2002–03 Portland Trail Blazers season
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| Head coach | Maurice Cheeks | |||||||||||||||||
| Arena | Rose Garden Arena | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2002–03 season was the 33rd season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] The Blazers finished 50–32, making the playoffs for the 21st consecutive year and 26th year of the last 27.
In the 2003 NBA Playoffs, the sixth-seeded Blazers battled the Dallas Mavericks in the first round, and fell four games to three. (The NBA had changed all playoff series to be best-of-seven; previously first-round series had been best-of-five).
The Blazers' 107–95 Game 7 loss to the Mavericks in Dallas would be the venerable franchise's last playoff game for six years, as the historic postseason streak ended in 2003–04 with a mediocre 41-41 record; two seasons followed in which they failed to win even 30 games.
Draft picks
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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| 1 | 21 | Qyntel Woods | F |  United States |
NE Mississippi CC |
| 2 | 43 | Jason Jennings | C | United States |
Arkansas State |
| 2 | 51 | Federico Kammerichs | F |  Argentina |
Ourense (Spain) |
Roster
Derek Anderson
Regular season
Season standings
Template:2002-03 NBA Pacific standings
| # | Western Conference | ||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
| 1 | z-San Antonio Spurs | 60 | 22 | .732 | – |
| 2 | y-Sacramento Kings | 59 | 23 | .720 | 1 |
| 3 | x-Dallas Mavericks | 60 | 22 | .732 | – |
| 4 | x-Minnesota Timberwolves | 51 | 31 | .622 | 9 |
| 5 | x-Los Angeles Lakers | 50 | 32 | .610 | 10 |
| 6 | x-Portland Trail Blazers | 50 | 32 | .610 | 10 |
| 7 | x-Utah Jazz | 47 | 35 | .573 | 13 |
| 8 | x-Phoenix Suns | 44 | 38 | .537 | 16 |
| 9 | Houston Rockets | 43 | 39 | .524 | 17 |
| 10 | Seattle SuperSonics | 40 | 42 | .488 | 20 |
| 11 | Golden State Warriors | 38 | 44 | .463 | 22 |
| 12 | Memphis Grizzlies | 28 | 54 | .341 | 32 |
| 13 | Los Angeles Clippers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 33 |
| 14 | Denver Nuggets | 17 | 65 | .207 | 43 |
- z - clinched division title
- y - clinched division title
- x - clinched playoff spot
Playoffs
West First Round
(3) Dallas Mavericks vs. (6) Portland Trail Blazers Last Playoff Meeting: 1990 Western Conference First Round (Portland won 3-0)
| Game | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Score | Record
(POR-DAL) |
Venue | TV Time | Recap |
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| 1 | April 19 | Portland | 86 | Dallas | 96 | 0–1 | American Airlines Center, Dallas | TNT 8:00 EDT/7:00CT | Recap |
| 2 | April 23 | Portland | 99 | Dallas | 103 | 0–2 | American Airlines Center, Dallas | TNT 9:30 EDT/8:30CT | Recap |
| 3 | April 25 | Dallas | 115 | Portland | 103 | 0–3 | Rose Garden, Portland | ESPN 10:30 EDT/7:30PT | Recap |
| 4 | April 27 | Dallas | 79 | Portland | 98 | 1–3 | Rose Garden, Portland | TNT 8:00 EDT/7:00PT | Recap |
| 5 | April 30 | Portland | 103 | Dallas | 99 | 2–3 | American Airlines Center, Dallas | TNT 8:00 EDT/7:00CT | Recap |
| 6 | May 2 | Dallas | 103 | Portland | 125 | 3–3 | Rose Garden, Portland | ESPN 10:30 EDT/7:30PT | Recap |
| 7 | May 4 | Portland | 95 | Dallas | 107 | 3–4 | American Airlines Center, Dallas | ABC 3:30 EDT/2:30CT | Recap |
| Dallas wins series 4–3 | |||||||||
Player statistics
| Legend | |||||
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| 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 | ||
References
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