2003–04 Toronto Raptors season

2003–04 Toronto Raptors season
Head coach Kevin O'Neill
Owner(s) Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
Arena Air Canada Centre[1]
Results
Record 33–49 (.402)
Place Division: 6th (Central)
Conference: 10th (Eastern)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Rogers Sportsnet, Raptors NBA TV, TSN, The Score, CIII
Radio CJCL

The 2003–04 NBA season was the Raptors' ninth season in the National Basketball Association.[1] This season saw the team draft future All-Star forward Chris Bosh with the fourth overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft. With new head coach Kevin O'Neill, the Raptors started the season on a high note beating the 2-time Eastern Conference Champion New Jersey Nets 90–87. However, a few days later they would set an embarrassing post shot clock record by scoring just 56 points in a loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. After the first month of the season, they traded Antonio Davis and Jerome Williams to the Chicago Bulls for Jalen Rose and Donyell Marshall. The Raptors posted a 25–25 record at the All-Star break, but because of injuries, they only won just eight for the rest of the season. The team also posted nine and seven-game losing streaks respectively, finishing sixth in the Central Division with a 33–49 record.

Following the season, O'Neil and General Manager Glen Grunwald were fired by the Raptors.[2] This was also Vince Carter's final full season in Toronto, as he would be traded to the New Jersey Nets midway through next season. He was also selected for the 2004 NBA All-Star Game.

NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 4 Chris Bosh Forward/Center  United States Georgia Tech
2 52 Remon van de Hare Center  Netherlands FC Barcelona (Spain)

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Roster

Toronto Raptors roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
PF 34 Scotland Archibald, Robert 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Illinois
PF 44 United States Blount, Corie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Cincinnati
C 4 United States Bosh, Chris 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Georgia Tech
SG 15 United States Carter, Vince 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) North Carolina
SG 12 United States Curry, Michael 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Georgia Southern
SG 22 United States Glover, Dion 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Georgia Tech
PF 42 United States Marshall, Donyell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Connecticut
SG 31 United States Mason, Roger 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Virginia
PF 6 France Moïso, Jérôme  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) UCLA
SF 21 United States Murray, Lamond 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 236 lb (107 kg) California
PG 10 Belize Palacio, Milt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Colorado State
SG 24 United States Peterson, Morris 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Michigan State
SF 5 United States Rose, Jalen 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Michigan
PG 1 United States Strickland, Rod  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) DePaul
PG 20 United States Williams, Alvin  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Villanova
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Regular season

Highs

After acquiring Jalen Rose in a mid-November deal, the Raptors went on to win five straight games.[4]

Lows

After the 50 game mark, the Raptors were 25-25 and in position for a playoff spot. Unfortunately, the team would struggle out towards the end, finishing 8-24 and missing the playoffs. Kevin O'Neill was fired after the season.[5]

Standings

Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Indiana Pacers 6121.744–34–727–1420–8
x-Detroit Pistons 5428.659731–1023–1817–11
x-New Orleans Hornets 4141.5002025–1616–2514–14
x-Milwaukee Bucks 4141.5002027–1414–2715–13
Cleveland Cavaliers 3547.4272623–1812–2914–14
Toronto Raptors 3349.4022818–2315–2611–17
Atlanta Hawks 2854.3413318–2310–3110–18
Chicago Bulls 2359.2803814–279–3211–17

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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 —3–13–11–32–02–01–30–20–20–40–21–10–21–32–21–11–32–20–31–31–21–10–20–21–11–11–30–22–2
Boston 1–3—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
Chicago 1–32–1—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
Cleveland 3–11–32–2—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
Dallas 0–21–12–02–0—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
Denver 0–20–22–02–02–2—0–23–12–20–22–21–32–21–12–01–30–21–11–11–12–04–04–02–21–32–20–23–12–0
Detroit 3–13–04–02–21–12–0—1–11–11–32–01–12–04–03–10–22–21–33–13–12–22–02–00–21–11–13–11–13–0
Golden State 2–00–21–12–01–31–31–1—2–20–22–21–31–31–11–12–20–20–22–01–11–12–22–22–22–23–11–12–21–1
Houston 2–01–12–02–01–32–21–12–2—1–14–02–21–31–12–02–21–12–02–02–02–01–33–10–40–41–31–12–22–0
Indiana 4–03–13–13–12–02–03–12–01–1—2–01–11–13–01–31–13–12–23–13–14–02–01–10–21–12–04–02–02–1
L.A. Clippers 2–02–01–11–12–22–20–22–20–40–2—1–30–40–22–00–40–21–11–12–01–13–12–20–41–30–41–11–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–12–02–02–02–23–11–13–12–21–13–1—2–22–02–01–32–01–12–02–01–13–12–21–33–13–12–03–12–0
Memphis 2–01–12–02–02–22–20–23–13–11–14–02–2—1–11–11–32–01–11–12–02–02–22–22–23–11–32–01–32–0
Miami 3–12–24–02–21–11–10–41–11–10–32–00–21–1—1–20–23–23–11–34–01–31–10–21–10–22–02–11–14–0
Milwaukee 2–23–13–12–21–10–21–31–10–23–10–20–21–12–1—0–23–11–32–23–12–11–11–11–11–10–23–11–13–1
Minnesota 1–11–12–02–02–23–12–02–22–21–14–03–13–12–02–0—1–12–01–12–01–14–01–33–12–23–12–02–22–0
New Jersey 3–12–23–02–10–22–02–22–01–11–32–00–20–22–31–31–1—2–13–14–03–11–10–21–10–22–02–21–14–0
New Orleans 2–24–02–21–30–21–13–12–00–22–21–11–11–11–33–10–21–2—1–24–02–21–12–00–21–10–21–31–13–1
New York 3–03–12–20–40–21–11–30–20–21–31–10–21–13–12–21–11–32–1—3–13–11–11–11–10–21–13–10–24–0
Orlando 3–11–31–31–20–21–11–31–10–21–30–20–20–20–41–30–20–40–41–3—2–21–10–20–20–20–21–21–14–0
Philadelphia 2–11–34–01–31–10–22–21–10–20–41–11–10–23–11–21–11–32–21–32–2—1–11–10–22–01–11–30–22–2
Phoenix 1–11–11–12–01–30–40–22–23–10–21–31–32–21–11–10–41–11–11–11–11–1—2–21–30–42–20–21–31–1
Portland 2–02–02–01–11–30–40–22–21–31–12–22–22–22–01–13–12–00–21–12–01–12–2—3–10–42–21–12–21–1
Sacramento 2–01–12–02–01–32–22–02–24–02–04–03–12–21–11–11–31–12–01–12–02–03–11–3—2–23–12–03–11–1
San Antonio 1–12–02–01–11–33–11–12–24–01–13–11–31–32–01–12–22–01–12–02–00–24–04–02–2—4–02–04–02–0
Seattle 1–11–12–00–21–32–21–11–33–10–24–01–33–10–22–01–30–22–01–12–01–12–22–21–30–4—1–11–31–1
Toronto 3–11–30–43–11–12–01–31–11–10–41–10–20–21–21–30–22–23–11–32–13–12–01–10–20–21–1—1–11–3
Utah 2–01–11–11–12–21–31–12–22–20–23–11–33–11–11–12–21–11–12–01–12–03–12–21–30–43–11–1—1–1
Washington 2–21–33–12–21–10–20–31–10–21–22–00–20–20–41–30–20–41–30–40–42–21–11–11–10–21–13–11–1—

Game log

2003–04 game log
October: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–0)
November: 6–8 (Home: 3–2; Road: 3–6)
December: 8–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 4–4)
January: 5–9 (Home: 4–4; Road: 1–5)
February: 4–11 (Home: 1–7; Road: 3–4)
March: 5–10 (Home: 3–5; Road: 2–5)
April: 3–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–2)
2003–04 season schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Robert Archibald* 3038.2.267.000.4811.7.4.43.101.0
Corie Blount* 16018.4.383.000.6674.3.6.69.312.4
Chris Bosh 756333.5.459.357.7017.41.0.791.4111.5
Vince Carter 737338.2.417.383.8064.84.81.21.8922.5
Michael Curry 701517.6.388.200.8451.2.8.33.072.9
Dion Glover* 14412.7.385.286.7142.11.1.71.144.6
Donyell Marshall* 666639.1.467.403.74110.71.41.211.5816.2
Roger Mason* 23312.4.356.364.8641.21.0.43.264.0
Jérôme Moïso 35111.9.476.000.5793.2.2.49.342.9
Lamond Murray 33415.7.353.350.6862.7.8.45.216.0
Milt Palacio 591320.5.349.154.6621.73.1.69.194.4
Morris Peterson 822926.2.405.371.8093.21.41.07.178.3
Jalen Rose* 505039.4.410.311.8224.05.5.78.3616.2
Rod Strickland* 15118.8.333.000.6822.53.9.53.274.7
Alvin Williams 565430.9.405.292.7762.74.0.98.188.8

* Statistics include only games with the Raptors

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 Source: [7]

Award winners

References

  1. 1 2 "2003-04 Toronto Raptors Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  2. ↑ "Raptors fire O'Neill". USA Today. 2004-04-16. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  3. ↑ "2003 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
  4. ↑ "Toronto's amazing transformation". ESPN. December 12, 2003. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Raptors Fire First-year Coach – Critical Remarks Cost O'Neill Job". The Victoria Advocate. Advocate Wire Reports. 2004-04-17.
  6. ↑ "NBA Standings – 2003–04". ESPN. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  7. ↑ "Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference.
  8. ↑ "2004 NBA All-Star Game Box Score". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  9. ↑ "2004 NBA Rookie Challenge". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  10. ↑ "NBA & ABA All-Rookie Teams". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
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  • "2003-04 Toronto Raptors". DatabaseBasketball. Archived from the original on 28 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
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