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 coach	Don Nelson
General manager	Don Nelson
President	Donnie Nelson
Owner(s)	Mark Cuban
Arena	American Airlines Center
Results
Record	52–30 (.634)
Place	Division: 3rd (Midwest) Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	First round (lost to Kings 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KTVT KTXA Fox Sports Net Southwest
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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
1	29	Josh Howard	SF	United States	Wake Forest
2	57	Xue Yuyang		People's Republic of China

Roster

2003–04 Dallas Mavericks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From SG 9 Abdul-Wahad, Tariq (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 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 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1974-02-07 Santa Clara F/C 41 Nowitzki, Dirk 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 Don Nelson Assistant coach(es) Rolando Blackman Brad Davis (player development) Del Harris Charlie Parker Larry Riley Donnie Nelson Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended 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 v t e	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 v t e
	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

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	–	3–1	3–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–3	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2
Boston	1–3	–	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1
Chicago	1–3	2–1	–	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	1–3
Cleveland	3–1	1–3	2–2	–	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–2	3–1	4–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–2
Dallas	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	–	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
Denver	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	–	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–0
Detroit	3–1	3–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	–	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–0
Golden State	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	–	2–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
Houston	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	–	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	0–4	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–0
Indiana	4–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	–	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–1
L.A. Clippers	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	0–4	0–2	–	1–3	0–4	0–2	2–0	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	–	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–0
Memphis	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	–	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–3	2–0
Miami	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–0	0–2	1–1	–	1–2	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–3	4–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–0
Milwaukee	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	–	0–2	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	3–1
Minnesota	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0
New Jersey	3–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–3	1–1	–	2–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	4–0
New Orleans	2–2	4–0	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–2	–	1–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	3–1
New York	3–0	3–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	–	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	4–0
Orlando	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	–	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	4–0
Philadelphia	2–1	1–3	4–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–2	–	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–4	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	2–2	1–3	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–1
Portland	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	–	3–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1
Sacramento	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	–	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	4–0	4–0	2–2	–	4–0	2–0	4–0	2–0
Seattle	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–4	–	1–1	1–3	1–1
Toronto	3–1	1–3	0–4	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	–	1–1	1–3
Utah	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–3	0–4	3–1	1–1	–	1–1
Washington	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	—

Playoffs

2004 playoff game log
First round: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location 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

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Antoine Walker	PF	82	82	2,840	684	369	65	65	1,151	34.6	8.3	4.5	.8	.8	14.0
Antawn Jamison	SF	82	2	2,376	520	70	83	30	1,212	29.0	6.3	.9	1.0	.4	14.8
Steve Nash	PG	78	78	2,612	232	687	67	8	1,128	33.5	3.0	8.8	.9	.1	14.5
Dirk Nowitzki	C	77	77	2,915	670	207	92	104	1,680	37.9	8.7	2.7	1.2	1.4	21.8
Michael Finley	SG	72	72	2,778	325	212	84	39	1,342	38.6	4.5	2.9	1.2	.5	18.6
Josh Howard	SF	67	29	1,589	368	97	69	54	575	23.7	5.5	1.4	1.0	.8	8.6
Shawn Bradley	C	66	5	773	173	20	33	74	219	11.7	2.6	.3	.5	1.1	3.3
Travis Best	PG	61	1	762	68	112	31	4	171	12.5	1.1	1.8	.5	.1	2.8
Eduardo Nájera	SF	58	7	720	156	25	35	19	176	12.4	2.7	.4	.6	.3	3.0
Danny Fortson	C	56	20	625	250	9	12	11	217	11.2	4.5	.2	.2	.2	3.9
Marquis Daniels	SG	56	15	1,039	146	116	53	12	477	18.6	2.6	2.1	.9	.2	8.5
Tony Delk	SG	33	11	509	59	28	27	7	197	15.4	1.8	.8	.8	.2	6.0
Scott Williams†	C	27	11	260	60	11	5	9	81	9.6	2.2	.4	.2	.3	3.0
Mamadou N'Diaye†	C	3	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	2.3	.3	.0	.0	.3	.0

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Mavericks only.

Playoffs

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Dirk Nowitzki	C	5	5	212	59	7	7	13	133	42.4	11.8	1.4	1.4	2.6	26.6
Steve Nash	PG	5	5	197	26	45	4	0	68	39.4	5.2	9.0	.8	.0	13.6
Michael Finley	SG	5	5	196	16	13	4	3	65	39.2	3.2	2.6	.8	.6	13.0
Marquis Daniels	SG	5	5	184	31	15	10	3	79	36.8	6.2	3.0	2.0	.6	15.8
Antoine Walker	PF	5	5	140	50	12	6	3	49	28.0	10.0	2.4	1.2	.6	9.8
Antawn Jamison	SF	5	0	109	25	2	5	2	65	21.8	5.0	.4	1.0	.4	13.0
Josh Howard	SF	5	0	86	32	4	6	6	27	17.2	6.4	.8	1.2	1.2	5.4
Eduardo Nájera	SF	5	0	57	17	3	3	2	12	11.4	3.4	.6	.6	.4	2.4
Scott Williams	C	3	0	11	4	0	0	1	0	3.7	1.3	.0	.0	.3	.0
Shawn Bradley	C	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Tony Delk	SG	1	0	5	1	2	1	0	0	5.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	.0	.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 2nd Team
• Marquis Daniels, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

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

• 2003–04 NBA season