2001–02 New Jersey Nets season

2001–02 New Jersey Nets season
2001–02 New Jersey Nets season
Head coach	Byron Scott
Owners	Yankee Global Enterprises LLC
Arena	Continental Airlines Arena
Results
Record	52–30 (.634)
Place	Division: 1st (Atlantic); Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	NBA Finals; (eliminated 0–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Net New York, WLNY
Radio	WFAN
< 2000–01	2002–03 >

The 2001–02 season saw the Nets finishing first in the Eastern Conference with 52 win and 30 losses, their best record since joining the NBA after the ABA–NBA merger in 1976.

In the offseason, the Nets had traded point guard Stephon Marbury to the Phoenix Suns, for Jason Kidd.^[1] Kidd was credited for most of turn-around—the Nets had finished 26–56 the previous year—and finished second to the Spurs' Tim Duncan in MVP voting.^[2] Kidd was fortunate to join the team when he did,^{[editorializing]} as the team reaped the benefits of the newly healthy Kenyon Martin, Kerry Kittles and Keith Van Horn; along with the trading of Eddie Griffin for Richard Jefferson, Jason Collins, and Brandon Armstrong.

Under Kidd's guidance, the young Nets team prospered through the playoffs and ended up advancing all the way to the Eastern Conference title and the franchise's first-ever appearance in the NBA Finals. However, New Jersey's season would end without an improbable NBA crown, as Kidd and the Nets were swept in four games by Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	7	Eddie Griffin	Forward	United States	Seton Hall
2	35	Brian Scalabrine	Forward	United States	USC

Roster

2001–02 New Jersey Nets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	1	Armstrong, Brandon	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	1980–06–16	Pepperdine
C	35	Collins, Jason	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1978–12–02	Stanford
G	12	Harris, Lucious	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1970–12–18	Long Beach State
F	24	Jefferson, Richard	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	1980–06–21	Arizona
G	8	Johnson, Anthony	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1974–10–02	College of Charleston
G	5	Kidd, Jason	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	1973–03–23	California
G	30	Kittles, Kerry	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	1974–06–12	Villanova
C	11	MacCulloch, Todd	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	1976–01–27	Washington
F	13	Marshall, Donny	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1972–07–17	Connecticut
F	6	Martin, Kenyon	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	1977–12–30	Cincinnati
F	21	Scalabrine, Brian	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	241 lb (109 kg)	1978–03–18	USC
F	44	Van Horn, Keith	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1975–10–23	Utah
F/C	34	Williams, Aaron	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	1971–10–02	Xavier

Head coach

Byron Scott

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Todd MacCulloch	Jason Collins
PF	Kenyon Martin	Aaron Williams	Brian Scalabrine
SF	Keith Van Horn	Richard Jefferson	Donny Marshall
SG	Kerry Kittles	Lucious Harris
PG	Jason Kidd	Anthony Johnson		Brandon Armstrong

Regular season

Standings

Atlantic Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-New Jersey Nets	52	30	.634	–	33–8	19–22	16–8
x-Boston Celtics	49	33	.598	3	27–14	22–19	17–7
x-Orlando Magic	44	38	.537	8	27–14	17–24	12–12
x-Philadelphia 76ers	43	39	.524	9	22–19	21–20	14–11
Washington Wizards	37	45	.451	15	22–19	15–26	12–13
Miami Heat	36	46	.439	16	18–23	18–23	10–14
New York Knicks	30	52	.366	22	19–22	11–30	4–20

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-New Jersey Nets	52	30	.634	–
2	y-Detroit Pistons	50	32	.610	2
3	x-Boston Celtics	49	33	.598	3
4	x-Charlotte Hornets	44	38	.537	8
5	x-Orlando Magic	44	38	.537	8
6	x-Philadelphia 76ers	43	39	.524	9
7	x-Toronto Raptors	42	40	.512	10
8	x-Indiana Pacers	42	40	.512	10

9	Milwaukee Bucks	41	41	.500	11
10	Washington Wizards	37	45	.451	15
11	Miami Heat	36	46	.439	16
12	Atlanta Hawks	33	49	.402	19
13	New York Knicks	30	52	.366	22
14	Cleveland Cavaliers	29	53	.354	23
15	Chicago Bulls	21	61	.256	31

Game log

Total: 52–30 (Home: 33–8; Road: 19–22)

2001–02 game log

October: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 30	Indiana	W 103–97	Keith Van Horn (26)	Jason Kidd (10)	Jason Kidd (9)	Continental Airlines Arena 8,749	1–0
2	October 31	@ Boston	W 95–92	Jason Kidd (21)	Todd MacCulloch (12)	Jason Kidd (10)	FleetCenter 14,158	2–0

November : 8–5 (home: 5–1; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	November 2	@ Detroit	L 88–102	Richard Jefferson (17)	Kidd & Williams (6)	Jason Kidd (5)	Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	2–1
4	November 3	Charlotte	W 95–85	Keith Van Horn (28)	Keith Van Horn (9)	Jason Kidd (8)	Continental Airlines Arena 6,532	3–1
5	November 8	Seattle	W 106–94	Todd MacCulloch (29)	Keith Van Horn (12)	Jason Kidd (13)	Continental Airlines Arena 5,277	4–1
6	November 10	Cleveland	W 87–84	Kenyon Martin (18)	MacCulloch & Van Horn (10)	Three players (4)	Continental Airlines Arena 5,631	5–1
7	November 13	@ Indiana	W 91–82	Jason Kidd (20)	Keith Van Horn (13)	Jason Kidd (10)	Conseco Fieldhouse 15,188	6–1
8	November 16	New York	W 109–83	Kenyon Martin (21)	Kenyon Martin (8)	Jason Kidd (15)	Continental Airlines Arena 15,638	7–1
9	November 17	Philadelphia	L 82–94	Kenyon Martin (16)	Kidd & MacCulloch (9)	Jason Kidd (12)	Continental Airlines Arena 17,318	7–2
10	November 19	@ Denver	L 96–99 (OT)	Kenyon Martin (28)	Richard Jefferson (8)	Jason Kidd (13)	Continental Airlines Arena 11,319	7–3
11	November 21	@ Utah	W 90–89 (OT)	Jason Kidd (18)	Todd MacCulloch (11)	Jason Kidd (6)	Delta Center 17,413	8–3

December : 9–5 (home: 4–2; road: 5–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

January : 11–4 (home: 7–1; road: 4–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

February : 8–4 (home: 6–2; road: 2–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
All-Star Break

March : 9–9 (home: 7–0; road: 2–9)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

April : 5–3 (home: 3–2; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
80	April 14	@ Toronto	L 82–101	Collins & Scalabrine (16)	Brian Scalabrine (9)	Anthony Johnson (5)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	51–29
81	April 16	Detroit	L 98–103	Kerry Kittles (30)	Aaron Williams (8)	Jason Kidd (7)	Continental Airlines Arena 15,084	51–30
82	April 17	@ New York	W 99–94	Four players (13)	Keith Van Horn (8)	Jason Kidd (5)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	52–30

2001–02 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

Total: 11–9 (Home: 7–4; Road: 4–5)

2002 playoff game log

First Round: 3–2 (home: 2–1; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 20	Indiana	L 83–89	Jason Kidd (26)	Kenyon Martin (13)	Jason Kidd (9)	Continental Airlines Arena 18,555	0–1
2	April 22	Indiana	W 95–79	Jason Kidd (20)	Jason Kidd (10)	Jason Kidd (9)	Continental Airlines Arena 20,049	1–1
3	April 26	@ Indiana	W 85–84	Jason Kidd (24)	Keith Van Horn (12)	Jason Kidd (11)	Conseco Fieldhouse 18,345	2–1
4	April 30	@ Indiana	L 74–97	Kenyon Martin (13)	Kenyon Martin (6)	Jason Kidd (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 18,345	2–2
5	May 2	Indiana	W 120–109 (2OT)	Jason Kidd (31)	Kidd & Martin (8)	Jason Kidd (7)	Continental Airlines Arena 20,049	3–2

Conference Semifinals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 5	Charlotte	W 99–93	Jason Kidd (21)	Jason Kidd (7)	Jason Kidd (7)	Continental Airlines Arena 19,071	1–0
2	May 7	Charlotte	W 102–88	Lucious Harris (24)	Keith Van Horn (11)	Jason Kidd (6)	Continental Airlines Arena 20,049	2–0
3	May 9	@ Charlotte	L 97–115	Richard Jefferson (16)	Collins & Kidd (7)	Jason Kidd (6)	Charlotte Coliseum 11,363	2–1
4	May 12	@ Charlotte	W 89–79	Jason Kidd (24)	Kidd & Van Horn (11)	Jason Kidd (8)	Charlotte Coliseum 13,864	3–1
5	May 15	Charlotte	W 103–95	Jason Kidd (23)	Kenyon Martin (8)	Jason Kidd (13)	Continental Airlines Arena 20,049	4–1

Conference Finals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series

NBA Finals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series

2002 playoff schedule

Player stats

Regular season

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

New Jersey Nets statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Brandon Armstrong	35	0	5.6	.318	.294	.500	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.0	1.8
Jason Collins	77	9	18.3	.421	.500	.701	3.9	1.1	0.4	0.6	4.5
Derrick Dial	25	0	10.0	.319	.000	.722	1.8	1.2	0.3	0.2	2.9
Steve Goodrich	9	0	5.6	.200	.000	.500	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.6
Lucious Harris	74	0	21.0	.464	.373	.842	2.8	1.6	0.7	0.1	9.1
Richard Jefferson	79	9	24.3	.457	.232	.713	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.6	9.4
Anthony Johnson	34	0	10.8	.411	.333	.640	0.9	1.4	0.9	0.0	2.8
Jason Kidd	82	82	37.3	.391	.321	.814	7.3	9.9	2.1	0.2	14.7
Kerry Kittles	82	82	31.7	.466	.405	.744	3.4	2.6	1.6	0.4	13.4
Todd MacCulloch	62	61	24.2	.531	.000	.671	6.1	1.3	0.4	1.4	9.7
Donny Marshall	20	0	5.9	.276	.500	.667	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.5
Kenyon Martin	73	73	34.3	.463	.224	.678	5.3	2.6	1.2	1.7	14.9
Brian Scalabrine	28	0	10.4	.343	.300	.733	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.1	2.1
Reggie Slater	4	0	2.5	1.000	.000	1.000	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3
Keith Van Horn	81	81	30.4	.433	.345	.800	7.5	2.0	0.8	0.5	14.8
Aaron Williams	82	13	18.9	.526	.000	.699	4.1	0.9	0.4	0.9	7.2

Postseason

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

New Jersey Nets statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Awards and records

References

^ "Nets' Shake-Up Ships Marbury for Suns' Kidd". New York Times. June 29, 2001.
^ "Kidd Loses M.V.P. To Duncan, Officials Say". New York Times. May 7, 2002.

[1] "Nets' Shake-Up Ships Marbury for Suns' Kidd". New York Times. June 29, 2001.

[2] "Kidd Loses M.V.P. To Duncan, Officials Say". New York Times. May 7, 2002.

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