Question: The 1996–97 NBA season was the Magic's which ordinal number season, in the National Basketball Association, after losing Shaquille O'Neal via free agency to the Los Angeles Lakers in the offseason, the Magic signed free agent Gerald Bernard Wilkins, a retired American professional basketball player?
Sentence (from "List of Los Angeles Lakers seasons"): The Lakers' popularity soared in the 1980s when they won five additional championships during a nine-year span with the help of Hall of Famers Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy and coach Pat Riley, the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins.
Relevant evidence: No