Question: The 2011–12 Los Angeles Lakers season is which ordinal number season of the franchise, its 63rd season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 52nd season in Los Angeles, at midseason they traded longtime forward, Luke Theodore Walton (born March 28, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player, and the current head coach of the  Los Angeles Lakers?

<P0-S0> Kobe Bryant is an American retired shooting guard who played for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for his entire 20-year career. <P0-S1>  Bryant is the only son of former Philadelphia 76ers player and former Los Angeles Sparks head coach Joe Bryant. <P0-S2>  Selected 13th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1996 NBA draft, Bryant was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac a month later. <P0-S3>  He and then-teammate Shaquille O'Neal led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. <P0-S4>  After O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat following the 2003–04 season, Bryant became the cornerstone of the Lakers franchise. <P0-S5>  He led the NBA in scoring during the and seasons. <P0-S6>  In 2006, Bryant scored a career-high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second-highest number of points scored in a game in NBA history, behind only Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point performance. <P0-S7>  Bryant was awarded the regular season's Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in the 2007–08 season and led his team to the 2008 NBA Finals as the first seed in the Western Conference. <P0-S8>  In the 2008 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal as a member of the U.S. men's basketball team, occasionally referred to as "The Redeem Team". <P0-S9>  He led the Lakers to two more championships in 2009 and 2010, winning the Finals MVP award on both occasions. <SEP> <P1-S0>  Following the 2011 NBA lockout each team only played 66 games instead of the usual 82. <P1-S1>  At midseason they traded longtime point guard Derek Fisher to the Houston Rockets for Jordan Hill and longtime forward Luke Walton to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ramon Sessions. <P1-S2>  The Lakers finished 41–25, winning the Pacific Division for the 33rd time. <P1-S3>  They finished the season as the #3 seed in the Western Conference. <P1-S4>  In the playoffs, they lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder 1–4 in the Western Conference semi-finals. <P1-S5>  This season marked Kobe Bryant's final career playoff appearance. <P1-S6> The 2011–12 Los Angeles Lakers season is the 64th season of the franchise, its 63rd season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 52nd season in Los Angeles. <SEP> <P2-S0> The 2009–10 Los Angeles Lakers season is the 62nd season of the franchise, 61st in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 50th in Los Angeles. <P2-S1>  During the offseason, the Lakers signed free agent and former defensive player of the year forward Ron Artest. <P2-S2>  Coming off from winning their fifteenth championship in the NBA Finals defeating the Orlando Magic in five games, the Lakers successfully defended their title. <P2-S3>  They spent the most money of any team on player salaries this season, totaling $112.7 million ($91.3 million on player salaries and $21.4 million on luxury tax). <P2-S4>  The Lakers once again sold out all 41 home games for the season at Staples Center. <SEP> <P3-S0>  He played 10 seasons in the NBA as a forward, and won two NBA championships with the Lakers and won one with the Golden State Warriors as an assistant coach. <P3-S1> Luke Theodore Walton (born March 28, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.