2000–01 Sacramento Kings season

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2000–01 Sacramento Kings season
Head coach Rick Adelman
Arena ARCO Arena
Results
Record 55–27 (.671)
Place Division: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish West Conference Semifinals
(eliminated 0-4)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Fox Sports Net Bay Area, KMAX
Radio KHTK
< 1999–00 2001–02 >

The 2000-01 NBA season was the Kings' 52nd season in the NBA and 16th in Sacramento.[1] During the offseason, the Kings acquired Doug Christie from the Toronto Raptors. After two straight playoff seasons, the Kings would make it into the NBA's elite status by challenging the Pacific Division all season, falling just one game short with a solid 55-27 record. Chris Webber and Vlade Divac were both selected for the 2001 NBA All-Star Game. In the first round of the playoffs, the Kings would win their first playoff series in 20 years by beating the Phoenix Suns, but were swept by the Los Angeles Lakers in the semifinals. Following the season, Jason Williams was traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies.

Offseason

In the NBA draft, the Kings drafted Hedo Türkoğlu and Jabari Smith. Türkoğlu's tenure with the Kings lasted three seasons,[2] while Smith's stint lasted 21 games. Smith would return to Sacramento in the 2003-04 season.[3]

During the offseason, the Kings did not make many transactions. On August 1, the Kings signed guard Bobby Jackson.[4] Jackson would be a reliable bench player during his tenure in Sacramento,[5] and he would win the Sixth Man of the Year Award for the 2002-03 season.[6]

On September 30, the Kings traded combo forward Corliss Williamson to the Toronto Raptors for Doug Christie.[7] Christie would be the starting shooting guard for the Kings for his entire tenure with the team.[8]

On October 20, the Kings waived center Jerome James.[9] James had missed all of the previous season due to a knee injury.[10]

Draft picks

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Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 16 Hidayet "Hedo" Türkoğlu SF  Turkey Efes Pilsen (Turkey)
2 45 Jabari Smith C/PF  United States LSU

Roster

Sacramento Kings roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 25 United States Anderson, Nick 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Illinois
G 20 United States Barry, Jon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Georgia Tech
G/F 13 United States Christie, Doug 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Pepperdine
C 21 Serbia Divac, Vlade 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 243 lb (110 kg) Serbia
F 51 United States Funderburke, Lawrence 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Ohio State
G 24 United States Jackson, Bobby 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Minnesota
F 00 United States Long, Art 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Cincinnati
G 15 United States Martin, Darrick 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) UCLA
C 31 United States Pollard, Scot 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Kansas
C 55 United States Smith, Jabari 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) LSU
F 16 Serbia Stojaković, Peja 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Serbia
F 5 Turkey Türkoğlu, Hedo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Turkey
F/C 4 United States Webber, Chris 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Michigan
G 55 United States Williams, Jason 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Florida
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

RosterTransactions

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Vlade Divac Scot Pollard Jabari Smith
PF Chris Webber Lawrence Funderburke
SF Peja Stojaković Hedo Türkoğlu Art Long
SG Doug Christie Jon Barry Nick Anderson
PG Jason Williams Bobby Jackson Darrick Martin

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 56 26 .683 31–10 25–16 14–10
x-Sacramento Kings 55 27 .671 1 33–8 22–19 16–8
x-Phoenix Suns 51 31 .622 5 31–10 20–21 12–12
x-Portland Trail Blazers 50 32 .610 6 28–13 22–19 12–12
Seattle SuperSonics 44 38 .537 12 26–15 18–23 17–7
Los Angeles Clippers 31 51 378 25 22–19 9–32 9–15
Golden State Warriors 17 65 .207 39 11–30 6–35 4–20
Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB
1 z-San Antonio Spurs 58 24 .707
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers 56 26 .683 2
3 x-Sacramento Kings 55 27 .671 3
4 x-Utah Jazz 53 29 .646 5
5 x-Dallas Mavericks 53 29 .646 5
6 x-Phoenix Suns 51 31 .622 7
7 x-Portland Trail Blazers 50 32 .610 8
8 x-Minnesota Timberwolves 47 35 .573 11
9 Houston Rockets 45 37 .549 13
10 Seattle SuperSonics 44 38 .537 14
11 Denver Nuggets 40 42 .488 18
12 Los Angeles Clippers 31 51 .378 27
13 Vancouver Grizzlies 23 59 .280 35
14 Golden State Warriors 17 65 .207 41


z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

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Playoffs

West First Round

(3) Sacramento Kings vs. (6) Phoenix Suns

April 22
3:00 pm
Phoenix Suns 86, Sacramento Kings 83
Scoring by quarter: 28–25, 10–19, 28–22, 20-17
Pts: Shawn Marion 21
Rebs: Jake Tsakalidis 11
Asts: Jason Kidd 14
Pts: Chris Webber 27
Rebs: Chris Webber 15
Asts: Christie, Williams 5 each
ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California
Attendance: 17,317
Referees: Bennett Salvatore, Mike Mathis, Monty McCutchen
April 25
10:30 pm
Phoenix Suns 90, Sacramento Kings 116
Scoring by quarter: 22–31, 21–32, 20–32, 27–21
Pts: Tony Delk 14
Rebs: Tom Gugliotta 8
Asts: Jason Kidd 9
Pts: Predrag Stojakovic 22
Rebs: Webber, Jackson 9 each
Asts: Chris Webber 5
ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California
Attendance: 17,317
Referees: Don Vaden, Bernie Fryer, Ted Bernhardt
April 29
3:00 pm
Sacramento Kings 104, Phoenix Suns 96
Scoring by quarter: 19–36, 34–19, 22–18, 29-23
Pts: Chris Webber 23
Rebs: Vlade Divac 12
Asts: Doug Christie 4
Pts: Jason Kidd 19
Rebs: Shawn Marion 10
Asts: Jason Kidd 16
America West Arena, Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 19,023
Referees: Steve Javie, Derrick Stafford, Ronnie Nunn
May 2
10:30 pm
Sacramento Kings 89, Phoenix Suns 82
Pts: Predrag Stojakovic 37
Rebs: Scot Pollard 13
Asts: Bobby Jackson 5
Pts: Clifford Robinson 24
Rebs: Jake Tsakalidis 12
Asts: Jason Kidd 14
Sacramento wins series, 3-1
America West Arena, Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 18,836
Referees: Scott Foster, Jack Nies, Hue Hollins

Last Playoff Meeting: 1981 Western Conference Semifinals (Kings won 4-3, then in Kansas City, Missouri)

West Conference Semifinals

(2) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) Sacramento Kings Last Playoff Meeting: 2000 Western Conference First Round (Los Angeles won 3-2)

Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(LAL-SAC)

Venue TV Time Recap TV Commentators
1 May 6 Sacramento 105 Los Angeles 108 1-0 Staples Center, Los Angeles NBC 3:00et [5] Mike Breen, Bill Walton & Steve Jones
2 May 8 Sacramento 90 Los Angeles 96 2-0 Staples Center, Los Angeles TBS 10:30et [6] Kevin Harlan, John Thompson & Danny Ainge
3 May 11 Los Angeles 103 Sacramento 81 3-0 ARCO Arena, Sacramento TNT 10:30et [7] Kevin Harlan, John Thompson & Danny Ainge
4 May 13 Los Angeles 119 Sacramento 113 4-0 ARCO Arena, Sacramento NBC 5:30et [8] Marv Albert & Doug Collins
Los Angeles wins series 4–0

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

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Nick Anderson 21 0 8.0 .246 .256 1.2 .6 .5 .2 1.8
Jon Barry 62 2 16.3 .404 .348 .877 1.5 2.1 .5 .1 5.1
Doug Christie 81 81 36.3 .395 .376 .897 4.4 3.6 2.3 .6 12.3
Vlade Divac 81 81 29.9 .482 .286 .691 8.3 2.9 1.1 1.1 12.0
Lawrence Funderburke 59 2 11.8 .496 .623 3.3 .3 .2 .2 4.9
Bobby Jackson 79 7 20.9 .439 .375 .739 3.1 2.0 1.1 .1 7.2
Art Long 9 0 2.2 .000 .000 .9 .1 .0 .3 0.0
Darrick Martin 31 0 5.7 .382 .519 .886 .5 .5 .2 .0 3.3
Scot Pollard 77 8 21.5 .468 .000 .749 6.0 .6 .6 1.3 6.5
Jabari Smith 9 0 7.3 .500 .667 .9 .7 .4 .0 2.9
Peja Stojaković 75 75 38.7 .470 .400 .856 5.8 2.2 1.2 .2 20.4
Hedo Türkoğlu 74 7 16.8 .412 .326 .777 2.8 .9 .7 .3 5.3
Chris Webber 70 70 40.5 .481 .071 .703 11.1 4.2 1.3 1.7 27.1
Jason Williams 77 77 29.7 .407 .315 .789 2.4 5.4 1.2 .1 9.4

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jon Barry 7 0 7.9 .412 .286 .4 .6 .1 .0 2.3
Doug Christie 8 8 38.0 .368 .294 .828 4.4 3.3 2.5 1.1 9.9
Vlade Divac 8 8 28.1 .350 .333 .763 8.4 2.4 1.0 1.5 10.8
Lawrence Funderburke 3 0 5.7 .375 1.000 2.0 .0 .7 .7 2.3
Bobby Jackson 8 0 22.8 .438 .286 .714 3.3 2.3 1.0 .0 7.0
Darrick Martin 2 0 4.5 .000 .000 .0 1.5 .0 .0 0.0
Scot Pollard 8 0 17.6 .633 .588 6.9 .3 .1 .9 6.0
Peja Stojaković 8 8 38.4 .406 .346 .968 6.4 .4 .6 .4 21.6
Hedo Türkoğlu 8 0 17.6 .435 .571 1.000 3.5 1.4 .4 .1 7.5
Chris Webber 8 8 43.5 .388 .000 .694 11.5 3.1 1.1 1.0 23.3
Jason Williams 8 8 23.9 .426 .367 1.000 2.3 2.9 1.0 .0 8.8

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

September 30, 2000
To Sacramento Kings
To Toronto Raptors

Free Agents

References

See also