Who Won The NBA Championship in 2001?

The Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA Championship in 2001.

The Los Angeles Lakers

Shaquille O’Neal

Shaquille Rashaun O’Neal (/ʃəˈkiːl/ shə-KEEL; Shaq; born March 6, 1972), nicknamed Shaq (/ʃæk/ SHAK), is an American retired professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA on TNT. He is considered one of the greatest players in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. At 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall and 325 pounds (147 kg), he was one of heaviest players ever to play in the NBA, where he played for six teams throughout his 19-year career.

O’Neal played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Boston Celtics. He won four NBA championships with the Lakers during their 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2009 seasons. As of 2011, O’Neal ranks 8th all-time in points scored (28,596), 6th in field goals made (11,330), and 5th in shots blocked (2,732). He is also the only player in NBA history to be named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the regular season and Finals in the same year. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 2009. In 2010, he was named by SI as one of their 50 Greatest Players of All Time.

Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He entered the NBA directly from high school and won five NBA championships with the Lakers. Bryant is an 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, and 12-time member of the All-Defensive team. He led the NBA in scoring during two seasons and ranks fourth on the league’s all-time regular season scoring and all-time postseason scoring lists. He is also the all-time leading scorer in Lakers franchise history. Bryant is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. At 34 years and 104 days old, he became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 30,000 career points. He became one of seven players in NBA history to achieve this feat.[1][2][3]

The San Antonio Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.

Tim Duncan

The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They are members of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Spurs have won five NBA championships, 22 division titles, and made the playoffs in 36 consecutive seasons since Tim Duncan was drafted by the team in 1997.

David Robinson

The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.

The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association (ABA) teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 ABA–NBA merger and are the only former ABA team to have won an NBA championship. The franchise has won five NBA championships, with their first coming as an ABA team in 1976. Spurs players have been voted onto 49 NBA All-Star Teams, 46 All-NBA Teams, and 34 All-Defensive Teams. As of 2019, the Spurs rank first among active franchises for the highest winning percentage in NBA history.

David Maurice Robinson (born August 6, 1965), nicknamed “The Admiral”, is an American former professional basketball player who played for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for his entire career. Robinson is widely considered one of the greatest centers ever to play basketball and was inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame during his time with the United States national team and was a ten-time NBA All-Star and named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.

The Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers have won the NBA Championship for the 2001 season. They have defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals. This was a great victory for the team and the city of Philadelphia. Let’s take a look at how they did it.

Allen Iverson

Allen Iverson was the star player for the Philadelphia 76ers when they won the NBA Championship in 2001. He was known for his quickness and his ability to score points. He was named the MVP of the NBA Finals.

Dikembe Mutombo

The Sixers went into the 2001 NBA Finals as heavy underdogs. They had lost key players to injuries, and they were facing the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers, who had won the title in 2000. The Sixers won the first game of the series, but then lost the next four games. In Game 5, with the Sixers on the verge of elimination, Dikembe Mutombo made a clutch block of a shot by Lakers’ star Shaquille O’Neal. The Sixers went on to win the game, and then won Game 6 to force a seventh and final game. In Game 7, Mutombo had another key block, this time of a shot by Kobe Bryant, and the Sixers went on to win the game and the series. Mutombo was named the NBA Finals MVP.