# 2001–02 Dallas Mavericks season

The 2001–02 NBA season was the Mavericks' 22nd season in the National Basketball Association. It was also their first season playing at American Airlines Center. During the off-season, the Mavericks acquired All-Star point guard Tim Hardaway from the Miami Heat, and signed free agents Adrian Griffin, Johnny Newman, and Danny Manning.
The Mavericks continued to play solid basketball winning ten straight games between December and January, then post a 7-game winning streak also in January as they held a 35–14 record at the All-Star break. At mid-season, Hardaway was traded along with Juwan Howard, and second-year forward Donnell Harvey to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Nick Van Exel, Raef LaFrentz, Tariq Abdul-Wahad and Avery Johnson. The Mavericks finished fourth in the Western Conference, and second in the Midwest Division with a 57–25 record, and made the playoffs in back to back seasons for the first time since 1988.
Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash were both selected for the 2002 NBA All-Star Game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while head coach Don Nelson was voted to coach the Western Conference; it was the first All-Star selection for both Nowitzki and Nash. Nowitzki led the team with 23.4 points and 9.9 rebounds per game, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, while Nash averaged 17.9 points and led the team with 7.7 assists per game, and was selected to the All-NBA Third Team, and Michael Finley provided the team with 20.6 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.
Nowitzki also finished in eighth place in Most Valuable Player voting, while Nash finished in fourteenth place in Most Valuable Player voting, and also finished in third place in Most Improved Player voting.
In the Western Conference First Round, the Mavericks swept the Minnesota Timberwolves in three straight games, but then lost in five games to the Sacramento Kings in the Western Conference Semi-finals. Following the season, Greg Buckner signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers, while Newman retired, and Manning was released to free agency, and signed with the Detroit Pistons midway through the next season.
For the season, the Mavericks changed their primary logo, which showed a horse in front of a blue basketball above the team name "Mavericks", and also changed their uniforms, adding dark navy blue and light blue along with grey and black to their color scheme. The home jerseys remained in use until 2014, while the road jerseys lasted until 2010. Their primary logo is still present as of 2024.

## Offseason
### Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 2 | 43 | Kyle Hill | PG/SG | United States | Eastern Illinois |
| 2 | 53 | Kenny Satterfield | PG | United States | Cincinnati |

## Roster
### Roster Notes

* Center Shawn Bradley holds both American and German citizenship.

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Midwest Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
| y-San Antonio Spurs | 58 | 24 | .707 | – | 32–9 | 26–15 | 21–3 |
| x-Dallas Mavericks | 57 | 25 | .695 | 1 | 30–11 | 27–14 | 16–8 |
| x-Minnesota Timberwolves | 50 | 32 | .610 | 8 | 29–12 | 21–20 | 15–9 |
| x-Utah Jazz | 44 | 38 | .537 | 14 | 25–16 | 19–22 | 8–16 |
| Houston Rockets | 28 | 54 | .341 | 30 | 18–23 | 10–31 | 9–15 |
| Denver Nuggets | 27 | 55 | .329 | 31 | 20–21 | 7–34 | 8–16 |
| Memphis Grizzlies | 23 | 59 | .280 | 35 | 15–26 | 8–33 | 7–17 |
| # | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| 1 | z-Sacramento Kings | 61 | 21 | .744 | – |
| 2 | y-San Antonio Spurs | 58 | 24 | .707 | 3 |
| 3 | x-Los Angeles Lakers | 58 | 24 | .707 | 3 |
| 4 | x-Dallas Mavericks | 57 | 25 | .695 | 4 |
| 5 | x-Minnesota Timberwolves | 50 | 32 | .610 | 11 |
| 6 | x-Portland Trail Blazers | 49 | 33 | .598 | 12 |
| 7 | x-Seattle SuperSonics | 45 | 37 | .549 | 16 |
| 8 | x-Utah Jazz | 44 | 38 | .537 | 17 |
| 9 | Los Angeles Clippers | 39 | 43 | .476 | 22 |
| 10 | Phoenix Suns | 36 | 46 | .439 | 25 |
| 11 | Houston Rockets | 28 | 54 | .341 | 33 |
| 12 | Denver Nuggets | 27 | 55 | .329 | 34 |
| 13 | Memphis Grizzlies | 23 | 59 | .280 | 38 |
| 14 | Golden State Warriors | 21 | 61 | .256 | 40 |
    z – clinched division title
    y – clinched division title
    x – clinched playoff spot

### Record vs. opponents

2001-02 NBA Records :
| Team | ATL | BOS | CHA | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | LAC | LAL | MEM | MIA | MIL | MIN | NJN | NYK | ORL | PHI | PHO | POR | SAC | SAS | SEA | TOR | UTA | WAS |
| Atlanta | – | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Boston | 2–2 | – | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Charlotte | 2–2 | 1–2 | – | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Chicago | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | – | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Cleveland | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Dallas | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Denver | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | – | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Detroit | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Golden State | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | – | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
| Houston | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | – | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Indiana | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| L.A. Clippers | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | – | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
| L.A. Lakers | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | – | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Memphis | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | – | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Miami | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Milwaukee | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | – | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Minnesota | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| New Jersey | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | – | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| New York | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | – | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Orlando | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | – | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Philadelphia | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | – | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| Phoenix | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | – | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Portland | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | – | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Sacramento | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | – | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| San Antonio | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | – | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Seattle | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | – | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Toronto | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | – | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Utah | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 |
| Washington | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — |

### Game log

2001–02 game log Total: 57–25 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) :
October: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
November
: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
December
: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
January
: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
February
: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
March
: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
April
: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
2001–02 schedule :

## Playoffs

2002 playoff game log :
First round: 3–0 (home: 2–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 21
@ Minnesota
W 101–94
Dirk Nowitzki (30)
Dirk Nowitzki (15)
Nick Van Exel (7)
American Airlines Center 20,010
1–0
2
April 24
@ Minnesota
W 122–110
Dirk Nowitzki (31)
Dirk Nowitzki (15)
Steve Nash (10)
American Airlines Center 20,084
2–0
3
April 28
Minnesota
W 115–102
Dirk Nowitzki (39)
Dirk Nowitzki (17)
Steve Nash (11)
Target Center 18,795
3–0 :
Conference Semi-finals: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 4
@ Sacramento
L 91–108
Dirk Nowitzki (23)
Dirk Nowitzki (14)
Steve Nash (5)
ARCO Arena 17,317
0–1
2
May 6
@ Sacramento
W 110–102
Steve Nash (30)
Dirk Nowitzki (15)
Steve Nash (8)
ARCO Arena 17,317
1–1
3
May 9
Sacramento
L 119–125
Michael Finley (37)
Raef LaFrentz (13)
Steve Nash (5)
American Airlines Center 20,265
1–2
4
May 11
Sacramento
L 113–115 (OT)
Dirk Nowitzki (31)
Dirk Nowitzki (12)
Dirk Nowitzki (7)
American Airlines Center 20,274
1–3
5
May 13
@ Sacramento
L 101–114
Dirk Nowitzki (32)
Dirk Nowitzki (12)
Steve Nash (9)
ARCO Arena 17,317
1–4 :
2002 schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Steve Nash | PG | 82 | 82 | 2,837 | 254 | 634 | 53 | 4 | 1,466 | 34.6 | 3.1 | 7.7 | .6 | .0 | 17.9 |
| Dirk Nowitzki | C | 76 | 76 | 2,891 | 755 | 186 | 83 | 77 | 1,779 | 38.0 | 9.9 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 23.4 |
| Michael Finley | SF | 69 | 69 | 2,754 | 360 | 230 | 65 | 25 | 1,424 | 39.9 | 5.2 | 3.3 | .9 | .4 | 20.6 |
| Eduardo Nájera | PF | 62 | 11 | 1,357 | 342 | 38 | 56 | 30 | 400 | 21.9 | 5.5 | .6 | .9 | .5 | 6.5 |
| Adrian Griffin | SG | 58 | 34 | 1,383 | 229 | 106 | 75 | 12 | 415 | 23.8 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 | .2 | 7.2 |
| Wang Zhizhi | C | 55 | 0 | 600 | 111 | 22 | 11 | 18 | 308 | 10.9 | 2.0 | .4 | .2 | .3 | 5.6 |
| Tim Hardaway$^†$ | PG | 54 | 2 | 1,276 | 97 | 201 | 40 | 8 | 518 | 23.6 | 1.8 | 3.7 | .7 | .1 | 9.6 |
| Juwan Howard$^†$ | PF | 53 | 44 | 1,659 | 390 | 93 | 28 | 30 | 684 | 31.3 | 7.4 | 1.8 | .5 | .6 | 12.9 |
| Shawn Bradley | C | 53 | 16 | 757 | 176 | 20 | 28 | 64 | 215 | 14.3 | 3.3 | .4 | .5 | 1.2 | 4.1 |
| Johnny Newman | SF | 47 | 17 | 724 | 49 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 198 | 15.4 | 1.0 | .3 | .6 | .1 | 4.2 |
| Greg Buckner | SG | 44 | 16 | 885 | 173 | 48 | 31 | 19 | 253 | 20.1 | 3.9 | 1.1 | .7 | .4 | 5.8 |
| Danny Manning | PF | 41 | 10 | 552 | 108 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 165 | 13.5 | 2.6 | .7 | .5 | .5 | 4.0 |
| Evan Eschmeyer | C | 31 | 6 | 299 | 98 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 62 | 9.6 | 3.2 | .3 | .3 | .3 | 2.0 |
| Raef LaFrentz$^†$ | C | 27 | 25 | 787 | 200 | 29 | 24 | 60 | 292 | 29.1 | 7.4 | 1.1 | .9 | 2.2 | 10.8 |
| Nick Van Exel$^†$ | SG | 27 | 2 | 757 | 85 | 113 | 14 | 4 | 357 | 28.0 | 3.1 | 4.2 | .5 | .1 | 13.2 |
| Donnell Harvey$^†$ | PF | 18 | 0 | 162 | 46 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 9.0 | 2.6 | .3 | .2 | .3 | 2.1 |
| Avery Johnson$^†$ | PG | 17 | 0 | 152 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 8.9 | .3 | 1.6 | .3 | .1 | 3.2 |
| Tariq Abdul-Wahad$^†$ | SG | 4 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 1.5 | .5 | .5 | .3 | .0 |
| Darrick Martin | PG | 3 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7.3 | .3 | 1.0 | .7 | .0 | .3 |
| Charlie Bell$^†$ | SG | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Mavericks only.

### Playoffs

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Michael Finley | SF | 8 | 8 | 373 | 50 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 197 | 46.6 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 1.5 | .5 | 24.6 |
| Dirk Nowitzki | C | 8 | 8 | 357 | 105 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 227 | 44.6 | 13.1 | 2.3 | 2.0 | .8 | 28.4 |
| Steve Nash | PG | 8 | 8 | 323 | 32 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 156 | 40.4 | 4.0 | 8.8 | .5 | .0 | 19.5 |
| Raef LaFrentz | C | 8 | 8 | 245 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 90 | 30.6 | 7.6 | .6 | .3 | 2.8 | 11.3 |
| Eduardo Nájera | PF | 8 | 4 | 122 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 15.3 | 1.6 | .1 | .4 | .0 | 4.6 |
| Nick Van Exel | SG | 8 | 1 | 264 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 89 | 33.0 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 1.0 | .0 | 11.1 |
| Wang Zhizhi | C | 8 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5.5 | 1.0 | .4 | .0 | .1 | 2.5 |
| Greg Buckner | SG | 7 | 0 | 105 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 15.0 | 3.7 | .6 | .4 | .1 | 3.9 |
| Shawn Bradley | C | 7 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3.6 | .7 | .0 | .0 | .1 | .9 |
| Adrian Griffin | SG | 4 | 1 | 57 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 14.3 | 2.3 | 1.0 | .5 | .3 | 5.0 |
| Johnny Newman | SF | 3 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.3 | .0 | .7 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
| Evan Eschmeyer | C | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.7 | .7 | .3 | .0 | .3 | .0 |

## Awards and records

* Dirk Nowitzki, All-NBA Second Team
* Steve Nash, All-NBA Third Team
* Dirk Nowitzki, NBA All-Star Game
* Steve Nash, NBA All-Star Game

## Transactions
### Trades

| February 21, 2002 | To Dallas Mavericks---- Avery Johnson Raef LaFrentz Nick Van Exel | To Denver Nuggets---- Tim Hardaway Juwan Howard |

### Free Agents

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| Danny Manning | August 2, 2001 | Utah Jazz |
| Evan Eschmeyer | August 25, 2001 | New Jersey Nets |
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