2003–04 Memphis Grizzlies season

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 FedExFourm 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 would 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 played 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.

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 @ Basketball-Reference.com

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
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
113Marcus BanksPG United StatesUNLV
127Kendrick PerkinsC United StatesClifton J. Ozen (HS)

Roster
Roster listing
2003–04 Memphis Grizzlies roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)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  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
F 40 Humphrey, Ryan 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1979-07-24 Notre Dame
G/F 30 Jones, Dahntay  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1980-12-27 Duke
G/F 33 Miller, Mike 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1980-02-19 Florida
F 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) 217 lb (98 kg) 1977-01-13 Xavier
SF 0 Smith, Theron 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 261 lb (118 kg) 1980-10-03 Ball State
F/C 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) 199 lb (90 kg) 1979-06-12 UCLA
G/F 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
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 3, 2003

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

West First Round

(3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (6) Memphis Grizzlies: Spurs win series 4–0

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Spurs and Grizzlies.

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

Awards and records

References
  1. 2003-04 Memphis Grizzlies
  2. "PRO BASKETBALL; Grizzlies' Brown Is Named N.B.A. Coach of the Year". New York Times. April 22, 2004. Retrieved August 29, 2017.

See also
  • 2003-04 NBA season
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