2003–04 Dallas Mavericks season

2003–04 Dallas Mavericks season
Head coach	Don Nelson
Owner(s)	Mark Cuban
Arena	American Airlines Center
Results
Record	52–30 (.634)
Place	Division: 3rd (Midwest) Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	West First Round (eliminated 1-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Net Southwest, KTXA

The 2003-04 NBA season was the Mavericks' 24th season in the NBA. The Mavericks made two major trades during the off season. They first acquired Antawn Jamison, Danny Fortson, Jiri Welsch and Chris Mills from Golden State in exchange for Nick Van Exel, Evan Eschmeyer, Popeye Jones, Avery Johnson and Antoine Rigaudeau. Another trade sent Raef LaFrentz, Chris Mills and Jiri Welsch to Boston for Antoine Walker and Tony Delk. Although the team struggled with chemistry, the Mavericks easily qualified for the playoffs. With the trio of Nowitzki-Finley-Nash and 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. However, the Mavericks were eliminated quickly four games to one in the playoffs, losing in the first round to their archrivals the Sacramento Kings.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 2003 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	29	Josh Howard	SF	United States	Wake Forest
2	57	Xue Yuyang		People's Republic of China

Roster

Dallas Mavericks roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 3 Best, Travis 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Georgia Tech C 44 Bradley, Shawn 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 235 lb (107 kg) BYU G 6 Daniels, Marquis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Auburn G 7 Delk, Tony 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Kentucky G/F 4 Finley, Michael 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Wisconsin F 21 Fortson, Danny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Cincinnati F 5 Howard, Josh 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Wake Forest F 33 Jamison, Antawn 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) North Carolina F 14 Nájera, Eduardo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Oklahoma G 13 Nash, Steve 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Santa Clara F/C 41 Nowitzki, Dirk 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Germany F 8 Walker, Antoine 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Kentucky C 42 Williams, Scott 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) North Carolina	Head coach Don Nelson Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Roster Notes

• Shawn Bradley also holds American citizenship, but he played for the German national team and was born in Germany.

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Minnesota Timberwolves	58	24	.707	–	31–10	27–14	14–10
x-San Antonio Spurs	57	25	.695	1	33–8	24–17	15–9
x-Dallas Mavericks	52	30	.634	6	36–5	16–25	14–10
x-Memphis Grizzlies	50	32	.610	8	31–10	19–22	12–12
x-Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	13	27–14	18–23	8–16
x-Denver Nuggets	43	39	.524	15	29–12	14–27	11–13
Utah Jazz	42	40	.512	16	28–13	14–27	10–14

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Minnesota Timberwolves	58	24	.707	–
2	y-Los Angeles Lakers	56	26	.683	2
3	x-San Antonio Spurs	57	25	.695	1
4	x-Sacramento Kings	55	27	.671	3
5	x-Dallas Mavericks	52	30	.634	6
6	x-Memphis Grizzlies	50	32	.610	8
7	x-Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	13
8	x-Denver Nuggets	43	39	.524	15
9	Utah Jazz	42	40	.512	16
10	Portland Trail Blazers	41	41	.500	17
11	Seattle SuperSonics	37	45	.451	21
12	Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	21
13	Phoenix Suns	29	53	.354	29
14	Los Angeles Clippers	28	54	.341	30

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

West First Round

(4) Sacramento Kings vs. (5) Dallas Mavericks Kings win series 4–1

• Game 1 @ ARCO Arena, Sacramento: Sacramento 116, Dallas 105 ABC 3:30et
• Game 2 @ ARCO Arena, Sacramento: Sacramento 83, Dallas 79 TNT 10:30et
• Game 3 @ American Airlines Center, Dallas: Dallas 104, Sacramento 79 ESPN 9:30et
• Game 4 @ American Airlines Center, Dallas: Sacramento 94, Dallas 92 TNT 9:30et
• Game 5 @ ARCO Arena, Sacramento: Sacramento 119, Dallas 118 TNT 10:30et

Last Playoff Meeting: 2003 Western Conference Semifinals (Dallas won 4-3)

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	61	1	12.5	.372	.150	.870	1.1	1.8	.5	.1	2.8
Shawn Bradley	66	5	11.7	.473	.000	.837	2.6	.3	.5	1.1	3.3
Marquis Daniels	56	15	18.6	.494	.306	.769	2.6	2.1	.9	.2	8.5
Tony Delk	33	11	15.4	.380	.303	.841	1.8	.8	.8	.2	6.0
Michael Finley	72	72	38.6	.443	.405	.850	4.5	2.9	1.2	.5	18.6
Danny Fortson	56	20	11.2	.511	.	.815	4.5	.2	.2	.2	3.9
Josh Howard	67	29	23.7	.430	.303	.703	5.5	1.4	1.0	.8	8.6
Antawn Jamison	82	2	29.0	.535	.400	.748	6.3	.9	1.0	.4	14.8
Mamadou N'Diaye	3	0	2.3	.000	.	.	.3	.0	.0	.3	.0
Eduardo Najera	58	7	12.4	.444	.500	.652	2.7	.4	.6	.3	3.0
Steve Nash	78	78	33.5	.470	.405	.916	3.0	8.8	.9	.1	14.5
Dirk Nowitzki	77	77	37.9	.462	.341	.877	8.7	2.7	1.2	1.4	21.8
Antoine Walker	82	82	34.6	.428	.269	.554	8.3	4.5	.8	.8	14.0
Scott Williams	27	11	9.6	.435	.000	.500	2.2	.4	.2	.3	3.0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Shawn Bradley	2	0	1.5	.	.	.	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Marquis Daniels	5	5	36.8	.427	.143	.636	6.2	3.0	2.0	.6	15.8
Tony Delk	1	0	5.0	.	.	.	1.0	2.0	1.0	.0	.0
Michael Finley	5	5	39.2	.382	.269	.600	3.2	2.6	.8	.6	13.0
Josh Howard	5	0	17.2	.222	.200	.909	6.4	.8	1.2	1.2	5.4
Antawn Jamison	5	0	21.8	.456	.250	.733	5.0	.4	1.0	.4	13.0
Eduardo Najera	5	0	11.4	.455	.	1.000	3.4	.6	.6	.4	2.4
Steve Nash	5	5	39.4	.386	.375	.889	5.2	9.0	.8	.0	13.6
Dirk Nowitzki	5	5	42.4	.450	.467	.857	11.8	1.4	1.4	2.6	26.6
Antoine Walker	5	5	28.0	.361	.100	.571	10.0	2.4	1.2	.6	9.8
Scott Williams	3	0	3.7	.000	.	.	1.3	.0	.0	.3	.0

Awards and records

• Antawn Jamison, NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
• Dirk Nowitzki, All-NBA Third Team
• Dirk Nowitzki, NBA All-Star Game
• Josh Howard, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
• Marquis Daniels, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

See also

• 2003-04 NBA season