2000–01 Cleveland Cavaliers season

2000–01 Cleveland Cavaliers season
2000–01 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coach	Randy Wittman
Arena	Gund Arena
Results
Record	30–52 (.366)
Place	Division: 6th (Central); Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Net Ohio · WUAB
Radio	WTAM
< 1999–00	2001–02 >

The 2000–01 NBA season was the 31st season of the National Basketball Association in Cleveland, Ohio.^[1] During the offseason, the Cavaliers acquired Chris Gatling and Clarence Weatherspoon from the Miami Heat, Matt Harpring from the Orlando Magic, and Robert Traylor from the Milwaukee Bucks. The Cavaliers got off to a strong start winning nine of their first twelve games, on their way to a solid 15–7 start. In January, they traded Brevin Knight to the Atlanta Hawks for former Ohio State star Jim Jackson. However, they would struggle and lose 23 of their next 28 games, finishing 6th in the Central Division with a disappointing 30–52 record. Second-year star Andre Miller led the team in scoring, assists and steals.

Following the season, Randy Wittman was fired as head coach, Gatling was traded back to the Miami Heat, Jackson signed as a free agent with the Heat, Weatherspoon signed with the New York Knicks, and Harpring was traded along with Traylor to the Philadelphia 76ers, who then sent Traylor to the Charlotte Hornets.

Key Dates:

Offseason

Free Agents

Trades

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	8	Jamal Crawford^*	Guard	United States	Michigan

^*Crawford traded on draft day to Chicago for #8 pick Chris Mihm.^[2]

2nd round pick (#37) traded to Denver in Greg Graham deal.^[3] Sent to Miami in Mark Strickland deal.^[4] Used to draft Eddie House.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Height	Weight	DOB
F	52	Brown, Chucky	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	NC State
G	50	Coles, Bimbo	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Virginia Tech
F	32	Gatling, Chris	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Old Dominion
F	15	Harpring, Matt	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Georgia Tech
F	45	Henderson, Cedric	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Memphis
C	11	Ilgauskas, Zydrunas	7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	Lithuania
G	2	Jackson, Jim	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Ohio State
G	10	Johnson, Anthony	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	College of Charleston
G	21	Langdon, Trajan	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Duke
C	4	Mihm, Chris	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Texas
G	24	Miller, Andre	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Utah
F	30	Murray, Lamond	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	236 lb (107 kg)	California
G	1	Person, Wesley	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Auburn
F	54	Traylor, Robert	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	290 lb (132 kg)	Michigan
F	35	Weatherspoon, Clarence	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Southern Miss

Head coach

Randy Wittman (Indiana)

Legend

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

Roster

Regular season

Standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	52	30	.634	–	31–10	21–20	19–9
x-Toronto Raptors	47	35	.573	5	27–14	20–21	18–10
x-Charlotte Hornets	46	36	.561	6	28–13	18–23	20–8
x-Indiana Pacers	41	41	.500	11	26–15	15–26	15–13
Detroit Pistons	32	50	.390	20	18-23	14–27	16–12
Cleveland Cavaliers	30	52	.366	22	20–21	10–31	11–17
Atlanta Hawks	25	57	.305	27	18–23	7–34	9–19
Chicago Bulls	15	67	.183	37	10–31	5–36	4–24

Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Philadelphia 76ers	56	26	.683	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	52	30	.634	4
3	x-Miami Heat	50	32	.610	6
4	x-New York Knicks	48	34	.585	8
5	x-Toronto Raptors	47	35	.573	9
6	x-Charlotte Hornets	46	36	.561	10
7	x-Orlando Magic	43	39	.524	13
8	x-Indiana Pacers	41	41	.500	15

9	Boston Celtics	36	46	.439	20
10	Detroit Pistons	32	50	.390	24
11	Cleveland Cavaliers	30	52	.366	26
12	New Jersey Nets	26	56	.317	30
13	Atlanta Hawks	25	57	.305	31
14	Washington Wizards	19	63	.232	37
15	Chicago Bulls	15	67	.183	42

Record vs. opponents

2000-01 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	VAN	WAS
Atlanta	—	1–3	0–4	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2
Boston	3–1	—	0–4	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	4–0	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–1
Charlotte	4–0	4–0	—	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2
Chicago	2–2	1–2	1–3	—	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	2–1
Cleveland	2–2	1–2	2–2	3–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	3–0	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0
Denver	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	—	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–3	4–0	1–1
Detroit	4–0	1–3	2–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	4–0	1–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–2
Golden State	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–1	—	1–3	2–0	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2
Houston	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	—	2–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0
Indiana	2–2	3–1	1–3	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	—	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	2–0	4–0
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–4	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	—	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–4	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	—	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–4	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0
Miami	3–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	—	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–3	3–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–0
Milwaukee	3–1	3–1	1–3	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	—	0–2	4–0	1–2	4–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1
Minnesota	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1
New Jersey	3–1	0–4	0–4	2–2	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	—	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–1
New York	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	—	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	4–0
Orlando	3–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	3–1	1–3	—	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–1
Philadelphia	3–0	4–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	4–0
Phoenix	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	—	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	4–0	4–0	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	—	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0
San Antonio	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	—	3–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	—	0–2	0–4	3–1	2–0
Toronto	2–2	3–1	1–3	4–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	4–0
Utah	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	4–0	1–3	0–2	—	4–0	2–0
Vancouver	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	3–1	0–4	0–2	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–4	—	2–0
Washington	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

October

Record: 1-0 ; Home: 0-0 ; Road: 1-0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
1	October 31, 2000	Cleveland	86-82 W	New Jersey	Continental Airlines Arena 14,505	1-0

November

Record: 8-5 ; Home: 6-1 ; Road: 2-4

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
2	November 1, 2000	Sacramento	102-100 W in 2OT	Cleveland	Gund Arena 17,695	2-0
3	November 4, 2000	Boston	91-89 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 18,392	3-0
4	November 8, 2000	Cleveland	99-97 W	New York	Madison Square Garden 19,763	4-0
5	November 10, 2000	Cleveland	88-115 L	Toronto	Air Canada Centre 19,800	4-1
6	November 11, 2000	Washington	86-73 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 17,336	5-1
7	November 14, 2000	Golden State	96-86 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 13,691	6-1
8	November 15, 2000	Cleveland	98-107 L	Philadelphia	First Union Center 16,328	6-2
9	November 17, 2000	Cleveland	76-89 L	Milwaukee	Bradley Center 13,874	6-3
10	November 21, 2000	Detroit	117-98 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 12,683	7-3
11	November 22, 2000	Cleveland	86-67 W	Miami	AmericanAirlines Arena 14,755	8-3
12	November 24, 2000	Miami	85-80 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 20,562	9-3
13	November 25, 2000	Cleveland	98-109 L	Charlotte	Charlotte Coliseum 13,791	9-4
14	November 28, 2000	Boston	72-87 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 14,879	9-5

December

Record: 7-7 ; Home: 4-2 ; Road: 3-5

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
15	December 1, 2000	Cleveland	93-103 L	Detroit	The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,323	9-6
16	December 2, 2000	Philadelphia	78-112 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 20,562	9-7
17	December 5, 2000	Charlotte	71-66 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 14,544	10-7
18	December 6, 2000	Cleveland	92-88 W	Chicago	United Center 21,395	11-7
19	December 9, 2000	Atlanta	97-90 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 15,766	12-7
20	December 12, 2000	Dallas	92-87 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 12,577	13-7
21	December 15, 2000	Cleveland	103-95 W	Indiana	Conseco Fieldhouse 16,966	14-7
22	December 16, 2000	Utah	99-92 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 18,571	15-7
23	December 20, 2000	Cleveland	77-94 L	San Antonio	Alamodome 17,336	15-8
24	December 22, 2000	Cleveland	95-103 L	Miami	AmericanAirlines Arena 15,854	15-9
25	December 23, 2000	Cleveland	92-111 L	Orlando	TD Waterhouse Centre 14,160	15-10
26	December 26, 2000	Cleveland	110-115 L in OT	Charlotte	Charlotte Coliseum 14,442	15-11
27	December 28, 2000	Milwaukee	89-107 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 18,225	15-12
28	December 29, 2000	Cleveland	97-85 W	Atlanta	Philips Arena 11,680	16-12

January

Record: 4-11 ; Home: 3-4 ; Road: 1-7

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
29	January 2, 2001	Houston	95-100 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 14,032	16-13
30	January 3, 2001	Cleveland	83-88 L	Milwaukee	Bradley Center 13,817	16-14
31	January 6, 2001	Philadelphia	103-107 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 20,562	16-15
32	January 8, 2001	New Jersey	92-90 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 12,332	17-15
33	January 10, 2001	Cleveland	103-108 L	Sacramento	ARCO Arena 17,317	17-16
34	January 12, 2001	Cleveland	98-101 L	L.A. Lakers	STAPLES Center 18,997	17-17
35	January 13, 2001	Cleveland	107-119 L	Vancouver	General Motors Place 12,540	17-18
36	January 15, 2001	Cleveland	107-101 W	Golden State	The Arena in Oakland 15,289	18-18
37	January 16, 2001	Cleveland	83-103 L	Portland	Rose Garden Arena 19,980	18-19
38	January 19, 2001	Cleveland	88-91 L	Denver	Pepsi Center 17,058	18-20
39	January 22, 2001	Portland	84-58 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 16,388	19-20
40	January 24, 2001	Chicago	94-86 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 15,503	20-20
41	January 27, 2001	Atlanta	90-101 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 20,562	20-21
42	January 29, 2001	Cleveland	89-95 L	Washington	MCI Center 12,721	20-22
43	January 30, 2001	L.A. Lakers	96-102 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 20,053	20-23

February

Record: 2-10; Home: 1-6; Road: 1-4

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
44	February 1, 2001	Minnesota	81-90 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 13,904	20-24
45	February 3, 2001	Detroit	81-88 L in OT	Cleveland	Gund Arena 19,635	20-25
46	February 4, 2001	Cleveland	82-103 L	Boston	FleetCenter 14,638	20-26
47	February 7, 2001	San Antonio	89-107 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 13,324	20-27

March

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record

April

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; GS = Games started; MIN= Minutes; FG% = field goal %, FT% = free throw %, 3FG% = 3 point % STL= Steals; BLK = Blocks; AST = Assists; REB = Rebounds; PTS = Points

Regular Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Milestones

All-Star

Transactions

Trades

Free Agents

Development League

References

^ 2000-01 Cleveland Cavaliers
^ Chicago traded the rights to C Chris Mihm to Cleveland for the rights to G Jamal Crawford and cash. http://www.nbadraft.net/2000.html^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 500853 DN 173-235
^ "HEAT: Key Dates and Transactions: 2000". Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-03-06.

[1] 2000-01 Cleveland Cavaliers

[2] Chicago traded the rights to C Chris Mihm to Cleveland for the rights to G Jamal Crawford and cash. http://www.nbadraft.net/2000.html^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] 500853 DN 173-235

[4] "HEAT: Key Dates and Transactions: 2000". Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-03-06.

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