The 2000 LNBP was the 1st season of the
Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, one of the
professional basketball
In professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, participants receive payment for their performance. Professionalism in sport has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larg ...
leagues of
Mexico. It started on August 7, 2000 and ended in December 2000.
The league title was won by
Correcaminos UAT Tampico
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, which defeated
Correcaminos UAT Victoria in the championship series.
Format
11 teams take part in the season. Since the number of teams is
odd, one team rests each week. The teams are divided in two groups (A and B), and their ranking among these groups depends on their position in the regular season standings. The first 4 teams of each group qualify for the postseason.
Teams
Regular season
Standings
Groups
Group A
Group B
Playoffs
Note: for reasons not specified on the LNBP website,
La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal was the fourth team qualified from the Group B, despite being ranked 5th.
The team playing the first game at home is listed first.
* Quarterfinals (best-of-5, played November 14 – November 20):
:* Osos de Saltillo (A1) vs. La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal (B4)
:* Indios de la UACJ (A2) vs. Vaqueros de Agua Prieta (B3)
:* Correcaminos UAT Matamoros (A3) vs. Correcaminos UAT Victoria (B2)
:* Correcaminos Tampico (B1) vs. Algodoneros de la Comarca (B4)
* Semifinals (best-of-7, played November 22 – November 30):
:* Correcaminos UAT Victoria vs. ''unknown''
:* Correcaminos UAT Tampico vs. ''unknown''
* Finals (best-of-7, played December 2 – December 10):
:* Correcaminos UAT Tampico vs. Correcaminos UAT Victoria
All-Star Game
The first LNBP All-Star Game was played in
Ciudad Victoria at the Gimnasio Multidisciplinario de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas de Ciudad Victoria on October 19, 2000 at 20:30, and was broadcast by
ESPN2.
The game was played between a team of Mexican players (''Mexicanos'') and a team of foreign players (''Extranjeros'').
The Mexican won, 104–98.
The game MVP was Mexican José Escobedo.
Teams
:Mexicanos
* David Amaya (Correcaminos UAT Matamoros)
* Rafael Bellamy (Garzas de Plata de la UAEH)
*
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(Correcaminos UAT Tampico)
* José Escobedo (Indios de la UACJ)
* Erick Langford (Correcaminos UAT Matamoros)
* Eduardo Liñan (Vaqueros de Agua Prieta)
*
Víctor Mariscal Víctor is a Spanish masculine given name, equivalent to Victor in English and Vítor in Portuguese. Notable people with the given name include:
*Víctor Cabrera (Argentine footballer)
*Víctor Cabrera (Chilean footballer)
* Víctor Hugo Cabrera, ...
(Osos de Saltillo)
* Arturo Montes (Dorados de Chihuahua)
*
Omar Quintero
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(Correcaminos UAT Victoria)
*
Antonio Reyes (Correcaminos UAT Reynosa)
* Rafael Sandoval (La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal)
*
Francisco Siller (Osos de Saltillo)
* Rafael Solís (Correcaminos UAT Victoria)
:* Coaches: Lewis Lasalle Taylor (Dorados de Chihuahua) and Luis Manuel López (Correcaminos UAT Tampico)
:Extranjeros
* Richard Cannon (La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal)
*
James Carter (Correcaminos UAT Tampico)
* Chris Doyal (Osos de Saltillo)
*
Alex Falcón (Algodoneros de la Comarca)
*
Bobby Joe Hatton (Correcaminos UAT Victoria)
* Keenan Jourdon (Vaqueros de Agua Prieta)
*
Guillermo Myers (Correcaminos UAT Tampico)
* Berry Randle (Correcaminos UAT Reynosa)
* DeRon Rutledge (Dorados de Chihuahua)
* Dwight Stewart (Correcaminos UAT Victoria)
* Larry Washington (Garzas de Plata de la UAEH)
* Matt Watts (Algodoneros de la Comarca)
* Steve Wise (Indios de la UACJ)
:* Coaches: José Claros (Correcaminos UAT Victoria) and Antonio Forteza (Osos de Saltillo)
References
External links
2000 LNBP seasonon Latinbasket.com
{{Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional
LNBP seasons
2000 in Mexican sports
2000–01 in North American basketball