2011–12 Los Angeles Lakers season
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series
1 May 14 @ Oklahoma City L 90-119 Kobe Bryant , Andrew Bynum ( 20 each ) Andrew Bynum ( 14 ) Steve Blake ( 4 ) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 0-1
2 May 16 @ Oklahoma City L 75-77 Kobe Bryant , Andrew Bynum ( 20 each ) Pau Gasol ( 11 ) Kobe Bryant ( 4 ) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 0-2
3 May 18 Oklahoma City W 99-96 Kobe Bryant ( 36 ) Pau Gasol , Andrew Bynum ( 11 each ) Kobe Bryant , Pau Gasol ( 6 each ) Staples Center 18,997 1-2
4 May 19 Oklahoma City L 100-103 Kobe Bryant ( 38 ) Andrew Bynum ( 9 ) Kobe Bryant , Ramon Sessions ( 5 each ) Staples Center 18,997 1-3
5 May 21 @ Oklahoma City L 90-106 Kobe Bryant ( 42 ) Pau Gasol ( 16 ) Meta World Peace ( 5 ) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 1-4
The 2011-12 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 64th season of the franchise, its 63rd season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 52nd season in Los Angeles. For the first time since 2005, Phil Jackson did not return as the Lakers coach and replaced by former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown. Following the 2011 NBA lockout each team only played 66 games instead of the usual 82. 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. The Lakers finished 41-25, winning the Pacific Division for the 33rd time. They finished the season as the #3 seed in the Western Conference. In the playoffs, they lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder 1-4 in the Western Conference semi-finals. This season marked Kobe Bryant's final career playoff appearance. During this season, the Lakers were supposed to acquire Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets in a three-team deal that would send Lamar Odom, Goran Dragic, Luis Scola, and Kevin Martin to the Hornets and Pau Gasol to the Houston Rockets, but then-NBA Commissioner David Stern had later vetoed the trade. Following the season, Andrew Bynum was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in a three-team deal.