2000–01 Los Angeles Lakers season

The 2000–01 NBA season was the Lakers' 53rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 41st in the city of Los Angeles.[1] The Lakers entered the season as the defending NBA champions, having defeated the Indiana Pacers in the 2000 NBA Finals in six games, winning their twelfth NBA championship. During the offseason, the Lakers acquired Horace Grant from the Seattle SuperSonics.[2] Grant won three championships with the Chicago Bulls in the early 1990s. The team also signed free agent Isaiah Rider, who was released by the Atlanta Hawks the previous season due to off the court troubles. The Lakers won their final eight games finishing the regular season with a 56–26 record, and won the Pacific Division over the rival Sacramento Kings by one game. Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal were both selected for the 2001 NBA All-Star Game, but O'Neal did not play due to an injury. The Lakers clinched the #2 seed in the playoffs.

2000–01 Los Angeles Lakers season
NBA champions
Conference champions
Division champions
Head coachPhil Jackson
General managerMitch Kupchak
Owner(s)Jerry Buss
ArenaStaples Center
Results
Record56–26 (.683)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Pacific)
Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Champions
(Defeated 76ers 4–1)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionFox Sports Net West, KCAL
RadioAM 570 KLAC

In the playoffs, the Lakers swept the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round, swept the Kings in the semifinals, then swept the top–seeded San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals. They went on to win the NBA Finals 4–1 against the Philadelphia 76ers, earning the franchise its 13th NBA championship.[3] It was the second of the Lakers' three-peat championships to begin the millennium. The Lakers would finish with the then-best postseason record in NBA history, posting a 15–1 record, suffering their only loss in a Game 1 overtime loss to the 76ers in the NBA Finals. That record would last for 16 years until the Golden State Warriors went 16–1 in the 2017 playoffs.

Following the season, Grant re-signed as a free agent with the Orlando Magic, Rider signed with the Denver Nuggets, Tyronn Lue signed with the Washington Wizards and Ron Harper retired.

Draft picks
Main article: 2000 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 29 Mark Madsen F  United States Stanford

Roster
Roster listing
2000–01 Los Angeles Lakers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
SG 8 Bryant, Kobe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1978–08–23 Lower Merion HS
PG 2 Fisher, Derek 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1974–08–09 Arkansas-Little Rock
C 40 Foster, Greg 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1968–10–03 UTEP
SF 17 Fox, Rick 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1969–07–24 North Carolina
SF 3 George, Devean 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1977–08–29 Augsburg
PF 54 Grant, Horace 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1965–07–04 Clemson
PG 4 Harper, Ron 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1964–01–20 Miami (OH)
PF 5 Horry, Robert 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1970–08–25 Alabama
PG 10 Lue, Tyronn 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1977–05–03 Nebraska
PF 35 Madsen, Mark 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1976–01–28 Stanford
F 14 Medvedenko, Slava 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 253 lb (115 kg) 1979–04–04 Ukraine
C 34 O'Neal, Shaquille 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 325 lb (147 kg) 1972–03–06 LSU
PG 12 Penberthy, Mike 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1974–11–29 The Master's College
SG 7 Rider, Isaiah 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1971–03–12 UNLV
SG 20 Shaw, Brian 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1966–03–22 UC Santa Barbara
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2000–10–02

Regular season

Season standings
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 5626.683–31–1025–1614–10
x-Sacramento Kings 5527.671133–822–1916–8
x-Phoenix Suns 5131.622531–1020–2112–12
x-Portland Trail Blazers 5032.610628–1322–1912–12
Seattle SuperSonics 4438.5371226–1518–2317–7
Los Angeles Clippers 31513782522–199–329–15
Golden State Warriors 1765.2073911–306–354–20
Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB
1 z-San Antonio Spurs5824.707–
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers5626.6832
3 x-Sacramento Kings5527.6713
4 x-Utah Jazz5329.6465
5 x-Dallas Mavericks5329.6465
6 x-Phoenix Suns5131.6227
7 x-Portland Trail Blazers5032.6108
8 x-Minnesota Timberwolves4735.57311
9 Houston Rockets4537.54913
10 Seattle SuperSonics4438.53714
11 Denver Nuggets4042.48818
12 Los Angeles Clippers3151.37827
13 Vancouver Grizzlies2359.28035
14 Golden State Warriors1765.20741

Record vs. opponents
2000–01 NBA records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA VAN WAS
Atlanta —1–30–42–22–20–21–10–42–00–22–21–11–10–31–30–21–32–21–30–30–21–11–10–21–12–20–21–12–2
Boston 3–1—0–42–12–10–22–03–10–21–11–32–00–22–21–31–14–01–31–30–42–01–10–20–22–01–31–10–23–1
Charlotte 4–04–0—3–12–20–20–22–22–00–23–12–00–22–23–11–14–01–22–12–20–20–21–11–10–23–11–11–12–2
Chicago 2–21–21–3—1–30–20–20–40–20–20–40–20–21–30–40–22–21–31–31–30–20–20–21–10–20–40–21–12–1
Cleveland 2–21–22–23–1—1–11–12–22–00–21–30–20–22–21–30–23–02–21–30–40–21–11–10–20–20–41–11–12–2
Dallas 2–02–02–02–01–1—3–11–14–02–21–14–00–42–01–13–12–01–11–11–11–32–22–21–33–12–02–23–12–0
Denver 1–10–22–02–01–11–3—1–14–03–11–12–22–20–21–12–21–11–10–21–10–42–22–22–22–20–21–34–01–1
Detroit 4–01–32–24–02–21–11–1—1–10–21–30–20–20–41–30–24–01–22–20–41–10–20–20–22–02–20–21–11–2
Golden State 0–22–00–22–00–20–40–41–1—1–32–01–31–30–20–22–21–10–20–20–22–20–40–40–40–40–21–31–30–2
Houston 2–01–12–02–02–02–21–32–03–1—2–01–31–31–12–02–21–12–01–11–11–31–30–41–32–22–01–34–02–0
Indiana 2–23–11–34–03–11–11–13–10–20–2—2–01–11–22–21–12–22–22–20–31–10–22–00–21–10–40–22–04–0
L.A. Clippers 1–10–20–22–02–00–42–22–03–13–10–2—1–30–21–12–20–21–11–11–12–22–21–30–40–41–10–42–21–1
L.A. Lakers 1–12–02–02–02–04–02–22–03–13–11–13–1—1–10–23–12–00–22–01–13–12–23–12–20–42–02–24–02–0
Miami 3–02–22–23–12–20–22–04–02–01–12–12–01–1—1–21–13–12–33–11–30–21–11–11–11–12–21–12–04–0
Milwaukee 3–13–11–34–03–11–11–13–12–00–22–21–12–02–1—0–24–01–24–02–20–20–22–02–00–23–12–01–13–1
Minnesota 2–01–11–12–02–01–32–22–02–22–21–12–21–31–12–0—1–10–21–11–13–13–12–21–33–12–02–23–11–1
New Jersey 3–10–40–42–20–30–21–10–41–11–12–22–00–21–30–41–1—2–21–31–31–10–20–21–11–11–20–21–13–1
New York 2–23–12–13–12–21–11–12–12–00–22–21–12–03–22–12–02–2—3–11–31–11–11–12–01–11–30–21–14–0
Orlando 3–13–11–23–13–11–12–02–22–01–12–21–10–21–30–41–13–11–3—3–11–10–20–21–11–12–10–22–03–1
Philadelphia 3–04–02–23–14–01–11–14–02–01–13–01–11–13–12–21–13–13–11–3—1–11–11–11–11–11–31–12–04–0
Phoenix 2–00–22–02–02–03–14–01–12–23–11–12–21–32–02–01–31–11–11–11–1—3–11–32–23–12–02–23–11–1
Portland 1–11–12–02–01–12–22–22–04–03–12–02–22–21–12–01–32–01–12–01–11–3—1–31–32–22–03–12–22–0
Sacramento 1–12–01–12–01–12–22–22–04–04–00–23–11–31–10–22–22–01–12–01–13–13–1—2–22–22–03–14–02–0
San Antonio 2–02–01–11–12–03–12–22–04–03–12–04–02–21–10–23–11–10–21–11–12–23–12–2—3–11–14–04–02–0
Seattle 1–10–22–02–02–01–32–20–24–02–21–14–04–01–12–01–31–11–11–11–11–32–22–21–3—0–20–43–12–0
Toronto 2–23–11–34–04–00–22–02–22–00–24–01–10–22–21–30–22–13–11–23–10–20–20–21–12–0—1–12–04–0
Utah 2–01–11–12–01–12–23–12–03–13–12–04–02–21–10–22–22–02–02–01–12–21–31–34–01–30–2—4–02–0
Vancouver 1–12–01–11–11–11–30–41–13–10–40–22–20–40–21–11–31–11–10–20–21–32–20–40–41–30–20–4—2–0
Washington 2–21–32–21–22–20–21–12–12–00–20–41–10–20–41–31–11–30–41–30–41–10–20–20–20–20–40–20–2—

Game log

Regular season
2000–01 game log
Total: 56–26 (Home: 31–10; Road: 25–16)
October: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
November : 10–5 (Home: 7–1; Road: 3–4)
December : 11–5 (Home: 5–3; Road: 6–2)
January : 6–6 (Home: 5–2; Road: 1–4)
February : 9–3 (Home: 5–0; Road: 4–3)
March : 11–6 (Home: 5–3; Road: 6–3)
April : 8–1 (Home: 4–1; Road: 4–0)
2000–01 season schedule

Playoffs
2001 playoff game log
Total: 15–1 (Home: 7–1; Road: 8–0)
First Round: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)
Conference Semifinals : 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0)
Conference Finals : 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0)
NBA Finals : 4–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 3–0)
2000–01 season schedule

Playoffs

West First Round

(2) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (7) Portland Trail Blazers Last Playoff Meeting: 2000 Western Conference Finals (Los Angeles won 4-3)

Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(LAL-POR)

 Venue Network Tipoff (PST) Recap TV Commentators
1 April 22 Portland 93 Los Angeles 106 1-0 Staples Center, Los Angeles NBC 2:30pm Marv Albert & Doug Collins
2 April 26 Portland 88 Los Angeles 106 2-0 Staples Center, Los Angeles TNT 7:30pm Kevin Harlan, John Thompson & Danny Ainge
3 April 29 Los Angeles 99 Portland 86 3-0 Rose Garden, Portland NBC 2:30pm Marv Albert & Doug Collins
Los Angeles wins series 3-0

West Conference Semifinals

(2) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) Sacramento Kings Last Playoff Meeting: 2000 Western Conference First Round (Los Angeles won 3-2)

Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(LAL-SAC)

 Venue Network Tipoff (PST) Recap TV Commentators
1 May 6 Sacramento 105 Los Angeles 108 1-0 Staples Center, Los Angeles NBC 12:00pm Mike Breen, Bill Walton & Steve Jones
2 May 8 Sacramento 90 Los Angeles 96 2-0 Staples Center, Los Angeles TBS 7:30pm Kevin Harlan, John Thompson & Danny Ainge
3 May 11 Los Angeles 103 Sacramento 81 3-0 ARCO Arena, Sacramento TNT 7:30pm Kevin Harlan, John Thompson & Danny Ainge
4 May 13 Los Angeles 119 Sacramento 113 4-0 ARCO Arena, Sacramento NBC 2:30pm Marv Albert & Doug Collins
Los Angeles wins series 4–0

West Conference Finals

(1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (2) Los Angeles Lakers Last Playoff Meeting: 1999 Western Conference Semifinals (San Antonio won 4-0)

Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(SA-LAL)

 Venue Network Tipoff (PST) Recap TV Commentators
1 May 19 Los Angeles 104 San Antonio 90 0-1 Alamodome, San Antonio NBC 3:30pm Marv Albert & Doug Collins
2 May 21 Los Angeles 88 San Antonio 81 0-2 Alamodome, San Antonio TNT 5:30pm Kevin Harlan, John Thompson & Danny Ainge
3 May 25 San Antonio 72 Los Angeles 111 0-3 Staples Center, Los Angeles NBC 6:00pm Marv Albert & Doug Collins
4 May 27 San Antonio 82 Los Angeles 111 0-4 Staples Center, Los Angeles NBC 2:30pm Marv Albert & Doug Collins
Los Angeles wins Western Conference Finals series 4–0

NBA Finals
  • The Lakers at the time had achieved the best ever NBA postseason record of 15-1, sweeping the Western Conference and then sweeping the 76ers after their Game 1 loss in the Finals. On June 12, 2017, the Golden State Warriors had surpassed this feat, as they would go 16-1, after beating the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2017 NBA Finals. The Lakers' postseason record was made before the first round of playoffs was extended to be the best-of-7 format which was implemented in the 2003 NBA Playoffs.

Summary

The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the quarter numbers are replaced by game numbers.

Team Game 1* Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Wins
Los Angeles (West) 10198961001084
Philadelphia (East) 107899186961

∗ denotes a game that required overtime.

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kobe Bryant 686840.9.464.305.8535.95.01.68.6328.5
Derek Fisher 202035.5.412.397.8063.04.41.95.1011.5
Greg Foster 6287.3.421.333.7141.8.5.15.192.0
Rick Fox 827727.9.444.393.7794.03.2.85.359.6
Devean George 59110.1.309.221.7091.9.3.25.253.1
Horace Grant 777731.0.462.000.7757.11.6.66.798.5
Ron Harper 474624.2.469.264.7083.52.4.83.536.5
Robert Horry 79120.1.387.346.7113.71.6.68.685.2
Tyronn Lue 38112.3.427.324.792.81.2.50.003.4
Mark Madsen 7039.2.4871.000.7032.2.3.11.112.0
Slava Medvedenko 705.6.4801.000.5831.3.3.14.144.6
Shaquille O'Neal 747439.5.572.000.51312.73.7.642.7628.7
Mike Penberthy 53016.1.414.396.9031.21.3.42.045.0
Isaiah Rider 67618.0.426.370.8552.31.7.40.107.6
Brian Shaw 802822.9.399.311.7973.83.2.61.345.3

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kobe Bryant 161643.4.469.324.8217.36.11.56.7529.4
Derek Fisher 161636.0.484.515.7653.83.01.31.0613.4
Greg Foster 103.0.000.000.0001.0.0.00.00.0
Rick Fox 161635.8.450.316.8674.93.61.94.4410.0
Devean George 703.9.500.500.500.7.1.00.002.0
Horace Grant 161626.4.385.000.7336.01.2.94.816.0
Ron Harper 607.0.500.250.6671.3.7.67.172.2
Robert Horry 16023.9.368.362.5915.21.91.381.005.9
Tyronn Lue 1508.7.345.385.800.7.7.80.071.9
Mark Madsen 1303.7.077.000.600.8.3.00.15.4
Shaquille O'Neal 161642.3.555.000.52515.43.2.442.3830.4
Brian Shaw 16018.1.375.345.6673.42.7.63.064.4

Award winners
  • Kobe Bryant, All-NBA Second Team
  • Kobe Bryant, All-NBA Defensive Second Team
  • Shaquille O'Neal, Center, NBA Finals Most Valuable Player
  • Shaquille O'Neal, League Leader, FG%, 57.2
  • Shaquille O'Neal, All-NBA First Team
  • Shaquille O'Neal, All-NBA Defensive Second Team

References
  1. 2000-01 Los Angeles Lakers
  2. "Lakers Move Forward". Los Angeles Times. September 21, 2000. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  3. "Baq to Baq". Los Angeles Times. June 16, 2001. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
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