2000–01 Philadelphia 76ers season

2000–01 Philadelphia 76ers season
Atlantic Division Champions
Eastern Conference Champions
Head coach Larry Brown
Arena First Union Center
Results
Record 56–26 (.683)
Place Division: 1st (Atlantic)
Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish NBA Finals
(eliminated 1-4)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television CSN Philadelphia, WPSG
Radio WNWR
Philadelphia 76ers seasons
< 1999–00 2001–02 >

Allen Iverson arguably had his best season in 2001 — he led his team to win their first ten games, he started and won All-Star MVP honors at the All Star Game. The Sixers also posted a 56-26 record, which was best in the Eastern Conference that season. He also averaged a then-career high 31.1 points, winning his second NBA scoring title in the process. Iverson won the NBA steals title at 2.5 a game. Iverson was named NBA Most Valuable Player for his accomplishments. In addition, coach Larry Brown, Dikembe Mutombo won his fourth NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, and Aaron McKie won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award.

In the playoffs, Iverson and the Sixers defeated the Indiana Pacers in the first round, before meeting Vince Carter-led Toronto Raptors in the Eastern Semifinals. The series went the full seven games. In the next round, the Sixers defeated the Milwaukee Bucks, also in seven games, to advance to the 2001 NBA Finals against the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. Iverson scored a playoff high 48 in Game 1, which the Sixers won. However, the Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant led Lakers would win the next 4 games and the title. It was the high point of Iverson's tenure in Philadelphia.

Contents

Offseason

NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 20 Craig "Speedy" Claxton (PG)  United States Hofstra

Roster

Depth Chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Dikembe Mutombo Matt Geiger Todd MacCulloch
PF Tyrone Hill
SF Jumaine Jones George Lynch Roshown McLeod
SG Aaron McKie Raja Bell Rodney Buford
Kevin Ollie
PG Allen Iverson Eric Snow Pepe Sánchez

Regular season

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS AVG

NBA finals

The Finals were played using a 2-3-2 site format, where the first two and last two games are held at the team with home court advantage. The NBA, after experimenting in the early years, restored this original format for the Finals in 1985. As of yet, the other playoff series are still running on a 2-2-1-1-1 site format.

References