Season of National Basketball Association team the Boston Celtics
NBA professional basketball team season
The
2000β01 NBA season was the 55th season for the
Boston Celtics in the
National Basketball Association .
[1] During the off-season, the Celtics acquired
Bryant Stith from the
Denver Nuggets ,
[2]
[3] and signed free agents
Randy Brown ,
[4]
Chris Carr ,
[5] and rookie center
Mark Blount . Prior to the start of the season, the Celtics were nearly hit with tragedy when
Paul Pierce was stabbed 11 times in the face, neck and back, and had a bottle smashed over his head, and was attacked by three men at the Buzz Club, a late night dance club in the
Boston Theater District on September 25, 2000;
Tony Battie , Pierce's Celtic teammate, along with Battie's brother, saved him by rushing him to a nearby hospital, where Pierce had to undergo lung surgery to repair the damage.
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9] Nevertheless, Pierce was the only Celtic to start all 82 games during the 2000β01 season.
[10]
The Celtics played around .500 in November, but then struggled as
Kenny Anderson only played just 33 games due to an ankle injury and broken jaw,
[11]
[12] and Battie only played just 40 games due to an ankle injury.
[13]
[14] With a 12β22 start to the season, a frustrated
Rick Pitino resigned as head coach after three years with the Celtics.
[15]
[16]
[17] Under replacement
Jim O'Brien , they played around .500 for the remainder of the season posting a six-game winning streak between January and February, but later lost six of their final eight games, finishing fifth in the Atlantic Division with a 36β46 record, missing the
playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.
[18] In the 39 years before the current streak, they had missed the playoffs only five times.
[19]
Pierce averaged 25.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game, while
Antoine Walker averaged 23.4 points, 8.9 rebounds, 5.5 assists per game, and led the league with 221 three-point field goals, Stith contributed 9.7 points per game, and
Vitaly Potapenko provided the team with 7.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game off the bench.
[20] Following the season, Stith signed as a free agent with the
Cleveland Cavaliers ,
[21] while second-year guard
Adrian Griffin signed with the
Dallas Mavericks ,
[22]
[23] and Carr was released to free agency.
Draft picks
Roster
2000β01 Boston Celtics roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
G
7
Anderson, Kenny
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
168 lb (76 kg)
1970β10β09
Georgia Tech
C
4
Battie, Tony
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1976β02β11
Texas Tech
C
30
Blount, Mark
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1975β11β30
Pittsburgh
G
11
Brown, Randy
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1968β05β22
New Mexico State
G
43
Carr, Chris
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
207 lb (94 kg)
1974β03β12
Southern Illinois
G
44
Griffin, Adrian
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
217 lb (98 kg)
1974β07β04
Seton Hall
G
12
Herren, Chris
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1975β09β27
Fresno State
F/C
0
McCarty, Walter
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1974β02β01
Kentucky
C
5
Moiso, Jerome
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
240 lb (109 kg)
1978β06β15
UCLA
G
9
Palacio, Milt
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1978β02β07
Colorado State
F
34
Pierce, Paul
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1977β10β13
Kansas
C
52
Potapenko, Vitaly
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
280 lb (127 kg)
1975β03β21
Wright State
G
20
Stith, Bryant
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
208 lb (94 kg)
1970β12β10
Virginia
F
8
Walker, Antoine
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
224 lb (102 kg)
1976β08β12
Kentucky
F
55
Williams, Eric
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
1972β07β17
Providence
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster Last transaction: January 10, 2001
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
2000-01 NBA Records
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ATL
BOS
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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
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2β2
1β3
0β3
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2β2
Boston
3β1
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0β4
2β1
2β1
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0β2
1β1
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Charlotte
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Denver
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1β1
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Houston
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Indiana
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L.A. Lakers
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3β1
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Miami
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1β1
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Milwaukee
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1β1
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New Jersey
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New York
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3β1
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Orlando
3β1
3β1
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Philadelphia
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Phoenix
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Portland
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Sacramento
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San Antonio
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Seattle
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Toronto
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Utah
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Vancouver
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See also
References
^
2000-2001 Boston Celtics
^
"PLUS: PRO BASKETBALL; Pack Trade to Nuggets Official" . The New York Times . October 17, 2000. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .
^
"Celtics, Nuggets Complete Four-Player Trade" . Los Angeles Times . Associated Press. October 17, 2000. Retrieved October 19, 2022 .
^
"Celtics Sign Free Agent Randy Brown" . United Press International . August 3, 2000. Retrieved September 16, 2022 .
^ Wise, Mike (October 30, 2000).
"PRO BASKETBALL; West Side Story, the Sequel" . The New York Times . Retrieved July 16, 2022 .
^ Williams, Lena (September 26, 2000).
"PRO BASKETBALL; Nightclub Incident Leaves Celtic Recovering from Stab Wounds" . The New York Times . Retrieved November 26, 2022 .
^
"Celtics' Pierce Stabbed in Nightclub" . Los Angeles Times . September 26, 2000. Retrieved November 26, 2022 .
^ Greenberg, Alan (September 26, 2000).
"Pierce Attacked" . Hartford Courant . Retrieved July 13, 2022 .
^
"ESPN.com β NBA β Two Suspects Arraigned" . ESPN. Retrieved March 12, 2022 .
^
"Celtics Star Paul Pierce Fights Back on BEYOND THE GLORY | Celtics.com" . NBA.com . Retrieved March 12, 2022 .
^
"Anderson Activated by Celtics" . United Press International . December 10, 2000. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .
^
"NBA NOTEBOOK; Pitino Likely to Stick It Out" . New Haven Register . Associated Press. December 24, 2000. Retrieved October 25, 2022 .
^
"Magic End Celtics' Home Dominance" . ESPN . Associated Press. December 30, 2000. Retrieved October 25, 2022 .
^
"Around the NBA" . Chron . January 2, 2001. Retrieved June 23, 2022 .
^ Wise, Mike (January 9, 2001).
"PRO BASKETBALL; No Miracles Forthcoming, Pitino Quits Celtics Job" . The New York Times . Retrieved March 15, 2017 .
^ Heisler, Mark (January 9, 2001).
"Pitino Signaled His Exit Long Ago" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 25, 2022 .
^ Doyle, Paul (January 9, 2001).
"One Fine Mess" . Hartford Courant . Retrieved July 13, 2022 .
^
"2000β01 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results" . Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 23, 2021 .
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"Boston Celtics" . Basketball-Reference . Retrieved January 24, 2022 .
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"2000β01 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats" . Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 23, 2021 .
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"Cavaliers Sign Bryant Stith" . United Press International . August 13, 2001. Retrieved July 2, 2022 .
^
"Mavericks Sign Adrian Griffin" . United Press International . July 27, 2001. Retrieved October 19, 2022 .
^ Wise, Mike (October 30, 2001).
"PRO BASKETBALL; Jordan Against the New Generation, Lakers Against the World" . The New York Times . Retrieved October 25, 2022 .
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