2000 NBA Finals
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The 2000 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1999-2000 National Basketball Association season. The Los Angeles Lakers of the Western Conference took on the Indiana Pacers of the Eastern Conference for the title, with the Lakers holding home court advantage. The series is played under a best-of-seven format, so the first team to collect four game victories wins the series.
The Lakers won the series 4 games to 2. Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal was named the Most Valuable Player of the series.
[edit] Series scoring summary
The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the quarter numbers are replaced by game numbers.
| Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4* | Game 5 | Game 6 | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles (West) | 104 | 111 | 91 | 120 | 87 | 116 | 4 |
| Indiana (East) | 87 | 104 | 100 | 118 | 120 | 111 | 2 |
* denotes a game that required overtime.
[edit] Schedule
- Game 1 - June 7, Wednesday @Los Angeles, Los Angeles 104, Indiana 87: Los Angeles leads series 1-0
- Game 2 - June 9, Friday @Los Angeles, Los Angeles 111, Indiana 104: Los Angeles leads series 2-0
- Game 3 - June 11, Sunday @Indiana, Indiana 100, Los Angeles 91: Los Angeles leads series 2-1
- Game 4 - June 14, Wednesday @Indiana, Los Angeles 120, Indiana 118 (OT): Los Angeles leads series 3-1
- Game 5 - June 16, Friday @Indiana, Indiana 120, Los Angeles 87: Los Angeles leads series 3-2
- Game 6 - June 19, Monday @Los Angeles, Los Angeles 116, Indiana 111: Los Angeles wins series 4-2
The Finals were played using a 2-3-2 site format, where the first two and last two games are held at the team with home court advantage's (Los Angeles') home court (Staples Center).
| Preceded by: 1999 NBA Finals | NBA Finals 2000 | Succeeded by: 2001 NBA Finals |
[edit] Trivia
- The last time the Lakers won the Finals in six games (1987 over Bird's Boston Celtics), they did so in the exact same fashion, by winning games 1 & 2 at home, game 4 on the road and game 6 at home.
- Lakers' forward A.C. Green was a member of the previous two Lakers championship teams in 1987 and 1988.
- 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.
