2024–25 Los Angeles Lakers season

2024–25 Los Angeles Lakers season
2024–25 Los Angeles Lakers season
Head coach	JJ Redick
General manager	Rob Pelinka
President	Jeanie Buss; Rob Pelinka (vice);
Owners	Jerry Buss family trust (majority); Jeanie Buss (controlling owner); Philip Anschutz, Edward P. Roski, and Patrick Soon-Shiong (minority)
Arena	Crypto.com Arena
Results
Record	10–5 (.667)
Place	Division: 2nd (Pacific); Conference: 4th (Western)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Spectrum SportsNet
Radio	ESPN LA 710 (English); 1020 Radio AM (Spanish)
< 2023–24	2025–26 >

The 2024–25 Los Angeles Lakers season is the 78th season of the franchise, its 77th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), its 65th season in Los Angeles, and its 26th season playing home games at Crypto.com Arena. On May 3, 2024, the Lakers fired head coach Darvin Ham and all of their assistant coaches, including Phil Handy, who had been with the team since their 2020 championship season.^[2] On June 24, 2024, the Lakers hired JJ Redick as their new head coach. They entered the season as the defending NBA Cup champions.

Prior to the start of the season, the Lakers announced that jersey No. 21 would be retired in honor of Michael Cooper during their game against the San Antonio Spurs on January 13, 2025, after he was announced as a finalist for the 2024 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In their season-opener against the Minnesota Timberwolves, LeBron James and his son Bronny made NBA history by becoming the first father-son duo to play together in the league.

For the first time since 2016–17, the Lakers won on opening night and started 3–0 for the first time since 2010–11. With their victory over the Utah Jazz on November 19, 2024, the Lakers posted their first six game winning streak in 3 seasons.

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / team
1	17^[a]	Dalton Knecht	SF	United States	Tennessee
2	55	Bronny James	PG	United States	USC

^ New Orleans exercised its right to defer the conveyance of this pick until 2025.^[3]

The Lakers entered this draft (which was two days long instead of one day long like it had been since 1989) with a first-round pick and a second-round pick.^[4]^[5] On the first night of the draft, the Lakers selected small forward Dalton Knecht from the University of Tennessee with the first round pick that was conveyed to the Lakers after the New Orleans Pelicans decided to defer it back to the Lakers in exchange for the Lakers' 2025 first-round pick through a previous trade they made. Then, on the second day of the draft, the Lakers selected University of Southern California guard Bronny James, the son of current Lakers player LeBron James, with the 55th pick of the draft. It would famously become the first time in NBA history that a father-son duo would play together in the NBA.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	12	Christie, Max	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2003-02-10	Michigan State
F/C	3	Davis, Anthony	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1993-03-11	Kentucky
F	28	Hachimura, Rui	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1998-02-08	Gonzaga
F/C	11	Hayes, Jaxson	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	2000-05-23	Texas
G	0	Hood-Schifino, Jalen (GL)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2003-06-19	Indiana
G	9	James, Bronny	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2004-10-06	USC
F	23	James, LeBron	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1984-12-30	St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH)
G/F	4	Knecht, Dalton	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	2001-04-19	Tennessee
C	10	Koloko, Christian (TW)	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	2000-06-20	Arizona
F	20	Lewis, Maxwell	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2002-07-27	Pepperdine
G	41	Olivari, Quincy (TW)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2001-05-27	Xavier
G	15	Reaves, Austin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	1998-05-29	Oklahoma
G/F	5	Reddish, Cam	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	1999-09-01	Duke
G	1	Russell, D'Angelo	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1996-02-23	Ohio State
F	94	Traoré, Armel (TW)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2003-01-23	France
F	2	Vanderbilt, Jarred	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	1999-04-03	Kentucky
G	7	Vincent, Gabe	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1996-07-14	UC Santa Barbara
F/C	35	Wood, Christian	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	1995-09-27	UNLV

Head coach

JJ Redick

Assistant coach(es)

Bob Beyer
Scott Brooks
Lindsey Harding
Beau Levesque
Nate McMillan
Greg St. Jean

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
(TW) Two-way affiliate player
(L) On leave from the team
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: November 22, 2024

Standings

Division

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Golden State Warriors	12	3	.800	−0.5	5‍–‍1	7‍–‍2	0–2	15
Los Angeles Lakers	10	5	.667	1.5	7‍–‍1	3‍–‍4	2–1	15
Los Angeles Clippers	10	7	.588	2.5	7‍–‍4	3‍–‍3	4–2	17
Phoenix Suns	9	7	.563	3.0	5‍–‍3	4‍–‍4	3–3	16
Sacramento Kings	8	8	.500	4.0	4‍–‍4	4‍–‍4	2–3	16

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Golden State Warriors *	12	3	.800	–	15
2	Oklahoma City Thunder *	12	4	.750	0.5	16
3	Houston Rockets *	12	5	.706	1.0	17
4	Los Angeles Lakers	10	5	.667	2.0	15
5	Los Angeles Clippers	10	7	.588	3.0	17
6	Denver Nuggets	8	6	.571	3.5	14

7	Phoenix Suns	9	7	.563	3.5	16
8	Dallas Mavericks	9	7	.563	3.5	16
9	Memphis Grizzlies	9	7	.563	3.5	16
10	Minnesota Timberwolves	8	7	.533	4.0	15

11	San Antonio Spurs	8	8	.500	4.5	16
12	Sacramento Kings	8	8	.500	4.5	16
13	Portland Trail Blazers	6	10	.375	6.5	16
14	New Orleans Pelicans	4	13	.235	9.0	17
15	Utah Jazz	3	12	.200	9.0	15

Game log

Preseason

Due to renovations at Crypto.com Arena, the Lakers did not play any preseason games at their regular home arena.

2024 preseason game log
Total: 2–4 (Home: 0–3; Road: 2–1)

Preseason: 2–4 (home: 0–3; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 4	Minnesota	L 107–124	Knecht, Reaves (16)	Max Christie (7)	Austin Reaves (7)	Acrisure Arena 9,235	0–1
2	October 6	Phoenix	L 114–118	LeBron James (19)	Davis, Hachimura, Hayes (8)	Austin Reaves (7)	Acrisure Arena 9,494	0–2
3	October 10	@ Milwaukee	W 107–102	Rui Hachimura (14)	Davis, Knecht (8)	D'Angelo Russell (6)	Fiserv Forum 15,526	1–2
4	October 15	Golden State	L 97–111	Anthony Davis (24)	Anthony Davis (12)	LeBron James (4)	T-Mobile Arena 16,907	1–3
5	October 17	@ Phoenix	W 128–122 (OT)	Davis, Knecht (35)	Anthony Davis (10)	D'Angelo Russell (10)	Footprint Center 17,071	2–3
6	October 18	@ Golden State	L 74–132	Quincy Olivari (22)	Hayes, Olivari, Traoré (7)	Jalen Hood-Schifino (7)	Chase Center 18,064	2–4

2024–25 season schedule

Regular season

2024–25 game log
Total: 10–5 (Home: 7–1; Road: 3–4)

October: 3–2 (home: 3–0; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 22	Minnesota	W 110–103	Anthony Davis (36)	Anthony Davis (16)	D'Angelo Russell (5)	Crypto.com Arena 18,997	1–0
2	October 25	Phoenix	W 123–116	Anthony Davis (35)	Anthony Davis (8)	James, Reaves (8)	Crypto.com Arena 18,997	2–0
3	October 26	Sacramento	W 131–127	LeBron James (32)	LeBron James (14)	LeBron James (10)	Crypto.com Arena 18,997	3–0
4	October 28	@ Phoenix	L 105–109	Anthony Davis (29)	Anthony Davis (15)	James, Russell (8)	Footprint Center 17,071	3–1
5	October 30	@ Cleveland	L 110–134	LeBron James (26)	Anthony Davis (13)	D'Angelo Russell (5)	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432	3–2

November: 7–3 (home: 4–1; road: 3–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	November 1	@ Toronto	W 131–125	Anthony Davis (38)	Anthony Davis (11)	LeBron James (10)	Scotiabank Arena 19,800	4–2
7	November 4	@ Detroit	L 103–115	Anthony Davis (37)	Anthony Davis (9)	LeBron James (11)	Little Caesars Arena 20,062	4–3
8	November 6	@ Memphis	L 114–131	LeBron James (39)	Jaxson Hayes (10)	LeBron James (6)	FedExForum 17,794	4–4
9	November 8	Philadelphia	W 116–106	Anthony Davis (31)	LeBron James (12)	LeBron James (13)	Crypto.com Arena 18,485	5–4
10	November 10	Toronto	W 123–103	Austin Reaves (27)	LeBron James (10)	LeBron James (16)	Crypto.com Arena 18,997	6–4
11	November 13	Memphis	W 128–123	LeBron James (35)	Anthony Davis (14)	LeBron James (14)	Crypto.com Arena 18,997	7–4
12	November 15	@ San Antonio	W 120–115	Anthony Davis (40)	LeBron James (16)	LeBron James (12)	Frost Bank Center 18,916	8–4
13	November 16	@ New Orleans	W 104–99	Anthony Davis (31)	Anthony Davis (14)	Austin Reaves (7)	Smoothie King Center 18,761	9–4
14	November 19	Utah	W 124–118	Dalton Knecht (37)	Anthony Davis (14)	LeBron James (12)	Crypto.com Arena 18,997	10–4
15	November 21	Orlando	L 118–119	Anthony Davis (39)	LeBron James (10)	LeBron James (7)	Crypto.com Arena 18,997	10–5
16	November 23	Denver					Crypto.com Arena
17	November 26	@ Phoenix					Footprint Center
18	November 27	@ San Antonio					Frost Bank Center
19	November 29	Oklahoma City					Crypto.com Arena

December : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
20	December 1	@ Utah	Delta Center
21	December 2	@ Minnesota	Target Center
22	December 4	@ Miami	Kaseya Center
23	December 6	@ Atlanta	State Farm Arena
24	December 8	Portland	Crypto.com Arena
25	December	TBD	TBD
26	December	TBD	TBD
27	December 19	@ Sacramento	Golden 1 Center
28	December 21	@ Sacramento	Golden 1 Center
29	December 23	Detroit	Crypto.com Arena
30	December 25	@ Golden State	Chase Center
31	December 28	Sacramento	Crypto.com Arena
32	December 31	Cleveland	Crypto.com Arena

January : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
33	January 2	Portland	Crypto.com Arena
34	January 3	Atlanta	Crypto.com Arena
35	January 5	@ Houston	Toyota Center
36	January 7	@ Dallas	American Airlines Center
37	January 9	Charlotte	Crypto.com Arena
38	January 11	San Antonio	Crypto.com Arena
39	January 13	San Antonio	Crypto.com Arena
40	January 15	Miami	Crypto.com Arena
41	January 17	Brooklyn	Crypto.com Arena
42	January 19	@ L.A. Clippers	Intuit Dome
43	January 21	Washington	Crypto.com Arena
44	January 23	Boston	Crypto.com Arena
45	January 25	@ Golden State	Chase Center
46	January 27	@ Charlotte	Spectrum Center
47	January 28	@ Philadelphia	Wells Fargo Center
48	January 30	@ Washington	Capital One Arena

February : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
49	February 1	@ New York	Madison Square Garden
50	February 4	@ L.A. Clippers	Intuit Dome
51	February 6	Golden State	Crypto.com Arena
52	February 8	Indiana	Crypto.com Arena
53	February 11	Utah	Crypto.com Arena
54	February 12	@ Utah	Delta Center
All-Star Game
55	February 20	@ Portland	Moda Center
56	February 22	@ Denver	Ball Arena
57	February 25	Dallas	Crypto.com Arena
58	February 27	Minnesota	Crypto.com Arena
59	February 28	L.A. Clippers	Crypto.com Arena

March : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
60	March 2	L.A. Clippers	Crypto.com Arena
61	March 4	New Orleans	Crypto.com Arena
62	March 6	New York	Crypto.com Arena
63	March 8	@ Boston	TD Garden
64	March 10	@ Brooklyn	Barclays Center
65	March 13	@ Milwaukee	Fiserv Forum
66	March 14	@ Denver	Ball Arena
67	March 16	Phoenix	Crypto.com Arena
68	March 18	Milwaukee	Crypto.com Arena
69	March 19	Denver	Crypto.com Arena
70	March 22	Chicago	Crypto.com Arena
71	March 24	@ Orlando	Kia Center
72	March 26	@ Indiana	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
73	March 27	@ Chicago	United Center
74	March 29	@ Memphis	FedExForum
75	March 31	Houston	Crypto.com Arena

April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
76	April 3	Golden State	Crypto.com Arena
77	April 4	New Orleans	Crypto.com Arena
78	April 6	@ Oklahoma City	Paycom Center
79	April 8	@ Oklahoma City	Paycom Center
80	April 9	@ Dallas	American Airlines Center
81	April 11	Houston	Crypto.com Arena
82	April 13	@ Portland	Moda Center

2024–25 season schedule

NBA Cup

The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.^[6]^[7]

West Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Los Angeles Lakers	2	2	0	244	233	+11	Advance to knockout stage
2	Oklahoma City Thunder	2	1	1	203	193	+10	Possible knockout stage based on ranking
3	San Antonio Spurs	2	1	1	225	224	+1
4	Phoenix Suns	2	1	1	203	211	−8
5	Utah Jazz	2	0	2	230	244	−14

Updated to game(s) played on November 19, 2024. Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Game Log

2024–25 game log
Total: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)

NBA Cup: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 15	@ San Antonio	W 120–115	Anthony Davis (40)	Anthony Davis (16)	LeBron James (12)	Frost Bank Center 18,916	1–0
2	November 19	Utah	W 128–118	Dalton Knecht (37)	Anthony Davis (14)	LeBron James (12)	Crypto.com Arena 18,997	2–0
3	November 26	@ Phoenix					Footprint Center
4	November 29	Oklahoma City					Crypto.com Arena

2024–25 season schedule

References

^ "Team Directory" (PDF). 2020–21 Los Angeles Lakers Media Guide. NBA Properties. December 20, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
^ "Lakers Part Ways with Head Coach Darvin Ham". NBA.com. May 3, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
^ Eichenhofer, Jim (June 2, 2024). "Pelicans defer rights to Lakers first-round pick to 2025". NBAcom. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
^ "2024 NBA Draft Order: Picks 1-58". NBA.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
^ Quinn, Sam (June 1, 2024). "Why Pelicans are deferring the final Lakers' first-round pick from Anthony Davis trade until 2025". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
^ "NBA unveils new logo and game dates for Emirates NBA Cup 2024". NBA.com. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
^ "Emirates NBA Cup 2024: Group Draw Results". NBA.com. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.

[4] New Orleans exercised its right to defer the conveyance of this pick until 2025.^[3]

[1] "Team Directory" (PDF). 2020–21 Los Angeles Lakers Media Guide. NBA Properties. December 20, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2021.

[2] "Lakers Part Ways with Head Coach Darvin Ham". NBA.com. May 3, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2024.

[3] Eichenhofer, Jim (June 2, 2024). "Pelicans defer rights to Lakers first-round pick to 2025". NBAcom. Retrieved June 2, 2024.

[5] "2024 NBA Draft Order: Picks 1-58". NBA.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.

[6] Quinn, Sam (June 1, 2024). "Why Pelicans are deferring the final Lakers' first-round pick from Anthony Davis trade until 2025". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 2, 2024.

[7] "NBA unveils new logo and game dates for Emirates NBA Cup 2024". NBA.com. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.

[8] "Emirates NBA Cup 2024: Group Draw Results". NBA.com. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.

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Founded in 1946 Played in Detroit (1946–1947) and Minneapolis (1947–1960) Based in Los Angeles, California
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Personnel	Ownership Jeanie, Jim, and Johnny Buss (majority) Anschutz Entertainment Group, Ed Roski Jr., Patrick Soon-Shiong (minority) President Jeanie Buss General manager Rob Pelinka Head coach JJ Redick
G League affiliate	South Bay Lakers
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