2003–04 Indiana Pacers season

2003–04 Indiana Pacers season
Division Champions
Head coach	Rick Carlisle
General manager	Larry Bird
Arena	Conseco Fieldhouse
Results
Record	61–21 (.744)
Place	Division: 1st (Central) Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost to Detroit in Eastern Conference Finals (2-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Net Midwest, WTTV
Radio	WIBC

The 2003–04 NBA season was the Pacers' 28th season in the National Basketball Association, and 37th season as a franchise.^[1] During the offseason, former Pacers head coach Larry Bird was named President of Basketball Operations. One of Bird's first moves in his new position was to fire head coach Isiah Thomas, after Thomas had led the Pacers to first-round playoff exits for three consecutive years. The defensive-minded Rick Carlisle, former head coach of the Detroit Pistons, was announced as Thomas' replacement. Also during the offseason, the Pacers acquired Scot Pollard from the Sacramento Kings in a three-team trade and signed free agent Kenny Anderson.

The Pacers got off to a fast start winning 14 of their first 16 games, and finished the season with a record of 61–21, which was worthy of the Eastern Conference first seed in the playoffs, guaranteed home-court advantage throughout the playoffs for the first time since 2000, and a new all-time franchise-best win-loss record. Jermaine O'Neal was named to the All-NBA Second Team, the first Pacer ever to do so, and even finished third in the MVP voting, which was the highest in the voting any Pacers player had ever reached. Ron Artest was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team, and also was named Defensive Player of the Year, the first Pacer ever to receive this award. Both O'Neal and Artest were selected for the 2004 NBA All-Star Game, with Carlisle coaching the Eastern Conference. Second-year guard Fred Jones won the Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Pacers swept the 8th-seeded Boston Celtics 4–0. They proceeded to defeat the 4th-seeded Miami Heat 4–2 in the second round, earning the Pacers their sixth spot in the Eastern Conference Finals in 11 years. The Pacers fell 2–4 in the Eastern Conference Finals to the eventual NBA champions, the 3rd-seeded Detroit Pistons, who were coached by former Pacers coach Larry Brown. Following the season, Al Harrington was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, while Anderson went along with him signing as a free agent with the Hawks.

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
2	49	James Jones	SF	United States	Miami

Roster

Indiana Pacers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
1.5 !G	13	USA !	Anderson, Kenny	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	168 lb (76 kg)	Georgia Tech
4.0 !F	23	USA !	Artest, Ron	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	244 lb (111 kg)	St. John's
4.0 !F	24	USA !	Bender, Jonathan	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	Picayune Memorial HS (MS)
1.5 !G	2	USA !	Brewer, Jamison	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	Auburn
6.0 !C	27	SVN !	Brezec, Primož	7000218440000000000♠7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	252 lb (114 kg)	Slovenia
4.0 !F	44	USA !	Croshere, Austin	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Providence
5.5 !F/C	10	USA !	Foster, Jeff	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	236 lb (107 kg)	Texas State
4.0 !F	3	USA !	Harrington, Al	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	St. Patrick HS (NJ)
1.5 !G	8	USA !	Johnson, Anthony	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	College of Charleston
2.5 !G/F	20	USA !	Jones, Fred	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Oregon
2.5 !G/F	33	USA !	Jones, James	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Miami (FL)
2.5 !G/F	31	USA !	Miller, Reggie	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	UCLA
5.5 !F/C	7	USA !	O'Neal, Jermaine	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	Eau Claire HS (SC)
5.5 !F/C	62	USA !	Pollard, Scot	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Kansas
1.5 !G	11	USA !	Tinsley, Jamaal	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Iowa State

Head coach

Rick Carlisle (Virginia)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2004–03–10

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Reserve
C	Jermaine O'Neal	Scott Pollard
PF	Jeff Foster	AI Harrington	Austin Croshere
SF	Ron Artest	Jonathan Bender
SG	Reggie Miller	Fred Jones
PG	Jamaal Tinsley	Anthony Johnson	Kenny Anderson

Regular Season

Standings

Central Division
Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
Indiana Pacers-y (1)	61	21	.744	-
Detroit Pistons-x (3)	54	28	.659	7
New Orleans Hornets-x (5)	41	41	.500	20
Milwaukee Bucks-x (6)	41	41	.500	20
Cleveland Cavaliers	35	47	.427	26
Toronto Raptors	33	49	.402	28
Atlanta Hawks	28	54	.341	33
Chicago Bulls	23	59	.280	38

Playoff seeds in parentheses

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

East First Round

(1) Indiana Pacers vs. (8) Boston Celtics: Pacers win series 4–0

Game 1 @ Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis: Indiana 104, Boston 88
Game 2 @ Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis: Indiana 103, Boston 90
Game 3 @ FleetCenter, Boston: Indiana 108, Boston 85
Game 4 @ FleetCenter, Boston: Indiana 90, Boston 75

Last Playoff Meeting: 2003 Eastern Conference First Round (Boston won 4-2)

East Conference Semifinals

(1) Indiana Pacers vs. (4) Miami Heat: Pacers win series 4–2

Game 1 @ Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis: Indiana 94, Miami 81
Game 2 @ Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis: Indiana 91, Miami 80
Game 3 @ AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami: Miami 94, Indiana 87
Game 4 @ AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami: Miami 100, Indiana 88
Game 5 @ Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis: Indiana 94, Miami 83
Game 6 @ AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami: Indiana 73, Miami 70

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Pacers and Heat.

East Conference Finals

(1) Indiana Pacers vs. (3) Detroit Pistons: Pistons win series 4–2

Game 1 @ Conseco Fieldhouse, Indiana: Indiana 78, Detroit 74 ESPN 8:00pm/7:00ct
Game 2 @ Conseco Fieldhouse, Indiana: Detroit 72, Indiana 67 ESPN 8:00pm/7:00ct
Game 3 @ The Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit: Detroit 85, Indiana 78 ESPN 8:00pm
Game 4 @ The Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit: Indiana 83, Detroit 68 ESPN 8:00pm
Game 5 @ Conseco Fieldhouse, Indiana: Detroit 83, Indiana 65 ESPN 8:00pm/7:00ct
Game 6 @ The Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit: Detroit 69, Indiana 65 ESPN 8:00pm

Last Playoff Meeting: 1990 Eastern Conference First Round (Detroit won 3-0)

Transactions

Additions

Player	Acquired	Former team	Position
Kenny Anderson	Signed as free agent	New Orleans Hornets	PG
Danny Ferry	Trade	San Antonio Spurs	PF
Anthony Johnson	Signed as free agent	New Jersey Nets	PG
James Jones	Draft selection	rookie	SF
Scot Pollard	Trade	Sacramento Kings	C

Subtractions

Player	Departed	New team	Position
Danny Ferry	Waived	none	PF
Tim Hardaway	Retired	none	PG
Ron Mercer	Trade	San Antonio Spurs	SF
Brad Miller	Trade	Sacramento Kings	C
Erick Strickland	Signed as free agent	Milwaukee Bucks	PG

Awards and records

References

↑ 2003-04 Indiana Pacers

Indiana Pacers
Founded in 1967 Based in Indianapolis, Indiana
Franchise	Franchise Team history ABA–NBA merger All-time roster Draft history Seasons Head coaches Current season
Arenas	Indiana State Fair Coliseum Market Square Arena Bankers Life Fieldhouse
General managers	Storen Weissert Leonard Vertlieb Salyers Walsh Kahn Morway Pritchard
G League affiliate	Fort Wayne Mad Ants
Administration	Herb Simon (Owner, Chairman and CEO) Kevin Pritchard (GM, President) Nate McMillan (Head coach)
Retired numbers	30 31 34 35 529 (in honor of Leonard's total wins as Pacers coach)
ABA Finals appearances	1969 1970 1972 1973 1975
NBA Finals appearances	2000
Culture and lore	Pacers–Pistons brawl The Knick-Killer Dancing Harry Boomer
Rivals	New York Knicks
Media	TV Fox Sports Indiana Radio WFNI-AM Announcers Chris Denari Quinn Buckner Clark Kellogg Brooke Olzendam Mark Boyle Bob "Slick" Leonard

Indiana Pacers seasons

1960s

1967–68

1968–69

1970s

1969–70

1970–71

1971–72

1972–73

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Bold indicates ABA Championship victory

2003–04 NBA season by team

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

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