Los Angeles also signed free-agent Shaquille O'Neal.[142] Trading for Bryant was West's idea, and he was influential in the team's signing of the all-star center.[143] "Jerry West is the reason I came to the Lakers", O'Neal later said.[144] They used their 24th pick in the draft to select Derek Fisher.[145] During the season, the team traded Cedric Ceballos to Phoenix for Robert Horry.[146] O'Neal led the team to a 56–26 record, their best effort since 1990–91, despite missing 31 games due to a knee injury.[147] O'Neal averaged 26.2 ppg and 12.5 rpg and finished third in the league in blocked shots (2.88 bpg) in 51 games.[147][148] The Lakers defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the playoffs as O'Neal scored 46 points in Game 1 against the Trail Blazers, marking the highest single-game playoff scoring output by a Laker since Jerry West scored 53 against the Celtics in 1969.[147] In the next round, the Lakers lost in five games to the Utah Jazz.[147]