By Thud Teeman

Date: Feb. 19, 2003 for games played: 2/18

INDIVIDUALS

All-star of the night:
Vlade Divac
21 points, 19 rebounds (plus 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and just 2 turnovers and 1 personal foul

All-star match-up of the night:
Paul Pierce
39 minutes, 31 points, 3 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 0 turnovers
Antawn Jameson
45 minutes, 39 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 0 blocks, 4 turnovers

Iron-man Outstanding Performance of the night:
Kobe Bryant
54 minutes, 52 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 0 steals, 3 blocks, 5 turnovers, 4 fouls
He had 9 points in the 1st overtime and 8 in the second exactly the same as the entire Rockets team! And he played with a bad knee that visibly slowed him down!!)

Marksman of the night:
Walter McCarty, Celtics
FG: 8 of 10, 3-pointers: 5 of 6, foul shots: 3 of 4 (24 points + 8 boards and 3 assists)

Monsters of the night (and they guarded each other!):
Pau Gasol
14 Rebounds (6 off), 7 blocks, 0 steals, 24 points, 6 personal fouls
Jermaine O’Neal
15 Rebounds (5 off. X def.), 5 blocks, 2 steals, 23 points, 5 personal fouls

Pass-first Point man of the night:
Jason Kidd
10 assists, 5 turnovers, 2 steals, 6 shots taken, 12 points, 8 rebounds, 0 personal fouls

Sixth men of the night (both Bucks!):
Toni Kukoc
30 minutes, 21 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block
Michael Redd
25 minutes, 16 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 steals, 0 blocks

Surprise of the night:
Eddie Curry
16 minutes, 12 points (1000 FG%!), 5 rebounds

Rookie of the night:
Carl Boozer
36 minutes, 23 points (11 for 15 shooting!), 12 rebounds
(Would have given it to Yao Ming if Shaq had showed up and he still had the same line: 24 points, 14 rebounds)

Disappointment of the night:
Darius Miles
Starter, 31 minutes, 4 points

TEAMS

The “what is this college” low-scoring team of the night:
Denver
76 points vs. San Antonio (101 points)

The “what is this high school” Foul-shooting Performance of the night:
Sacramento Kings
12 of 22 : 54.5%

Send them down to the NBDL team of the night
Atlanta Hawks
79 points lost by 26, 31.6 FG%, 15.8 3PG %

“Stay close to the rim” pathetic 3-point shooting of the night:
Bucks 6 of 28 : 21.4%
Hawks 3 of 19: 16.8%

“Better guard them much closer” outside shooting of the night:
Dallas 9 of 16 3-pointers: 56.3%
Miami 9 of 17 52.9%

The “I can’t believe it” Upset of the night:
Memphis Grizzlies Indiana 108-103 (overtime)

Balancing act of the night:
Chicago Bulls and Memphis Grizzlies
6 players in double figures scoring each
(The Bulls, Pacers, Kings, Celtics each had three guys over 20)

Thud Teeman lives in a time zone where he doesn’t get to see many games, but he still tries to keep up. He welcomes all ideas for additional interesting categories.

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