By Thud Teeman

Date: Feb. 21, 2003; for games played: 2/20

“Now you know why he is an MVP candidate” of the night:
*Jason Kidd*
44 minutes, 31 points, 9 rebounds, 12 assists
And the majority of the above was in leading a 4th quarter comeback victory

(Almost) Triple of the night:
*Doug Christie* 39 minutes, 18 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists (and, of course, 3 steals)
Sat the last six minutes in the route of Boston or he might have gotten it.

Surge off the bench Sixth men of the night:
*Malik Rose, Spurs*
36 minutes, 25 points, 14 rebounds
*Al Harrington, Pacers*
36 minutes, 22 points, 11 rebounds

"Count the weeping teams that skipped him in the draft" Rookie of the night:
*Emanuel Ginobili, Spurs*
29 minutes off the bench, x points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 1 turnover

“Should have called in sick” Disappointment of the night:
*Tim Duncan*
34 minutes, 11 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 7 turnovers
True, he sat the last 8.13 minutes after getting poked in the eye; nice defense, Dallas.

“Just keep on chucking no matter what” Dynamic Duo of the night:
*Antoine Walker* 5-17 from the floor, 1-8 from behind the line
*Paul Pierce* 8-22 from the floor, 2-8 from behind the line

"Defensive star failure but you can't tell him about it" Dud of the night:
Ron Artest vs J. Kidd, as above
"I can guard him" he said afterwards. "Just I'm not used to point guards."
Yeah. Right.

“Never know which guy is going to get you” One-two-three punch of the night:
*Dallas*
Finley, Dirk and Nash, again.

Rock-sharing ball-movement Balanced Team Act of the night:
*Sacramento*
7 players at 9-18 points, 51.7 FG%, 42.1 3PG%, 88.2 FT%

The A is for Awesome Team of the Night:
*ditto*

Crackerjack Box Surprise of the night:
*Gary Payton etc. for Ray Allen etc.*

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.