1999–2000 Los Angeles Lakers season

NBA season
team = Los Angeles Lakers
misc = Lakers win 12th NBA Title
end_year = 2000
wins = 67
losses = 15
division = Pacific
division_place = 1
conf_place = 1
coach = Phil Jackson
arena = Staples Center
owners = Jerry Buss
television = KCAL
radio = KLAC
playoffs = NBA Champions
bbr_team = LAL

The highlight of the Los Angeles Lakers season was winning the 2000 NBA Finals. It was the Lakers first championship since 1988.

Offseason

NBA Draft

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2000 NBA Finals

*Lakers' backup center John Salley became the first player in NBA history to play on three different championship-winning franchises, as he won titles in 1989 and '90 with the Detroit Pistons and 1996 with the Chicago Bulls.
*This was the Lakers first NBA Finals in the new Staples Center.
*After closing out game 6, fans rioted outside Staples Center by making bonfires, tipping cars, breaking windows of cars and buildings, and vandalizing businesses around the area. Overall, they caused $1 million in damages. In Lakers' championship run the following year, the LAPD came out in bigger force after the Lakers won and prevented the same thing from happening again.
*Staples Center, which was a first-year building in 2000, had a very tricky shooting background and opposing teams often had difficulty shooting there. Pacers coach Larry Bird wanted to have a shoot-around in the arena the day before Game 6 to help his team shoot more consistently because they shot very poorly in Games 1 and 2. However, the Pacers couldn't practice in the building because of an Arena Football game. Bird was very upset about this, and his team had to go down to the Lakers practice facility in El Segundo.
*The two arenas in this series, Conseco Fieldhouse and Staples Center, were both first-year arenas.

ummary

The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the quarter numbers are replaced by game numbers. [ [http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_2000.html 2000 NBA Playoff Summary - Basketball-Reference.com ] ]

Lakers Roster

Head Coach: Phil Jackson
Shaquille O'Neal
Kobe Bryant
Glen Rice
Ron Harper
Rick Fox
Derek Fisher
John Salley
Robert Horry
A.C. Green
Tyronn Lue
Brian Shaw
Devean George
John Celestand
Travis Knight

Award Winners

* Shaquille O'Neal, Center, NBA Finals Most Vaulable Player

References

* [http://www.databasebasketball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?yr=1999&tm=LAL&lg=N Lakers on Database Basketball]
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/2000.html Lakers on Basketball Reference]
* http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/2000/playoffs/daily_schedule/

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