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2001 NBA Finals Game 1 · Jun 6, 2001

Philadelphia entered Los Angeles as a heavy underdog against a postseason machine in the Finals opener.

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Game lineups

Starting fives

Verified starters

Home starting five
Los Angeles Lakers
StarterDFDerek Fisher
StarterHGHorace Grant
StarterKBKobe Bryant
StarterRFRick Fox
StarterSOShaquille O'Neal
Away starting five
Philadelphia 76ers
StarterAMAaron McKie
StarterAIAllen Iverson
StarterDMDikembe Mutombo
StarterJJJumaine Jones
StarterTHTyrone Hill

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.

Before the game

Spoiler-free context

Los Angeles entered the Finals 11–0 in the playoffs after sweeping the West, while MVP Allen Iverson had dragged an injured Philadelphia roster through two seven-game series. The matchup looked like the final step in an inevitable Lakers postseason.

  • The Lakers had not lost in more than two months and were pursuing a perfect playoff run.
  • Philadelphia was missing key health and depth, placing an extraordinary creation burden on Iverson.

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