2000–01 NBA season

2000–01 NBA season
League	National Basketball Association
Sport	Basketball
Duration	October 31, 2000 – April 18, 2001 April 21 – June 3, 2001 (Playoffs) June 6 – 15, 2001 (Finals)
Number of teams	29
TV partner(s)	NBC, TBS, TNT
Draft
Top draft pick	Kenyon Martin
Picked by	New Jersey Nets
Regular season
Top seed	San Antonio Spurs
Season MVP	Allen Iverson (Philadelphia)
Top scorer	Allen Iverson (Philadelphia)
Playoffs
Eastern champions	Philadelphia 76ers
Eastern runners-up	Milwaukee Bucks
Western champions	Los Angeles Lakers
Western runners-up	San Antonio Spurs
Finals
Champions	Los Angeles Lakers
Runners-up	Philadelphia 76ers
Finals MVP	Shaquille O'Neal (Los Angeles)

The 2000–01 NBA season was the 55th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning their second straight championship, beating the Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 1 in the 2001 NBA Finals.

Notable occurrences

Coaching changes
Offseason
Team	1999–2000 coach	2000–01 coach
Atlanta Hawks	Lenny Wilkens	Lon Kruger
Golden State Warriors	Garry St. Jean	Dave Cowens
Indiana Pacers	Larry Bird	Isiah Thomas
Los Angeles Clippers	Jim Todd	Alvin Gentry
New Jersey Nets	Don Casey	Byron Scott
Toronto Raptors	Butch Carter	Lenny Wilkens
Vancouver Grizzlies	Lionel Hollins	Sidney Lowe
Washington Wizards	Darrell Walker	Leonard Hamilton
In-season
Team	Outgoing coach	Incoming coach
Boston Celtics	Rick Pitino	Jim O'Brien
Chicago Bulls	Tim Floyd	Bill Berry
Seattle SuperSonics	Paul Westphal	Nate McMillan

The NBA All-Star Game was held at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C.. The East won 111-110, with Philadelphia's Allen Iverson being named the game's Most Valuable Player. The game is noted for the Eastern Conference's 21-point comeback in the fourth quarter.
The Grizzlies play their final season in Vancouver before relocating to Memphis, Tennessee for the following season leaving the Toronto Raptors being the only Canadian team left in the NBA.
Rick Pitino resigned as head coach and president of the Boston Celtics, ending a three-plus year tenure filled with turmoil, disappointment and three consecutive below .500, non-playoff seasons.
The Dallas Mavericks played their final season at Reunion Arena. They also made the playoffs for the first time since the 1989–90 season.
The Los Angeles Lakers win their second straight title by going 15-1 in the playoffs, the best playoff winning percentage in NBA history.
The Toronto Raptors made the second round of the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, winning over New York 3-2. They lost in the second round to Philadelphia 4-3.
Prior to the season, Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning announced that he suffered a kidney disorder and missed the first five months of the season. Mourning would receive a kidney transplant two years later.
To date, this was the last time a team with the best regular season record did not win 60 or more games in a full 82-game season. Though the 2011–12 Chicago Bulls and the 2011–12 San Antonio Spurs each won 50 games and the top conference seeds, they did so during a 66-game lockout-shortened regular season.
Effective of this season, the league now permitted players to wear knee length shorts by default, although players like John Stockton opted to continue wearing short shorts during the season. This would be the case for other players in the future as players like Chris Douglas-Roberts in the 2014–15 season and LeBron James for some of the 2015–16 season would opt to wear short shorts.
Three teams in the Western Conference who missed the playoffs won 40 or more games. The ninth-placed Houston Rockets finished the season with a 45–37 record. The tenth-placed Seattle SuperSonics finished with a 44–38 record. And the eleventh-placed Denver Nuggets ended the season with a 40–42 record.

Final standings

By division

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Philadelphia 76ers	56	26	.683	–	29–12	27–14	18–6
x-Miami Heat	50	32	.610	6	29–12	21–20	15–10
x-New York Knicks	48	34	.585	8	30–11	18–23	16–9
x-Orlando Magic	43	39	.524	13	26–15	17–24	14–10
Boston Celtics	36	46	.439	20	20–21	16–25	11–13
New Jersey Nets	26	56	.317	30	18–23	8–33	8–16
Washington Wizards	19	63	.232	37	12–29	7–34	3–21

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	52	30	.634	–	31–10	21–20	19–9
x-Toronto Raptors	47	35	.573	5	27–14	20–21	18–10
x-Charlotte Hornets	46	36	.561	6	28–13	18–23	20–8
x-Indiana Pacers	41	41	.500	11	26–15	15–26	15–13
Detroit Pistons	32	50	.390	20	18–23	14–27	16–12
Cleveland Cavaliers	30	52	.366	22	20–21	10–31	11–17
Atlanta Hawks	25	57	.305	27	18–23	7–34	9–19
Chicago Bulls	15	67	.183	37	10–31	5–36	4–24

Midwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-San Antonio Spurs	58	24	.707	–	33–8	25–16	19–5
x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	5	28–13	25–16	14–10
x-Dallas Mavericks	53	29	.646	5	28–13	25–16	14–10
x-Minnesota Timberwolves	47	35	.573	11	30–11	17–24	11–13
Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	13	24–17	21–20	11–13
Denver Nuggets	40	42	.488	18	29–12	11–30	13–11
Vancouver Grizzlies	23	59	.280	35	15–26	8–33	2–22

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	56	26	.683	–	31–10	25–16	14–10
x-Sacramento Kings	55	27	.671	1	33–8	22–19	16–8
x-Phoenix Suns	51	31	.622	5	31–10	20–21	12–12
x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	6	28–13	22–19	12–12
Seattle SuperSonics	44	38	.537	12	26–15	18–23	17–7
Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	378	25	22–19	9–32	9–15
Golden State Warriors	17	65	.207	39	11–30	6–35	4–20

By conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Philadelphia 76ers	56	26	.683	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	52	30	.634	4
3	x-Miami Heat	50	32	.610	6
4	x-New York Knicks	48	34	.585	8
5	x-Toronto Raptors	47	35	.573	9
6	x-Charlotte Hornets	46	36	.561	10
7	x-Orlando Magic	43	39	.524	13
8	x-Indiana Pacers	41	41	.500	15

9	Boston Celtics	36	46	.439	20
10	Detroit Pistons	32	50	.390	24
11	Cleveland Cavaliers	30	52	.366	26
12	New Jersey Nets	26	56	.317	30
13	Atlanta Hawks	25	57	.305	31
14	Washington Wizards	19	63	.232	37
15	Chicago Bulls	15	67	.183	42

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-San Antonio Spurs	58	24	.707	–
2	y-Los Angeles Lakers	56	26	.683	2
3	x-Sacramento Kings	55	27	.671	3
4	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	5
5	x-Dallas Mavericks	53	29	.646	5
6	x-Phoenix Suns	51	31	.622	7
7	x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	8
8	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	47	35	.573	11

9	Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	13
10	Seattle SuperSonics	44	38	.537	14
11	Denver Nuggets	40	42	.488	18
12	Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	27
13	Vancouver Grizzlies	23	59	.280	35
14	Golden State Warriors	17	65	.207	41

Notes

z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
y – Clinched division title
x – Clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its conference, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. The division champions are marked by an asterisk. Home court advantage does not necessarily belong to the higher-seeded team, but instead the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.

Main article: 2001 NBA Playoffs

First Round			Conference Semifinals			Conference Finals			NBA Finals


1	San Antonio	3

8	Minnesota	1
			1	San Antonio	4

			5	Dallas	1
4	Utah	2

5	Dallas	3
						1	San Antonio	0
Western Conference
						2	L.A. Lakers	4
3	Sacramento	3

6	Phoenix	1
			3	Sacramento	0

			2	L.A. Lakers	4
2	L.A. Lakers	3

7	Portland	0
									W2	L.A. Lakers	4

									E1	Philadelphia	1
1	Philadelphia	3

8	Indiana	1
			1	Philadelphia	4

			5	Toronto	3
4	New York	2

5	Toronto	3
						1	Philadelphia	4
Eastern Conference
						2	Milwaukee	3
3	Miami	0

6	Charlotte	3
			6	Charlotte	3

			2	Milwaukee	4
2	Milwaukee	3

7	Orlando	1

Statistics leaders


Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Allen Iverson	Philadelphia 76ers	31.1
Rebounds per game	Dikembe Mutombo	Atlanta Hawks Philadelphia 76ers	13.5
Assists per game	Jason Kidd	Phoenix Suns	9.8
Steals per game	Allen Iverson	Philadelphia 76ers	2.51
Blocks per game	Theo Ratliff	Philadelphia 76ers	3.74
FG%	Shaquille O'Neal	Los Angeles Lakers	.572
FT%	Reggie Miller	Indiana Pacers	.928
3FG%	Brent Barry	Seattle SuperSonics	.472

Awards

Yearly awards

All-NBA First Team:
- F – Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs
- F – Chris Webber, Sacramento Kings
- C – Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers
- G – Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers
- G – Jason Kidd, Phoenix Suns

All-NBA Second Team:
- F – Kevin Garnett, Minnesota Timberwolves
- F – Vince Carter, Toronto Raptors
- C – Dikembe Mutombo, Atlanta Hawks
- G – Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
- G – Tracy McGrady, Orlando Magic

All-NBA Third Team:
- F – Karl Malone, Utah Jazz
- F – Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks
- C – David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs
- G – Gary Payton, Seattle SuperSonics
- G – Ray Allen, Milwaukee Bucks

Players of the month

The following players were named the Players of the Month.

Month	Player
1October – November	Malone, KarlKarl Malone (Utah Jazz)
2December	Bryant, KobeKobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers)
3January	Iverson, AllenAllen Iverson (Philadelphia 76ers)
4February	McGrady, TracyTracy McGrady (Orlando Magic)
5March	Pierce, PaulPaul Pierce (Boston Celtics)
6April	O'Neal, ShaquilleShaquille O'Neal (Los Angeles Lakers)

Rookies of the month

The following players were named the Rookies of the Month.

Month	Player
1October – November	Martin, KenyonKenyon Martin (New Jersey Nets)
2December	Jackson, MarcMarc Jackson (Golden State Warriors)
3January	Jackson, MarcMarc Jackson (Golden State Warriors)
4February	Miller, MikeMike Miller (Orlando Magic)
5March	Martin, KenyonKenyon Martin (New Jersey Nets) Miller, MikeMike Miller (Orlando Magic)
6April	Alexander, CourtneyCourtney Alexander (Dallas Mavericks)

Coaches of the month

The following coaches were named Coaches of the Month.

Month	Coach
1October – November	Brown, LarryLarry Brown (Philadelphia 76ers)
2December	Riley, PatPat Riley (Miami Heat)
3January	Saunders, FlipFlip Saunders (Minnesota Timberwolves)
4February	Sloan, JerryJerry Sloan (Utah Jazz)
5March	Popovich, GreggGregg Popovich (San Antonio Spurs)
5April	Thomas, IsiahIsiah Thomas (Indiana Pacers)

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2000–01 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee Toronto

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah Vancouver

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

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