2001-02

• Sixth NBA season (Philadelphia)
• All-NBA second team selection
• averaged an NBA high and career-high 31.4 points per game, second best single season average behind Wilt Chamberlain (33.5) in Sixers history
• also led the NBA in steals per game (2.80) and minutes per game (43.7), the only player to lead the NBA in three statistical categories
• missed 22 games due to injury: 14 with a left hand fracture (3/24 to 4/17) suffered at Boston on March 22, two games with a left thumb sprain (12/7 and 12/8), one game with a sprained right great toe (2/17) and the first five games of the season (10/30 to 11/8) rehabbing from right elbow surgery on Sept. 25, 2001
• led the team in scoring 54 times and assists 28 times
• scored a career-high, NBA season-high and tied the fourth best mark in Sixers history with 58 points versus Houston (1/15)
• his 42 goals attempted were also a career-high and second to Wilt Chamberlain's team record 43 on Feb. 7, 1966
• scored in double figures in 120-straight games (11/24/00-3/22/02), the longest active streak in the NBA
• scored 30 or more points in 35 games (22-13), first in the NBA
• scored 30 or more points in seven straight games (1/11 to 1/25) and was one game short of his longest 30 or more streak (eight from 12/29/99 to 1/17/00)
• led NBA with nine 40 or more scoring games; team was 8-1
• held to under 20 points just seven times all season
• did not start versus New Jersey (3/1) due to a violation of team rules, the first time coming off the bench since Rookie season, and finished with 43 points
• played all 48 minutes of regulation five times
• ejected for the only time in season with 0:06.3 remaining in the game versus Toronto (2/4)
• scored 10,000th career point versus Seattle (1/21)
• finished with a game-high 38 points
• had made 24 straight free throws in four games from Jan. 11 to Jan. 19, including a career day at the free throw line versus Houston (1/15) with 14-14 shooting
• recorded season-low points in a game with 15 at New York (1/29)
• versus LA Clippers (1/7), recorded his first career triple-double with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists
• played and started third straight All-Star game on Feb. 10, 2002
• named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for January
• named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the four times (3/4, 1/28, 1/21 and 11/19), including the first back-to-back awards since Karl Malone in 1997

2002 PLAYOFFS

• averaged a team best 30.0 points, 2.6 steals and 41.8 minutes
• was 45-118 (.381) from the field after going 15-45 in the first two games
• led the team with 31 points in Game 5, including 20 first half points
• scored the final eight Sixers points in the Game 4 win and finished with 28
• finished with 42 points in Game 3 (5/3)
• 19 free throws in Game 3 (4/25) was a Sixers team record and 20 attempts were a playoff career-high
• Game 1 at Boston (4/21), marked first game action since suffering a left hand fracture on March 22 at Boston
• was cleared to play prior to the game
• after scoring 15 points in the first quarter on 4-6 shooting, missed all nine shots in the second half and finished with 20 points.

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Published on: 2005-10-27 (3562 reads)