2001–02 Los Angeles Lakers season

2001–02 Los Angeles Lakers season
Fourteenth NBA Championship
Head coach	Phil Jackson
General manager	Mitch Kupchak
Owner(s)	Jerry Buss
Arena	Staples Center
Results Record 58–24 (.707) Place Division: 2nd (Pacific) Conference: 2nd (Western) Playoff finish NBA Champions Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com Local media Television Fox Sports Net West, KCAL Radio AM 570 KLAC < 2000–01 2002–03 >

The highlight of the Los Angeles Lakers season was winning the 2002 NBA Finals thus completing the second three-peat in franchise history, the first since 1953-54.

Draft picks

• The Los Angeles Lakers did not have any Draft Picks.
• The Lakers owned the 27th Pick Overall and it was sent to New York.
• They also owned the 56th Pick Overall and it was sent to San Antonio

Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Shaquille O'Neal			Jelani McCoy
PF	Robert Horry	Samaki Walker	Mark Madsen Stanislav Medvedenko
SF	Rick Fox	Devean George
SG	Kobe Bryant	Brian Shaw	Mitch Richmond
PG	Derek Fisher	Lindsey Hunter

Regular season

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

Template:2001-02 NBA West standings

Playoffs

West First Round

(3) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (6) Portland Trail Blazers Last Playoff Meeting: 2001 Western Conference First Round (Los Angeles won 3-0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (LAL-POR)	Venue	TV Time	TV Commentators
1	April 21	Portland	87	Los Angeles	95	1-0	Staples Center	NBC 5:30et/2:30pt	Tom Hammond, Bill Walton and Steve Jones
2	April 25	Portland	96	Los Angeles	103	2-0	Staples Center	TNT 10:30et/7:30pt	Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy and Mike Fratello
3	April 28	Los Angeles	92	Portland	91	3-0	Rose Garden	NBC 5:30et/2:30pt	Tom Hammond, Bill Walton and Steve Jones
Los Angeles wins series 3–0

West Conference Semifinals

(2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (3) Los Angeles Lakers Last Playoff Meeting: 2001 Western Conference Finals (Los Angeles won 4-0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (LAL-SAS)	Venue	TV Time
1	May 5	San Antonio	80	Los Angeles	86	1-0	Staples Center	NBC 5:30et/2:30pt
2	May 7	San Antonio	88	Los Angeles	85	1-1	Staples Center	TBS 10:30et/7:30pt
3	May 10	Los Angeles	99	San Antonio	89	2-1	Alamodome	TNT 9:30et/8:30ct
4	May 12	Los Angeles	87	San Antonio	85	3-1	Alamodome	NBC 5:30et/4:30ct
5	May 14	San Antonio	87	Los Angeles	93	4-1	Staples Center	TBS 10:30et/7:30pt
Los Angeles wins series 4–1

West Conference Finals

(1) Sacramento Kings vs. (3) Los Angeles Lakers

Last Playoff Meeting: 2001 Western Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles won 4-0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (SAC-LAL)	Venue	TV Time (EST)
1	May 18	Los Angeles	106	Sacramento	99	0-1	ARCO Arena	NBC 6:30
2	May 20	Los Angeles	90	Sacramento	96	1-1	ARCO Arena	TNT 9:00
3	May 24	Sacramento	103	Los Angeles	90	2-1	Staples Center	NBC 9:00
4	May 26	Sacramento	99	Los Angeles	100	2-2	Staples Center	NBC 5:30
5	May 28	Los Angeles	91	Sacramento	92	3-2	ARCO Arena	NBC 9:00
6	May 31	Sacramento	102	Los Angeles	106	3-3	Staples Center	NBC 9:30
7*	June 2	Los Angeles	112	Sacramento	106	3-4	ARCO Arena	NBC 7:30
Los Angeles wins Western Conference Championship 4–3

NBA Finals

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	Wins
Los Angeles (West)	99	106	106	113	4
New Jersey (East)	94	83	103	107	0

2002 Los Angeles Lakers

Head Coach: Phil Jackson
Shaquille O'Neal | Kobe Bryant | Robert Horry | Derek Fisher | Rick Fox | Devean George | Samaki Walker | Lindsey Hunter | Stanislav Medvedenko | Mitch Richmond | Brian Shaw | Mark Madsen | Mike Penberthy | Jelani McCoy |

Player statistics

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

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Bryant, Kobe !Kobe Bryant	80	80	38.3	.469	.250	.829	5.5	5.5	1.48	.44	25.2
Fisher, Derek !Derek Fisher	70	35	28.2	.411	.413	.847	2.1	2.6	.94	.13	11.2
Fox, Rick !Rick Fox	82	82	27.9	.421	.313	.824	4.7	3.5	.82	.26	7.9
George, Devean !Devean George	82	1	21.5	.411	.371	.675	3.7	1.4	.87	.51	7.1
Horry, Robert !Robert Horry	81	23	26.4	.398	.374	.783	5.9	2.9	.95	1.10	6.8
Hunter, Lindsey !Lindsey Hunter	82	47	19.7	.382	.380	.500	1.5	1.6	.80	.23	5.8
Madsen, Mark !Mark Madsen	59	5	11.0	.452	.000	.648	2.7	.7	.27	.22	2.8
McCoy, Jelani !Jelani McCoy	21	0	5.0	.571	.000	.250	1.2	.3	.00	.24	1.2
Medvedenko, Slava !Slava Medvedenko	71	6	10.3	.477	.000	.661	2.2	.6	.41	.15	4.7
O'Neal, Shaquille !Shaquille O'Neal	67	66	36.1	.579	.000	.555	10.7	3.0	.61	2.04	27.2
Penberthy, Mike !Mike Penberthy	3	0	4.0	.500	.000	.750	.7	.7	.67	.00	1.7
Richmond, Mitch !Mitch Richmond	64	2	11.1	.405	.290	.955	1.5	.9	.28	.09	4.1
Shaw, Brian !Brian Shaw	58	0	10.9	.353	.330	.692	1.9	1.5	.43	.05	2.9
Walker, Samaki !Samaki Walker	69	63	24.0	.512	.000	.667	7.0	.9	.41	1.28	6.7

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Bryant, Kobe !Kobe Bryant	19	19	43.8	.434	.379	.759	5.8	4.6	1.42	.89	26.6
Fisher, Derek !Derek Fisher	19	19	34.2	.357	.358	.786	3.3	2.7	1.00	.05	10.2
Fox, Rick !Rick Fox	19	19	34.3	.482	.349	.755	5.4	3.4	1.11	.32	9.8
George, Devean !Devean George	19	0	17.2	.365	.229	.733	3.6	.6	.58	.53	5.0
Horry, Robert !Robert Horry	19	14	37.0	.449	.387	.789	8.1	3.2	1.74	.84	9.3
Hunter, Lindsey !Lindsey Hunter	18	0	7.3	.311	.276	.000	.4	.6	.11	.00	2.0
Madsen, Mark !Mark Madsen	7	0	1.4	.000	.000	.000	.3	.0	.00	.00	.0
Medvedenko, Slava !Slava Medvedenko	7	0	3.0	.600	.000	.000	.6	.0	.00	.00	.9
O'Neal, Shaquille !Shaquille O'Neal	19	19	40.8	.529	.000	.649	12.6	2.8	.53	2.53	28.5
Richmond, Mitch !Mitch Richmond	2	0	2.0	1.000	.000	.500	.5	.0	.00	.00	1.5
Shaw, Brian !Brian Shaw	19	0	12.5	.333	.281	1.000	1.8	1.6	.26	.32	2.9
Walker, Samaki !Samaki Walker	19	5	12.6	.462	1.000	.765	4.1	.2	.11	.32	3.3

Award winners

• Shaquille O'Neal, NBA Finals Most Valuable Player
• Shaquille O'Neal, All-NBA First Team
• Kobe Bryant, All-NBA First Team
• Kobe Bryant, NBA All-Defensive Second Team
• Kobe Bryant, NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award

References

• Lakers on Database Basketball
• Lakers on Basketball Reference

Los Angeles Lakers 2001–02 NBA Champions 2 Derek Fisher 3 Devean George 5 Robert Horry 6 Jelani McCoy 8 Kobe Bryant 10 Lindsey Hunter 14 Slava Medvedenko 17 Rick Fox 20 Brian Shaw 23 Mitch Richmond 34 Shaquille O'Neal (Finals MVP) 35 Mark Madsen 52 Samaki Walker Head coach Phil Jackson Assistant coaches Tex Winter Frank Hamblen Jim Cleamons Kurt Rambis Regular season Playoffs

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Greater Los Angeles Sports in 2001 Major League Baseball (2001) 2001 Anaheim Angels season • 2001 Los Angeles Dodgers season National Basketball Association (2000–01 & 2001–02) 2000–01 & 2001–02 Los Angeles Clippers season • 2000–01 & 2001–02 Los Angeles Lakers season National Hockey League (2000–01 & 2001–02) 2000–01 & 2001–02 Los Angeles Kings season • 2000–01 & 2001–02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season Major League Soccer (2001) 2001 Los Angeles Galaxy season Venues Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim • Dodger Stadium • Edison International Field of Anaheim • Rose Bowl • Staples Center Championships won: NBA Championship (Lakers) • MLS Western Conference Championship (Galaxy) • U.S. Open Cup Championship (Galaxy)

Greater Los Angeles Sports in 2002 Major League Baseball (2002) 2002 Anaheim Angels season • 2002 Los Angeles Dodgers season National Basketball Association (2001–02 & 2002–03) 2001–02 & 2002–03 Los Angeles Clippers season • 2001–02 & 2002–03 Los Angeles Lakers season National Hockey League (2001–02 & 2002–03) 2001–02 & 2002–03 Los Angeles Kings season • 2001–02 & 2002–03 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season Major League Soccer (2002) 2002 Los Angeles Galaxy season Venues Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim • Dodger Stadium • Edison International Field of Anaheim • Rose Bowl • Staples Center Championships won: World Series Championship (Angels) • NBA Championship (Lakers) • MLS Cup Championship (Galaxy)

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