High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2000–01 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 55th season of the franchise, 53rd in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 41st in Los Angeles. They finished the regular season with 56 wins and won the Pacific Division over the rival Sacramento Kings by one game. The Lakers clinched the second seed in the playoffs. They went on to win the 2001 NBA Finals 4–1 against the Philadelphia 76ers, earning the franchise its 13th NBA championship. It was the second of the Lakers` three-peat championships to begin the millennium.