2000–01 Philadelphia 76ers season

[4] All-Star guard Allen Iverson averaged 31.1 points, 4.6 assists and 2.5 steals per game, leading the league in both scoring and steals;[5] he was selected to the All-NBA First Team, and named NBA Most Valuable Player for his accomplishments, beating Tim Duncan and Shaquille O'Neal by a wide margin.

Aaron McKie averaged 11.6 points, 5.0 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award.

[21][22][23][24][25] By trading Kukoc (who was not included in the original proposed deal, and who won three championships with Phil Jackson as his coach during his tenure with the Chicago Bulls), the Sixers had only one other player on the roster who had NBA Finals experience, Snow, who played a total of 24 minutes in 10 games in the 1996 NBA Playoffs as a reserve for the Seattle SuperSonics.

[3] In the final game of the regular season, at home against the Chicago Bulls on April 18, 2001, Brown rested his starters instead of trying to go for a win, as the Sixers lost to the Bulls, 92–86; had the Sixers won this game, they would have had the league's second best record behind the San Antonio Spurs, and home court advantage over the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals.

[69][70][71][72][73] Following the season, Hill was traded along with second-year forward Jumaine Jones back to his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers,[74][75][76] and Lynch was dealt to the Charlotte Hornets.

[81][82] This was the last time the 76ers won the Atlantic Division title, and clinched the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs until the 2020–21 COVID-19 pandemic-shortened season.

Sánchez played 19 games with the Sixers before being traded to the Atlanta Hawks with Toni Kukoč, Nazr Mohammed, and Theo Ratliff for Roshown McLeod and Dikembe Mutombo on February 22.

[83] Roster Last transaction: April 6, 2001 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.