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The 2003–04 NBA season was the Grizzlies' ninth season in the National Basketball Association, and their third season in Memphis. It was also the final season playing their home games at the Pyramid Arena.[1] They moved into FedExForum the next season. During the offseason, the Grizzlies signed free agent James Posey. After two unsuccessful seasons ever since they moved to Memphis, the Grizzlies finally played around .500 holding a 9–8 record as they acquired Bonzi Wells from the Portland Trail Blazers in early December. However, the team struggled posting a 7-game losing streak at the end of the month. Despite this, the Grizzlies continued to play their best basketball posting an 8-game winning streak in January, and winning 13 of their 15 games in March, as they made the playoffs for the first time in their franchise history, finishing fourth in the Midwest Division with a 50–32 record.

Quick Facts Memphis Grizzlies season, Head coach ...
2003–04 Memphis Grizzlies season
Head coachHubie Brown
General managerDick Versace
PresidentJerry West
Owner(s)Michael Heisley
ArenaPyramid Arena
Results
Record50–32 (.610)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Midwest)
Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst round
(lost to Spurs 0–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 2002–03 2004–05 >
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Pau Gasol continued to lead the team in scoring, rebounds and blocks, and 70-year old head coach Hubie Brown was named Coach of The Year.[2] However, the Grizzlies lost in the first round of the playoffs, losing four games straight to the defending champion San Antonio Spurs.

Draft picks

Main article: 2003 NBA draft
More information Round, Pick ...
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
113Marcus BanksPG United StatesUNLV
127Kendrick PerkinsC United StatesClifton J. Ozen (HS)
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Roster

More information Players, Coaches ...
2003–04 Memphis Grizzlies roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
G/F 31 Battier, Shane 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1978–09–09 Duke
PG 3 Bell, Troy Injured 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980–11–10 Boston College
F/C 16 Gasol, Pau 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1980–07–06 Spain
PF 40 Humphrey, Ryan 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1979–07–24 Notre Dame
SF 30 Jones, Dahntay Injured 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1980–12–27 Duke
SG 33 Miller, Mike 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1980–02–19 Florida
SF 45 Outlaw, Bo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1971–04–13 Houston
G/F 41 Posey, James 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1977–01–13 Xavier
PF 0 Smith, Theron 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 261 lb (118 kg) 1980–10–03 Ball State
F 4 Swift, Stromile 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1979–11–21 LSU
C 12 Tsakalidis, Jake 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 290 lb (132 kg) 1979–06–10 Republic of Georgia
PG 25 Watson, Earl 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1979–06–12 UCLA
SG 6 Wells, Bonzi 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1976–09–28 Ball State
PG 2 Williams, Jason 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1975–11–18 Florida
C 42 Wright, Lorenzen 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1975–11–04 Memphis
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster

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Regular season

Season standings

More information W, L ...
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
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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
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z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

More information Team, ATL ...
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—
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Game log

Playoffs

More information 2004 playoff game log, Game ...
2004 playoff game log
First Round: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 17 @ San Antonio L 74–98 Bonzi Wells (16) Stromile Swift (7) Jason Williams (3) SBC Center
18,797		 0–1
2 April 19 @ San Antonio L 70–87 Pau Gasol (20) Pau Gasol (11) Jason Williams (4) SBC Center
18,797		 0–2
3 April 22 San Antonio L 93–95 Pau Gasol (18) Swift, Wright (6) Gasol, Williams (3) The Pyramid
19,351		 0–3
4 April 25 San Antonio L 97–110 Pau Gasol (22) James Posey (11) Jason Williams (8) The Pyramid
19,351		 0–4
2004 schedule
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Player statistics

Ragular season

More information Player, POS ...
Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
James PoseySG 82822,451403122137401,12629.94.91.51.7.513.7
Bo OutlawPF 8211,60634290737037919.64.21.1.9.94.6
Earl WatsonPG 81141,669178402911946020.62.25.01.1.25.7
Shane BattierSF 7911,9473031011015866924.63.81.31.3.78.5
Pau GasolPF 78782,458600198441321,38131.57.72.5.61.717.7
Stromile SwiftPF 77101,528378385611872719.84.9.5.71.59.4
Jason WilliamsPG 72682,11514749292578229.42.06.81.3.110.9
Mike MillerSF 65651,770216232591472227.23.33.6.9.211.1
Lorenzen WrightC 65461,67444571455861025.86.81.1.7.99.4
Bonzi Wells†SG 59171,468199104711672824.93.41.81.2.312.3
Jake TsakalidisC 40285331281892217013.33.2.5.2.64.3
Theron SmithSF 20017841755448.92.1.4.3.32.2
Dahntay JonesSG 200154231256367.71.2.6.3.31.8
Wesley Person†SG 1602841823528317.81.11.4.3.15.2
Troy BellPG 60344410115.7.7.7.2.01.8
Ryan HumphreyPF 2011311025.51.5.5.5.01.0
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  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Grizzlies only.

Playoffs

More information Player, POS ...
Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Pau GasolPF 441342010467433.55.02.51.01.518.5
James PoseySG 44130224925032.55.51.02.3.512.5
Jason WilliamsPG 44130918204332.52.34.5.5.010.8
Lorenzen WrightC 44100172422225.04.3.51.0.55.5
Mike MillerSF 4498123503024.53.0.81.3.07.5
Bonzi WellsSG 4094124414723.53.01.01.0.311.8
Stromile SwiftPF 4074193362418.54.8.8.81.56.0
Shane BattierSF 4069121011917.33.0.3.0.34.8
Earl WatsonPG 406297501915.52.31.81.3.04.8
Bo OutlawPF 40614622215.31.01.5.5.5.5
Ryan HumphreyPF 305200021.7.7.0.0.0.7
Jake TsakalidisC 103000023.0.0.0.0.02.0
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Awards and records

References

See also

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