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2000–01 Los Angeles Lakers season
Pacific Division Champions Thirteenth NBA Championship
Head coach	Phil Jackson
Owner(s)	Jerry Buss
Arena	Staples Center

Results
Record	56–26 (.683)
Place	Division: 1st (Pacific) Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	NBA Champions
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Net West, KCAL
Radio	AM 570 KLAC
Los Angeles Lakers seasons
< 1999–00	2001–02 >

The 2000–01 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 55th season of the franchise, 53rd in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 41st in Los Angeles. They finished the regular season with 56 wins and won the Pacific Division over the rival Sacramento Kings by one game. The Lakers clinched the second seed in the playoffs. They went on to win the 2001 NBA Finals 4–1 against the Philadelphia 76ers, earning the franchise its 13th NBA championship. It was the second of the Lakers' three-peat championships to begin the millennium.

Contents

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NBA Draft
2 Roster
- 2.1 Depth chart
3 Regular season
- 3.1 Standings
4 Player stats
- 4.1 Regular season
- 4.2 Playoffs
5 2001 NBA Finals
- 5.1 Summary
- 5.2 Lakers Roster
6 Award winners
7 References

Offseason

NBA Draft

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

Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Shaquille O'Neal		Greg Foster
PF	Horace Grant	Robert Horry	Mark Madsen	Stanislav Medvedenko
SF	Rick Fox		Devean George
SG	Kobe Bryant	Brian Shaw		Isaiah Rider
PG	Derek Fisher	Tyronn Lue	Ron Harper	Mike Penberthy

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division v t e	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

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

Regular season

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

Playoffs

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

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. Kobe Bryant has since joined the list. Jordan, Olajuwon, O'Neal and Bryant are the only four 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 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.

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.

Lakers Roster

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

v t e Los Angeles Lakers 2000–01 NBA Champions

2 Derek Fisher 3 Devean George 4 Ron Harper 5 Robert Horry 7 Isaiah Rider 8 Kobe Bryant 10 Tyronn Lue 12 Mike Penberthy 14 Slava Medvedenko 17 Rick Fox 20 Brian Shaw 34 Shaquille O'Neal (Finals MVP) 35 Mark Madsen 40 Greg Foster 54 Horace Grant Head coach Phil Jackson Assistant coaches Tex Winter Frank Hamblen Jim Cleamons

Regular season • Playoffs

NBA Champions

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Formerly the Detroit Gems and the Minneapolis Lakers Founded in 1946 Based in Los Angeles, California

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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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