NBA Live 2001 (PS2) (Lakers vs Kings) (February 4th 2001)
A rematch against the Kings comes up next in Staples. The Lakers are doing good so far, but they could do better. (Final scores IRL) Lakers won Kings - 94 Lakers - 100 Los Angeles Lakers 2000-2001 Roster Lineup #34 Shaquille "Shaq Diesel" O'Neal (Cover athlete on the NBA Live 96 PS1 box, and NBA 2K6 and 2K7's game boxes and 2K18 Legend) ( • SHAQUILLE O'NEAL | 75 Stories 💎 ) #54 Horace Grant (Traded from the Sonics with Greg Foster and Emanual Davis as part of a 4-team trade deal between the Lakers, Knicks, Sonics and Suns on Sept 20th, uncle of Jerami Grant of the 2023-2025 Portland Trail Blazers) #17 Rick Fox (The actor) #8 Kobe Bryant (R.I.P. January 26th 2020) (Son of Joe "Jellybean" Bryant (R.I.P. July 15th 2024) of the 1976-1979 Philadelphia 76ers, the cover athlete on NBA Courtside 1&2 and NBA Courtside 2002, NBA 2K10, 2K17 Legend Edition, 2K21 Mamba Forever Edition, and 2K24) ( • KOBE BRYANT | 75 Stories 💎 ) #4 Ron Harper Sr. (Father of Ron Harper Jr. of the 2022-2023 Toronto Raptors, G League's 2024-2025 Maine Celtics and 2025 Detroit Pistons, and Dylan Harper who was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2025 NBA Draft) Bench #57 Nolan Owens (A fictional player I created from NBA Live 97 and father of Shep Owens of the 2022-2023 Miami Heat in my version of NBA 2K23's MyCareer story) #5 Robert Horry #20 Brian Shaw (Signed a multi-year contract on Oct 6th) #3 Devean George (Currently a real estate developer in Minnesota) #7 Isaiah "J.R." Rider (Waived by the Hawks on Mar 20th, signed free agent in Aug 25th) #12 Mike Penberthy (Signed free agent on Oct 2nd, currently a shooting coach and pro scout for the 2022-2025 Denver Nuggets) #35 Mark "Mad Dog" Madsen (1st Round 29th pick in the 2000 NBA Draft, former player development coach of the 2013-2019 L.A. Lakers, current head coach at the University of California, Berkeley) #40 Greg Foster (Traded with Horace Grant and Emanual Davis from the Sonics, former assistant coach of the 2020-2021 Indiana Pacers) #10 Tyronn Lue (Head coach of the 2020-2025 L.A. Clippers) #14 Stanislav Medvedenko (Signed free agent on Aug 15th, currently a politician in Ukraine) #2 Derek Fisher (Injured IRL for 17 games) Lakers head coach: Phil Jackson Sacramento Kings 2000-2001 Roster Lineup #21 Vlade Divac (Former vice president of basketball operations and former general manager of the Sacramento Kings) #4 Chris "C-Webb" Webber (The cover athlete on NBA Jam 2000 and NBA ShootOut 2001, and one of the commentators in NBA 2K22) #16 Peja Stojaković (Former assistant general manager of the Sacramento Kings) #13 Doug Christie (Traded from the Raptors for Corliss Williamson on Sept 30th, former assistant coach and interim head coach of the Sacramento Kings, and now their current head coach starting on May 1st 2025) #55 Jason "White Chocolate" Williams (One of the cover athletes of NBA Jam 2001) Bench #51 Lawrence Funderburke #25 Nick Anderson #24 Bobby Jackson (Signed free agent on Aug 1st) #52 Jabari Smith Sr. (2nd Round, 16th pick, 45th overall in the 2000 NBA Draft, father of Jabari Smith Jr. of the 2022-2025 Houston Rockets) #31 Scot "Samurai Scot" Pollard #15 Darrick Martin #5 Hidayet "Hedo" Turkoglu (1st Round 16th pick in the 2000 NBA Draft, the first NBA player born in Turkey, former CEO of the Turkish Basketball Federation) #20 Jon Barry (Grandson of Bruce Hale of the 1949 Fort Wayne Pistons, son of Rick Barry of the 1973-1978 Golden State Warriors, brother of recently retired Drew Barry (Playing for the Hawks in the 1999-2000 season was Drew's last season) and Brent Barry of the 1999-2004 Seattle Sonics) Kings head coach: Rick Adelman (Father of David Adelman the assistant coach of the 2017-2025 Denver Nuggets)