2001 NBA Playoffs

The 2001 NBA playoffs was the postseason competition of the National Basketball Association's 2000-01 season. The competition finished up with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers vanquishing the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers 4 recreations to 1. Shaquille O'Neal was named NBA Finals MVP for the second in a row year. Since 2001, the 76ers have not progressed past the gathering elimination rounds.

This was the 76ers' first Finals appearance since Moses Malone and Julius Erving drove the 1983 squad to the NBA title.

In any case, it was the Lakers' swing to assemble the most prevailing postseason in NBA history, running 15– 1 with their solitary misfortune coming in OT to the Sixers in Game 1 of the Finals. They set numerous records, incorporating going undefeated in guideline and out and about (completing 8– 0 in the last classification). They were the second NBA champion to vanquish four 50-win or better groups on their way to the title as the Rockets did it first in 1995. The Lakers likewise measured up to the past records set by their 1989 group by winning their initial 11 post-season diversions and clearing three arrangement in the post-season. Their playoff predominance would be bested after the first round of playoffs was reached out to a best of seven configuration rather than the best of five in the 2003 NBA playoffs by the 2016-17 Golden State Warriors who might go 16-1 on their way to their fifth title.

The Milwaukee Bucks won their first playoff arrangement since 1989, made the Eastern Conference Finals out of the blue since 1986 and won the division out of the blue since that year. Starting at 2018, in any case, they have been unfit to copy any of these accomplishments.

The Dallas Mavericks made the playoffs out of the blue since 1990. En route they had numerous horrifying seasons, including consecutive years with 11 and 13 wins. By beating Utah in the first round, they won their first playoff arrangement since 1988. Gathering Arena, their home court for a long time, facilitated its last diversion (Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals against the Spurs); they moved to American Airlines Center in 2002.

The Sacramento Kings won their first playoff arrangement since 1981 (when they were the Kansas City Kings) and first since moving to Sacramento.

The Toronto Raptors won their first playoff arrangement in establishment history 3– 2 over the New York Knicks. Out of the blue since 1991, the Knicks neglected to win a first-round playoff arrangement.