2000–01 New York Knicks season

2000–01 New York Knicks season
Head coachJeff Van Gundy
General managerScott Layden
OwnersCablevision
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Results
Record48–34 (.585)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Atlantic)
Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishFirst round
(lost to Raptors 2–3)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
TelevisionMSG Network
RadioWFAN

The 2000–01 New York Knicks season was the 54th season for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association.[1] During the off-season, the Knicks acquired All-Star forward Glen Rice from the Los Angeles Lakers,[2][3][4] acquired Erick Strickland from the Dallas Mavericks,[5][6] and acquired Luc Longley from the Phoenix Suns; Longley won three NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls during their second three-peat in the 1990s.[7][8]

With the addition of Rice, and in their first season without Patrick Ewing since the 1984–85 season, the Knicks remained a perennial playoff contender, holding a 29–18 record at the All-Star break.[9] At mid-season, the team traded Chris Childs to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for former Knicks guard Mark Jackson and Muggsy Bogues, who never played for the Knicks due to a knee injury,[10][11][12] while Strickland was dealt to the Vancouver Grizzlies in exchange for Othella Harrington.[13][14][15] The Knicks finished in third place in the Atlantic Division with a 48–34 record, and earned the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference;[16] the team qualified for the NBA playoffs for the 14th consecutive year.[1]

Allan Houston led the Knicks in scoring with 18.7 points per game, while Latrell Sprewell averaged 17.7 points, 3.5 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and Rice contributed 12.0 points per game. In addition, Marcus Camby provided the team with 12.0 points, 11.5 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game, while Kurt Thomas averaged 10.4 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, Larry Johnson provided with 9.9 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, and Charlie Ward contributed 7.1 points and 4.5 assists per game. Meanwhile, Harrington averaged 6.2 points and 3.3 rebounds per game in 30 games after the trade, and Jackson provided with 5.9 points and 5.6 assists per game in 29 games.[17]

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., Houston and Sprewell were both selected for the 2001 NBA All-Star Game, as members of the Eastern Conference All-Star team; it was the final All-Star appearance for both players.[18][19][20] In addition, Houston also participated in the NBA Three-Point Shootout.[21][22]

In the Eastern Conference First Round of the 2001 NBA playoffs, and for the second consecutive year, the Knicks faced off against the 5th–seeded Raptors, who were led by All-Star guard Vince Carter, All-Star center Antonio Davis, and former Knicks forward Charles Oakley. With the series tied at 1–1, the Knicks won Game 3 over the Raptors on the road, 97–89 at the Air Canada Centre to take a 2–1 series lead.[23][24][25] However, the Knicks lost the next two games, which included a Game 5 loss to the Raptors at home, 93–89 at Madison Square Garden, thus losing in a hard-fought five-game series; it was the first time that the Knicks lost in the opening round of the NBA playoffs since the 1990–91 season.[26][27][28]

The Knicks finished fourth in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 810,283 at Madison Square Garden during the regular season.[17][29] Following the season, Rice was traded to the Houston Rockets after only one season in New York.[30][31][32] Also following the season, due to lingering injuries, Johnson, Longley and Bogues all retired.[33]

The Knicks would not return to the NBA playoffs again until the 2003–04 season.

Offseason

After 15 years with the New York Knicks, due to chronological age and injuries, Patrick Ewing parted ways with the organization on September 20, 2000, in a 4-team trade which involves the Seattle SuperSonics, the Phoenix Suns, and the Los Angeles Lakers. In the deal, the Knicks acquire Travis Knight, Glen Rice, and a 2001 1st round draft pick (#27, traded to Vancouver) from the Lakers, Luc Longley from the Phoenix Suns, Lazaro Borrell, Vernon Maxwell, Vladimir Stepania, two 2001 2nd round picks (#s 39 and 43; neither player selected ever played in the NBA), and a 2002 1st round pick (#20, traded to Toronto) from Seattle. During regular season, the Knicks later traded Erick Strickland, a 2001 1st and 2nd round draft picks to the Vancouver Grizzlies for Othella Harrington. And then Chris Childs and a 2002 1st round pick to the Toronto Raptors for Muggsy Bogues and Mark Jackson.[34]

NBA draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team
1 22 Donnell Harvey PF  United States Florida
2 39 Lavor Postell SG  United States St. John's

Roster

2000–01 New York Knicks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
G – Muggsy Bogues Injured (IN) 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) 136 lb (62 kg) 1965–01–09 Wake Forest
G 9 Rick Brunson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1972–06–14 Temple
F/C 23 Marcus Camby 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1974–03–22 UMass
F/C 32 Othella Harrington 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1974–01–31 Georgetown
G 20 Allan Houston 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1971–04–20 Tennessee
G 31 Mark Jackson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1965–04–01 St. John's
F 2 Larry Johnson Injured 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1969–03–14 UNLV
C 44 Travis Knight 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1974–09–13 Connecticut
C 13 Luc Longley Injured 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1969–01–19 New Mexico
G/F 7 Lavor Postell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1978–02–26 St. John's
F 41 Glen Rice 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1967–05–28 Michigan
C 50 Felton Spencer 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1968–01–15 Louisville
G/F 8 Latrell Sprewell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1970–09–08 Alabama
F/C 40 Kurt Thomas 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1972–10–04 TCU
G 21 Charlie Ward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1970–10–12 Florida State
Head coach
Assistant(s)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (IN) Inactive
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Updated: February 22, 2001

Roster notes

Regular season

Standings

Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Philadelphia 76ers 5626.683–29–1227–1418–6
x-Miami Heat 5032.610629–1221–2015–10
x-New York Knicks 4834.585830–1118–2316–9
x-Orlando Magic 4339.5241326–1517–2414–10
e-Boston Celtics 3646.4392020–2116–2511–13
e-New Jersey Nets 2656.3173018–238–338–16
e-Washington Wizards 1963.2323712–297–343–21
Eastern Conference
# Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Philadelphia 76ers5626.683–
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks5230.6344
3 x-Miami Heat5032.6106
4 x-New York Knicks4834.5858
5 x-Toronto Raptors4735.5739
6 x-Charlotte Hornets4636.56110
7 x-Orlando Magic4339.52413
8 x-Indiana Pacers4141.50015
9 e-Boston Celtics3646.43920
10 e-Detroit Pistons3250.39024
11 e-Cleveland Cavaliers3052.36626
12 e-New Jersey Nets2656.31730
13 e-Atlanta Hawks2557.30531
14 e-Washington Wizards1963.23237
15 e-Chicago Bulls1567.18342
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Schedule

GameDateOpponentResultKnicks pointsOpponentsRecordStreakNotes
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Playoffs

2001 playoff game log
First Round: 2–3 (home: 1–2; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 22 Toronto W 92–85 Allan Houston (23) Marcus Camby (18) Mark Jackson (6) Madison Square Garden
19,763		 1–0
2 April 26 Toronto L 74–94 Kurt Thomas (23) Kurt Thomas (12) Mark Jackson (5) Madison Square Garden
19,763		 1–1
3 April 29 @ Toronto W 97–89 Allan Houston (24) Kurt Thomas (9) Latrell Sprewell (5) Air Canada Centre
20,217		 2–1
4 May 2 @ Toronto L 93–100 Allan Houston (27) Kurt Thomas (10) Kurt Thomas (5) Air Canada Centre
20,282		 2–2
5 May 4 Toronto L 89–93 Latrell Sprewell (29) Kurt Thomas (12) Mark Jackson (7) Madison Square Garden
19,763		 2–3
2001 schedule

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% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Rick Brunson† 1504.4.421.000.667.8.5.1.01.3
Marcus Camby 636333.8.524.125.66711.5.81.02.212.0
Chris Childs† 51525.7.419.313.8482.74.6.7.14.8
Othella Harrington† 30518.3.554.7293.3.7.5.66.2
Allan Houston 787836.6.449.381.9093.62.2.7.118.7
Mark Jackson† 292827.1.411.310.5294.15.6.7.05.9
Larry Johnson 656532.4.411.313.7975.62.0.6.49.9
Travis Knight 4505.7.189.000.5001.2.1.1.2.6
Luc Longley 25212.0.333.7652.6.3.1.42.0
Lavor Postell 2606.5.315.273.8151.0.2.2.12.3
Glen Rice 752529.5.440.389.8524.11.2.5.212.0
Felton Spencer 1806.3.600.6001.9.1.1.12.2
Latrell Sprewell 777739.2.430.304.7834.53.51.4.417.7
Erick Strickland† 28015.0.305.340.8571.91.0.8.04.3
Kurt Thomas 772927.6.511.333.8146.7.8.8.910.4
Charlie Ward 613324.5.416.383.8002.64.51.1.27.1

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Rick Brunson 202.0.000.750.0.0.0.01.5
Marcus Camby 4435.3.385.3858.01.8.52.36.3
Othella Harrington 5115.4.500.8003.0.4.8.43.6
Allan Houston 5537.8.594.5451.0001.81.41.0.220.8
Mark Jackson 5531.2.500.2501.0005.25.21.6.09.0
Travis Knight 101.0.0.0.0.0.0
Glen Rice 5028.8.462.429.8754.4.6.6.212.2
Felton Spencer 202.0.0.0.0.0.0
Latrell Sprewell 5542.4.407.214.7603.03.41.0.218.4
Kurt Thomas 5537.2.532.71011.21.8.41.014.4
Charlie Ward 5017.2.296.2501.0001.41.4.4.05.0
  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Knicks only.

Player statistics citation:[17]

Awards and records

See also

References

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