2000–01 Orlando Magic season

The 2000–01 NBA season was the 12th season for the Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association.^[1] In the 2000 NBA draft, the Magic selected shooting guard Mike Miller from the University of Florida with the fifth overall pick, selected point guard Keyon Dooling from the University of Missouri with the tenth overall pick, and selected shooting guard Courtney Alexander out of Fresno State University with the thirteenth overall pick;^{[2][3][4][5][6]} however, the team soon traded Dooling to the Los Angeles Clippers, and dealt Alexander to the Dallas Mavericks.^[7][3][5][8]

2000–01 Orlando Magic season
Head coach	Doc Rivers
General manager	John Gabriel
Owners	RDV Sports, Inc.
Arena	TD Waterhouse Centre
Results
Record	43–39 (.524)
Place	Division: 4th (Atlantic) Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First round (lost to Bucks 1–3)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Sunshine Network WBRW
< 1999–00 2001–02 >

During the off-season, the Magic acquired Tracy McGrady from the Toronto Raptors,^{[9][10][11][12][13]} and acquired All-Star forward Grant Hill from the Detroit Pistons.^{[14][10][11][12][13]} The Magic had nearly signed then-free agent All-Star forward Tim Duncan, offering him a six-year contract worth $67.5 million; Duncan led the San Antonio Spurs to their first championship title the year before. However, Duncan would re-sign with the Spurs.^{[15][16][17][18][19]} Additionally, the Magic also signed free agents Troy Hudson, Dee Brown and Don Reid, and acquired Andrew DeClercq from the Cleveland Cavaliers.^[11][20][21]

However, Hill re-injured his left ankle from the previous season after only playing just four games, and was out for the remainder of the regular season, as the Magic struggled losing 11 of their first 16 games in November.^{[22][23][24][25]} Meanwhile, Brown only appeared in just seven games due to a left quadricep tendon injury.^[26] Despite losing both Hill and Brown, the Magic posted a nine-game winning streak between January and February, held a 25–23 record at the All-Star break,^[27] and returned to the NBA playoffs after a one-year absence, finishing in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 43–39 record, and earning the #7 seed in the Eastern Conference.^[28]

McGrady averaged 26.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game, and was named the NBA Most Improved Player of the Year,^{[29][30][31][32]} and was also named to the All-NBA Second Team, and also finished in sixth place in Most Valuable Player voting.^{[33][34][35][36]} In addition, Hill averaged 13.8 points, and 6.3 rebounds and assists per game each during his short four-game stint. McGrady and Hill were both selected for the 2001 NBA All-Star Game in Washington, D.C., although Hill did not participate due to his ankle injury; it was also McGrady's first ever All-Star appearance.^{[37][38][39][40][41]}

Meanwhile, Darrell Armstrong provided the team with 15.9 points, 7.0 assists and 1.8 steals per game, while Miller contributed 11.9 points per game, led the Magic with 148 three-point field goals, and was named the NBA Rookie of the Year, and was also named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team,^{[42][43][44][45]} and Bo Outlaw averaged 7.3 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.7 blocks per game. Off the bench, Pat Garrity contributed 8.3 points per game, while John Amaechi provided with 7.9 points per game, and Michael Doleac averaged 6.4 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.^[46]

However, in the 2001 NBA playoffs, the Magic lost in four games in the Eastern Conference First Round to the Milwaukee Bucks.^{[47][48][49][50]} Following the season, Amaechi signed as a free agent with the Utah Jazz,^[51][52] and Doleac was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers.^[53][54]

For the season, the Magic changed their primary logo,^[55] and slightly changed their uniforms, adding their new alternate logo on the right leg of their shorts. The primary logo remained in use until 2010.

Draft picks

Main article: 2000 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	5	Mike Miller	SF/SG	United States	Florida
1	10	Keyon Dooling	PG	United States	Missouri
1	13	Courtney Alexander	SG	United States	Fresno State

Roster

2000–01 Orlando Magic roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G 2 Cory Alexander 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1973–06–22 Virginia C 13 John Amaechi 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1970–11–26 Penn State G 10 Darrell Armstrong 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1968–06–22 Fayetteville State G 7 Dee Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1968–11–29 Jacksonville C 55 Andrew DeClercq 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1973–02–01 Florida C 51 Michael Doleac 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 262 lb (119 kg) 1977–06–15 Utah F 8 Pat Garrity 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1976–08–23 Notre Dame F 33 Grant Hill 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1972–10–05 Duke G 11 Troy Hudson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1976–03–13 Southern Illinois G 1 Tracy McGrady 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1979–05–24 Mt. Zion HS (NC) F 50 Mike Miller 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1980–02–19 Florida F 45 Bo Outlaw 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1971–04–13 Houston F 52 Don Reid 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1973–12–30 Georgetown F 3 Monty Williams 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1971–10–08 Notre Dame

Head coach Doc Rivers Assistant(s) Johnny Davis Paul Pressey Tom Sterner Dave Wohl Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Updated: January 29, 2001

Roster Notes

• Small forward Grant Hill played 4 games (his last game being on December 12, 2000), but missed the rest of the season and the playoffs due to having season-ending surgery on his left ankle, which involved removing a metal plate and five screws from the inside portion of Hill's ankle, and replacing the plate with a bone graft from his pelvis, then inserting new screws.^[25]

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Philadelphia 76ers	56	26	.683	–	29–12	27–14	18–6
x-Miami Heat	50	32	.610	6	29–12	21–20	15–10
x-New York Knicks	48	34	.585	8	30–11	18–23	16–9
x-Orlando Magic	43	39	.524	13	26–15	17–24	14–10
e-Boston Celtics	36	46	.439	20	20–21	16–25	11–13
e-New Jersey Nets	26	56	.317	30	18–23	8–33	8–16
e-Washington Wizards	19	63	.232	37	12–29	7–34	3–21

Eastern Conference v t e
#	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	e-Boston Celtics	36	46	.439	20
10	e-Detroit Pistons	32	50	.390	24
11	e-Cleveland Cavaliers	30	52	.366	26
12	e-New Jersey Nets	26	56	.317	30
13	e-Atlanta Hawks	25	57	.305	31
14	e-Washington Wizards	19	63	.232	37
15	e-Chicago Bulls	15	67	.183	42

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

2000-01 NBA Records
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

Playoffs

2001 playoff game log
First round: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 22 @ Milwaukee L 90–103 Tracy McGrady (33) McGrady, Outlaw (9) Tracy McGrady (8) Bradley Center 18,717 0–1 2 April 25 @ Milwaukee L 96–103 Tracy McGrady (35) Doleac, Outlaw (7) Tracy McGrady (7) Bradley Center 18,717 0–2 3 April 28 Milwaukee W 121–116 (OT) Tracy McGrady (42) Bo Outlaw (14) Tracy McGrady (10) TD Waterhouse Centre 17,248 1–2 4 May 1 Milwaukee L 104–112 Tracy McGrady (25) Bo Outlaw (12) Armstrong, McGrady (8) TD Waterhouse Centre 17,248 1–3
2001 schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mike Miller	SF	82	62	2,390	327	140	51	19	975	29.1	4.0	1.7	.6	.2	11.9
John Amaechi	C	82	36	1,710	268	74	28	29	650	20.9	3.3	.9	.3	.4	7.9
Monty Williams	SF	82	0	1,211	243	79	29	16	410	14.8	3.0	1.0	.4	.2	5.0
Bo Outlaw	PF	80	69	2,534	619	225	105	137	582	31.7	7.7	2.8	1.3	1.7	7.3
Tracy McGrady	SG	77	77	3,087	580	352	116	118	2,065	40.1	7.5	4.6	1.5	1.5	26.8
Michael Doleac	C	77	21	1,398	273	65	37	41	490	18.2	3.5	.8	.5	.5	6.4
Pat Garrity	SF	76	1	1,579	210	51	40	15	628	20.8	2.8	.7	.5	.2	8.3
Darrell Armstrong	PG	75	75	2,767	343	524	135	13	1,189	36.9	4.6	7.0	1.8	.2	15.9
Troy Hudson	PG	75	7	1,008	105	162	37	3	357	13.4	1.4	2.2	.5	.0	4.8
Andrew DeClercq	C	67	51	903	236	32	41	33	261	13.5	3.5	.5	.6	.5	3.9
Don Reid	PF	65	7	764	242	21	23	54	210	11.8	3.7	.3	.4	.8	3.2
Cory Alexander	PG	26	0	227	25	36	16	0	52	8.7	1.0	1.4	.6	.0	2.0
Dee Brown	PG	7	0	155	11	12	4	0	48	22.1	1.6	1.7	.6	.0	6.9
James Robinson	PG	6	0	50	8	0	4	1	10	8.3	1.3	.0	.7	.2	1.7
Elliot Perry†	PG	6	0	39	4	5	3	0	10	6.5	.7	.8	.5	.0	1.7
Grant Hill	SF	4	4	133	25	25	5	2	55	33.3	6.3	6.3	1.3	.5	13.8

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Magic only.

Playoffs

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tracy McGrady	SG	4	4	178	26	33	7	5	135	44.5	6.5	8.3	1.8	1.3	33.8
Darrell Armstrong	PG	4	4	167	22	19	8	2	53	41.8	5.5	4.8	2.0	.5	13.3
Bo Outlaw	PF	4	4	134	42	9	5	6	34	33.5	10.5	2.3	1.3	1.5	8.5
Mike Miller	SF	4	4	112	18	7	0	3	48	28.0	4.5	1.8	.0	.8	12.0
Andrew DeClercq	C	4	4	54	16	1	2	2	20	13.5	4.0	.3	.5	.5	5.0
Pat Garrity	SF	4	0	117	5	2	0	1	48	29.3	1.3	.5	.0	.3	12.0
Troy Hudson	PG	4	0	56	9	9	1	0	17	14.0	2.3	2.3	.3	.0	4.3
Michael Doleac	C	4	0	45	14	1	3	0	12	11.3	3.5	.3	.8	.0	3.0
John Amaechi	C	4	0	29	3	3	3	2	9	7.3	.8	.8	.8	.5	2.3
Dee Brown	PG	3	0	54	3	4	2	0	18	18.0	1.0	1.3	.7	.0	6.0
Don Reid	PF	3	0	25	11	0	1	2	10	8.3	3.7	.0	.3	.7	3.3
Monty Williams	SF	3	0	14	6	0	0	2	7	4.7	2.0	.0	.0	.7	2.3

Awards and honors

• Tracy McGrady – Most Improved Player, All-NBA 2nd Team, All-Star
• Mike Miller – Rookie of the Year, All-Rookie 1st Team
• Grant Hill – All-Star

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