oklahoma City| L 90-106| Kobe Bryant (35)| Kwame Brown (10)| Smush Parker (6)| Ford Center
19,344| 24-23|- style="background:#fcc;"| 48| February 7| @ Dallas| L 87-102| Brian Cook (28)| George & Odom (6)| Lamar Odom (7)| American Airlines Center
20,379| 24-24|- style="background:#cfc;"| 49| February 8| @ Houston| W 89-78| Kobe Bryant (32)| Lamar Odom (13)| Kobe Bryant (9)| Toyota Center
18,291| 25-24|- style="background:#fcc;"| 50| February 11| Memphis| L 99-100| Kobe Bryant (26)| Kwame Brown (8)| Lamar Odom (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 25-25|- style="background:#cfc;"| 51| February 13| Utah| W 94-88| Kobe Bryant (23)| Lamar Odom (9)| Lamar Odom (8)| Staples Center
18,629| 26-25|- style="background:#fcc;"| 52| February 15| Atlanta| L 110-114| Kobe Bryant (39)| Brian Cook (6)| Kobe Bryant (9)| Staples Center
18,259| 26-26|- style="text-align:center;"| colspan="9" style="background:#bbcaff;"|All-Star Break|- style="background:#cfc;"| 53| February 21| Portland| W 99-82| Kobe Bryant (27)| Lamar Odom (17)| Smush Parker (9)| Staples Center
18,241| 27-26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 54| February 23| Sacramento| W 106-85| Kobe Bryant (36)| Devean George (9)| Kobe Bryant (10)| Staples Center
18,997| 28-26|- style="background:#fcc;"| 55| February 24| @ L.A. Clippers| L 83-102| Kobe Bryant (39)| Lamar Odom (9)| Kobe Bryant (8)| Staples Center
19,820| 28-27|- style="background:#fcc;"| 56| February 26| Boston| L 111-112| Kobe Bryant (40)| Lamar Odom (10)| Lamar Odom (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 28-28|- style="background:#cfc;"| 57| February 28| Orlando| W 102-87| Kobe Bryant (28)| Lamar Odom (12)| Kobe Bryant (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 29-28|- style="background:#fcc;"| 58| March 1| @ Portland| L 93-99| Kobe Bryant (35)| Lamar Odom (8)| Kobe Bryant (5)| Rose Garden
19,454| 29-29|- style="background:#cfc;"| 59| March 3| @ Golden State| W 106-94| Kobe Bryant (42)| Brown & Vujačić (8)| Kobe Bryant (5)| Oakland Arena
20,375| 30-29|- style="background:#cfc;"| 60| March 4| Detroit| W 105-94| Kobe Bryant (40)| Kwame Brown (12)| Lamar Odom (10)| Staples Center
18,997| 31-29|- style="background:#fcc;"| 61| March 6| San Antonio| L 96-103| Kobe Bryant (43)| Brown & Odom (7)| Smush Parker (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 31-30|- style="background:#cfc;"| 62| March 8| @ New Orleans/Oklahoma City| W 113-107| Kobe Bryant (40)| Lamar Odom (17)| Smush Parker (7)| New Orleans Arena
17,744| 32-30|- style="background:#cfc;"| 63| March 10| @ San Antonio| W 100-92| Kobe Bryant (29)| Luke Walton (10)| Lamar Odom (9)| SBC Center
18,797| 33-30|- style="background:#fcc;"| 64| March 12| Seattle| L 113-120| Kobe Bryant (22)| Chris Mihm (13)| Kobe Bryant (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 33-31|- style="background:#fcc;"| 65| March 14| @ Sacramento| L 98-114| Kobe Bryant (30)| Kwame Brown (8)| Bryant & Odom (7)| ARCO Arena
17,317| 33-32|- style="background:#cfc;"| 66| March 15| Minnesota| W 92-89| Kobe Bryant (25)| Lamar Odom (12)| Lamar Odom (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 34-32|- style="background:#fcc;"| 67| March 17| @ New Jersey| L 89-92| Kobe Bryant (24)| Lamar Odom (13)| Kobe Bryant (11)| Continental Airlines Arena
20,098| 34-33|- style="background:#fcc;"| 68| March 19| @ Cleveland| L 95-96| Kobe Bryant (38)| Lamar Odom (8)| Lamar Odom (9)| Gund Arena
20,562| 34-34|- style="background:#cfc;"| 69| March 20| @ Boston| W 105-97| Kobe Bryant (43)| Brown & Odom (9)| Brown & Parker (5)| TD Banknorth Garden
18,624| 35-34|- style="background:#cfc;"| 70| March 22| Sacramento| W 87-80| Kobe Bryant (28)| Kwame Brown (12)| Lamar Odom (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 36-34|- style="background:#cfc;"| 71| March 24| Milwaukee| W 101-96| Kobe Bryant (43)| Brown & Odom (9)| Smush Parker (8)| Staples Center
18,745| 37-34|- style="background:#cfc;"| 72| March 26| New Orleans/Oklahoma City| W 105-94| Kobe Bryant (30)| Lamar Odom (8)| Smush Parker (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 38-34|- style="background:#fcc;"| 73| March 30| San Antonio| L 85-96| Kobe Bryant (23)| Kwame Brown (10)| Smush Parker (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 38-35|- style="background:#cfc;"| 74| March 31| @ Seattle| W 106-93| Kobe Bryant (43)| Kwame Brown (13)| Smush Parker (7)| KeyArena
17,072| 39-35|- style="background:#cfc;"| 75| April 2| Houston| W 104-88| Kobe Bryant (43)| Odom & Walton (6)| Smush Parker (10)| Staples Center
18,997| 40-35|- style="background:#fcc;"| 76| April 6| @ Denver| L 108-110 (OT)| Kobe Bryant (42)| Kwame Brown (13)| Luke Walton (6)| Pepsi Center
19,629| 40-36|- style="background:#fcc;"| 77| April 7| @ Phoenix| L 96-107| Kobe Bryant (51)| Lamar Odom (11)| Lamar Odom (5)| American West Arena
18,422| 40-37|- style="background:#cfc;"| 78| April 9| L.A. Clippers| W 100-83| Kobe Bryant (38)| Lamar Odom (15)| Bryant & Vujačić (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 41-37|- style="background:#cfc;"| 79| April 11| Golden State| W 111-100| Kobe Bryant (31)| Kwame Brown (15)| Lamar Odom (10)| Staples Center
18,997| 42-37|- style="background:#cfc;"| 80| April 14| Portland| W 110-99| Kobe Bryant (50)| Lamar Odom (12)| Lamar Odom (12)| Staples Center
18,997| 43-37|- style="background:#cfc;"| 81| April 16| Phoenix| W 109-89| Kobe Bryant (43)| Lamar Odom (11)| Lamar Odom (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 44-37|- style="background:#cfc;"| 82| April 19| New Orleans/Oklahoma City| W 115-95| Kobe Bryant (35)| Kwame Brown (8)| Lamar Odom (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 45-37

Playoffs

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| April 23| @ Phoenix| L 102–107| Kobe Bryant (22)| Lamar Odom (14)| Kobe Bryant (5)| US Airways Center
18,422| 0–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2| April 26| @ Phoenix| W 99–93| Kobe Bryant (29)| Kobe Bryant (10)| Bryant & Odom (5)| US Airways Center
18,422| 1–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| April 28| Phoenix| W 99–92| Smush Parker (18)| Lamar Odom (17)| Kobe Bryant (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 2–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 4| April 30| Phoenix| W 99–98 (OT)| Lamar Odom (25)| Kwame Brown (10)| Kobe Bryant (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 3–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| May 2| @ Phoenix| L 97–114| Kobe Bryant (29)| Lamar Odom (15)| Lamar Odom (6)| US Airways Center
18,422| 3–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| May 4| Phoenix| L 118–126 (OT)| Kobe Bryant (50)| Lamar Odom (11)| Lamar Odom (9)| Staples Center
18,997| 3–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| May 6| @ Phoenix| L 90–121| Kobe Bryant (24)| Sasha Vujačić (6)| Smush Parker (4)| US Airways Center
18,422| 3–4|-

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	72	49	27.5	.526	.000	.545	6.6	1.0	.4	.6	7.4
	80	80	41.0	.450	.347	.850	5.3	4.5	1.8	.4	35.4
	46	0	7.3	.402	.	.296	1.7	.2	.1	.5	1.6
	81	46	19.0	.511	.429	.832	3.4	.9	.5	.4	7.9
	71	5	21.7	.400	.313	.674	3.9	1.0	.9	.5	6.3
	27	0	5.0	.214	.000	.619	.9	.3	.1	.0	.9
	13	0	7.1	.290	.364	.	.9	.3	.2	.0	1.7
	14	0	8.6	.250	.000	.500	1.4	.8	.4	.0	.5
	2	0	3.0	.500	.	.	.000	.5	.0	.0	1.0
	59	56	26.1	.501	.	.716	6.3	1.0	0.3	1.2	10.2
	80	80	40.3	.481	.372	.690	9.2	5.5	.9	.8	14.8
	82	82	33.8	.447	.366	.694	3.3	3.7	1.7	.2	11.5
	25	1	11.2	.476	.167	.875	1.7	.6	.4	.2	4.2
	23	1	7.0	.500	.	.556	1.6	.3	.1	.4	2.0
	82	4	17.7	.346	.343	.885	1.9	1.7	.6	.0	3.9
	16	0	4.6	.158	.118	.750	.5	.3	.2	.0	1.3
	69	6	19.3	.412	.327	.750	3.6	2.3	.6	.2	5.0

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	7	7	32.1	.523	.	.710	6.6	1.0	.3	.9	12.9
	7	7	44.9	.497	.400	.771	6.3	5.1	1.1	.4	27.9
	1	0	2.0	.000	.	.	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
	7	0	11.1	.391	.364	1.000	3.1	1.1	.1	.0	6.3
	7	0	17.3	.382	.429	.400	2.3	.6	.6	.1	5.3
	3	0	7.0	.333	.000	.	1.0	.7	.3	.3	1.3
	1	0	8.0	.	.	.	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
	7	7	44.9	.495	.200	.667	11.0	4.9	.4	1.1	19.1
	7	7	36.9	.333	.154	1.000	3.0	1.6	2.1	.1	8.9
	3	0	8.3	.600	.	.600	2.3	.0	.0	.3	3.7
	7	0	18.4	.423	.600	1.000	2.4	.9	.6	.0	6.0
	7	7	33.6	.458	.364	1.000	6.4	1.7	1.0	.1	12.1

Awards and records

• Kobe Bryant, All-NBA First Team
• Kobe Bryant, NBA All-Defensive First Team

Transactions

• On June 14, 2005, the Lakers re-hired head coach Phil Jackson.^[11]
• On August 2, 2005, the Lakers traded guard/forward Caron Butler and guard Chucky Atkins to the Washington Wizards in exchange for forward Kwame Brown and guard Laron Profit.^[12]
• The Lakers traded guard Kareem Rush to the Charlotte Bobcats for two future second round draft picks (Ronny Turiaf and TBA). The Bobcats have acquired a second round pick (Ronny Turiaf) in the 2005 NBA draft from Atlanta in exchange for forward/center Predrag Drobnjak. Atlanta Hawks acquired centers Michael Doleac (from the New York Knicks) and Joel Przybilla (from the Milwaukee Bucks), along with a 2005 second-round pick from the Knicks (Ronny Turiaf), while sending center Nazr Mohammed to the Knicks in the three-way trade. The 2005 selection will be the better of the two-second-rounders the Knicks currently own.^[13]
• On October 26, 2005, The Lakers traded Jumaine Jones to the Charlotte Bobcats in exchange for a 2007 2nd round pick (Sun Yue).^[14]
• Laron Profit was waived on January 16, 2006.^[14]
• On March 6, 2006, Jim Jackson was signed as a free agent.^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mike Bresnahan. Bryant Opts to Fix Knee. Los Angeles Times. July 16, 2006. November 23, 2021.
2. Web site: Kobe won't play for USA after knee surgery. ESPN. July 15, 2006. November 23, 2021.
3. Web site: USA - Knee-op knocks Kobe out of FIBA World Championship. FIBA. July 18, 2006. November 23, 2021.
4. Web site: Surgery for Bryant Is Bad News for U.S.. The New York Times. July 16, 2006. November 23, 2021.
5. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/players/3458/injuries.html
6. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/basketball/nba/11/20/bc.bkp.lgns.lakersbrown.r/
7. https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2270283
8. http://www.foxsports.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers-team-roster?season=2005 Los Angeles Lakers Roster | FOX Sports
9. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/2005_games.html
10. http://www.lakersweb.net/yearbyyear/lalakers_2005_2006.htm
11. Web site: ESPN - Report: Lakers hire Jackson again - NBA. 14 February 2008 .
12. Web site: WIZARDS: Wizards Acquire Caron Butler and Chucky Atkins . 14 February 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080228010526/http://www.nba.com/wizards/news/butler-atkins_050803.html . 28 February 2008 . live .
13. Web site: 2005 Outstanding Trades . NBADraft.net . 2005-04-02 . 2008-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090524013140/http://www.nbadraft.net/2005draftnotes.html . 2009-05-24 . live .
14. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/2006_transactions.html