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Recap

The 2000–01 NBA season was the 55th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning their second straight championship, beating the Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 1 in the 2001 NBA Finals.

* The Grizzlies play their final season in Vancouver, British Columbia before relocating to Memphis, Tennessee for the following season leaving the Toronto Raptors as the only Canadian team left in the NBA.
* Rick Pitino resigned as head coach and president of the Boston Celtics, ending a three-plus-year tenure filled with turmoil, disappointment and three consecutive below .500, non-playoff seasons.
* The Dallas Mavericks played their final season at Reunion Arena. They also made the playoffs for the first time since the 1989–90 season. They also made it past the first round for the first time since the 1987–88 season.
* The Los Angeles Lakers win their second straight title by going 15–1 in the playoffs, then the best playoff winning percentage in NBA history (later surpassed by the 2017 Golden State Warriors).
* The Toronto Raptors made the second round of the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, winning over New York 3–2. They lost in the second round to Philadelphia 4–3.
* Prior to the season, Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning announced that he suffered a kidney disorder and missed the first five months of the season. Mourning would receive a kidney transplant two years later.
* To date, this was the last time a team with the best regular season record did not win 60 or more games in a full 82-game season. Though the 2011–12 Chicago Bulls and the 2011–12 San Antonio Spurs each won 50 games and the top conference seeds, they did so during a 66-game lockout-shortened regular season.
* Effective of this season, the league now permitted players to wear knee-length shorts by default, although players like John Stockton opted to continue wearing short shorts during the season. This would be the case for other players in the future as players like Chris Douglas-Roberts in the 2014–15 season and LeBron James for some of the 2015–16 season would opt to wear short shorts.
* Three teams in the Western Conference who missed the playoffs won 40 or more games. The ninth-placed Houston Rockets finished the season with a 45–37 record, the tenth-placed Seattle SuperSonics finished with a 44–38 record, and the eleventh-placed Denver Nuggets ended the season with a 40–42 record.

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2000-01 Los Angeles Lakers Season
2000-01 Los Angeles Lakers
56-26 (.683)
Won NBA Finals
2000-01 Philadelphia 76ers Season
2000-01 Philadelphia 76ers
56-26 (.683)
Lost NBA Finals
2000-01 San Antonio Spurs Season
2000-01 San Antonio Spurs
58-24 (.707)
Lost Conference Finals
2000-01 Milwaukee Bucks Season
2000-01 Milwaukee Bucks
52-30 (.634)
Lost Conference Finals
2000-01 Sacramento Kings Season
2000-01 Sacramento Kings
55-27 (.671)
Lost Conference Semifinals
2000-01 Dallas Mavericks Season
2000-01 Dallas Mavericks
53-29 (.646)
Lost Conference Semifinals
2000-01 Toronto Raptors Season
2000-01 Toronto Raptors
47-35 (.573)
Lost Conference Semifinals
2000-01 Charlotte Hornets Season
2000-01 Charlotte Hornets
46-36 (.561)
Lost Conference Semifinals
2000-01 Utah Jazz Season
2000-01 Utah Jazz
53-29 (.646)
Lost First Round
2000-01 Phoenix Suns Season
2000-01 Phoenix Suns
51-31 (.622)
Lost First Round
2000-01 Miami Heat Season
2000-01 Miami Heat
50-32 (.610)
Lost First Round
2000-01 Portland Trail Blazers Season
2000-01 Portland Trail Blazers
50-32 (.610)
Lost First Round
2000-01 New York Knicks Season
2000-01 New York Knicks
48-34 (.585)
Lost First Round
2000-01 Minnesota Timberwolves Season
2000-01 Minnesota Timberwolves
47-35 (.573)
Lost First Round
2000-01 Orlando Magic Season
2000-01 Orlando Magic
43-39 (.524)
Lost First Round
2000-01 Indiana Pacers Season
2000-01 Indiana Pacers
41-41 (.500)
Lost First Round
2000-01 Houston Rockets Season
2000-01 Houston Rockets
45-37 (.549)
Missed Playoffs
2000-01 Seattle SuperSonics Season
2000-01 Seattle SuperSonics
44-38 (.537)
Missed Playoffs
2000-01 Denver Nuggets Season
2000-01 Denver Nuggets
40-42 (.488)
Missed Playoffs
2000-01 Boston Celtics Season
2000-01 Boston Celtics
36-46 (.439)
Missed Playoffs
2000-01 Detroit Pistons Season
2000-01 Detroit Pistons
32-50 (.390)
Missed Playoffs
2000-01 Los Angeles Clippers Season
2000-01 Los Angeles Clippers
31-51 (.378)
Missed Playoffs
2000-01 Cleveland Cavaliers Season
2000-01 Cleveland Cavaliers
30-52 (.366)
Missed Playoffs
2000-01 New Jersey Nets Season
2000-01 New Jersey Nets
26-56 (.317)
Missed Playoffs
2000-01 Atlanta Hawks Season
2000-01 Atlanta Hawks
25-57 (.305)
Missed Playoffs
2000-01 Vancouver Grizzlies Season
2000-01 Vancouver Grizzlies
23-59 (.280)
Missed Playoffs
2000-01 Washington Wizards Season
2000-01 Washington Wizards
19-63 (.232)
Missed Playoffs
2000-01 Golden State Warriors Season
2000-01 Golden State Warriors
17-65 (.207)
Missed Playoffs
2000-01 Chicago Bulls Season
2000-01 Chicago Bulls
15-67 (.183)
Missed Playoffs

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