Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The 2002 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2001–02 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.The best-of-seven playoff was contested between the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers (who were also two-time defending NBA champion), and the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Nets.
The 2002 NBA All-Star Game was held at First Union Center in Philadelphia. Kobe Bryant of the Lakers took MVP honors amidst boos from the Philadelphia fans following a 135–120 victory by the West. Philadelphia was originally slated to host the 1999 All-Star Game, but was awarded the 2002 game instead due to the 1999 lockout.
The NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. Since the 2022–23 season, winners receive the Michael Jordan Trophy, named after the five-time MVP often considered to be the greatest player in NBA history. [1] [2]
Shaquille O'Neal was named NBA Finals MVP for the third straight year. The 2002 playoffs are best remembered for that year's Western Conference Finals between the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings. The matchup between the Lakers and Kings is regarded as one of the most controversial playoff series in NBA ...
Cedric Maxwell is the only Finals MVP winner eligible for the Hall of Fame who has not been voted in. [14] On February 14, 2009, during the 2009 NBA All-Star Weekend in Phoenix, then-NBA Commissioner David Stern announced that the award would be renamed the "Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award" in honor of 11-time NBA champion ...
2002 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers over the New Jersey Nets 4–0. MVP: Tim Duncan (More information can be found at 2002-03 NBA season.) 2002 NBA Playoffs, 2002 NBA draft, 2001-02 NBA season, 2002 NBA All-Star Game; Philippine Basketball Association 2002 season: Purefoods TJ Hotdogs over the Alaska Aces 4–3 in the Governor's Cup Finals
He led the league in total points (2,144) in 2002 [9] and was an All-NBA Third Team selection in 2002 and 2003. [ 10 ] NBA champion and Finals MVP (2007–2008)
4× NBA champion (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006) 3× NBA Finals MVP (2000–2002) NBA Most Valuable Player FIBA Basketball World Cup MVP 15× NBA All-Star (1993–1998, 2000–2007, 2009) 3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2000, 2004, 2009) 8× All-NBA First Team (1998, 2000–2006) NBA Rookie of the Year NBA 50th Anniversary Team Summer Olympics Gold: 1996