41.   Jackson is listed as the backup point guard, but he and Bibby play for long stretches together.

42.   Jerome Allen has emerged as the backup point guard while Rose compiles DNPs.

43.   Junior-college transfer Rashad Jones will have to play because he is the backup point guard.

44.   Kings backup point guard Bobby Jackson stepped in and tried to listen.

45.   Kevin Willis and Billy Owens had to pick up the slack along with the backup point guard Kevin Pritchard.

46.   Knicks Coach Don Nelson named Ward the backup point guard behind Derek Harper in the preseason.

47.   Magic lost Scott Skiles, but filled the backup point guard void with Brian Shaw, who is capable of spelling both starting guards.

48.   Minlend, Lopez and the backup point guard Collin Charles had three each.

49.   New Jersey fell behind by as many as nine points in the second quarter before backup point guard Chris Childs and Williams led a comeback.

50.   Not All-Star numbers, but the kind of figures a coach needs from his backup point guard.