2003–04 New Orleans Hornets season

2003–04 New Orleans Hornets season
Head coach	Tim Floyd
Owner(s)	George Shinn
Arena	New Orleans Arena
Results
Record	41–41 (.500)
Place	Division: 3rd (Central) Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East First Round (eliminated 3-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Cox Sports Television
Radio	WTIX

The 2003–04 NBA season was the Hornets' second season in the National Basketball Association. 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. They faced the Miami Heat in the first round, but lost to the Heat 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.

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.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	18	David West	PF	United States	Xavier
2	48	James Lang		United States

Roster

New Orleans Hornets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
1.5 !G	3	USA !	Armstrong, Darrell	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fayetteville State
2.5 !G/F	2	USA !	Augmon, Stacey	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	UNLV
5.5 !F/C	42	USA !	Brown, P. J.	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	239 lb (108 kg)	Louisiana Tech
1.5 !G	5	USA !	Carter, Maurice	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	LSU
1.5 !G	1	USA !	Davis, Baron	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	UCLA
4.0 !F	9	USA !	Lynch, George	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	North Carolina
6.0 !C	21	CAN !	Magloire, Jamaal	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Kentucky
4.0 !F	24	USA !	Mashburn, Jamal	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Kentucky
1.5 !G	8	USA !	Smith, Steve	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Michigan State
5.5 !F/C	34	USA !	Traylor, Robert	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	290 lb (132 kg)	Michigan
1.5 !G	4	USA !	Wesley, David	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	Baylor
5.5 !F/C	30	USA !	West, David	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Xavier
1.5 !G	11	USA !	Williams, Shammond	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	North Carolina

Head coach

Tim Floyd (Louisiana Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Roster • Transactions

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Indiana Pacers	61	21	.744	–	34–7	27–14	20–8
x-Detroit Pistons	54	28	.659	7	31–10	23–18	17–11
x-New Orleans Hornets	41	41	.500	20	25–16	16–25	14–14
x-Milwaukee Bucks	41	41	.500	20	27–14	14–27	15–13
Cleveland Cavaliers	35	47	.427	26	23–18	12–29	14–14
Toronto Raptors	33	49	.402	28	18–23	15–26	11–17
Atlanta Hawks	28	54	.341	33	18–23	10–31	10–18
Chicago Bulls	23	59	.280	38	14–27	9–32	11–17

#	Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Indiana Pacers	61	21	.744	–
2	y-New Jersey Nets	47	35	.573	14
3	x-Detroit Pistons	54	28	.659	7
4	x-Miami Heat	42	40	.512	19
5	x-New Orleans Hornets	41	41	.500	20
6	x-Milwaukee Bucks	41	41	.500	20
7	x-New York Knicks	39	43	.476	22
8	x-Boston Celtics	36	46	.439	25

9	Cleveland Cavaliers	35	47	.427	26
10	Toronto Raptors	33	49	.402	28
10	Philadelphia 76ers	33	49	.402	28
12	Atlanta Hawks	28	54	.341	33
13	Washington Wizards	25	57	.305	36
14	Chicago Bulls	23	59	.280	37
15	Orlando Magic	21	61	.256	39

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

(4) Miami Heat vs. (5) New Orleans Hornets

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (MIA-NOH)	Venue	Recap
1	April 18	New Orleans	79	Miami	81	1-0	American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida	1
2	April 21	New Orleans	63	Miami	93	2-0	American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida	2
3	April 24	Miami	71	New Orleans	77	2-1	New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana	3
4	April 27	Miami	85	New Orleans	96	2-2	New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana	4
5	April 30	New Orleans	83	Miami	87	3-2	American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida	5
6	May 2	Miami	83	New Orleans	89	3-3	New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana	6
7	May 4	New Orleans	77	Miami	85	4-3	American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida	7
Miami wins series 4–3

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

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Armstrong, Darrell !Darrell Armstrong	79	22	28.4	39.5	31.5	85.4	2.9	3.9	1.7	0.2	10.6
Augmon, Stacey !Stacey Augmon	69	24	20.5	41.2	14.3	79.1	2.5	1.2	0.8	0.2	5.8
Brown, P.J. !P.J. Brown	80	80	34.4	47.6	0.0	85.4	8.6	1.9	1.0	0.9	10.5
Brown, Tierre !Tierre Brown	3	0	5.7	50.0	0.0	50.0	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	2.0
Carter, Maurice !Maurice Carter	6	0	10.0	28.6	37.5	62.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	3.3
Davis, Baron !Baron Davis	67	66	40.1	39.5	32.1	67.3	4.3	7.5	2.4	0.4	22.9
Drew, Bryce !Bryce Drew	15	0	5.2	22.2	14.3	100.0	0.4	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.8
Lynch, George !George Lynch	78	51	21.8	39.7	30.9	66.7	4.0	1.5	0.6	0.2	4.8
Magloire, Jamaal !Jamaal Magloire	82	82	33.9	47.3	0.0	75.1	10.3	1.0	0.5	1.2	13.6
Mashburn, Jamal !Jamal Mashburn	19	18	38.4	39.2	28.4	81.3	6.2	2.5	0.7	0.3	20.8
Rooks, Sean !Sean Rooks	35	0	9.3	36.2	0.0	80.0	1.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	2.3
Smith, Steve !Steve Smith	71	4	13.1	40.6	40.2	92.8	1.1	0.8	0.2	0.1	5.0
Traylor, Robert !Robert Traylor	71	0	13.3	50.5	40.0	54.7	3.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	5.1
Wesley, David !David Wesley	61	60	32.8	38.9	32.3	75.3	2.2	2.9	1.2	0.2	14.0
West, David !David West	71	1	13.1	47.4	0.0	71.3	4.2	0.8	0.4	0.4	3.8
Williams, Shammond !Shammond Williams	16	2	14.9	34.6	19.2	84.6	1.1	3.3	0.9	0.1	4.5

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Armstrong, Darrell !Darrell Armstrong	7	0	21.4	23.5	20.0	100.0	2.1	2.3	0.9	0.0	3.4
Augmon, Stacey !Stacey Augmon	7	0	24.0	37.5	0.0	88.9	2.7	1.0	0.9	0.1	7.4
Brown, P.J. !P.J. Brown	7	7	36.6	36.6	0.0	90.9	9.7	2.1	0.4	1.6	8.9
Carter, Maurice !Maurice Carter	1	0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Davis, Baron !Baron Davis	7	7	37.1	37.7	32.7	75.8	4.1	7.0	1.6	0.7	18.1
Lynch, George !George Lynch	7	7	21.0	43.9	25.0	62.5	5.3	1.7	0.4	0.4	8.3
Magloire, Jamaal !Jamaal Magloire	7	7	34.1	41.8	0.0	75.0	9.1	0.7	0.4	1.0	11.0
Smith, Steve !Steve Smith	5	0	9.2	46.2	54.5	66.7	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	6.4
Traylor, Robert !Robert Traylor	4	0	10.0	44.4	0.0	66.7	2.5	0.3	0.8	0.3	2.5
Wesley, David !David Wesley	7	7	34.7	32.4	36.7	71.4	2.3	2.4	0.7	0.0	10.6
West, David !David West	7	0	15.9	53.6	0.0	84.6	4.3	1.1	0.3	0.6	5.9
Williams, Shammond !Shammond Williams	3	0	6.0	40.0	0.0	75.0	0.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	2.3

Awards and records

Baron Davis, All-NBA Third Team

Transactions

Trades

February 19, 2004

To New Orleans Hornets

Shammond Williams

To Orlando Magic

Sean Rooks

Free agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	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)

Subtractions
Player	Date waived	New Team
James Lang	December 29	Oklahoma Storm (USBL)
Bryce Drew	March 2	Viola Reggio Calabria (Italy)

References

New Orleans Hornets on Basketball Reference

New Orleans Pelicans
Founded in 2002 Formerly the New Orleans Hornets (2002–05, 2007–13) and the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets (2005–07) Based in New Orleans, Louisiana
Franchise	Franchise Records Team history Seasons Draft history All-time roster Head coaches Broadcasters Current season
Arenas	Smoothie King Center Pete Maravich Assembly Center Ford Center Lloyd Noble Center
General Managers	Bower Bass Bristow Bower Demps
Retired numbers	7
Culture and lore	Hurricane Katrina & temporary move to Oklahoma City George Shinn Hugo
D-League affiliate	None
Media	TV Fox Sports New Orleans Radio WWL-FM Announcers Joel Meyers David Wesley Sean Kelley

New Orleans/Oklahoma City / New Orleans Hornets–New Orleans Pelicans seasons

2000s

2010s

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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