2000–01 Cleveland Cavaliers season explained

The 2000–01 NBA season was the 31st season of the National Basketball Association in Cleveland, Ohio.^[1] The Cavaliers had the eighth pick in the 2000 NBA draft, and selected Jamal Crawford from the University of Michigan,^[2] but soon traded him to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for top draft pick Chris Mihm.^{[3] [4]} During the off-season, the team acquired Chris Gatling and Clarence Weatherspoon from the Miami Heat,^{[5] [6]} Matt Harpring from the Orlando Magic,^{[7] [8]} and Robert Traylor from the Milwaukee Bucks, while signing free agent Bimbo Coles.^[9] The Cavaliers got off to a strong start winning nine of their first twelve games, on their way to a solid 15–7 start. In January, they traded Brevin Knight to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for former Ohio State star Jim Jackson.^{[10] [11]} However, they would struggle and lose 23 of their next 28 games, including a ten-game losing streak between January and February, finishing 6th in the Central Division with a disappointing 30–52 record.^[12]

Second-year star Andre Miller led the team with 15.8 points, 8.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game, while Lamond Murray averaged 12.8 points per game, and Weatherspoon provided the team with 11.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. In addition, Zydrunas Ilgauskas averaged 11.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, but only played just 24 games due to continuing foot injuries,^[13] while Gatling provided with 11.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per game off the bench, Harpring contributed 11.1 points per game, and Mihm averaged 7.6 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.^[14]

Following the season, Randy Wittman was fired as head coach, while Gatling was traded back to the Miami Heat,^{[15] [16]} Jackson signed as a free agent with the Heat during the next season,^{[17] [18]} Weatherspoon signed with the New York Knicks,^{[19] [20]} and Harpring was traded along with Traylor to the Philadelphia 76ers,^{[21] [22]} who then sent Traylor to the Charlotte Hornets.

Key Dates:

Offseason

Trades

Draft picks

See main article: 2000 NBA draft.

• Crawford traded on draft day to Chicago for #7 pick Chris Mihm. Chicago traded the rights to C Chris Mihm to Cleveland for the rights to G Jamal Crawford and cash.
• 2nd round pick (#37) traded to Denver in Greg Graham deal. Sent to Miami in Mark Strickland deal. Used to draft Eddie House.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

2000-01 NBA Records
width=100	Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	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	–	1–3	0–4	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2
Boston	3–1	–	0–4	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	4–0	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–1
Charlotte	4–0	4–0	–	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2
Chicago	2–2	1–2	1–3	–	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	2–1
Cleveland	2–2	1–2	2–2	3–1	–	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	3–0	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	–	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0
Denver	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	–	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–3	4–0	1–1
Detroit	4–0	1–3	2–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	–	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	4–0	1–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–2
Golden State	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–1	–	1–3	2–0	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2
Houston	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	–	2–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0
Indiana	2–2	3–1	1–3	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	–	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	2–0	4–0
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–4	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	–	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–4	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	–	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–4	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0
Miami	3–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	–	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–3	3–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–0
Milwaukee	3–1	3–1	1–3	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	–	0–2	4–0	1–2	4–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1
Minnesota	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1
New Jersey	3–1	0–4	0–4	2–2	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	–	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–1
New York	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	–	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	4–0
Orlando	3–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	3–1	1–3	–	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–1
Philadelphia	3–0	4–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	–	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	4–0
Phoenix	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	–	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	4–0	4–0	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	–	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0
San Antonio	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	–	3–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	–	0–2	0–4	3–1	2–0
Toronto	2–2	3–1	1–3	4–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	4–0
Utah	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	4–0	1–3	0–2	–	4–0	2–0
Vancouver	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	3–1	0–4	0–2	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–4	–	2–0
Washington	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	—

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
3	November 4, 2000	Boston	91-89 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 18,392	3-0
4	November 8, 2000	Cleveland	99-97 W	New York	Madison Square Garden 19,763	4-0
5	November 10, 2000	Cleveland	88-115 L	Toronto	Air Canada Centre 19,800	4-1
6	November 11, 2000	Washington	86-73 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 17,336	5-1
7	November 14, 2000	Golden State	96-86 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 13,691	6-1
8	November 15, 2000	Cleveland	98-107 L	Philadelphia	First Union Center 16,328	6-2
9	November 17, 2000	Cleveland	76-89 L	Milwaukee	Bradley Center 13,874	6-3
10	November 21, 2000	Detroit	117-98 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 12,683	7-3
11	November 22, 2000	Cleveland	86-67 W	Miami	AmericanAirlines Arena 14,755	8-3
12	November 24, 2000	Miami	85-80 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 20,562	9-3
13	November 25, 2000	Cleveland	98-109 L	Charlotte	Charlotte Coliseum 13,791	9-4
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
16	December 2, 2000	Philadelphia	78-112 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 20,562	9-7
17	December 5, 2000	Charlotte	71-66 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 14,544	10-7
18	December 6, 2000	Cleveland	92-88 W	Chicago	United Center 21,395	11-7
19	December 9, 2000	Atlanta	97-90 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 15,766	12-7
20	December 12, 2000	Dallas	92-87 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 12,577	13-7
21	December 15, 2000	Cleveland	103-95 W	Indiana	Conseco Fieldhouse 16,966	14-7
22	December 16, 2000	Utah	99-92 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 18,571	15-7
23	December 20, 2000	Cleveland	77-94 L	San Antonio	Alamodome 17,336	15-8
24	December 22, 2000	Cleveland	95-103 L	Miami	AmericanAirlines Arena 15,854	15-9
25	December 23, 2000	Cleveland	92-111 L	Orlando	TD Waterhouse Centre 14,160	15-10
26	December 26, 2000	Cleveland	110-115 L in OT	Charlotte	Charlotte Coliseum 14,442	15-11
27	December 28, 2000	Milwaukee	89-107 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 18,225	15-12
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
30	January 3, 2001	Cleveland	83-88 L	Milwaukee	Bradley Center 13,817	16-14
31	January 6, 2001	Philadelphia	103-107 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 20,562	16-15
32	January 8, 2001	New Jersey	92-90 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 12,332	17-15
33	January 10, 2001	Cleveland	103-108 L	Sacramento	ARCO Arena 17,317	17-16
34	January 12, 2001	Cleveland	98-101 L	L.A. Lakers	STAPLES Center 18,997	17-17
35	January 13, 2001	Cleveland	107-119 L	Vancouver	General Motors Place 12,540	17-18
36	January 15, 2001	Cleveland	107-101 W	Golden State	The Arena in Oakland 15,289	18-18
37	January 16, 2001	Cleveland	83-103 L	Portland	Rose Garden Arena 19,980	18-19
38	January 19, 2001	Cleveland	88-91 L	Denver	Pepsi Center 17,058	18-20
39	January 22, 2001	Portland	84-58 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 16,388	19-20
40	January 24, 2001	Chicago	94-86 W	Cleveland	Gund Arena 15,503	20-20
41	January 27, 2001	Atlanta	90-101 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 20,562	20-21
42	January 29, 2001	Cleveland	89-95 L	Washington	MCI Center 12,721	20-22
43	January 30, 2001	L.A. Lakers	96-102 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 20,053	20-23

February

Record: 2-10; Home: 1-6; Road: 1-4

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record
44	February 1, 2001	Minnesota	81-90 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 13,904	20-24
45	February 3, 2001	Detroit	81-88 L in OT	Cleveland	Gund Arena 19,635	20-25
46	February 4, 2001	Cleveland	82-103 L	Boston	FleetCenter 14,638	20-26
47	February 7, 2001	San Antonio	89-107 L	Cleveland	Gund Arena 13,324	20-27

March

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April

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

Player stats

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Andre Miller	82	82	34.7	45.2	26.6	83.3	4.4	8.0	1.5	0.3	15.8
Lamond Murray	78	46	28.5	42.3	37.0	73.5	4.4	1.6	1.1	0.3	12.8
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	24	24	25.7	48.7	0.0	67.9	6.7	0.8	0.6	1.5	11.7
Chris Gatling	74	6	22.6	44.9	30.4	68.4	5.3	0.8	0.7	0.4	11.4
Clarence Weatherspoon	82	82	33.8	50.1	0.0	79.0	9.7	1.3	1.0	1.3	11.3
Matt Harpring	56	55	28.8	45.4	25.0	81.2	4.3	1.8	0.8	0.3	11.1
Jim Jackson	39	26	29.2	39.0	23.8	78.6	3.7	2.9	0.9	0.2	10.3
Chris Mihm	59	43	19.8	44.2	0.0	79.4	4.7	0.3	0.3	0.9	7.6
Wesley Person	44	22	21.8	43.8	40.5	80.0	3.0	1.5	0.6	0.3	7.1
Trajan Langdon	65	5	17.2	43.1	41.1	89.5	1.4	1.2	0.6	0.1	6.0
Robert Traylor	70	7	17.3	49.7	0.0	56.7	4.3	0.9	0.7	1.1	5.7
Bimbo Coles	47	0	17.1	38.1	12.5	85.7	1.0	2.9	0.6	0.1	4.9
Cedric Henderson	55	10	17.5	38.9	12.5	65.2	1.6	1.4	0.5	0.4	4.3
Chucky Brown	20	2	13.3	41.3	0.0	66.7	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	3.9
Anthony Johnson	28	0	8.3	33.3	50.0	68.8	0.8	1.6	0.2	0.0	2.4
J.R. Reid	6	0	6.5	40.0	0.0	75.0	1.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.7
Brevin Knight	6	0	15.5	13.3	0.0	83.3	1.2	4.2	1.0	0.2	1.5
Etdrick Bohannon	6	0	3.2	50.0	0.0	100.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.3
Michael Hawkins	10	0	7.6	33.3	50.0	0.0	0.5	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.8
Larry Robinson	1	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player Statistics Citation:^[23]

Awards and records

All-Star

Transactions

Development League

References

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2001.html 2000-01 Cleveland Cavaliers
2. News: 2000 NBA Draft . Basketball-Reference . December 1, 2022.
3. News: Wise . Mike . Clippers Go to High School and Select Miles . The New York Times . June 29, 2000 . September 17, 2021.
4. News: Smith . Sam . Draft Proving Ill Wind . Chicago Tribune . December 16, 2000 . July 15, 2022.
5. News: PRO BASKETBALL; Trade Sends Grant to Heat . The New York Times . August 31, 2000 . July 2, 2022.
6. News: Associated Press . Kemp to Portland, Grant to Miami in 3-Team Deal . Los Angeles Times . August 31, 2000 . October 19, 2022.
7. News: Povtak . Tim . Declercq a Bigger Harpring . Orlando Sentinel . August 6, 2000 . October 19, 2022.
8. News: Cavs Obtain Harpring for DeClercq . United Press International . August 3, 2000 . October 19, 2022.
9. News: Wise . Mike . PRO BASKETBALL; West Side Story, the Sequel . The New York Times . October 30, 2000 . July 16, 2022.
10. News: Associated Press . Cavaliers Trade Knight to Hawks for Jackson . Los Angeles Times . January 3, 2001 . October 19, 2022.
11. News: Cavaliers Send Knight to Hawks for Jackson, 2 Others . The Washington Post . January 3, 2001 . October 16, 2021.
12. Web site: 2000–01 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule and Results. Basketball-Reference. September 17, 2021.
13. News: Ilgauskas Sidelined Again by Foot Problem . United Press International . December 26, 2000 . January 11, 2022.
14. Web site: 2000–01 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Stats. Basketball-Reference. September 17, 2021.
15. News: Heat Gets Gatling in a 3-Team Deal Again . Tampa Bay Times . October 27, 2001 . October 25, 2022.
16. News: Gatling Becomes Part of Three-Team Trade . United Press International . October 26, 2001 . October 25, 2022.
17. News: Jim Jackson Joins Reeling Miami . United Press International . December 3, 2001 . June 23, 2022.
18. News: Winderman . Ira . Nets Cruise as Heat Crumbles . Sun Sentinel . December 15, 2001 . October 25, 2022.
19. News: Broussard . Chris . PRO BASKETBALL; By Adding Weatherspoon, the Knicks Are Near a Wrap . The New York Times . July 15, 2001 . July 2, 2022.
20. News: Knicks Sign Clarence Weatherspoon . United Press International . July 20, 2001 . October 25, 2022.
21. News: Associated Press . N.B.A.: ROUNDUP; Tyrone Hill Returns to the Cavs . The New York Times . August 4, 2001 . June 9, 2022.
22. News: Associated Press . 76ers Deal Away Hill, But Acquire Moiso . Los Angeles Times . August 4, 2001 . October 19, 2022.
23. Web site: 2000–01 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Stats. Basketball-Reference. September 17, 2021.