2001–02 Sacramento Kings season

2001–02 Sacramento Kings season
Pacific Division Champions
Head coach Rick Adelman
Owner(s) The Maloof Family
Arena ARCO Arena
Results
Record 61–21 (.744)
Place Division: 1st (Pacific)
Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish West Finals
(eliminated 3–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Fox Sports Net Bay Area, KMAX
Radio KHTK
Sacramento Kings seasons
< 2000–01 2002–03 >

Contents

Offseason

NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 25 Gerald Wallace Forward  United States Alabama
2 55 Maurice Jeffers Guard  United States Saint Louis

Roster

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Vlade Divac Scot Pollard
PF Chris Webber Lawrence Funderburke
SF Peja Stojaković Hedo Türkoğlu Gerald Wallace
Chucky Brown
SG Doug Christie Mateen Cleaves
PG Mike Bibby Bobby Jackson Brent Price

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Sacramento Kings 61 21 .744 – 36–5 25–16 15–9
x-Los Angeles Lakers 58 24 .707 3 34–7 24–17 16–8
x-Portland Trail Blazers 49 33 .598 12 30–11 19–22 14–10
x-Seattle SuperSonics 45 37 .549 16 26–15 19–22 13–11
Los Angeles Clippers 39 43 .476 22 25–16 14–27 9–15
Phoenix Suns 36 46 .439 25 23–18 13–28 12–12
Golden State Warriors 21 61 .256 40 14–27 7–34 5–19

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
Mike Bibby
Hedo Türkoğlu 80 363 163 57 31 810 10.1
Chris Webber 54 546 258 90 76 1322 24.5

Playoffs

In the first round of the 2002 playoffs the Kings had a series against the Utah Jazz. The Kings won the series 3-1 to move on to round two against the Dallas Mavericks. The Kings won that series 4-1 to move on to the Western Conference Finals against their rivals the Los Angeles Lakers. This was a hard-fought series but in the end the Kings would lose to the Lakers 4-3 after having a 3-2 lead in the series because of a controversial game 6.

References

Formerly the Rochester Royals, the Cincinnati Royals, the Kansas City-Omaha Kings, and the Kansas City Kings • Founded in 1945 • Based in Sacramento, California
The Franchise
Arenas
Coaches
Harrison • Wanzer • Marshall • Wolf • McMahon • Jucker • Cousy • Young • Johnson • Staverman • Fitzsimmons • McKinney • Johnson • Reynolds • Russell • Reynolds • Motta • Hughes • St. Jean • Jordan • Adelman • Musselman • Theus • Natt • Westphal
D-League Affiliate
Administration
Maloof Sports and Entertainment (majority owners) • Geoff Petrie (President of Basketball Operations) • Wayne Cooper (VP of Basketball Ops.) • Paul Westphal (Head Coach)
Retired Numbers
1 • 2 • 4 • 6 (The Sixth Man) • 11 • 12 • 14 • 21 • 27 • 44
NBA Championships (1)
Rivals
Media
TV: Comcast SportsNet California • Radio: KHTK-AM • Announcers: Gary Gerould • Grant Napear • Jerry Reynolds • Fat Lever •
2001 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions
Eastern
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Atlanta • Charlotte • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Indiana • Milwaukee • Toronto
Western
Dallas • Denver • Houston • Memphis • Minnesota • San Antonio • Utah
Golden State • L.A. Clippers • L.A. Lakers • Phoenix • Portland • Sacramento • Seattle