2001–02 Los Angeles Lakers season

2001–02 Los Angeles Lakers season
NBA Champions
Conference Champions
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: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish NBA Champions

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television Fox Sports Net West, KCAL
Radio AM 570 KLAC

The 2001–02 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 56th season of the franchise, 54th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 42nd in Los Angeles.[1] The Lakers signed All-Star Mitch Richmond during the offseason. They finished second in the Pacific Division with a 58-24 record with superstars Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant combing to average 52 points a game. After defeating the Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs in the first two rounds of playoffs, the Lakers where pushed to the brink once more in the Western Conference Finals by their archrivals the Sacramento Kings who they narrowly defeated in a deciding seventh game. They then went on win the NBA Finals, defeating the New Jersey Nets, thus completing the second three-peat in franchise history, the first since 1952-54.

Draft picks

Main article: 2001 NBA Draft

Roster

Los Angeles Lakers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G/F 8 United States Bryant, Kobe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Lower Merion HS (PA)
G 2 United States Fisher, Derek 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Arkansas-Little Rock
F 17 Canada Fox, Rick 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) North Carolina
F 3 United States George, Devean 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Augsburg
F 5 United States Horry, Robert 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Alabama
G 10 United States Hunter, Lindsey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jackson State
F 35 United States Madsen, Mark 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Stanford
F/C 6 United States McCoy, Jelani 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) UCLA
F 14 Ukraine Medvedenko, Slava 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 253 lb (115 kg) Ukraine
C 34 United States O'Neal, Shaquille 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 325 lb (147 kg) LSU
G 23 United States Richmond, Mitch 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Kansas State
G 20 United States Shaw, Brian 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) UC Santa Barbara
F/C 52 United States Walker, Samaki 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Louisville
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

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
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Sacramento Kings 61 21 .744 –
2 y-San Antonio Spurs 58 24 .707 3
3 x-Los Angeles Lakers 58 24 .707 3
4 x-Dallas Mavericks 57 25 .695 4
5 x-Minnesota Timberwolves 50 32 .610 11
6 x-Portland Trail Blazers 49 33 .598 12
7 x-Seattle SuperSonics 45 37 .549 16
8 x-Utah Jazz 44 38 .537 17
9 Los Angeles Clippers 39 43 .476 22
10 Phoenix Suns 36 46 .439 25
11 Houston Rockets 28 54 .341 33
12 Denver Nuggets 27 55 .329 34
13 Memphis Grizzlies 23 59 .280 38
14 Golden State Warriors 21 61 .256 40

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) 991061061134
New Jersey (East) 94831031070

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
Kobe Bryant 80 80 38.3 .469 .250 .829 5.5 5.5 1.48 .44 25.2
Derek Fisher 70 35 28.2 .411 .413 .847 2.1 2.6 .94 .13 11.2
Rick Fox 82 82 27.9 .421 .313 .824 4.7 3.5 .82 .26 7.9
Devean George 82 1 21.5 .411 .371 .675 3.7 1.4 .87 .51 7.1
Robert Horry 81 23 26.4 .398 .374 .783 5.9 2.9 .95 1.10 6.8
Lindsey Hunter 82 47 19.7 .382 .380 .500 1.5 1.6 .80 .23 5.8
Mark Madsen 59 5 11.0 .452 .000 .648 2.7 .7 .27 .22 2.8
Jelani McCoy 21 0 5.0 .571 .000 .250 1.2 .3 .00 .24 1.2
Slava Medvedenko 71 6 10.3 .477 .000 .661 2.2 .6 .41 .15 4.7
Shaquille O'Neal 67 66 36.1 .579 .000 .555 10.7 3.0 .61 2.04 27.2
Mike Penberthy 3 0 4.0 .500 .000 .750 .7 .7 .67 .00 1.7
Mitch Richmond 64 2 11.1 .405 .290 .955 1.5 .9 .28 .09 4.1
Brian Shaw 58 0 10.9 .353 .330 .692 1.9 1.5 .43 .05 2.9
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
Kobe Bryant 19 19 43.8 .434 .379 .759 5.8 4.6 1.42 .89 26.6
Derek Fisher 19 19 34.2 .357 .358 .786 3.3 2.7 1.00 .05 10.2
Rick Fox 19 19 34.3 .482 .349 .755 5.4 3.4 1.11 .32 9.8
Devean George 19 0 17.2 .365 .229 .733 3.6 .6 .58 .53 5.0
Robert Horry 19 14 37.0 .449 .387 .789 8.1 3.2 1.74 .84 9.3
Lindsey Hunter 18 0 7.3 .311 .276 .000 .4 .6 .11 .00 2.0
Mark Madsen 7 0 1.4 .000 .000 .000 .3 .0 .00 .00 .0
Slava Medvedenko 7 0 3.0 .600 .000 .000 .6 .0 .00 .00 .9
Shaquille O'Neal 19 19 40.8 .529 .000 .649 12.6 2.8 .53 2.53 28.5
Mitch Richmond 2 0 2.0 1.000 .000 .500 .5 .0 .00 .00 1.5
Brian Shaw 19 0 12.5 .333 .281 1.000 1.8 1.6 .26 .32 2.9
Samaki Walker 19 5 12.6 .462 1.000 .765 4.1 .2 .11 .32 3.3

Award winners

References

  1. ↑ http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/2002.html
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