# 2017–18 Los Angeles Lakers season

The 2017–18 Los Angeles Lakers season was the franchise's 70th season, its 69th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 58th in Los Angeles.
On December 18, 2017, against the Golden State Warriors, the Lakers retired the numbers 8 and 24 of former shooting guard Kobe Bryant, making him the first NBA player to have two numbers retired on the same team.

## Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 2 | Lonzo Ball | PG | United States | UCLA |
| 1 | 27 | Kyle Kuzma | SF | United States | Utah |
| 1 | 30 | Josh Hart | SG | United States | Villanova |
| 2 | 42 | Thomas Bryant | PF/C | United States | Indiana |
Originally, the Lakers were at risk of losing their own first-round pick this year to the Philadelphia 76ers due to the stipulations of a previous trade involving Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns and having less than 50% odds of keeping the pick despite having the third-worst record that season. However, they not only kept the pick, but also moved up a spot in the process. The Lakers will ultimately lose their first-round pick for the 2018 NBA draft, regardless of whether it goes to the 76ers or the Boston Celtics later on, but they will at least keep their first-round pick for the 2019 NBA draft as opposed to giving it to the Orlando Magic as a result of their Dwight Howard trade around the same period. Their original second first-round pick at #28, however, came from the Houston Rockets as an incentive to trade away Lou Williams in exchange for Corey Brewer. On June 20, two days before the draft began, the Lakers would acquire a new first-round pick by getting the worst of the Brooklyn Nets' first-round picks at #27 alongside their star center Brook Lopez in a trade in exchange for star combo guard D'Angelo Russell and Russian center Timofey Mozgov. On draft night, though, the Lakers acquired two more picks in the draft by trading their weakest first-round pick (which became power forward/center Tony Bradley from the most recent NCAA Champions in University of North Carolina) to the Utah Jazz for Picks #30 & 42 in this year's draft.
With the 2nd pick of the draft, the Lakers selected their hometown star Lonzo Ball, who played point guard during his sole season at UCLA. During that time there, Ball averaged a league-leading 7.6 assists to go with 14.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.8 steals, and 0.8 blocks per game in 36 total games there. He also earned the Wayman Tisdale Award, the Pac-12 Freshman of The Year Award, First Team All-Pac-12 Honors, and consensus First-Team All-American Honors in the process. Next up, with the pick they acquired from the Brooklyn Nets, the Lakers took power forward Kyle Kuzma from the University of Utah. In Kuzma's final year at Utah, he joined Ball in being a member of the All-Pac-12 First Team by averaging 16.4 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 2.4 assists as a junior. With their last pick in the first round of the draft, the Lakers selected senior shooting guard Josh Hart from Villanova University. Throughout his time there (which included an NCAA Championship in his junior season), Hart averaged 13.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game at Villanova while earning plenty of awards in each of his last three seasons there. The Lakers ended their draft night by taking sophomore power forward/center Thomas Bryant from Indiana University. In his time at Indiana, Bryant averaged 12.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.2 blocks, and nearly an assist per game throughout his college career. He made the Big 10 Conference's Freshman Team and the All-Big 10 Third Team Honors in his first season there.

## Standings
### Division

| Pacific Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| y – Golden State Warriors | 58 | 24 | .707 | – | 29‍–‍12 | 29‍–‍12 | 13–3 | 82 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 16.0 | 22‍–‍19 | 20‍–‍21 | 12–4 | 82 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 35 | 47 | .427 | 23.0 | 20‍–‍21 | 15‍–‍26 | 6–10 | 82 |
| Sacramento Kings | 27 | 55 | .329 | 31.0 | 14‍–‍27 | 13‍–‍28 | 5–11 | 82 |
| Phoenix Suns | 21 | 61 | .256 | 37.0 | 10‍–‍31 | 11‍–‍30 | 4–12 | 82 |

### Conference

Western Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z – Houston Rockets * | 65 | 17 | .793 | – | 82 |
| 2 | y – Golden State Warriors * | 58 | 24 | .707 | 7.0 | 82 |
| 3 | y – Portland Trail Blazers * | 49 | 33 | .598 | 16.0 | 82 |
| 4 | x – Oklahoma City Thunder | 48 | 34 | .585 | 17.0 | 82 |
| 5 | x – Utah Jazz | 48 | 34 | .585 | 17.0 | 82 |
| 6 | x – New Orleans Pelicans | 48 | 34 | .585 | 17.0 | 82 |
| 7 | x – San Antonio Spurs | 47 | 35 | .573 | 18.0 | 82 |
| 8 | x – Minnesota Timberwolves | 47 | 35 | .573 | 18.0 | 82 |
| 9 | Denver Nuggets | 46 | 36 | .561 | 19.0 | 82 |
| 10 | Los Angeles Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 23.0 | 82 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Lakers | 35 | 47 | .427 | 30.0 | 82 |
| 12 | Sacramento Kings | 27 | 55 | .329 | 38.0 | 82 |
| 13 | Dallas Mavericks | 24 | 58 | .293 | 41.0 | 82 |
| 14 | Memphis Grizzlies | 22 | 60 | .268 | 43.0 | 82 |
| 15 | Phoenix Suns | 21 | 61 | .256 | 44.0 | 82 |

## Game log
### Preseason

2017 pre-season game log Total: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2) :
Pre-season: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
September 30
Minnesota
L 99–108
Kyle Kuzma (19)
Larry Nance Jr. (9)
Ball, Ennis (8)
Honda Center 18,000
0–1
2
October 2
Denver
L 107–113
Kyle Kuzma (23)
Julius Randle (10)
four players (4)
Staples Center 17,218
0–2
3
October 4
Denver
L 104–122
Jordan Clarkson (24)
Julius Randle (6)
Briante Weber (5)
Citizens Business Bank Arena 17,000
0–3
4
October 8
Sacramento
W 75–69
Julius Randle (17)
Julius Randle (10)
Alex Caruso (5)
T-Mobile Arena 13,094
1–3
5
October 10
Utah
L 99–105
Clarkson, Kuzma (18)
Alex Caruso (6)
Alex Caruso (10)
Staples Center 15,054
1–4
6
October 13
@ LA Clippers
W 111–104
Brook Lopez (16)
Nance Jr., Randle (7)
Ingram, Kuzma, Caldwell-Pope (5)
Staples Center 16,711
2–4 :
2017–18 season schedule :

### Regular season

2017–18 game log Total: 35–47 (Home: 20–21; Road: 15–26) :
October: 3–4 (home: 2–3; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 19
L.A. Clippers
L 92–108
Brook Lopez (20)
Larry Nance Jr. (12)
Ball, Ingram (4)
Staples Center 18,997
0–1
2
October 20
@ Phoenix
W 132–130
Lonzo Ball (29)
Ball, Lopez (11)
Lonzo Ball (9)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 18,055
1–1
3
October 22
New Orleans
L 112–119
Jordan Clarkson (24)
Lonzo Ball (8)
Lonzo Ball (13)
Staples Center 18,997
1–2
4
October 25
Washington
W 102–99 (OT)
Brandon Ingram (19)
Ingram, Nance Jr. (10)
Lonzo Ball (10)
Staples Center 18,996
2–2
5
October 27
Toronto
L 92–101
Julius Randle (18)
Kyle Kuzma (10)
Lonzo Ball (6)
Staples Center 17,876
2–3
6
October 28
@ Utah
L 81–96
Brandon Ingram (16)
Larry Nance Jr. (10)
Lonzo Ball (4)
Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306
2–4
7
October 31
Detroit
W 113–93
Julius Randle (17)
Larry Nance Jr. (12)
Brandon Ingram (6)
Staples Center 17,569
3–4 :
November
: 5–9 (home: 4–3; road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
November 2
@ Portland
L 110–113
Brook Lopez (27)
Julius Randle (6)
Ball, Clarkson (4)
Moda Center 19,469
3–5
9
November 3
Brooklyn
W 124–112
Brook Lopez (34)
Kyle Kuzma (13)
Lonzo Ball (7)
Staples Center 18,997
4–5
10
November 5
Memphis
W 107–102
Brook Lopez (21)
Kyle Kuzma (12)
Lonzo Ball (9)
Staples Center 18,997
5–5
11
November 8
@ Boston
L 96–107
Jordan Clarkson (18)
Julius Randle (12)
Lonzo Ball (6)
TD Garden 18,624
5–6
12
November 9
@ Washington
L 95–111
Lopez, Clarkson (15)
Kyle Kuzma (9)
Lonzo Ball (8)
Capital One Arena 20,173
5–7
13
November 11
@ Milwaukee
L 90–98
Kyle Kuzma (21)
Lonzo Ball (12)
Lonzo Ball (13)
BMO Harris Bradley Center 18,717
5–8
14
November 13
@ Phoenix
W 100–93
Jordan Clarkson (25)
Brook Lopez (10)
Lonzo Ball (5)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 17,533
6–8
15
November 15
Philadelphia
L 109–115
Brandon Ingram (26)
Brandon Ingram (11)
Jordan Clarkson (5)
Staples Center 18,997
6–9
16
November 17
Phoenix
L 113–122
Kyle Kuzma (30)
Kuzma, Lopez (10)
Lonzo Ball (6)
Staples Center 18,997
6–10
17
November 19
Denver
W 127–109
Julius Randle (24)
Lonzo Ball (16)
Lonzo Ball (11)
Staples Center 18,997
7–10
18
November 21
Chicago
W 103–94
Kyle Kuzma (22)
Lonzo Ball (13)
Ingram, Kuzma (5)
Staples Center 18,997
8–10
19
November 22
@ Sacramento
L 102–113
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (20)
Julius Randle (8)
Lonzo Ball (11)
Golden 1 Center 17,583
8–11
20
November 27
@ L.A. Clippers
L 115–120
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (29)
Clarkson, Nance Jr. (8)
Lonzo Ball (7)
Staples Center 18,086
8–12
21
November 29
Golden State
L 123–127 (OT)
Brandon Ingram (32)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (7)
Lonzo Ball (10)
Staples Center 18,997
8–13 :
December
: 3–11 (home: 0–6; road: 3–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
22
December 2
@ Denver
L 100–115
Brandon Ingram (20)
Kyle Kuzma (10)
Lonzo Ball (5)
Pepsi Center 19,520
8–14
23
December 3
Houston
L 95–118
Kyle Kuzma (22)
Kyle Kuzma (12)
Brandon Ingram (5)
Staples Center 18,997
8–15
24
December 7
@ Philadelphia
W 107–104
Brandon Ingram (21)
Lonzo Ball (8)
Lonzo Ball (8)
Wells Fargo Center 20,495
9–15
25
December 9
@ Charlotte
W 110–99
Jordan Clarkson (22)
Kyle Kuzma (14)
Lonzo Ball (9)
Spectrum Center 19,320
10–15
26
December 12
@ New York
L 109–113 (OT)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (24)
Larry Nance Jr. (9)
Lonzo Ball (6)
Madison Square Garden 19,359
10–16
27
December 14
@ Cleveland
L 112–121
Brandon Ingram (26)
Larry Nance Jr. (12)
Lonzo Ball (11)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
10–17
28
December 18
Golden State
L 114–116 (OT)
Kyle Kuzma (25)
Julius Randle (11)
Lonzo Ball (6)
Staples Center 18,997
10–18
29
December 20
@ Houston
W 122–116
Kyle Kuzma (38)
Ball, Nance Jr. (9)
Brandon Ingram (6)
Toyota Center 18,055
11–18
30
December 22
@ Golden State
L 106–113
Kyle Kuzma (27)
Kyle Kuzma (14)
Lonzo Ball (5)
Oracle Arena 19,596
11–19
31
December 23
Portland
L 92–95
Clarkson, Kuzma (18)
Josh Hart (10)
Lonzo Ball (11)
Staples Center 18,997
11–20
32
December 25
Minnesota
L 104–121
Kyle Kuzma (31)
Julius Randle (7)
Jordan Clarkson (7)
Staples Center 18,997
11–21
33
December 27
Memphis
L 99–109
Brandon Ingram (23)
Larry Nance Jr. (9)
Brandon Ingram (4)
Staples Center 18,997
11–22
34
December 29
L.A. Clippers
L 106–121
Jordan Clarkson (20)
Caldwell-Pope, Randle (7)
Jordan Clarkson (8)
Staples Center 18,997
11–23
35
December 31
@ Houston
L 142–148 (2OT)
Julius Randle (29)
Julius Randle (15)
Tyler Ennis (11)
Toyota Center 18,179
11–24 :
January
: 8–7 (home: 6–2; road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
36
January 1
@ Minnesota
L 96–114
Jordan Clarkson (20)
Julius Randle (12)
Clarkson, Ennis (4)
Target Center 18,978
11–25
37
January 3
Oklahoma City
L 96–133
Kyle Kuzma (18)
Larry Nance Jr. (7)
Tyler Ennis (6)
Staples Center 18,997
11–26
38
January 5
Charlotte
L 94–108
Brandon Ingram (22)
Brandon Ingram (14)
Lonzo Ball (5)
Staples Center 18,997
11–27
39
January 7
Atlanta
W 132–113
Brandon Ingram (20)
Lonzo Ball (10)
Brandon Ingram (7)
Staples Center 18,997
12–27
40
January 9
Sacramento
W 99–86
Julius Randle (22)
Julius Randle (14)
Lonzo Ball (11)
Staples Center 18,997
13–27
41
January 11
San Antonio
W 93–81
Brandon Ingram (26)
Lonzo Ball (10)
Lonzo Ball (6)
Staples Center 18,997
14–27
42
January 13
@ Dallas
W 107–101 (OT)
Julius Randle (23)
Julius Randle (15)
Lonzo Ball (7)
American Airlines Center 20,209
15–27
43
January 15
@ Memphis
L 114–123
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (27)
Larry Nance Jr. (11)
Kyle Kuzma (5)
FedExForum 17,794
15–28
44
January 17
@ Oklahoma City
L 90–114
Julius Randle (16)
Larry Nance Jr. (6)
Clarkson, Ennis, Ingram, Randle (3)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
15–29
45
January 19
Indiana
W 99–86
Jordan Clarkson (33)
Larry Nance Jr. (11)
Jordan Clarkson (7)
Staples Center 18,997
16–29
46
January 21
New York
W 127–107
Jordan Clarkson (29)
Julius Randle (12)
Jordan Clarkson (10)
Staples Center 18,997
17–29
47
January 23
Boston
W 108–107
Kyle Kuzma (28)
Julius Randle (14)
Clarkson, Ingram (4)
Staples Center 18,997
18–29
48
January 26
@ Chicago
W 108–103
Brandon Ingram (25)
Brandon Ingram (9)
Brandon Ingram (5)
United Center 21,827
19–29
49
January 28
@ Toronto
L 111–123
Clarkson, Randle (17)
Julius Randle (10)
Caruso, Randle (5)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
19–30
50
January 31
@ Orlando
L 105–127
Clarkson, Randle (20)
Julius Randle (9)
Brandon Ingram (5)
Amway Center 18,553
19–31 :
February
: 7–3 (home: 3–0; road: 4–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
51
February 2
@ Brooklyn
W 102–99
Lopez, Randle (19)
Josh Hart (14)
Brandon Ingram (10)
Barclays Center 17,732
20–31
52
February 4
@ Oklahoma City
W 108–104
Brook Lopez (20)
Josh Hart (11)
Lopez, Ingram (5)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
21–31
53
February 6
Phoenix
W 112–93
Brandon Ingram (26)
Josh Hart (11)
Clarkson, Ingram, Randle (5)
Staples Center 18,997
22–31
54
February 8
Oklahoma City
W 106–81
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (20)
Brook Lopez (9)
Brandon Ingram (6)
Staples Center 18,997
23–31
55
February 10
@ Dallas
L 123–130
Julius Randle (26)
Kyle Kuzma (15)
Julius Randle (7)
American Airlines Center 20,162
23–32
56
February 14
@ New Orleans
L 117–139
Kyle Kuzma (23)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (8)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (8)
Smoothie King Center 15,436
23–33
57
February 15
@ Minnesota
L 111–119
Julius Randle (23)
Caldwell-Pope, Zubac (11)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (6)
Target Center 17,534
23–34
58
February 23
Dallas
W 124–102
Julius Randle (18)
Julius Randle (13)
Julius Randle (10)
Staples Center 18,997
24–34
59
February 24
@ Sacramento
W 113–108
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (34)
Julius Randle (13)
Brandon Ingram (8)
Golden 1 Center 17,583
25–34
60
February 26
@ Atlanta
W 123–104
Brandon Ingram (21)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (14)
Brandon Ingram (6)
Philips Arena 16,328
26–34 :
March
: 7–8 (home: 4–3; road: 3–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
61
March 1
@ Miami
W 131–113
Isaiah Thomas (29)
Randle, Ball, Kuzma (6)
Lonzo Ball (7)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
27–34
62
March 3
@ San Antonio
W 116–112
Julius Randle (25)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (13)
Lonzo Ball (11)
AT&T Center 18,557
28–34
63
March 5
Portland
L 103–108
Julius Randle (21)
Julius Randle (9)
Isaiah Thomas (7)
Staples Center 18,997
28–35
64
March 7
Orlando
W 108–107
Brook Lopez (27)
Julius Randle (11)
Isaiah Thomas (9)
Staples Center 18,997
29–35
65
March 9
@ Denver
L 116–125
Brook Lopez (29)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (9)
Lonzo Ball (8)
Pepsi Center 19,807
29–36
66
March 11
Cleveland
W 127–113
Julius Randle (36)
Julius Randle (14)
Isaiah Thomas (9)
Staples Center 18,997
30–36
67
March 13
Denver
W 112–103
Randle, Kuzma (26)
Randle, Kuzma (13)
Lonzo Ball (8)
Staples Center 18,997
31–36
68
March 14
@ Golden State
L 106–117
Julius Randle (22)
Julius Randle (10)
Lonzo Ball (11)
Oracle Arena 19,596
31–37
69
March 16
Miami
L 91–92
Julius Randle (25)
Julius Randle (12)
Lonzo Ball (8)
Staples Center 18,997
31–38
70
March 19
@ Indiana
L 100–110
Kyle Kuzma (27)
Julius Randle (9)
Lonzo Ball (8)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,603
31–39
71
March 22
@ New Orleans
L 125–128
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (28)
Lonzo Ball (13)
Lonzo Ball (9)
Smoothie King Center 18,037
31–40
72
March 24
@ Memphis
W 100–93
Kyle Kuzma (25)
Julius Randle (11)
Lonzo Ball (10)
FedExForum 18,119
32–40
73
March 26
@ Detroit
L 106–112
Julius Randle (23)
Randle, Kuzma (11)
Lonzo Ball (11)
Little Caesars Arena 18,718
32–41
74
March 28
Dallas
W 103–93
Brook Lopez (22)
Julius Randle (10)
Lonzo Ball (11)
Staples Center 18,997
33–41
75
March 30
Milwaukee
L 122–124 (OT)
Kyle Kuzma (27)
Josh Hart (13)
Caruso, Ingram, Kuzma (6)
Staples Center 18,997
33–42 :
April
: 2–5 (home: 1–4; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
76
April 1
Sacramento
L 83–84
Julius Randle (19)
Ivica Zubac (10)
Ennis, Hart (4)
Staples Center 18,997
33–43
77
April 3
@ Utah
L 110–117
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (28)
Julius Randle (12)
Julius Randle (9)
Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306
33–44
78
April 4
San Antonio
W 122–112 (OT)
Kyle Kuzma (30)
Josh Hart (10)
Tyler Ennis (7)
Staples Center 18,997
34–44
79
April 6
Minnesota
L 96–113
Hart, Randle (20)
Josh Hart (11)
Ennis, Payton II (4)
Staples Center 18,997
34–45
80
April 8
Utah
L 97–112
Josh Hart (25)
Julius Randle (7)
Julius Randle (4)
Staples Center 18,997
34–46
81
April 10
Houston
L 99–105
Josh Hart (20)
Julius Randle (8)
Alex Caruso (6)
Staples Center 18,997
34–47
82
April 11
@ L.A. Clippers
W 115–100
Josh Hart (30)
Gary Payton II (12)
Andre Ingram (6)
Staples Center 19,068
35–47 :
2017–18 season schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

Los Angeles Lakers statistics :
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Julius Randle | 82 | 49 | 26.7 | .558 | .222 | .718 | 8.0 | 2.6 | .5 | .5 | 16.1 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 77 | 37 | 31.2 | .450 | .366 | .707 | 6.3 | 1.8 | .6 | .4 | 16.1 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 74 | 74 | 33.2 | .426 | .383 | .789 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | .2 | 13.4 |
| Brook Lopez | 74 | 72 | 23.4 | .465 | .345 | .703 | 4.0 | 1.7 | .4 | 1.3 | 13.0 |
| Josh Hart | 63 | 23 | 23.2 | .469 | .396 | .702 | 4.2 | 1.3 | .7 | .3 | 7.9 |
| Brandon Ingram | 59 | 59 | 33.5 | .470 | .390 | .681 | 5.3 | 3.9 | .8 | .7 | 16.1 |
| Tyler Ennis | 54 | 11 | 12.6 | .420 | .250 | .759 | 1.8 | 1.9 | .6 | .2 | 4.1 |
| Corey Brewer$^†$ | 54 | 2 | 12.9 | .453 | .186 | .667 | 1.7 | .8 | .8 | .1 | 3.7 |
| Jordan Clarkson$^†$ | 53 | 2 | 23.7 | .448 | .324 | .795 | 3.0 | 3.3 | .7 | .1 | 14.5 |
| Lonzo Ball | 52 | 50 | 34.2 | .360 | .305 | .451 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 1.7 | .8 | 10.2 |
| Ivica Zubac | 43 | 0 | 9.5 | .500 | .000 | .765 | 2.9 | .6 | .2 | .3 | 3.7 |
| Larry Nance Jr.$^†$ | 42 | 17 | 22.0 | .601 | .250 | .632 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | .5 | 8.6 |
| Alex Caruso | 37 | 7 | 15.2 | .431 | .302 | .700 | 1.8 | 2.0 | .6 | .3 | 3.6 |
| Andrew Bogut | 24 | 5 | 9.0 | .680 | | 1.000 | 3.3 | .6 | .2 | .5 | 1.5 |
| Isaiah Thomas$^†$ | 17 | 1 | 26.8 | .383 | .327 | .921 | 2.1 | 5.0 | .4 | .1 | 15.6 |
| Travis Wear | 17 | 0 | 13.4 | .347 | .362 | 1.000 | 2.2 | .4 | .2 | .3 | 4.4 |
| Thomas Bryant | 15 | 0 | 4.8 | .381 | .100 | .556 | 1.1 | .4 | .1 | .1 | 1.5 |
| Gary Payton II$^†$ | 11 | 0 | 10.5 | .415 | .308 | .167 | 2.5 | 1.1 | .4 | .2 | 3.5 |
| Channing Frye$^†$ | 9 | 0 | 16.7 | .465 | .360 | .750 | 2.8 | 1.1 | .1 | .1 | 5.8 |
| Vander Blue | 5 | 0 | 9.0 | .200 | .000 | .500 | .2 | .6 | .2 | .0 | .6 |
| Andre Ingram | 2 | 0 | 32.0 | .471 | .556 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
| Nigel Hayes-Davis$^†$ | 2 | 0 | 5.5 | .333 | .000 | 1.000 | .0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | 1.5 |
| Derrick Williams | 2 | 0 | 4.5 | .250 | .000 | | .5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
| Luol Deng | 1 | 1 | 13.0 | .500 | | | .0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .0 | 2.0 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Lakers only.

## Transactions
### Trades

| June 22, 2017 | To Los Angeles LakersBrook Lopez Draft rights to Kyle Kuzma | To Brooklyn NetsD'Angelo Russell Timofey Mozgov |
| June 22, 2017 | To Los Angeles LakersDraft rights to Josh Hart Draft rights to Thomas Bryant | To Utah JazzDraft rights to Tony Bradley |
| February 8, 2018 | To Los Angeles LakersProtected 1st round draft pick 2018 NBA draft Isaiah Thomas Channing Frye | To Cleveland CavaliersJordan Clarkson Larry Nance Jr. |

### Free agency
#### Re-signed

| Player | Signed |
| Tyler Ennis | 2-year contract worth $3.1 million |

#### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former Team |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 1-year contract worth $18 million | Detroit Pistons |
| Alex Caruso | Two-way contract | Oklahoma City Blue |
| Vander Blue | Two-way contract | Los Angeles D-Fenders |
| Andrew Bogut | 1-year contract worth $2.3 million | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Gary Payton II | Two-way contract | Milwaukee Bucks / Wisconsin Herd |
| Nigel Hayes | 10-day contract | Westchester Knicks |
| Andre Ingram | 10-day contract | South Bay Lakers |

#### Subtractions

| Player | Reason left | New Team |
| Tarik Black | Waived | Houston Rockets |
| Nick Young | 1-year contract worth $5.2 million | Golden State Warriors |
| David Nwaba | Waived | Chicago Bulls |
| Metta World Peace | Unrestricted free agent | New Orleans Gators / Retired |
| Thomas Robinson | Unrestricted free agent | BC Khimki |
| Andrew Bogut | Waived | |
| Vander Blue | Waived | Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino |
| Nigel Hayes | 10-day contract expired | Westchester Knicks |