1999–2000 Los Angeles Lakers season

1999–2000 Los Angeles Lakers season
NBA Champions
Conference Champions
Division Champions
Head coach	Phil Jackson
General manager	Jerry West
Owner(s)	Jerry Buss
Arena	Staples Center
Results
Record	67–15 (.817)
Place	Division: 1st (Pacific) Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	NBA Champions
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Net West, KCAL
Radio	AM 570 KLAC

The 1999–2000 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 54th season of the franchise, 52nd in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 40th in Los Angeles.^[1] They finished the regular season with 67 wins, the most wins since the 1971–72 team won a franchise-record 69 games. The Lakers clinched the top seed in the playoffs for the 25th time in franchise history and the first in nine years. Center Shaquille O'Neal was almost unanimously named the Most Valuable Player of the regular season.^[2]

The Lakers were then pushed to the limit by the Sacramento Kings whom they defeated in a deciding fifth game, before going on to defeat the Phoenix Suns in five games in the semifinals. In the Western Conference Finals, they defeated a Portland Trail Blazers team featuring Rasheed Wallace, Scottie Pippen and Steve Smith in seven games before going on to win the NBA Finals 4–2 against the Indiana Pacers, earning the franchise its 12th NBA championship. It was the Lakers' first championship since 1988. The season is memorable for 21-year-old Kobe Bryant being named to the All-NBA Defensive First Team while emerging as one of the NBA's young superstars, Glen Rice finishing first on the Lakers with 84 three-pointers, and the Lakers signing Ron Harper to give the team a veteran presence.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	23	Devean George	SF	United States	Augsburg
2	30	John Celestand	PG	United States	Villanova

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Roster

Los Angeles Lakers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
2.5 !G/F	8	USA !	Bryant, Kobe	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Lower Merion HS (PA)
1.5 !G	11	USA !	Celestand, John	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	Villanova
1.5 !G	2	USA !	Fisher, Derek	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Arkansas-Little Rock
4.0 !F	17	CAN !	Fox, Rick	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	North Carolina
4.0 !F	3	USA !	George, Devean	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Augsburg
4.0 !F	45	USA !	Green, A.C.	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Oregon State
1.5 !G	4	USA !	Harper, Ron	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Miami (Ohio)
4.0 !F	5	USA !	Horry, Robert	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Alabama
6.0 !C	40	USA !	Knight, Travis	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Connecticut
1.5 !G	10	USA !	Lue, Tyronn	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Nebraska
6.0 !C	34	USA !	O'Neal, Shaquille	7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	325 lb (147 kg)	LSU
4.0 !F	41	USA !	Rice, Glen	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Michigan
5.5 !F/C	16	USA !	Salley, John	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Georgia Tech
1.5 !G	20	USA !	Shaw, Brian	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	UC Santa Barbara

Head coach

Phil Jackson

Legend

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

Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Shaquille O'Neal	John Salley	Travis Knight
PF	A. C. Green	Robert Horry
SF	Glen Rice	Rick Fox	Devean George
SG	Kobe Bryant	Brian Shaw		John Celestand
PG	Ron Harper	Derek Fisher		Tyronn Lue

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	67	15	.817	–	36–5	31–10	20–4
x-Portland Trail Blazers	59	23	.720	8	30–11	29–12	21–3
x-Phoenix Suns	53	29	.646	14	32–9	21–20	15–9
x-Seattle SuperSonics	45	37	.549	22	24–17	21–20	12–12
x-Sacramento Kings	44	38	.537	23	30–11	14–27	9–15
Golden State Warriors	19	63	.232	48	12–29	7–34	2–22
Los Angeles Clippers	15	67	.183	52	10–31	5–36	5–19

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	67	15	.817	–
2	y-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	12
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	59	23	.720	8
4	x-San Antonio Spurs	53	29	.646	14
5	x-Phoenix Suns	53	29	.646	14
6	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	50	32	.610	17
7	x-Seattle SuperSonics	45	37	.549	22
8	x-Sacramento Kings	44	38	.537	23

9	Dallas Mavericks	40	42	.488	27
10	Denver Nuggets	35	47	.427	32
11	Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	33
12	Vancouver Grizzlies	22	60	.268	45
13	Golden State Warriors	19	63	.232	48
14	Los Angeles Clippers	15	67	.183	52

Game log

Pre-season

1999 Pre-season Game Log: 3–5 (Home: 3–5; Road: 0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	October 12 (in ALLTEL Stadium)	Washington Wizards	87–90	Los Angeles Lakers			–	[]

Regular season

1999 Regular season Game Log: 67–15 (Home: 36–5; Road: 31–10)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	November 2 (in Salt Lake City, UT)	Los Angeles Lakers	91–84	Utah Jazz		19,911	1–0
2	November 3 (in Los Angeles, CA)	Vancouver Grizzlies	88–103	Los Angeles Lakers		18,997	2–0
3	November 6 (in Portland, OR)	Los Angeles Lakers	82-97	Portland Trailblazers		20,584	2-1
4	November 7 (in Los Angeles, CA)	Dallas Mavericks	105-97	Los Angeles Lakers		18,997	3-1

Playoffs

Western Conference First Round

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (8) Sacramento Kings Last Playoff Meeting: 1984 Western Conference First Round (Los Angeles won 3-0; Kings were in Kansas City, Missouri)

April 23

Sacramento Kings 107, Los Angeles Lakers 117

Staples Center, Los Angeles

April 27

Sacramento Kings 89, Los Angeles Lakers 113

Staples Center, Los Angeles

April 30

Los Angeles Lakers 91, Sacramento Kings 99

ARCO Arena, Sacramento

May 2

Los Angeles Lakers 88, Sacramento Kings 101

ARCO Arena, Sacramento

May 5

Sacramento Kings 86, Los Angeles Lakers 113
Los Angeles wins series, 3-2

Staples Center, Los Angeles

Western Conference Semifinals

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (5) Phoenix Suns Last Playoff Meeting: 1993 Western Conference First Round (Phoenix won 3-2)

May 7

Phoenix Suns 77, Los Angeles Lakers 105

Staples Center, Los Angeles

May 10

Phoenix Suns 96, Los Angeles Lakers 97

Staples Center, Los Angeles

May 12

Los Angeles Lakers 105, Phoenix Suns 99

America West Arena, Phoenix

May 14

Los Angeles Lakers 98, Phoenix Suns 117

America West Arena, Phoenix

May 16

Phoenix Suns 65, Los Angeles Lakers 87
Los Angeles wins series, 4-1

Staples Center, Los Angeles

Western Conference Finals

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) Portland Trail Blazers Last Playoff Meeting: 1998 Western Conference First Round (Los Angeles won 3-1)

May 20

Portland Trail Blazers 94, Los Angeles Lakers 109

Staples Center, Los Angeles

May 22

Portland Trail Blazers 106, Los Angeles Lakers 77

Staples Center, Los Angeles

May 26

Los Angeles Lakers 93, Portland Trail Blazers 91

Rose Garden, Portland

May 28

Los Angeles Lakers 103, Portland Trail Blazers 91

Rose Garden, Portland

May 30

Portland Trail Blazers 96, Los Angeles Lakers 88

Staples Center, Los Angeles

June 2

Los Angeles Lakers 93, Portland Trail Blazers 103

Rose Garden, Portland

June 4

Portland Trail Blazers 84, Los Angeles Lakers 89
Los Angeles wins series, 4-3

Staples Center, Los Angeles

NBA Finals

Lakers' backup center John Salley became the first player in NBA history to play on three different championship-winning franchises, as he won titles in 1989 and '90 with the Detroit Pistons and 1996 with the Chicago Bulls.
This was the Lakers first NBA Finals in the new Staples Center.
After closing out game 6, fans rioted outside Staples Center by making bonfires, tipping cars, breaking windows of cars and buildings, and vandalizing businesses around the area. Overall, they caused $1 million in damages. In Lakers' championship run the following year, the LAPD came out in bigger force after the Lakers won and prevented the same thing from happening again.
Staples Center, which was a first-year building in 2000, had a very tricky shooting background and opposing teams often had difficulty shooting there. Pacers coach Larry Bird wanted to have a shoot-around in the arena the day before Game 6 to help his team shoot more consistently because they shot very poorly in Games 1 and 2. However, the Pacers couldn't practice in the building because of an Arena Football game. Bird was very upset about this, and his team had to go down to the Lakers practice facility in El Segundo.
The two arenas in this series, Conseco Fieldhouse and Staples Center, were both first-year arenas.

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	Game 6	Wins
Los Angeles (West)	104	111	91	120	87	116	4
Indiana (East)	87	104	100	118	120	111	2

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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	66	62	38.2	.468	.319	.821	6.3	4.9	1.61	.94	22.5
Celestand, John !John Celestand	16	0	11.6	.333	.222	.833	.7	1.2	.44	.00	2.3
Fisher, Derek !Derek Fisher	78	22	23.1	.346	.313	.724	1.8	2.8	1.03	.04	6.3
Fox, Rick !Rick Fox	82	1	18.0	.414	.326	.808	2.4	1.7	.63	.32	6.5
George, Devean !Devean George	49	1	7.0	.389	.340	.659	1.5	.2	.20	.08	3.2
Green, A.C. !A. C. Green	82	82	23.5	.447	.250	.695	5.9	1.0	.65	.22	5.0
Harper, Ron !Ron Harper	80	78	25.5	.399	.311	.680	4.2	3.4	1.06	.49	7.0
Horry, Robert !Robert Horry	76	0	22.2	.438	.309	.788	4.8	1.6	1.11	1.05	5.7
Jacobson, Sam !Sam Jacobson	3	0	6.0	.556	.000	.000	.3	.7	.33	.00	3.3
Knight, Travis !Travis Knight	63	0	6.5	.390	.000	.607	2.0	.4	.10	.37	1.7
Lue, Tyronn !Tyronn Lue	8	0	18.2	.487	.500	.750	1.5	2.1	.38	.00	6.0
O'Neal, Shaquille !Shaquille O'Neal	79	79	40.0	.574	.000	.524	13.6	3.8	.46	3.03	29.7
Rice, Glen !Glen Rice	80	80	31.6	.430	.367	.874	4.1	2.2	.59	.15	15.9
Salley, John !John Salley	45	3	6.7	.362	.000	.750	1.4	.6	.18	.31	1.6
Shaw, Brian !Brian Shaw	74	2	16.9	.382	.310	.759	2.9	2.7	.47	.19	4.1

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Bryant, Kobe !Kobe Bryant	22	22	39.0	.442	.344	.754	4.5	4.4	1.45	1.45	21.1
Fisher, Derek !Derek Fisher	21	0	15.3	.430	.414	.760	1.0	2.0	.52	.05	4.7
Fox, Rick !Rick Fox	23	0	14.4	.452	.462	.762	1.7	1.2	.39	.00	4.3
George, Devean !Devean George	9	0	5.0	.368	.200	.545	1.1	.2	.11	.00	2.4
Green, A.C. !A. C. Green	23	23	18.7	.411	.000	.696	4.2	.6	.61	.13	3.9
Harper, Ron !Ron Harper	23	23	28.0	.431	.231	.702	3.7	3.2	1.00	.57	8.6
Horry, Robert !Robert Horry	23	0	26.9	.407	.288	.702	5.3	2.5	.87	.83	7.6
Knight, Travis !Travis Knight	14	0	3.4	.533	.000	.333	.4	.0	.07	.21	1.3
O'Neal, Shaquille !Shaquille O'Neal	23	23	43.5	.566	.000	.456	15.4	3.1	.57	2.39	30.7
Rice, Glen !Glen Rice	23	23	33.3	.408	.418	.798	4.0	2.1	.65	.17	12.4
Salley, John !John Salley	18	0	4.3	.385	.000	.700	1.2	.2	.06	.33	.9
Shaw, Brian !Brian Shaw	22	1	18.5	.421	.333	.813	2.3	3.0	.50	.18	5.4

Award winners

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

Transactions

The Lakers have been involved in the following transactions during the 1999–2000 season.

Trades

September 1, 1999	To Los Angeles Lakers A. C. Green	To Dallas Mavericks Sean Rooks 2000 2nd round draft pick
September 21, 1999	To Los Angeles Lakers Melvin Levett	To Detroit Pistons Derek Harper

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Ron Harper	Signed 2 year contract for $4.2 Million^[5]	Chicago Bulls
Brian Shaw	Signed 1 year contract for $? Million^[6]	Portland Trail Blazers
John Salley	Signed ? year contract for $? Million^[7]	N/A

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Ruben Patterson	Free agent	Seattle SuperSonics
J.R. Reid	Free agent	Milwaukee Bucks

References

↑ "1999-00 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats | Basketball-Reference.com". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
↑ "Near-Unanimous Vote Elects O'Neal M.V.P.". New York Times. May 10, 2000.
↑ "CNN Sports provided by Bleacher Report - CNN.com". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
↑ "2000 NBA Playoffs Summary | Basketball-Reference.com". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
↑ Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. p. 48. ISSN 0021-5996. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
↑ "Basketball Transactions Search Results". prosportstransactions.com. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
↑ "Boca Raton News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2014-12-13.

Lakers on Database Basketball
Lakers on Basketball Reference
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Los Angeles Lakers 1999–2000 NBA Champions

2 Derek Fisher 3 Devean George 4 Ron Harper 5 Robert Horry 8 Kobe Bryant 10 Tyronn Lue 11 John Celestand 16 John Salley 17 Rick Fox 20 Brian Shaw 34 Shaquille O'Neal (Finals MVP) 40 Travis Knight 41 Glen Rice 45 A. C. Green Head coach Phil Jackson Assistant coaches Tex Winter Frank Hamblen Jim Cleamons Bill Bertka

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1999–2000 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 Minnesota San Antonio Utah Vancouver

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

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