2002-03:

• Seventh NBA season (Philadelphia)
• named to the All-NBA Second Team
• named to the U.S. Men's Senior National Team as announced by USA Basketball
• played all 82 games for the first time in his career
• ranked third in the NBA in points (27.6) and for the third-straight season, led the league in steals (2.74) and minutes per game (42.5)
• had an NBA high 225 steals that broke the Sixers single-season steals mark of 212
• shot 41.4 percent from the field, but struggled from three-point range at 84-303 (.277) after starting the season 0-19 from beyond the arc
• had six double-doubles on the season, all in the last 15 games, including his first double-double of the season versus Atlanta (3/21) with 25 points and a season-high 12 assists
• averaged 7.8 assists per game over the last 19 contests
• led the team in assists in 15 of the last 19 including a season-high tying 12 assists against Chicago (4/2)
• passed for seven or more assists in 27 games
• led the team in scoring in 69 of the 82 games and scored 30 or more 36 times (25-11)
• the Sixers were 4-1 when he scored 40 or more points
• had scored 30-plus in five-straight games from March 3 to March 12
• had the longest, active streak in the NBA for double-figure scoring (186 games from 11/24/00 to 3/18/03) end on March 20 when he was held to five points at Detroit (3/20)
• before tying the second-lowest scoring output of his career with five points at Detroit (3/20), was averaging 32.1 points per game in eight games and shooting 48.2 percent from the field (93-193), while scoring 30 or more in seven of the eight games
• scored 37 points, including his 13,000th career point against Detroit (4/8) and broke the Sixers single-season steals mark of 212 with his fourth quarter steal
• scored a season-high 42 points at Orlando (3/31) to help the Sixers clinch a Playoff berth
• scored his 12,000th career point against Boston on Jan. 20 and is the 11th fastest in NBA history (446 games) to hit that plateau
• passed the 11,000-point plateau versus the Clippers (11/6)
• played a season-high 52 minutes versus Chicago (2/12)
• led the team in rebounding (seven) versus New Jersey (1/15) for the first time since Dec. 4, 2000, and followed that by grabbing a then season-high nine boards against Milwaukee (1/17)
• led the team in rebounding for a second time at Miami (1/25) with seven rebounds
• versus Detroit (1/8), fouled out of a game for the first time since Nov. 19, 1999 (225 games)
• at Denver (3/2) fouled out for the second time in the season and just the 10th time in his career
• versus Orlando (2/14), had 20 points, including the game-winning free throw with 2.9 seconds to play
• his 22 points in the third quarter versus Indiana (1/6) was a Sixers floor record for a third quarter and the most since Dr. J's 21 points versus Houston on Nov. 21, 1981
• tied not only his career-high with nine steals versus the Lakers (12/20), but also the Sixers record
• had a streak of 43-consecutive games with a steal (2/2/02 to 12/7/02) stopped versus Seattle (12/11)
• despite a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his right thumb and a small incomplete fracture suffered on the last play of regulation versus the Clippers (11/6) did not miss a game
• was anticipated to miss two-to-four weeks with a right third finger fracture sustained in the morning practice session on Oct. 4 during training camp, but was cleared to practice on Oct. 9
• named the Player of the Week for two-straight weeks, Dec. 2 and Nov. 25
• it was the second time he had done so on back-to-back weeks (1/20/02 and 1/27/02)
• received his third Player of the Week award of the season on March 17
• in his fourth-straight All-Star appearance and start, led the East squad with 35 points in 41 minutes

2003 PLAYOFFS

• in 12 games, averaged team-bests with 31.7 points and, a career-best, 7.4 assists per game
• averaged 34.8 points per game in six games against New Orleans
• recorded a playoff career-high and a franchise playoff record 55 points in Game 1 versus New Orleans (4/20), tying the sixth-best performance in NBA history
• posted back-to-back double-doubles against Detroit (5/11) in Game 4 (36 points, 11 assists) and Game 3 (25 points, 11 assists) of the Eastern Conference Semifinals
• became the first Sixer to have double-digit assists in back-to-back games since Johnny Dawkins did so in the 1990 Playoffs against Cleveland
• played 53 minutes, a career-playoff high, in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against Detroit (5/16)
• held to 14 points in Game 5 against Detroit (5/14), snapping a string of 22-straight playoff games with 20 or more points.

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