Allen Iverson averaged 28.4 points, 4.7 assists and 2.1 steals per game, and made his first All-Star appearance as he was selected for the 2000 NBA All-Star Game in Oakland. He was also named to the All-NBA Second Team. In the Eastern Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Sixers defeated the 4th-seeded Charlotte Hornets in four games. In the Eastern Conference Semifinals, they faced the top-seeded Indiana Pacers, who swept them in the second round of the playoffs last year. The Pacers would defeat the Sixers in six games to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the fifth time in seven years, then to the NBA Finals for the first time, where they lost in six games to the Los Angeles Lakers.