2003–04 Dallas Mavericks season

The 2003–04 NBA season was the Mavericks' 24th season in the National Basketball Association.[1] During the offseason, the Mavericks acquired Antawn Jamison from the Golden State Warriors, and All-Star forward Antoine Walker from the Boston Celtics.[2][3] Although the team struggled with chemistry with a 15–12 start, the Mavericks went on a nine-game winning streak in January, and won eight of their final ten games. They finished third in the Midwest Division with a 52–30 record. Dirk Nowitzki was the only member of the team to be selected for the 2004 NBA All-Star Game. With the trio of Nowitzki, Michael Finley and Steve Nash along with NBA Sixth Man of the Year Jamison, the Mavericks continued their reputation as the best offensive team in the NBA. Notable were two rookies, Josh Howard and Marquis Daniels, who made an immediate impact, and were both selected to the All-Rookie Second Team.

2003–04 Dallas Mavericks season
Head coachDon Nelson
General managerDon Nelson
PresidentDonnie Nelson
Owner(s)Mark Cuban
ArenaAmerican Airlines Center
Results
Record52–30 (.634)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Midwest)
Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst round
(lost to Kings 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKTVT
KTXA
Fox Sports Net Southwest

However, the Mavericks were eliminated quickly four games to one in the playoffs, losing in the first round to their archrivals the Sacramento Kings. Following the season, Nash signed as a free agent with the Phoenix Suns, Walker was traded to the Atlanta Hawks and later returned to the Boston Celtics in midseason, and Jamison was dealt to the Washington Wizards.

The Mavericks sported gray alternate road uniforms for the season which only lasted one game.

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 2003 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
129Josh HowardSF United StatesWake Forest
257Xue Yuyang People's Republic of China

Roster
2003–04 Dallas Mavericks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SG 9 Abdul-Wahad, Tariq Injured (IN) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 223 lb (101 kg) 1974-11-03 San José State
PG 3 Best, Travis 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1972-07-12 Georgia Tech
C 44 Bradley, Shawn 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1972-03-22 BYU
SG 6 Daniels, Marquis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1981-01-07 Auburn
SG 7 Delk, Tony 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 189 lb (86 kg) 1974-01-28 Kentucky
SG 4 Finley, Michael (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1973-03-06 Wisconsin
C 21 Fortson, Danny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1976-03-27 Cincinnati
SF 5 Howard, Josh 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1980-04-28 Wake Forest
SF 33 Jamison, Antawn 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1976-06-12 North Carolina
SF 14 Nájera, Eduardo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1976-07-11 Oklahoma
PG 13 Nash, Steve (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1974-02-07 Santa Clara
F/C 41 Nowitzki, Dirk (C) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1978-06-19 Germany
PF 8 Walker, Antoine 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1976-08-12 Kentucky
C 42 Williams, Scott 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1968-03-21 North Carolina
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: January 30, 2004

Roster Notes
  • Center Shawn Bradley also holds American citizenship, but he played for the German national team and was born in Germany.
  • Shooting guard Tariq Abdul-Wahad missed the entire season due to tendinitis in his left knee.

Regular season

Season standings
Midwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Minnesota Timberwolves 5824.707–31–1027–1414–10
x-San Antonio Spurs 5725.695133–824–1715–9
x-Dallas Mavericks 5230.634636–516–2514–10
x-Memphis Grizzlies 5032.610831–1019–2212–12
x-Houston Rockets 4537.5491327–1418–238–16
x-Denver Nuggets 4339.5241529–1214–2711–13
Utah Jazz 4240.5121628–1314–2710–14
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Minnesota Timberwolves5824.707–
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers5626.6832
3 x-San Antonio Spurs5725.6951
4 x-Sacramento Kings5527.6713
5 x-Dallas Mavericks5230.6346
6 x-Memphis Grizzlies5032.6108
7 x-Houston Rockets4537.54913
8 x-Denver Nuggets4339.52415
9 Utah Jazz4240.51216
10 Portland Trail Blazers4141.50017
11 Seattle SuperSonics3745.45121
12 Golden State Warriors3745.45121
13 Phoenix Suns2953.35429
14 Los Angeles Clippers2854.34130
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
2003-04 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta –3–13–11–32–02–01–30–20–20–40–21–10–21–32–21–11–32–20–31–31–21–10–20–21–11–11–30–22–2
Boston 1–3–1–23–11–12–00–32–01–11–30–20–21–12–21–31–12–20–41–33–13–11–10–21–10–21–13–11–13–1
Chicago 1–32–1–2–20–20–20–41–10–21–31–10–20–20–41–30–20–32–22–23–10–41–10–20–20–20–24–01–11–3
Cleveland 3–11–32–2–0–20–22–20–20–21–31–10–20–22–22–20–21–23–14–02–13–10–21–10–21–12–01–31–12–2
Dallas 0–21–12–02–0–2–21–13–13–10–22–22–22–21–11–12–22–02–02–02–01–13–13–13–13–13–11–12–21–1
Denver 0–20–22–02–02–2–0–23–12–20–22–21–32–21–12–01–30–21–11–11–12–04–04–02–21–32–20–23–12–0
Detroit 3–13–04–02–21–12–0–1–11–11–32–01–12–04–03–10–22–21–33–13–12–22–02–00–21–11–13–11–13–0
Golden State 2–00–21–12–01–31–31–1–2–20–22–21–31–31–11–12–20–20–22–01–11–12–22–22–22–23–11–12–21–1
Houston 2–01–12–02–01–32–21–12–2–1–14–02–21–31–12–02–21–12–02–02–02–01–33–10–40–41–31–12–22–0
Indiana 4–03–13–13–12–02–03–12–01–1–2–01–11–13–01–31–13–12–23–13–14–02–01–10–21–12–04–02–02–1
L.A. Clippers 2–02–01–11–12–22–20–22–20–40–2–1–30–40–22–00–40–21–11–12–01–13–12–20–41–30–41–11–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–12–02–02–02–23–11–13–12–21–13–1–2–22–02–01–32–01–12–02–01–13–12–21–33–13–12–03–12–0
Memphis 2–01–12–02–02–22–20–23–13–11–14–02–2–1–11–11–32–01–11–12–02–02–22–22–23–11–32–01–32–0
Miami 3–12–24–02–21–11–10–41–11–10–32–00–21–1–1–20–23–23–11–34–01–31–10–21–10–22–02–11–14–0
Milwaukee 2–23–13–12–21–10–21–31–10–23–10–20–21–12–1–0–23–11–32–23–12–11–11–11–11–10–23–11–13–1
Minnesota 1–11–12–02–02–23–12–02–22–21–14–03–13–12–02–0–1–12–01–12–01–14–01–33–12–23–12–02–22–0
New Jersey 3–12–23–02–10–22–02–22–01–11–32–00–20–22–31–31–1–2–13–14–03–11–10–21–10–22–02–21–14–0
New Orleans 2–24–02–21–30–21–13–12–00–22–21–11–11–11–33–10–21–2–1–24–02–21–12–00–21–10–21–31–13–1
New York 3–03–12–20–40–21–11–30–20–21–31–10–21–13–12–21–11–32–1–3–13–11–11–11–10–21–13–10–24–0
Orlando 3–11–31–31–20–21–11–31–10–21–30–20–20–20–41–30–20–40–41–3–2–21–10–20–20–20–21–21–14–0
Philadelphia 2–11–34–01–31–10–22–21–10–20–41–11–10–23–11–21–11–32–21–32–2–1–11–10–22–01–11–30–22–2
Phoenix 1–11–11–12–01–30–40–22–23–10–21–31–32–21–11–10–41–11–11–11–11–1–2–21–30–42–20–21–31–1
Portland 2–02–02–01–11–30–40–22–21–31–12–22–22–22–01–13–12–00–21–12–01–12–2–3–10–42–21–12–21–1
Sacramento 2–01–12–02–01–32–22–02–24–02–04–03–12–21–11–11–31–12–01–12–02–03–11–3–2–23–12–03–11–1
San Antonio 1–12–02–01–11–33–11–12–24–01–13–11–31–32–01–12–22–01–12–02–00–24–04–02–2–4–02–04–02–0
Seattle 1–11–12–00–21–32–21–11–33–10–24–01–33–10–22–01–30–22–01–12–01–12–22–21–30–4–1–11–31–1
Toronto 3–11–30–43–11–12–01–31–11–10–41–10–20–21–21–30–22–23–11–32–13–12–01–10–20–21–1–1–11–3
Utah 2–01–11–11–12–21–31–12–22–20–23–11–33–11–11–12–21–11–12–01–12–03–12–21–30–43–11–1–1–1
Washington 2–21–33–12–21–10–20–31–10–21–22–00–20–20–41–30–20–41–30–40–42–21–11–11–10–21–13–11–1—

Playoffs
2004 playoff game log
First round: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 18 @ Sacramento L 105–116 Dirk Nowitzki (32) Dirk Nowitzki (13) Steve Nash (8) ARCO Arena
17,317		 0–1
2 April 20 @ Sacramento L 79–83 Dirk Nowitzki (28) Marquis Daniels (11) Steve Nash (9) ARCO Arena
17,317		 0–2
3 April 24 Sacramento W 104–79 Marquis Daniels (22) Josh Howard (14) Steve Nash (5) American Airlines Center
20,580		 1–2
4 April 26 Sacramento L 92–94 Dirk Nowitzki (21) Dirk Nowitzki (14) Steve Nash (9) American Airlines Center
20,677		 1–3
5 April 29 @ Sacramento L 118–119 Dirk Nowitzki (31) Dirk Nowitzki (14) Steve Nash (14) ARCO Arena
17,317		 1–4
2004 schedule

Player statistics
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

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Travis Best 61112.5.372.150.8701.11.8.5.12.8
Shawn Bradley 66511.7.473.000.8372.6.3.51.13.3
Marquis Daniels 561518.6.494.306.7692.62.1.9.28.5
Tony Delk 331115.4.380.303.8411.8.8.8.26.0
Michael Finley 727238.6.443.405.8504.52.91.2.518.6
Danny Fortson 562011.2.511..8154.5.2.2.23.9
Josh Howard 672923.7.430.303.7035.51.41.0.88.6
Antawn Jamison 82229.0.535.400.7486.3.91.0.414.8
Mamadou N'Diaye 302.3.000...3.0.0.3.0
Eduardo Nájera 58712.4.444.500.6522.7.4.6.33.0
Steve Nash 787833.5.470.405.9163.08.8.9.114.5
Dirk Nowitzki 777737.9.462.341.8778.72.71.21.421.8
Antoine Walker 828234.6.428.269.5548.34.5.8.814.0
Scott Williams 27119.6.435.000.5002.2.4.2.33.0

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Shawn Bradley 201.5....0.0.0.0.0
Marquis Daniels 5536.8.427.143.6366.23.02.0.615.8
Tony Delk 105.0...1.02.01.0.0.0
Michael Finley 5539.2.382.269.6003.22.6.8.613.0
Josh Howard 5017.2.222.200.9096.4.81.21.25.4
Antawn Jamison 5021.8.456.250.7335.0.41.0.413.0
Eduardo Nájera 5011.4.455.1.0003.4.6.6.42.4
Steve Nash 5539.4.386.375.8895.29.0.8.013.6
Dirk Nowitzki 5542.4.450.467.85711.81.41.42.626.6
Antoine Walker 5528.0.361.100.57110.02.41.2.69.8
Scott Williams 303.7.000..1.3.0.0.3.0

Awards and records

References
  1. 2003-04 Dallas Mavericks
  2. "Mavericks Get Jamison From the Warriors". New York Times. August 18, 2003. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  3. "PRO BASKETBALL; Dallas Acquires Antoine Walker, Adding Even More Scoring Punch". New York Times. October 21, 2003. Retrieved August 29, 2017.

See also
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