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2003–04 New Orleans Hornets season

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{{NBA season

| team = New Orleans Hornets

| end_year = 2004

| wins = 41

| losses = 41

| division = Central

| division_place = 3

| conf_place = 5

| coach = Tim Floyd

| gm = Bob Bass

| owner = George Shinn Ray Wooldridge

| arena = New Orleans Arena

| playoffs = First round
(lost to Heat 3–4)

| bbr_team = NOH

| television = Cox Sports Television

| radio = WTIX

}}

The 2003–04 NBA season was the Hornets' second season in the National Basketball Association.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHH/2004.html 2003-04 New Orleans Hornets]{{Dead link|date=May 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} During the offseason, the Hornets signed free agent Steve Smith. Despite losing Jamal Mashburn for the first 44 games due to a knee injury, the Hornets got off to a solid 17–7 start to the season under new head coach Tim Floyd. However, they would struggle posting a losing record in January, and only managed to play .500 ball in February. Mashburn would return to play just 19 games averaging 20.8 points per game, but then re-injured his knee sitting out the rest of the season. The Hornets struggled losing 11 of their 16 games in March, but would rebound in April winning 4 of 7 games.

Despite posting an average record of 41–41, the Hornets finished fifth in the Eastern Conference, and qualified for their fifth straight playoff appearance. This was also the team's final season in the NBA's Eastern Conference. Baron Davis was again hampered by injuries and he played just 67 games. Despite another injury-plagued season, Davis and teammate Jamaal Magloire both represented the Eastern Conference at the 2004 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles.

In the playoffs, they faced the Miami Heat in the first round, but lost in seven games. Following the season, the Hornets moved to the new Southwest Division of the NBA's Western Conference. Also following the season, Floyd was fired as coach after just one season, Smith left in the 2004 NBA Expansion Draft, Stacey Augmon signed as a free agent with the Orlando Magic, and Robert Traylor re-signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Draft picks

{{main|2003 NBA draft}}

class="wikitable sortable sortable"

! style="background:#0093B1; color:#FDB827" width="10%"| Round

! style="background:#0093B1; color:#FDB827" width="10%"| Pick

! style="background:#0093B1; color:#FDB827" width="20%"| Player

! style="background:#0093B1; color:#FDB827" width="15%"| Position

! style="background:#0093B1; color:#FDB827" width="15%"| Nationality

! style="background:#0093B1; color:#FDB827" width="20%"| College

style="text-align: center"

| 1

18David WestPF{{flagu|United States}}Xavier
style="text-align: center"

| 2

48James Lang{{flagu|United States}}

Roster

{{NBA roster header|team=New Orleans Hornets|season=2003–04}}

{{player2 | num = 32 | first = Courtney | last = Alexander | pos = PG | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 205 | DOB = 1977-04-27 | college = Fresno State }}

{{player2 | num = 3 | first = Darrell | last = Armstrong | pos = PG | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = 170 | DOB = 1968-06-22 | college = Fayetteville State}}

{{player2 | num = 2 | first = Stacey | last = Augmon | pos = SF | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 205 | DOB = 1968-08-01 | college = UNLV}}

{{player2 | num = 42 | first = P. J. | last = Brown | pos = PF | ft = 6 | in = 11 | lbs = 239 | DOB = 1969-10-14 | college = Louisiana Tech}}

{{player2 | num = 5 | first = Maurice | last = Carter | dab = basketball | pos = SG | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 209 | DOB = 1976-10-12 | college = LSU}}

{{player2 | num = 1 | first = Baron | last = Davis | pos = PG | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 212 | DOB = 1979-04-13 | college = UCLA }}

{{player2 | num = 9 | first = George | last = Lynch | dab = basketball | pos = SF | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 218 | DOB = 1970-09-03 | college = North Carolina}}

{{player2 | num = 21 | first = Jamaal | last = Magloire | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 11 | lbs = 265 | DOB = 1978-05-21 | college = Kentucky}}

{{player2 | num = 24 | first = Jamal | last = Mashburn | pos = SF | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 240 | DOB = 1972-11-29 | college = Kentucky }}

{{player2 | num = 8 | first = Steve | last = Smith | dab = basketball | pos = SG | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 221 | DOB = 1969-03-31 | college = Michigan State}}

{{player2 | num = 34 | first = Robert | last = Traylor | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 290 | DOB = 1977-02-01 | college = Michigan}}

{{player2 | num = 4 | first = David | last = Wesley | pos = SG | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 203 | DOB = 1970-11-14 | college = Baylor}}

{{player2 | num = 30 | first = David | last = West | dab = basketball | pos = PF | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 250 | DOB = 1980-08-29 | college = Xavier}}

{{player2 | num = 11 | first = Shammond | last = Williams | pos = PG | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 205 | DOB = 1975-04-05 | college = North Carolina}}

{{NBA roster footer

| head_coach =

| asst_coach =

| roster_url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NOH/2004.html

| accessdate = March 25, 2004

}}

=Roster Notes=

  • Point guard Courtney Alexander missed the entire season due to a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Regular season

=Season standings=

{{2003–04 NBA Central standings|team=NOH}}

{{2003–04 NBA East standings|team=NOH}}

=Record vs. opponents=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
colspan=30|2003-04 NBA Records
width=100|Team

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|ATL

!style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|BOS

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#000000;width=35"|CHI

!style="background:#9F1F32;color:#001D43;width=35"|CLE

!style="background:#0055BA;color:#898D8F;width=35"|DAL

!style="background:#4C92CC;color:#FDB827;width=35"|DEN

!style="background:#006BB7;color:#ED164B;width=35"|DET

!style="background:#072E63;color:#DC5A34;width=35"|GSW

!style="background:#D31145;color:#CBD4D8;width=35"|HOU

!style="background:#000080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|IND

!style="background:#F9160D;color:#1A2E8B;width=35"|LAC

!style="background:#800080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|LAL

!style="background:#000000;color:#0CB2AC;width=35"|MEM

!style="background:#000000;color:#8B0000;width=35"|MIA

!style="background:#00471B;color:#5C378A;width=35"|MIL

!style="background:#044D80;color:#000000;width=35"|MIN

!style="background:#12305B;color:#C4CED4;width=35"|NJN

!style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;width=35"|NOH

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FF8C00;width=35"|NYK

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#000000;width=35"|ORL

!style="background:#000000;color:#BB9754;width=35"|PHI

!style="background:#800080;color:#FF4500;width=35"|PHO

!style="background:#000000;color:#FF0000;width=35"|POR

!style="background:#6846A8;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|SAC

!style="background:#000000;color:#C0C0C0;width=35"|SAS

!style="background:#005831;color:#FFC322;width=35"|SEA

!style="background:#7436BF;color:#BE0F34;width=35"|TOR

!style="background:#644A9C;color:#149BC7;width=35"|UTA

!style="background:#044D7D;color:#BC7A44;width=35"|WAS

style="text-align:left;" | 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
style="text-align:left;" | Boston1–3—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
style="text-align:left;" | Chicago1–32–1—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
style="text-align:left;" | Cleveland3–11–32–2—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
style="text-align:left;" | Dallas0–21–12–02–0—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
style="text-align:left;" | Denver0–20–22–02–02–2—0–23–12–20–22–21–32–21–12–01–30–21–11–11–12–04–04–02–21–32–20–23–12–0
style="text-align:left;" | Detroit3–13–04–02–21–12–0—1–11–11–32–01–12–04–03–10–22–21–33–13–12–22–02–00–21–11–13–11–13–0
style="text-align:left;" | Golden State2–00–21–12–01–31–31–1—2–20–22–21–31–31–11–12–20–20–22–01–11–12–22–22–22–23–11–12–21–1
style="text-align:left;" | Houston2–01–12–02–01–32–21–12–2—1–14–02–21–31–12–02–21–12–02–02–02–01–33–10–40–41–31–12–22–0
style="text-align:left;" | Indiana4–03–13–13–12–02–03–12–01–1—2–01–11–13–01–31–13–12–23–13–14–02–01–10–21–12–04–02–02–1
style="text-align:left;" | L.A. Clippers2–02–01–11–12–22–20–22–20–40–2—1–30–40–22–00–40–21–11–12–01–13–12–20–41–30–41–11–30–2
style="text-align:left;" | L.A. Lakers1–12–02–02–02–23–11–13–12–21–13–1—2–22–02–01–32–01–12–02–01–13–12–21–33–13–12–03–12–0
style="text-align:left;" | Memphis2–01–12–02–02–22–20–23–13–11–14–02–2—1–11–11–32–01–11–12–02–02–22–22–23–11–32–01–32–0
style="text-align:left;" | Miami3–12–24–02–21–11–10–41–11–10–32–00–21–1—1–20–23–23–11–34–01–31–10–21–10–22–02–11–14–0
style="text-align:left;" | Milwaukee2–23–13–12–21–10–21–31–10–23–10–20–21–12–1—0–23–11–32–23–12–11–11–11–11–10–23–11–13–1
style="text-align:left;" | Minnesota1–11–12–02–02–23–12–02–22–21–14–03–13–12–02–0—1–12–01–12–01–14–01–33–12–23–12–02–22–0
style="text-align:left;" | New Jersey3–12–23–02–10–22–02–22–01–11–32–00–20–22–31–31–1—2–13–14–03–11–10–21–10–22–02–21–14–0
style="text-align:left;" | New Orleans2–24–02–21–30–21–13–12–00–22–21–11–11–11–33–10–21–2—1–24–02–21–12–00–21–10–21–31–13–1
style="text-align:left;" | New York3–03–12–20–40–21–11–30–20–21–31–10–21–13–12–21–11–32–1—3–13–11–11–11–10–21–13–10–24–0
style="text-align:left;" | Orlando3–11–31–31–20–21–11–31–10–21–30–20–20–20–41–30–20–40–41–3—2–21–10–20–20–20–21–21–14–0
style="text-align:left;" | Philadelphia2–11–34–01–31–10–22–21–10–20–41–11–10–23–11–21–11–32–21–32–2—1–11–10–22–01–11–30–22–2
style="text-align:left;" | Phoenix1–11–11–12–01–30–40–22–23–10–21–31–32–21–11–10–41–11–11–11–11–1—2–21–30–42–20–21–31–1
style="text-align:left;" | Portland2–02–02–01–11–30–40–22–21–31–12–22–22–22–01–13–12–00–21–12–01–12–2—3–10–42–21–12–21–1
style="text-align:left;" | Sacramento2–01–12–02–01–32–22–02–24–02–04–03–12–21–11–11–31–12–01–12–02–03–11–3—2–23–12–03–11–1
style="text-align:left;" | San Antonio1–12–02–01–11–33–11–12–24–01–13–11–31–32–01–12–22–01–12–02–00–24–04–02–2—4–02–04–02–0
style="text-align:left;" | Seattle1–11–12–00–21–32–21–11–33–10–24–01–33–10–22–01–30–22–01–12–01–12–22–21–30–4—1–11–31–1
style="text-align:left;" | Toronto3–11–30–43–11–12–01–31–11–10–41–10–20–21–21–30–22–23–11–32–13–12–01–10–20–21–1—1–11–3
style="text-align:left;" | Utah2–01–11–11–12–21–31–12–22–20–23–11–33–11–11–12–21–11–12–01–12–03–12–21–30–43–11–1—1–1
style="text-align:left;" | Washington2–21–33–12–21–10–20–31–10–21–22–00–20–20–41–30–20–41–30–40–42–21–11–11–10–21–13–11–1—

=Game log=

Playoffs

{{NBA game log start|New Orleans Hornets|playoffs=yes|end_year=2004}}

{{NBA game log section|New Orleans Hornets|First Round|first=yes|playoffs=yes|

| home_wins = 3

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 4

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 1

| April 18

| @ Miami

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200404180MIA.html L 79–81]

| Baron Davis (17)

| Brown, Magloire (11)

| Augmon, Davis (4)

| American Airlines Arena
20,102

| 0–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 2

| April 21

| @ Miami

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200404210MIA.html L 63–93]

| Baron Davis (13)

| Jamaal Magloire (10)

| Baron Davis (7)

| American Airlines Arena
20,189

| 0–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 3

| April 24

| Miami

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200404240NOH.html W 77–71]

| Baron Davis (21)

| Brown, Lynch (11)

| Baron Davis (5)

| New Orleans Arena
14,251

| 1–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 4

| April 27

| Miami

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200404270NOH.html W 96–85]

| Baron Davis (23)

| Brown, West (7)

| Baron Davis (10)

| New Orleans Arena
16,009

| 2–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 5

| April 30

| @ Miami

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200404300MIA.html L 83–87]

| Baron Davis (33)

| P. J. Brown (13)

| Baron Davis (7)

| American Airlines Arena
20,147

| 2–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 6

| May 2

| Miami

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200405020NOH.html W 89–83]

| Brown, Lynch (16)

| Brown, Magloire (9)

| Baron Davis (12)

| New Orleans Arena
17,297

| 3–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 7

| May 4

| @ Miami

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200405040MIA.html L 77–85]

| Steve Smith (25)

| Jamaal Magloire (10)

| Davis, Williams (4)

| American Airlines Arena
20,286

| 3–4

|-

{{NBA game log end|bbr_team=NOH|end_year=2004|playoffs=yes}}

Player statistics

{{NBA roster statistics legend}}

=Season=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%"
style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="10%" | Player

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | GP

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | GS

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | MPG

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | FG%

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | 3FG%

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | FT%

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | RPG

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | APG

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | SPG

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | BPG

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | PPG

{{sort|Armstrong, Darrell|Darrell Armstrong}}

|79

2228.439.531.585.42.93.91.70.210.6
{{sort|Augmon, Stacey|Stacey Augmon}}

|69

2420.541.214.379.12.51.20.80.25.8
{{sort|Brown, P.J.|P.J. Brown}}

|80

8034.447.60.085.48.61.91.00.910.5
{{sort|Brown, Tierre|Tierre Brown}}

|3

05.750.00.050.00.30.70.00.02.0
{{sort|Carter, Maurice|Maurice Carter}}

|6

010.028.637.562.51.30.30.00.03.3
{{sort|Davis, Baron|Baron Davis}}

|67

66style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |40.139.532.167.34.3style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |7.5style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |2.40.4style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |22.9
{{sort|Drew, Bryce|Bryce Drew}}

|15

05.222.214.3100.00.40.90.30.00.8
{{sort|Lynch, George|George Lynch}}

|78

5121.839.730.966.74.01.50.60.24.8
{{sort|Magloire, Jamaal|Jamaal Magloire}}

| style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" | 82

style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |8233.947.30.075.1style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |10.31.00.5style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |1.213.6
{{sort|Mashburn, Jamal|Jamal Mashburn}}

|19

1838.439.228.481.36.22.50.70.320.8
{{sort|Rooks, Sean|Sean Rooks}}

|35

09.336.20.080.01.40.30.30.12.3
{{sort|Smith, Steve|Steve Smith}}

|71

413.140.6style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |40.2style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |92.81.10.80.20.15.0
{{sort|Traylor, Robert|Robert Traylor}}

|71

013.3style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |50.540.054.73.70.60.50.55.1
{{sort|Wesley, David|David Wesley}}

|61

6032.838.932.375.32.22.91.20.214.0
{{sort|West, David|David West}}

|71

113.147.40.071.34.20.80.40.43.8
{{sort|Williams, Shammond|Shammond Williams}}

|16

214.934.619.284.61.13.30.90.14.5

=Playoffs=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%"
style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="10%" | Player

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | GP

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | GS

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | MPG

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | FG%

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | 3FG%

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | FT%

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | RPG

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | APG

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | SPG

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | BPG

! style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" width="6%" | PPG

{{sort|Armstrong, Darrell|Darrell Armstrong}}

|7

021.423.520.0style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |100.02.12.30.90.03.4
{{sort|Augmon, Stacey|Stacey Augmon}}

|7

024.037.50.088.92.71.00.90.17.4
{{sort|Brown, P.J.|P.J. Brown}}

|7

736.636.60.090.9style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |9.72.10.4style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |1.68.9
{{sort|Carter, Maurice|Maurice Carter}}

|1

02.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
{{sort|Davis, Baron|Baron Davis}}

|7

7style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |37.137.732.775.84.1style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |7.0style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |1.60.7style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |18.1
{{sort|Lynch, George|George Lynch}}

|7

721.043.925.062.55.31.70.40.48.3
{{sort|Magloire, Jamaal|Jamaal Magloire}}

|7

734.141.80.075.09.10.70.41.011.0
{{sort|Smith, Steve|Steve Smith}}

|5

09.246.2style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |54.566.71.60.20.00.06.4
{{sort|Traylor, Robert|Robert Traylor}}

|4

010.044.40.066.72.50.30.80.32.5
{{sort|Wesley, David|David Wesley}}

|7

734.732.436.771.42.32.40.70.010.6
{{sort|West, David|David West}}

|7

015.9style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;" |53.60.084.64.31.10.30.65.9
{{sort|Williams, Shammond|Shammond Williams}}

|3

06.040.00.075.00.01.30.30.02.3

Awards and records

Transactions

=Trades=

border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; width:25%;" cellpadding="5"
style="background:#eee;"

| style="width:12%" | February 19, 2004

| style="width:44%" valign="top"| To New Orleans Hornets

Shammond Williams
To Orlando Magic
Sean Rooks

=Free agents=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!colspan=3|Additions

style="width:160px"|Player

!style="width:80px"|Date signed

!style="width:180px"|Former team

Sean Rooks

|July 21

|Los Angeles Clippers

Darrell Armstrong

|July 29

|Orlando Magic

Steve Smith

|October 29

|San Antonio Spurs

Tierre Brown (10-day)

|January 26

|North Charleston Lowgators (D-League)

Maurice Carter

|March 25

|Dakota Wizards (CBA)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!colspan=3|Subtractions

style="width:160px"|Player

!style="width:80px"|Date waived

!style="width:180px"|New Team

James Lang

|December 29

|Oklahoma Storm (USBL)

Bryce Drew

|March 2

|Viola Reggio Calabria (Italy)

References

  • [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NOH/2004.html New Orleans Hornets on Basketball Reference]

{{New Orleans Hornets}}

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