2000-01 Los Angeles Lakers season

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2000-01 Los Angeles Lakers
Lakers win 13th NBA Title
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2000-01 Information
Owner(s) Jerry Buss
Coach Phil Jackson
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The highlight of the Los Angeles Lakers season was winning the 2001 NBA Finals.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

[edit] NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 29 Mark Madsen Forward Flag of the United States United States Stanford

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Pacific Division
Team W L PCT GB
Los Angeles Lakers 56 26 .683 -
Sacramento Kings 55 27 .671 1
Phoenix Suns 51 31 .622 5
Portland Trail Blazers 50 32 .610 6
Seattle Supersonics 44 38 .537 12
Los Angeles Clippers 31 51 .378 25
Golden State Warriors 17 65 .207 39

[edit] Player stats

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

[edit] Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kobe Bryant 68 68 40.9 .464 .305 .853 5.9 5.0 1.68 .63 28.5
Derek Fisher 20 20 35.5 .412 .397 .806 3.0 4.4 1.95 .10 11.5
Greg Foster 62 8 7.3 .421 .333 .714 1.8 .5 .15 .19 2.0
Rick Fox 82 77 27.9 .444 .393 .779 4.0 3.2 .85 .35 9.6
Devean George 59 1 10.1 .309 .221 .709 1.9 .3 .25 .25 3.1
Horace Grant 77 77 31.0 .462 .000 .775 7.1 1.6 .66 .79 8.5
Ron Harper 47 46 24.2 .469 .264 .708 3.5 2.4 .83 .53 6.5
Robert Horry 79 1 20.1 .387 .346 .711 3.7 1.6 .68 .68 5.2
Tyronn Lue 38 1 12.3 .427 .324 .792 .8 1.2 .50 .00 3.4
Mark Madsen 70 3 9.2 .487 1.000 .703 2.2 .3 .11 .11 2.0
Slava Medvedenko 7 0 5.6 .480 1.000 .583 1.3 .3 .14 .14 4.6
Shaquille O'Neal 74 74 39.5 .572 .000 .513 12.7 3.7 .64 2.76 28.7
Mike Penberthy 53 0 16.1 .414 .396 .903 1.2 1.3 .42 .04 5.0
Isaiah Rider 67 6 18.0 .426 .370 .855 2.3 1.7 .40 .10 7.6
Brian Shaw 80 28 22.9 .399 .311 .797 3.8 3.2 .61 .34 5.3

[edit] Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kobe Bryant 16 16 43.4 .469 .324 .821 7.3 6.1 1.56 .75 29.4
Derek Fisher 16 16 36.0 .484 .515 .765 3.8 3.0 1.31 .06 13.4
Greg Foster 1 0 3.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 .0 .00 .00 .0
Rick Fox 16 16 35.8 .450 .316 .867 4.9 3.6 1.94 .44 10.0
Devean George 7 0 3.9 .500 .500 .500 .7 .1 .00 .00 2.0
Horace Grant 16 16 26.4 .385 .000 .733 6.0 1.2 .94 .81 6.0
Ron Harper 6 0 7.0 .500 .250 .667 1.3 .7 .67 .17 2.2
Robert Horry 16 0 23.9 .368 .362 .591 5.2 1.9 1.38 1.00 5.9
Tyronn Lue 15 0 8.7 .345 .385 .800 .7 .7 .80 .07 1.9
Mark Madsen 13 0 3.7 .077 .000 .600 .8 .3 .00 .15 .4
Shaquille O'Neal 16 16 42.3 .555 .000 .525 15.4 3.2 .44 2.38 30.4
Brian Shaw 16 0 18.1 .375 .345 .667 3.4 2.7 .63 .06 4.4

[edit] 2001 NBA Finals

  • By winning the Finals MVP award, Shaquille O'Neal joined the list of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Tim Duncan as the only players to win the award at least twice. Jordan, Olajuwon and O'Neal are the only three to win the award in back-to-back years.
  • Robert Horry became the second player in NBA history to be a member of back-to-back title-winning teams with two different franchises, joining Dennis Rodman.
  • The Lakers were the first team to go 15-1 in the postseason, sweeping the Western Conference and then sweeping the 76ers after their Game 1 loss in the Finals.

[edit] 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) 101 98 96 100 108 4
Philadelphia (East) 107 89 91 86 96 1
  • denotes a game that required overtime.

[edit] Lakers Roster

Head Coach: Phil Jackson
Shaquille O'Neal | Kobe Bryant | Derek Fisher | Rick Fox | Horace Grant | Isaiah Rider | Ron Harper | Brian Shaw | Robert Horry | Mike Penberthy | Slava Medvedenko | Tyronn Lue | Devean George | Greg Foster | Mark Madsen |

[edit] Award Winners

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

[edit] References

v • d • e
2000–01 NBA season by team
2000 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions
East
Boston • Miami • New Jersey • New York • Orlando • Philadelphia • Washington
Atlanta • Charlotte • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Indiana • Milwaukee • Toronto
West
Dallas • Denver • Houston • Minnesota • San Antonio • Utah • Vancouver
Golden State • L.A. Clippers • L.A. Lakers • Phoenix • Portland • Sacramento • Seattle
v • d • e
Los Angeles Lakers 2000-01 NBA Champions

2 Fisher | 3 George | 4 Harper | 5 Horry | 8 Bryant | 10 Lue | 17 Fox | 20 Shaw | 34 O'Neal (Finals MVP) | 35 Madsen | 40 Foster | 54 Grant | Coach Jackson
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