2004–05 Washington Wizards season

The 2004–05 NBA season was the Wizards 44th season in the National Basketball Association, and their 32nd season in the city of Washington, D.C.[1] During the offseason, the Wizards acquired Antawn Jamison from the Dallas Mavericks. The Wizards got off to a decent start and played above .500 for the entire season. The Wizards posted a 20-win improvement over the previous season, finishing second in the Southeast Division with a 45–37 record, and made it back to the playoffs for the first time since 1997, back when they were known as the "Bullets". Gilbert Arenas averaged 25.5 points per game and was selected along with Jamison for the 2005 NBA All-Star Game. In the first round of the playoffs, the Wizards defeated the Chicago Bulls in six games after losing the first two games, winning their first playoff series since 1982, but were swept in the semi-finals by the Miami Heat in four straight games. This was the final full-season at MCI Center, which was rebranded as Verizon Center in January 2006. Following the season, Larry Hughes signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Kwame Brown was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.

2004–05 Washington Wizards season
Head coachEddie Jordan
ArenaMCI Center
Results
Record45–37 (.549)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Southeast)
Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishConference Semifinals
(lost to Heat 0–4)

Draft picks
Main article: 2004 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
15Devin HarrisPG United StatesWisconsin
232Peter John RamosC

Roster
2004-05 Washington Wizards roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PG 0 Arenas, Gilbert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982-01-06 Arizona
PG 2 Blake, Steve 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 1980-02-26 Maryland
SF 10 Brown, Damone 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1979-06-28 Syracuse
PF 5 Brown, Kwame 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1982-03-10 Glynn Academy HS
SG 3 Dixon, Juan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 1978-10-09 Maryland
SF 24 Hayes, Jarvis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1981-08-09 Georgia
C 33 Haywood, Brendan 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 268 lb (122 kg) 1979-11-27 North Carolina
SG 20 Hughes, Larry (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1979-01-23 Saint Louis
PF 4 Jamison, Antawn (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1976-06-12 North Carolina
SF 1 Jeffries, Jared 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1981-11-25 Indiana
SG 8 Peeler, Anthony 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1969-11-25 Missouri
SF 7 Profit, Laron 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 204 lb (93 kg) 1977-08-05 Maryland
C 34 Ramos, Peter John 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1985-05-13 Puerto Rico
C 51 Ruffin, Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 246 lb (112 kg) 1977-01-21 Tulsa
C 36 Thomas, Etan (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1978-04-01 Syracuse
PF 52 Walker, Samaki 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1976-02-25 Louisville
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Standings
Southeast Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Miami Heat 5923.720–35–624–1715–1
x-Washington Wizards 4537.5491429–1216–2510–6
Orlando Magic 3646.4392324–1712–296–10
Charlotte Bobcats 1864.2204114–274–377–9
Atlanta Hawks 1369.159469–324–372–14
Eastern Conference
# Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Miami Heat5923.720–
2 y-Detroit Pistons5428.6595
3 y-Boston Celtics4537.54914
4 x-Chicago Bulls4735.57312
5 x-Washington Wizards4537.54914
6 x-Indiana Pacers4438.53715
7 x-Philadelphia 76ers4339.52416
8 x-New Jersey Nets4240.51217
9 Cleveland Cavaliers4240.51217
10 Orlando Magic3646.43923
11 New York Knicks3349.40226
12 Toronto Raptors3349.40226
13 Milwaukee Bucks3052.36629
14 Charlotte Bobcats1864.22041
15 Atlanta Hawks1369.15946

Record vs. opponents
2004-05 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA 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 –1–31–30–40–41–10–21–30–21–10–30–21–10–20–41–21–10–31–11–31–31–30–20–20–20–20–21–20–20–4
Boston 3–1–4–02–21–20–20–21–31–11–11–22–01–11–11–23–11–11–32–03–13–01–31–11–10–20–22–03–12–03–1
Charlotte 3–10–4–0–40–40–21–12–10–22–00–30–20–20–21–30–41–10–41–11–33–10–30–20–21–10–20–21–21–10–4
Chicago 4–02–24–0–2–21–11–12–21–10–22–20–21–12–01–32–22–00–41–14–03–02–10–22–01–10–21–13–02–01–2
Cleveland 4–02–14–02–2–1–11–12–22–00–21–31–11–12–00–32–21–11–32–01–33–10–31–12–00–20–20–23–12–01–2
Dallas 1–12–02–01–11–1–2–11–13–12–21–11–22–24–02–02–02–22–04–02–01–11–11–24–03–11–33–12–03–02–0
Denver 2–02–01–11–11–11–2–1–12–21–22–02–12–24–01–12–02–21–14–01–11–11–10–43–11–22–22–22–02–22–0
Detroit 3–13–11–22–22–21–11–1–2–02–02–22–02–00–22–12–21–12–12–03–03–13–11–11–11–11–11–13–11–14–0
Golden State 2–01–12–01–10–21–32–20–2–1–21–10–41–31–30–22–01–20–22–21–11–11–12–22–23–10–32–21–12–11–1
Houston 1–11–10–22–02–02–22–10–22–1–1–13–02–23–11–11–11–22–03–11–12–02–02–24–02–22–23–11–12–21–1
Indiana 3–02–13–02–23–11–10–22–21–11–1–0–21–12–03–12–22–02–21–12–21–30–41–12–00–21–10–22–12–02–2
L.A. Clippers 2–00–22–02–01–12–11–20–24–00–32–0–2–21–31–11–11–31–13–11–11–11–10–42–20–40–42–11–12–21–1
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–01–11–12–22–20–23–12–21–12–2–0–30–22–02–11–13–01–11–10–20–42–11–30–41–31–11–30–2
Memphis 2–01–12–00–20–20–40–42–03–11–30–23–13–0–1–12–03–12–03–11–11–12–02–23–10–33–10–32–03–00–2
Miami 4–02–13–13–13–00–21–11–22–01–11–31–12–01–1–4–01–13–02–04–04–02–21–11–12–01–10–23–12–04–0
Milwaukee 2–11–34–02–22–20–20–22–20–21–12–21–10–20–20–4–1–12–11–12–12–10–40–20–20–20–21–12–21–11–3
Minnesota 1–11–11–10–21–12–22–21–12–12–10–23–11–21–31–11–1–2–04–01–11–12–01–34–03–11–21–30–23–11–1
New Jersey 3–03–14–04–03–10–21–11–22–00–22–21–11–10–20–31–20–2–2–03–11–33–10–21–11–10–20–22–22–01–3
New Orleans 1–10–21–11–10–20–40–40–22–21–31–11–30–31–30–21–10–40–2–1–10–21–10–42–11–20–40–30–22–21–1
New York 3–11–33–10–43–10–21–10–31–11–12–21–11–11–10–41–21–11–31–1–1–23–10–21–10–21–10–21–32–02–1
Orlando 3–10–31–30–31–31–11–11–31–10–23–11–11–11–10–41–21–13–12–02–1–2–20–21–11–11–11–12–22–02–2
Philadelphia 3–13–13–01–23–01–11–11–31–10–24–01–12–00–22–24–00–21–31–11–32–2–0–21–10–20–21–13–11–12–1
Phoenix 2–01–12–02–01–12–14–01–12–22–21–14–04–02–21–12–03–12–04–02–02–02–0–3–02–21–22–12–03–11–1
Portland 2–01–12–00–20–20–41–31–12–20–40–22–21–21–31–12–00–41–11–21–11–11–10–3–1–31–21–31–12–20–2
Sacramento 2–02–01–11–12–01–32–11–11–32–22–04–03–13–00–22–01–31–12–12–01–12–02–23–1–1–31–31–12–12–0
San Antonio 2–02–02–02–02–03–12–21–13–02–21–14–04–01–31–12–02–12–04–01–11–12–02–12–13–1–2–21–12–21–1
Seattle 2–00–22–01–12–01–32–21–12–21–32–01–23–13–02–01–13–12–03–02–01–11–11–23–13–12–2–2–03–10–2
Toronto 2–11–32–10–31–30–20–21–31–11–11–21–11–10–21–32–22–02–22–03–12–21–30–21–11–11–10–2–2–01–3
Utah 2–00–21–10–20–20–32–21–11–22–20–22–23–10–30–21–11–30–22–20–20–21–11–32–21–22–21–30–2–0–2
Washington 4–01–34–02–12–10–20–20–41–11–12–21–12–02–00–43–11–13–11–11–22–21–21–12–00–21–12–03–12–0—

Playoffs
2005 playoff game log
First Round: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 24 @ Chicago L 94–103 Larry Hughes (31) Kwame Brown (9) Gilbert Arenas (8) United Center
22,655		 0–1
2 April 27 @ Chicago L 103–113 Gilbert Arenas (39) Larry Hughes (10) Larry Hughes (5) United Center
22,605		 0–2
3 April 30 Chicago W 117–99 Gilbert Arenas (22) Haywood, Thomas (9) Gilbert Arenas (7) MCI Center
20,173		 1–2
4 May 2 Chicago W 106–99 Juan Dixon (35) Etan Thomas (9) Gilbert Arenas (5) MCI Center
20,173		 2–2
5 May 4 @ Chicago W 112–110 Larry Hughes (33) Antawn Jamison (10) Gilbert Arenas (8) United Center
22,250		 3–2
6 May 6 Chicago W 94–91 Larry Hughes (21) Ruffin, Haywood (8) Gilbert Arenas (7) MCI Center
20,173		 4–2
Conference Semifinals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 May 8 @ Miami L 86–105 Gilbert Arenas (25) Antawn Jamison (8) Larry Hughes (3) American Airlines Arena
20,151		 0–1
2 May 10 @ Miami L 102–108 Antawn Jamison (32) Hughes, Ruffin (8) Gilbert Arenas (5) American Airlines Arena
20,205		 0–2
3 May 12 Miami L 95–102 Antawn Jamison (21) Brendan Haywood (8) Gilbert Arenas (14) MCI Center
20,173		 0–3
4 May 14 Miami L 95–99 Gilbert Arenas (25) Brendan Haywood (15) Larry Hughes (5) MCI Center
20,173		 0–4
2005 schedule

Player statistics

Season
RkPlayerAgeGGSMPFGFGAFG%3P3PA3P%FTFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPTS
1Gilbert Arenas23808032746561523.431205562.365521640.81483295378411139232422452038
2Larry Hughes26616123584671086.43059209.282352453.77774308382285176181531681345
3Antawn Jamison28686826055191189.43771208.341225296.76016035951915455161181511334
4Brendan Haywood2568681865239427.56000159261.609202262464575211496218637
5Jarvis Hayes2354221560206530.38942123.34199118.839411862279049962107553
6Jared Jeffries2377712007203434.4681651.314101173.5841522223741516635114206523
7Juan Dixon266341054186447.41648147.3278797.89732871191114346898507
8Etan Thomas264710976128255.5020076144.5288515924420175150133332
9Kwame Brown224214908109237.4600074129.5747213420639251567112292
10Steve Blake2444164861186.3283693.3873341.805185371691303947191
11Anthony Peeler3540052956150.3732565.3851618.889145165571822839153
12Laron Profit2742442856128.438828.2861625.640245276371652744136
13Michael Ruffin2879712624199.41401.0002967.43315717533264434144193111
14Damone Brown251401522362.371411.36449.4441018281416151754
15Samaki Walker281401341131.3550023.6678101843782524
16Peter John Ramos196020510.5000012.5001340013411

Playoffs
RkPlayerAgeGGSMPFGFGAFG%3P3PA3P%FTFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPTS
1Gilbert Arenas23101045073194.3761877.2347294.76684452622163934236
2Larry Hughes26101040168181.376733.2126477.831175471372072535207
3Antawn Jamison28101038073162.4511734.5002232.68816476312741624185
4Juan Dixon2610021941101.4061134.3242125.8403232613701219114
5Brendan Haywood2510102963972.542002844.6363541761014201040106
6Jared Jeffries2310102472449.49036.5001317.7651922411899133464
7Etan Thomas26801261929.655001022.45512243620792348
8Michael Ruffin2890156710.70000916.56315223793343323
9Kwame Brown223060513.3850059.556411153022515
10Anthony Peeler35704319.11103.000221.000077310344
11Steve Blake24401714.25001.00000033200132
12Laron Profit2730502.0000000011100000

Awards and records

Transactions

Transactions listed are from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

  • July 29, 2004- Signed Anthony Peeler as a free agent.
  • August 2, 2004- Signed Michael Ruffin as a free agent.
  • August 4, 2004- Signed Samaki Walker as a free agent.
  • October 1, 2004- Signed Laron Profit as a free agent. Signed Gerald Fitch as a free agent. Signed Billy Thomas as a free agent.
  • October 30, 2004- Waived Billy Thomas. Waived Gerald Fitch.
  • March 17, 2005- Signed Damone Brown to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
  • March 18, 2005- Released Samaki Walker.
  • June 28, 2005- Drafted Andray Blatche in the 2nd round (49th pick) of the 2005 NBA Draft.

References
  1. 2004-05 Washington Wizards
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