2003–04 Portland Trail Blazers season

2003–04 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coach	Maurice Cheeks
Arena	Rose Garden Arena

Results
Record	41–41 (.500)
Place	Division: 3rd (Pacific) Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Portland Trail Blazers seasons
< 2002–03	2004–05 >

The 2003–04 season was the 34th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Blazers finished 41-41, missing the playoffs for the first time since the 1981–82 season, a 21-year streak that was second-longest in NBA history.^[1]

NBA Draft

Main article: 2003 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	23	Travis Outlaw	F	United States	Starkville HS (Starkville, MS)
2	54	Nedžad Sinanović	C	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Brotnjo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Awards and honors

Zach Randolph, NBA Most Improved Player
Theo Ratliff, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

References

^ Portland Trail Blazers Franchise Index

2003–04 NBA season by team

2003 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston • Miami • New Jersey • New York • Orlando • Philadelphia • Washington

Central	Atlanta • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Indiana • Milwaukee • New Orleans • Toronto

Western

Midwest	Dallas • Denver • Houston • Memphis • Minnesota • San Antonio • Utah

Pacific	Golden State • L.A. Clippers • L.A. Lakers • Phoenix • Portland • Sacramento • Seattle

Portland Trail Blazers

Founded in 1970 • Based in Portland, Oregon

The Franchise	Franchise • History • Expansion Draft • Accomplishments • Seasons • Head coaches • Current season

Arenas	Memorial Coliseum • Rose Garden

Coaches	Todd • Inman • McCloskey • Wilkens (player-coach) • Ramsay • Schuler • Adelman • Carlesimo • Dunleavy • Cheeks • Pritchard • McMillan

General Managers	Glickman • Inman • Spoelstra • Petrie • Whitsitt • Nash • Patterson • Leiweke • Pritchard • Cho

President	Sarkowsky • Weinberg • Whitsitt • Glickman • Patterson • Leiweke • Miller

D-League Affiliate	Idaho Stampede

Administration	Owner: Paul Allen • General Manager: (Vacant) • Head Coach: Nate McMillan • List of executives

Retired Numbers	1 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 20 • 22 • 30 (Gross) • 30 (Porter) • 32 • 36 • 45 • 77

NBA Championships (1)	1977

Culture and lore	Blazermania • Blaze the Trail Cat • 1977 NBA Finals • I-5 rivalry • Rip City • "Duck" • Memorial Coliseum • Larry Weinberg • Bill Walton • Jack Ramsay • Clyde the Glide • Memorial Day Miracle

Media	TV: KGW • Comcast SportsNet Northwest • Radio: KXTG-FM • Announcers: Mike Barrett • Mike Rice • Brian Wheeler • Antonio Harvey

Portland Trail Blazers seasons

1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–2000 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10 • 2010–11
Bold indicates NBA Finals victory