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 Conference Finals (eliminated 3–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Net Bay Area, KMAX
Radio	KHTK

The 2001-02 Sacramento Kings season was the team's 53rd season in the National Basketball Association and 17th in Sacramento.^[1] The Kings won their division for the first time since 1979, when the team was in Kansas City. The Kings also made the Western Conference finals for the first time since 1981 (also as the Kansas City Kings). The Kings finished the season with a 61-21 record (.744 winning percentage), the best record in the league. Chris Webber and Peja Stojakovic were selected to the 2002 NBA All-Star Game.

In the playoffs, the Kings defeated both the Utah Jazz and Dallas Mavericks in the first two rounds respectively, before falling in seven games to the Los Angeles Lakers in one of the most controversial playoff series in NBA history. (See 2002 NBA Playoffs#(1) Sacramento Kings vs. (3) Los Angeles Lakers).^[2]

Draft picks

Main article: 2001 NBA Draft

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

Roster

Sacramento Kings roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
1.5 !G	10	USA !	Bibby, Mike	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Arizona
4.0 !F	52	USA !	Brown, Chucky	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	North Carolina State
1.5 !G	13	USA !	Christie, Doug	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Pepperdine
1.5 !G	8	USA !	Cleaves, Mateen	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Michigan State
6.0 !C	21	SRB !	Divac, Vlade	7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	243 lb (110 kg)	Serbia
4.0 !F	51	USA !	Funderburke, Lawrence	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Ohio State
1.5 !G	24	USA !	Jackson, Bobby	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Minnesota
6.0 !C	31	USA !	Pollard, Scot	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Kansas
1.5 !G	25	USA !	Price, Brent	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Oklahoma
4.0 !F	16	SRB !	Stojaković, Peja	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Serbia
4.0 !F	5	TUR !	Türkoğlu, Hedo	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Turkey
4.0 !F	3	USA !	Wallace, Gerald	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Alabama
5.5 !F/C	4	USA !	Webber, Chris	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Michigan

Head coach

Rick Adelman (Loyola Marymount)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster • Transactions

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Vlade Divac	Scot Pollard		Jabari Smith
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

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

Playoffs

West First Round

(1) Sacramento Kings vs. (8) Utah Jazz Last Playoff Meeting: 1999 Western Conference First Round (Utah won 3-2)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (SAC-UTA)	Venue	TV Time (EST)	TV Commentators
1	April 20	Utah	86	Sacramento	89	1-0	ARCO Arena	NBC 3:00	Tom Hammond, Bill Walton & Steve Jones
2	April 23	Utah	93	Sacramento	86	1-1	ARCO Arena	TBS 10:30	Mike Breen & P.J. Carlesimo
3	April 27	Sacramento	90	Utah	87	2-1	Delta Center	NBC 3:00	Marv Albert, Bill Walton & Steve Jones
4	April 29	Sacramento	91	Utah	86	3-1	Delta Center	TNT 10:30	Kevin Harlan, John Thompson & Danny Ainge
Sacramento wins series 3–1

West Conference Semifinals

(1) Sacramento Kings vs. (4) Dallas Mavericks Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Kings and Mavericks.

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (SAC-DAL)	Venue	TV Time
1	May 4	Dallas	91	Sacramento	108	1-0	ARCO Arena	NBC 6:30et/3:30pt
2	May 6	Dallas	110	Sacramento	102	1-1	ARCO Arena	TNT 9:00et/6:00pt
3	May 9	Sacramento	125	Dallas	119	2-1	American Airlines Center	TNT 9:30et/8:30ct
4	May 11	Sacramento	115	Dallas	113	3-1	American Airlines Center	NBC 3:30et/2:30ct
5	May 13	Dallas	101	Sacramento	114	4-1	ARCO Arena	TNT 9:00et/6:00pt
Sacramento 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 Game 6 of this series was famously called "rigged" by many associated with the NBA	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

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%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Vlade Divac	80	80	30.3	.472	.231	.615	8.4	3.7	1.0	1.2	11.1
Chris Webber	54	54	38.4	.495	.263	.794	10.1	4.8	1.7	1.4	24.5
Peja Stojaković	71	71	37.3	.484	.416	.876	5.3	2.5	1.1	0.2	21.1
Doug Christie	81	81	34.5	.460	.352	.851	4.6	4.2	2.0	0.3	12.0
Mike Bibby	80	80	33.2	.453	.370	.803	2.8	5.0	1.1	0.2	13.7
Scot Pollard	80	29	23.5	.550	.000	.693	7.1	0.7	0.9	1.0	6.4
Lawrence Funderburke	56	1	12.9	.469	.000	.607	3.5	0.6	0.2	0.3	4.7
Hedo Türkoğlu	80	10	24.6	.422	.368	.726	4.5	2.0	0.7	0.4	10.1
Gerald Wallace	54	1	8.0	.429	.000	.500	1.6	0.5	0.4	0.1	3.2
Bobby Jackson	81	3	21.6	.443	.361	.810	3.1	2.0	1.9	0.1	11.1
Jabari Smith	12	0	5.9	.286	.000	.500	1.2	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.5
Chucky Brown	18	0	5.1	.370	.000	.500	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.2
Mateen Cleaves	32	0	4.8	.441	.250	.889	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.0	2.2
Brent Price	20	0	4.5	.333	.267	.692	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.1	1.6

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Awards and records

References

↑ 2001-02 Sacramento Kings
↑ Sheridan, Chris (2008-06-11). "2002 Lakers-Kings Game 6 at heart of Donaghy allegations". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-10.

Sacramento Kings

Formerly the Rochester (Eber) Seagrams/Pros/Royals (1923–1957), the Cincinnati Royals (1957–1972), the Kansas City-Omaha Kings (1972–1975), and the Kansas City Kings (1975–1985) Founded in 1923 Based in Sacramento, California

Franchise	Franchise All-Time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season

Arenas	Edgerton Park Arena Rochester War Memorial Cincinnati Gardens Kansas City Municipal Auditorium Omaha Civic Auditorium Kemper Arena ARCO Arena I Sleep Train Arena Golden 1 Center

D-League affiliate	Reno Bighorns

Administration	Vivek Ranadivé (Chairman) Vlade Divac (President of Basketball Operations) Mike Bratz (VP of Basketball Ops.) George Karl (Head Coach) Chris Webber (Time Out Emeritus)

Retired Numbers	1 2 4 6 11 12 14 16 21 27 44

NBA Championships (1)	1951

Culture and Lore	Failed relocation attempts 2002 Western Conference Finals Game 6 Slamson the Lion

Media	TV Comcast SportsNet California Radio KHTK-AM Announcers Gary Gerould Grant Napear Jerry Reynolds Fat Lever

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Kansas City-Omaha Kings

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Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

2001–02 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 Memphis Minnesota San Antonio Utah

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

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