Dallas Mavericks Playoff Rosters

2001-2002 Dallas Mavericks Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Shawn Bradley C 7-6 235 Mar 22, 1972 30 Brigham Young 8 1993 1st Rnd, #2, Philadelphia Sixers
Greg Buckner G-F 6-4 210 Sep 16, 1976 25 Clemson 3 1998 2nd Rnd, #53, Dallas Mavericks
Evan Eschmeyer C 6-11 255 May 30, 1975 26 Northwestern 2 1999 2nd Rnd, #34, New Jersey Nets
Michael Finley G-F 6-7 225 Mar 6, 1973 29 Wisconsin 6 1995 1st Rnd, #21, Phoenix Suns
Adrian Griffin G-F 6-5 217 Jul 4, 1974 27 Seton Hall 3 1996 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Avery Johnson PG 5-10 175 Mar 25, 1965 37 Southern 13 1988 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Raef LaFrentz PF 6-11 245 May 29, 1976 25 Kansas 3 1998 1st Rnd, #3, Denver Nuggets
Danny Manning F-C 6-10 230 May 17, 1966 35 Kansas 13 1988 1st Rnd, #1, Los Angeles Clippers
Eduardo Najera PF 6-8 235 Jul 11, 1976 25 Oklahoma 1 2000 2nd Rnd, #38, Houston Rockets
Steve Nash PG 6-3 178 Feb 7, 1974 28 Santa Clara 5 1996 1st Rnd, #15, Phoenix Suns
Johnny Newman G-F 6-7 190 Nov 28, 1963 38 Richmond 15 1986 2nd Rnd, #29, Cleveland Cavaliers
Dirk Nowitzki PF 7-0 245 Jun 19, 1978 23 DJK Wurzburg (Germany) 3 1998 1st Rnd, #9, Milwaukee Bucks
Tariq Abdul-Wahad F-G 6-6 223 Nov 3, 1974 27 San Jose State 4 1997 1st Rnd, #11, Sacramento Kings
Nick Van Exel PG 6-1 170 Nov 27, 1971 30 Cincinnati 8 1993 2nd Rnd, #37, Los Angeles Lakers
Zhizhi Wang C 7-1 255 Jul 8, 1977 24 Ningbo Rockets (China) 1 1999 2nd Rnd, #36, Dallas Mavericks

2001-2002 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 New Jersey Nets #8 Indiana Pacers NJN in 5
First Round #2 Detroit Pistons #7 Toronto Raptors DET in 5
First Round #3 Boston Celtics #6 Philadelphia Sixers BOS in 5
First Round #4 Charlotte Hornets #5 Orlando Magic CHA in 4
Second Round #1 New Jersey Nets #4 Charlotte Hornets NJN in 5
Second Round #2 Detroit Pistons #3 Boston Celtics BOS in 5
Conference Finals #1 New Jersey Nets #3 Boston Celtics NJN in 6

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Sacramento Kings #8 Utah Jazz SAC in 4
First Round #2 San Antonio Spurs #7 Seattle SuperSonics SAS in 5
First Round #3 Los Angeles Lakers #6 Portland Trail Blazers LAL in 3
First Round #4 Dallas Mavericks #5 Minnesota Timberwolves DAL in 3
Second Round #1 Sacramento Kings #4 Dallas Mavericks SAC in 5
Second Round #3 Los Angeles Lakers #2 San Antonio Spurs LAL in 5
Conference Finals #1 Sacramento Kings #3 Los Angeles Lakers LAL in 7

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #3 Los Angeles Lakers #1 New Jersey Nets LAL in 4

2001-2002 Dallas Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Dirk Nowitzki 8 44.6 28.4 13.1 2.2 2.0 0.8 2.8
Michael Finley 8 46.6 24.6 6.2 2.2 1.5 0.5 1.9
Steve Nash 8 40.4 19.5 4.0 8.8 0.5 0.0 3.8
Raef LaFrentz 8 30.6 11.2 7.6 0.6 0.2 2.8 0.8
Nick Van Exel 8 33.0 11.1 3.0 3.9 1.0 0.0 1.5
Eduardo Najera 8 15.2 4.6 1.6 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.2
Greg Buckner 7 15.0 3.9 3.7 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.4
Adrian Griffin 4 14.2 5.0 2.2 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.8
Zhizhi Wang 8 5.5 2.5 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0
Shawn Bradley 7 3.6 0.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Johnny Newman 3 7.3 1.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Evan Eschmeyer 3 2.7 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0

2001-2002 Dallas Mavericks Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Dallas Leaders Minnesota Leaders
Apr 21, 2002
v.
Minnesota
W, 101-94 American Airlines Center
Opening Round
1-0 PTS: 30. D. Nowitzki
REB: 15. D. Nowitzki
AST: 7. N. Van Exel
PTS: 25. C. Billups
REB: 21. K. Garnett
AST: 9. C. Billups
Apr 24, 2002
v.
Minnesota
W, 122-110 American Airlines Center
Opening Round
2-0 PTS: 31. D. Nowitzki
REB: 15. D. Nowitzki
AST: 10. Steve Nash
PTS: 31. K. Garnett
REB: 18. K. Garnett
AST: 4. K. Garnett
Apr 28, 2002
@
Minnesota
W, 102-115 Target Center
Opening Round
3-0 PTS: 39. D. Nowitzki
REB: 17. D. Nowitzki
AST: 11. Steve Nash
PTS: 22. K. Garnett
REB: 17. K. Garnett
AST: 5. K. Garnett

2001-2002 Dallas Mavericks Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Dallas Leaders Sacramento Leaders
May 4, 2002
@
Sacramento
L, 108-91 Sleep Train Arena
Conference Semi Finals
0-1 PTS: 23. D. Nowitzki
REB: 14. D. Nowitzki
AST: 5. Steve Nash
PTS: 26. P. Stojakovic
REB: 16. Vlade Divac
AST: 8. Mike Bibby
May 6, 2002
@
Sacramento
W, 102-110 Sleep Train Arena
Conference Semi Finals
1-1 PTS: 30. Steve Nash
REB: 15. D. Nowitzki
AST: 8. Steve Nash
PTS: 22. Chris Webber
REB: 12. Chris Webber
AST: 7. Mike Bibby
May 9, 2002
v.
Sacramento
L, 119-125 American Airlines Center
Conference Semi Finals
1-2 PTS: 37. M. Finley
REB: 13. R. LaFrentz
AST: 15. Steve Nash
PTS: 31. Chris Webber
REB: 15. Chris Webber
AST: 9. Mike Bibby
May 11, 2002
v.
Sacramento
L, 113-115 American Airlines Center
Conference Semi Finals
1-3 PTS: 31. D. Nowitzki
REB: 12. D. Nowitzki
AST: 7. D. Nowitzki
PTS: 30. Chris Webber
REB: 14. Vlade Divac
AST: 5. B. Jackson
May 13, 2002
@
Sacramento
L, 114-101 Sleep Train Arena
Conference Semi Finals
1-4 PTS: 32. D. Nowitzki
REB: 12. D. Nowitzki
AST: 9. Steve Nash
PTS: 23. Chris Webber
REB: 13. H. Turkoglu
AST: 7. D. Christie