2001–02 Sacramento Kings season

2001–02 Sacramento Kings season
2001–02 Sacramento Kings season
Division champions
Head coach	Rick Adelman
Owners	The Maloof Family
Arena	ARCO Arena
Results
Record	61–21 (.744)
Place	Division: 1st (Pacific); Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	Western Conference Finals; (Lost to Lakers 3–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KMAX-TV; Fox Sports Net Bay Area
Radio	KHTK
< 2000–01	2002–03 >

The 2001–02 NBA season was the Kings' 53rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 17th season in Sacramento.^[1] During the offseason, the Kings acquired Mike Bibby from the Vancouver Grizzlies,^[2] and second-year guard Mateen Cleaves from the Detroit Pistons. Despite Chris Webber missing the first 20 games due to an ankle injury, the Kings posted a 12-game winning streak between December and January, as they held a 37–12 record before the All-Star break. The team won eleven straight games near the end of the season, finishing with a 61–21 record (.744 winning percentage), the best record in the league, while winning their division for the first time since 1979, when the team was in Kansas City. The Kings also made the Western Conference finals for the first time since 1981 (also as the Kansas City Kings). Webber and Peja Stojaković were both selected for the 2002 NBA All-Star Game.

In the playoffs, the Kings defeated the Utah Jazz three games to one in the first round, and the Dallas Mavericks four games to one in the semifinals. In their first trip to the Western Conference Finals, they would take a 3–2 series lead over the 3rd-seeded Los Angeles Lakers, but went on to lose the final two games in one of the most controversial playoff series in NBA history.

The team's season roster is featured in NBA 2K18.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	25	Gerald Wallace	Forward	United States	Alabama
2	55	Maurice Jeffers	Guard	United States	Saint Louis

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Height	Weight	DOB
G	10	Bibby, Mike	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Arizona
F	52	Brown, Chucky	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	NC State
G/F	13	Christie, Doug	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Pepperdine
G	8	Cleaves, Mateen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Michigan State
C	21	Divac, Vlade	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	243 lb (110 kg)	Serbia
F	51	Funderburke, Lawrence	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Ohio State
G	24	Jackson, Bobby	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Minnesota
F/C	31	Pollard, Scot	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Kansas
G	25	Price, Brent	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Oklahoma
F	16	Stojaković, Peja	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Serbia
F	5	Türkoğlu, Hedo	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Turkey
F	3	Wallace, Gerald	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Alabama
F/C	4	Webber, Chris	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Michigan

Head coach

Rick Adelman (Loyola Marymount)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Roster
Last transaction: 2002–02–26

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	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

Record vs. opponents

2001-02 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–3
Boston	2–2	—	2–1	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	1–2	—	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1
Chicago	1–3	2–2	0–4	—	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–2	0–4	3–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–3
Cleveland	1–3	0–4	1–3	3–1	—	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–2
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	—	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1
Denver	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–4	—	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–4	0–4	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–2
Detroit	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–0
Golden State	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	1–1	—	1–3	0–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–1
Houston	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	—	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1
Indiana	3–1	0–3	1–3	4–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	—	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–4	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	—	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–0
Memphis	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	—	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–4	1–1	3–1	0–2
Miami	1–3	1–3	0–3	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	3–1	0–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–2
Milwaukee	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	—	0–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	4–0	2–0	3–1
Minnesota	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–0
New Jersey	1–2	1–3	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	—	4–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1
New York	3–1	0–4	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	0–4	—	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–3
Orlando	3–1	1–3	1–3	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–3	4–0	—	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–2
Philadelphia	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	—	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–3
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–2
Portland	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	—	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	0–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	—	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–1
San Antonio	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	—	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–0
Seattle	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	—	2–0	1–3	1–1
Toronto	4–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	1–2
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–3	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–4	0–4	3–1	1–1	—	2–0
Washington	3–0	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	—

Game log

2001–02 Game Log (61–21) (Home: 36–5; Road: 25–16)

October (1–0) (Home: 1–0)

November (12–4) (Home: 6–0; Road: 6–4)

December (10–5) (Home: 10–1; Road: 0–4)

January (11–1) (Home: 7–0; Road: 4–1)

February (7–5) (Home: 5–1; Road: 2–4)

March (12–4) (Home: 4–2; Road: 8–2)

April (8–2) (Home: 3–1; Road: 5–1)

2001-02 Schedule

All times are PACIFIC time

Playoffs

West First Round

(1) Sacramento Kings vs. (8) Utah Jazz Last Playoff Meeting: 1999 Western Conference First Round (Utah won 3-2)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (SAC-UTA)	Venue	TV Time (EST)	Recap
1	April 20	Utah	86	Sacramento	89	1-0	ARCO Arena	NBC 3:00	Recap
2	April 23	Utah	93	Sacramento	86	1-1	ARCO Arena	TBS 10:30	Recap
3	April 27	Sacramento	90	Utah	87	2-1	Delta Center	NBC 3:00	Recap
4	April 29	Sacramento	91	Utah	86	3-1	Delta Center	TNT 10:30	Recap
Sacramento wins series 3–1

West Conference Semifinals

(1) Sacramento Kings vs. (4) Dallas Mavericks Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Kings and Mavericks.

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (SAC-DAL)	Venue	TV Time	Recap
1	May 4	Dallas	91	Sacramento	108	1-0	ARCO Arena	NBC 6:30et/3:30pt	Recap
2	May 6	Dallas	110	Sacramento	102	1-1	ARCO Arena	TNT 9:00et/6:00pt	Recap
3	May 9	Sacramento	125	Dallas	119	2-1	American Airlines Center	TNT 9:30et/8:30ct	Recap
4	May 11	Sacramento	115	Dallas	113	3-1	American Airlines Center	NBC 3:30et/2:30ct	Recap
5	May 13	Dallas	101	Sacramento	114	4-1	ARCO Arena	TNT 9:00et/6:00pt	Recap
Sacramento 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)	Recap
1	May 18	Los Angeles	106	Sacramento	99	0-1	ARCO Arena	NBC 6:30	Recap
2	May 20	Los Angeles	90	Sacramento	96	1-1	ARCO Arena	TNT 9:00	Recap
3	May 24	Sacramento	103	Los Angeles	90	2-1	Staples Center	NBC 9:00	Recap
4	May 26	Sacramento	99	Los Angeles	100	2-2	Staples Center	NBC 5:30	Recap
5	May 28	Los Angeles	91	Sacramento	92	3-2	ARCO Arena	NBC 9:00	Recap
6	May 31	Sacramento	102	Los Angeles	106	3-3	Staples Center	NBC 9:30	Recap
7*	June 2	Los Angeles	112	Sacramento	106	3-4	ARCO Arena	NBC 7:30	Recap
Los Angeles wins Western Conference Championship 4–3

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%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Vlade Divac	80	80	30.3	.472	.231	.615	8.4	3.7	1.0	1.2	11.1
Chris Webber	54	54	38.4	.495	.263	.794	10.1	4.8	1.7	1.4	24.5
Peja Stojaković	71	71	37.3	.484	.416	.876	5.3	2.5	1.1	0.2	21.1
Doug Christie	81	81	34.5	.460	.352	.851	4.6	4.2	2.0	0.3	12.0
Mike Bibby	80	80	33.2	.453	.370	.803	2.8	5.0	1.1	0.2	13.7
Scot Pollard	80	29	23.5	.550	.000	.693	7.1	0.7	0.9	1.0	6.4
Lawrence Funderburke	56	1	12.9	.469	.000	.607	3.5	0.6	0.2	0.3	4.7
Hedo Türkoğlu	80	10	24.6	.422	.368	.726	4.5	2.0	0.7	0.4	10.1
Gerald Wallace	54	1	8.0	.429	.000	.500	1.6	0.5	0.4	0.1	3.2
Bobby Jackson	81	3	21.6	.443	.361	.810	3.1	2.0	1.9	0.1	11.1
Jabari Smith	12	0	5.9	.286	.000	.500	1.2	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.5
Chucky Brown	18	0	5.1	.370	.000	.500	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.2
Mateen Cleaves	32	0	4.8	.441	.250	.889	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.0	2.2
Brent Price	20	0	4.5	.333	.267	.692	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.1	1.6

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Awards and records

Transactions

References

^ 2001-02 Sacramento Kings
^ "What Bibby Is Not Is Key to the Kings". Los Angeles Times. May 18, 2002. Retrieved August 22, 2017.

[1] 2001-02 Sacramento Kings

[2] "What Bibby Is Not Is Key to the Kings". Los Angeles Times. May 18, 2002. Retrieved August 22, 2017.

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v t e Sacramento Kings
Founded in 1923 Formerly the Rochester Seagrams (1923–1942), Rochester Eber Seagrams (1942–1943), Rochester Pros (1943–1945), Rochester Royals (1945–1957), Cincinnati Royals (1957–1972); played in Kansas City-Omaha (1972–1975), Kansas City (1975–1985) Based in Sacramento, California
Franchise	All-time roster Draft history Records Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Edgerton Park Arena Rochester War Memorial Cincinnati Gardens Kansas City Municipal Auditorium Omaha Civic Auditorium Kemper Arena ARCO Arena I ARCO Arena Golden 1 Center
Administration	Owner(s) Vivek Ranadivé President John Rinehart General manager Monte McNair Head coach Mike Brown
G League affiliate	Stockton Kings
Retired numbers	1 2 4 6 11 12 14 16 21 27 44
NBA championships	1951
Rivalries	Golden State Warriors Los Angeles Lakers
Culture and lore	Failed relocation attempts Slamson the Lion Maloof family "Love Song" (Tesla song) Maurie Pete Carril and the Princeton offense The Greatest Show on Court Light the Beam!