Written by Kevin Early
The Dwightmare haunted everyones dreams for most of the NBA off-season but now we can sleep tight (especially if you live in L.A.) Lets look in to our preverbial crystal ball of last season's stats to see what is in store for L.A. next year.
Point Guard: Steve Nash
Games Played: 62
Games Started: 62
Minutes Per Game: 31.6
Field-Goal Percentage: .532
Three Point Field-Goal Percentage: .390
Free-Throw Percentage: .894
Rebounds Per Game: 3.0
Assists Per Game: 10.7
Steals Per Game: 0.6
Blocks Per Game: 0.1
Points Per Game: 12.5
Shooting Guard: Kobe Bryant
Games Played: 58
Games Started: 58
Minutes Per Game: 38.5
Field-Goal Percentage: .430
Three Point Field-Goal Percentage: .303
Free-Throw Percentage: .845
Rebounds Per Game: 5.4
Assists Per Game: 4.6
Steals Per Game: 1.2
Blocks Per Game: 0.3
Points Per Game: 27.9
Small Forward: Metta World Peace
Games Played: 64
Games Started: 45
Minutes Per Game: 26.9
Field-Goal Percentage: .394
Three Point Field-Goal Percentage: .296
Free-Throw Percentage: .617
Rebounds Per Game: 3.4
Assists Per Game: 2.2
Steals Per Game: 1.1
Blocks Per Game: 0.4
Points Per Game: 7.7
Power Forward: Pau Gasol
Games Played: 65
Games Started: 65
Minutes Per Game: 37.4
Field-Goal Percentage: .501
Three Point Field-Goal Percentage: .259
Free-Throw Percentage: .782
Rebounds Per Game: 10.4
Assists Per Game: 3.7
Steals Per Game: 0.6
Blocks Per Game: 1.4
Points Per Game: 17.4
Center: Dwight Howard
Games Played: 54
Games Started: 54
Minutes Per Game: 38.3
Field-Goal Percentage: .573
Three Point Field-Goal Percentage: 0
Free-Throw Percentage: .491
Rebounds Per Game: 14.5
Assists Per Game: 1.9
Steals Per Game: 1.5
Blocks Per Game: 2.1
Points Per Game: 20.6
The Los Angeles Lakers' Starting Lineup Combined
Games Played: 60.6
Games Started: 56.8
Minutes Per Game: 34.5
Field-Goal Percentage: .486
Three Point Field-Goal Percentage: .312
Free-Throw Percentage: .726
Rebounds Per Game: 7.3 (Total 36.7 per game)
Assists Per Game: 4.6 (Total 23.1)
Steals Per Game: 1 (Total 5)
Blocks Per Game: 0.86 (Total 4.3)
Points Per Game: 17.2 (Total 86.1)
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