2000–01 Cleveland Cavaliers season

2000–01 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coach	Randy Wittman
Arena	Gund Arena
Results
Record	30–52 (.366)
Place	Division: 6th (Central) Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Net Ohio · WUAB
Radio	WTAM

The 2000-01 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 31st season of NBA basketball in Cleveland, Ohio. In the offseason, the Cavaliers traded Shawn Kemp to the Portland TrailBlazers. The Cavaliers got off to a solid 15-7 record, but then struggled and later on lost ten consecutive games finishing the season with a 30-52 record, 6th in the Central Division. Andre Miller led the team in scoring, assists and steals.

Key Dates:

Draft picks

Main article: 2000 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	8	Jamal Crawford*	Guard	United States	Michigan

^*Crawford traded on draft day to Chicago for #8 pick Chris Mihm.

• 2nd round pick (#37) traded to Denver in Greg Graham deal. Sent to Miami in Mark Strickland deal. Used to draft Eddie House.

Roster

Cleveland Cavaliers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From PF 52 Brown, Chucky 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 214 lb (97 kg) North Carolina State PG 12 Coles, Bimbo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Virginia Tech PF 32 Gatling, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Old Dominion SF 15 Harpring, Matt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Georgia Tech SF 45 Henderson, Cedric 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Memphis C 11 Ilgauskas, Zydrunas 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 238 lb (108 kg) Lithuania SG 2 Jackson, Jim 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Ohio State PG 10 Johnson, Anthony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) College of Charleston SG 21 Langdon, Trajan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Duke C 4 Mihm, Chris 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Texas PG 24 Miller, Andre 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Utah SF 30 Murray, Lamond 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 236 lb (107 kg) California SG 1 Person, Wesley 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Auburn PF 54 Traylor, Robert 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 290 lb (132 kg) Michigan PF 35 Weatherspoon, Clarence 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Southern Mississippi	Head coach Randy Wittman Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	52	30	.634	–	31–10	21–20	19–9
x-Toronto Raptors	47	35	.573	5	27–14	20–21	18–10
x-Charlotte Hornets	46	36	.561	6	28–13	18–23	20–8
x-Indiana Pacers	41	41	.500	11	26–15	15–26	15–13
Detroit Pistons	32	50	.390	20	18–23	14–27	16–12
Cleveland Cavaliers	30	52	.366	22	20–21	10–31	11–17
Atlanta Hawks	25	57	.305	27	18–23	7–34	9–19
Chicago Bulls	15	67	.183	37	12–29	7–34	4–24

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Philadelphia 76ers	56	26	.683	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	52	30	.634	4
3	x-Miami Heat	50	32	.610	6
4	x-New York Knicks	48	34	.585	8
5	x-Toronto Raptors	47	35	.573	9
6	x-Charlotte Hornets	46	36	.561	10
7	x-Orlando Magic	43	39	.524	13
8	x-Indiana Pacers	41	41	.500	15
9	Boston Celtics	36	46	.439	20
10	Detroit Pistons	32	50	.390	24
11	Cleveland Cavaliers	30	52	.366	26
12	New Jersey Nets	26	56	.317	30
13	Atlanta Hawks	25	57	.305	31
14	Washington Wizards	19	63	.232	37
15	Chicago Bulls	15	67	.183	42

Game log

October

Record: 1-0 ; Home: 0-0 ; Road: 1-0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
1	October 31, 2000	Cleveland	86-82 W	New Jersey	Continental Airlines Arena 14,505	1-0

November

Record: 8-5 ; Home: 6-1 ; Road: 2-4

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
2	November 1, 2000	Sacramento	102-100 W in 2OT	Cleveland	Gund Arena 17,695	2-0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
3	November 4, 2000	Boston	91-89 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 18,392	3-0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
4	November 8, 2000	Cleveland	99-97 W	New York	Madison Square Garden 19,763	4-0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
5	November 10, 2000	Cleveland	88-115 L	Toronto	Air Canada Centre 19,800	4-1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
6	November 11, 2000	Washington	86-73 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 17,336	5-1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
7	November 14, 2000	Golden State	96-86 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 13,691	6-1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
8	November 15, 2000	Cleveland	98-107 L	Philadelphia	First Union Center 16,328	6-2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
9	November 17, 2000	Cleveland	76-89 L	Milwaukee	Bradley Center 13,874	6-3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
10	November 21, 2000	Detroit	117-98 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 12,683	7-3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
11	November 22, 2000	Cleveland	86-67 W	Miami	AmericanAirlines Arena 14,755	8-3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
12	November 24, 2000	Miami	85-80 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 20,562	9-3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
13	November 25, 2000	Cleveland	98-109 L	Charlotte	Charlotte Coliseum 13,791	9-4

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
14	November 28, 2000	Boston	72-87 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 14,879	9-5

December

Record: 7-7 ; Home: 4-2 ; Road: 3-5

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
15	December 1, 2000	Cleveland	93-103 L	Detroit	The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,323	9-6

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
16	December 2, 2000	Philadelphia	78-112 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 20,562	9-7

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
17	December 5, 2000	Charlotte	71-66 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 14,544	10-7

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
18	December 6, 2000	Cleveland	92-88 W	Chicago	United Center 21,395	11-7

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
19	December 9, 2000	Atlanta	97-90 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 15,766	12-7

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
20	December 12, 2000	Dallas	92-87 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 12,577	13-7

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
21	December 15, 2000	Cleveland	103-95 W	Indiana	Conseco Fieldhouse 16,966	14-7

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
22	December 16, 2000	Utah	99-92 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 18,571	15-7

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
23	December 20, 2000	Cleveland	77-94 L	San Antonio	Alamodome 17,336	15-8

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
24	December 22, 2000	Cleveland	95-103 L	Miami	AmericanAirlines Arena 15,854	15-9

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
25	December 23, 2000	Cleveland	92-111 L	Orlando	TD Waterhouse Centre 14,160	15-10

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
26	December 26, 2000	Cleveland	110-115 L in OT	Charlotte	Charlotte Coliseum 14,442	15-11

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
27	December 28, 2000	Milwaukee	89-107 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 18,225	15-12

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
28	December 29, 2000	Cleveland	97-85 W	Atlanta	Philips Arena 11,680	16-12

January

Record: 4-11 ; Home: 3-4 ; Road: 1-7

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
29	January 2, 2001	Houston	95-100 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 14,032	16-13

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
30	January 3, 2001	Cleveland	83-88 L	Milwaukee	Bradley Center 13,817	16-14

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
31	January 6, 2001	Philadelphia	103-107 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 20,562	16-15

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
32	January 8, 2001	New Jersey	92-90 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 12,332	17-15

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
33	January 10, 2001	Cleveland	103-108 L	Sacramento	ARCO Arena 17,317	17-16

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
34	January 12, 2001	Cleveland	98-101 L	Los Angeles	STAPLES Center 18,997	17-17

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
35	January 13, 2001	Cleveland	107-119 L	Vancouver	General Motors Place 12,540	17-18

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
36	January 15, 2001	Cleveland	107-101 W	Golden State	The Arena in Oakland 15,289	18-18

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
37	January 16, 2001	Cleveland	83-103 L	Portland	Rose Garden Arena 19,980	18-19

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
38	January 19, 2001	Cleveland	88-91 L	Denver	Pepsi Center 17,058	18-20

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
39	January 22, 2001	Portland	84-58 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 16,388	19-20

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
40	January 24, 2001	Chicago	94-86 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 15,503	20-20

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
41	January 27, 2001	Atlanta	90-101 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 20,562	20-21

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
42	January 29, 2001	Cleveland	89-95 L	Washington	MCI Center 12,721	20-22

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
43	January 30, 2001	Los Angeles	96-102 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 20,053	20-23

February

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
44	February 1, 2001	Minnesota	81-90 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 13,904	20-24

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
45	February 3, 2001	Detroit	81-88 L in OT	Cleveland	Gund Arena 19,635	20-25

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
46	February 4, 2001	Cleveland	82-103 L	Boston	FleetCenter 14,638	20-26

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
47	February 7, 2001	San Antonio	89-107 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 13,324	20-27

March

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record

April

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; GS = Games started; MIN= Minutes; FG% = field goal %, FT% = free throw %, 3FG% = 3 point % STL= Steals; BLK = Blocks; AST = Assists; REB = Rebounds; PTS = Points

Regular Season

Playoffs

References

• Cleveland Cavaliers on Database Basketball
• Cleveland Cavaliers on Basketball Reference