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2003–04 Boston Celtics season

Season of National Basketball Association team the Boston Celtics

Season of National Basketball Association team the Boston Celtics

  • Jim O'Brien
  • John Carroll (interim) (lost to Pacers 0–4)

The 2003–04 Boston Celtics season was the 58th season for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. During the offseason, the Celtics acquired Raef LaFrentz, a teammate of Paul Pierce from the University of Kansas, from the Dallas Mavericks. The Celtics roster move continued in December when Tony Battie and Eric Williams were both traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ricky Davis. In February, Mike James was traded to the Detroit Pistons for Lindsey Hunter and Chucky Atkins in a three-team trade involving the Atlanta Hawks. However, Hunter was waived after the trade and later re-signed with the Pistons. The team also released Vin Baker, who signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks.

Celtics head coach Jim O'Brien resigned after a 22–24 start to the season. He was replaced by John Carroll for the remainder of the season. However, the Celtics would lose 12 of their first 13 games under Carroll. When General Manager Danny Ainge stated that the Celtics would be better off missing the playoffs, the statement seemed to motivate the team as they posted a 9–5 record in March. The Celtics, despite finishing fourth in the Atlantic Division with a low 36–46 record, qualified for the playoffs as the number 8 seed, making them the first NBA team to reach the playoffs with a below .500 record since the 1996–97 Los Angeles Clippers, who were swept by the Utah Jazz that postseason. They were swept in four games by the Indiana Pacers in the opening round. Pierce was selected for the 2004 NBA All-Star Game. Following the season, Carroll was fired as coach and replaced by Doc Rivers, who also fired by the Orlando Magic after 1–10 start.

Neither of the Celtics' home playoff games against Indiana sold out, an increasingly rare occurrence among any NBA playoff teams by the 2000s. The team only drew over 17,300 to Game 3 and about 16,400 to Game 4, thousands of tickets below the FleetCenter's capacity of 18,624. (In fact, neither did Indiana, who only drew as high as 17,000 to Game 2.)

Draft picks

Main article: 2003 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
116Troy Bell (traded to Memphis)PGBoston College
120Dahntay Jones (traded to Memphis)SGDuke
256Brandon HunterPFOhio

Roster

  • Jim O'Brien
  • John Carroll (interim)
  • John Carroll
  • Lester Conner
  • Joe Gallagher
  • Dick Harter
  • Frank Vogel

Regular season

Season standings

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 17 | @ Indiana | L 88–104 | Paul Pierce (20) | Paul Pierce (10) | three players tied (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse 16,605 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 20 | @ Indiana | L 90–103 | Paul Pierce (27) | Mark Blount (10) | Chucky Atkins (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse 17,347 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 23 | Indiana | L 85–108 | Ricky Davis (16) | Mark Blount (8) | Ricky Davis (7) | FleetCenter 17,680 | 0–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 25 | Indiana | L 75–90 | Paul Pierce (27) | Mark Blount (13) | Walter McCarty (5) | FleetCenter 16,389

0–4

Player statistics

Regular season

|- | 24 || 24 || 33.0 || .418 || .351 || .778 || 1.9 || 5.3 || 1.1 || .0 || 12.0 |- | 37 || 33 || 27.0 || .505 || .000 || .732 || 5.7 || 1.5 || .6 || .6 || 11.3 |- | 81 || 2 || 17.1 || .400 || .314 || .756 || 1.6 || 2.2 || 1.1 || .2 || 5.9 |- | 1 || 0 || 11.0 || .667 || || 1.000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 6.0 |- | 23 || 6 || 21.8 || .479 || 1.000 || .697 || 5.1 || .9 || .3 || .9 || 5.9 |- | 82 || 73 || 29.3 || .566 || || .719 || 7.2 || .9 || 1.0 || 1.3 || 10.3 |- | 21 || 10 || 19.4 || .455 || .375 || .615 || 3.2 || 1.2 || .8 || .1 || 5.2 |- | 57 || 5 || 29.4 || .488 || .380 || .732 || 4.2 || 2.6 || 1.2 || .2 || 14.1 |- | 36 || 12 || 11.3 || .457 || .000 || .442 || 3.3 || .5 || .4 || .0 || 3.5 |- | 55 || 55 || 30.6 || .418 || .381 || .800 || 3.2 || 4.4 || 1.3 || .0 || 10.7 |- | 42 || 2 || 8.9 || .344 || .295 || .609 || 1.6 || .3 || .3 || .2 || 2.2 |- | 17 || 1 || 19.3 || .460 || .200 || .769 || 4.6 || 1.4 || .5 || .8 || 7.8 |- | 77 || 23 || 24.7 || .388 || .374 || .756 || 3.1 || 1.6 || .9 || .3 || 7.9 |- | 54 || 16 || 17.4 || .500 || || .644 || 5.1 || .2 || .5 || .8 || 6.1 |- | 10 || 0 || 3.5 || .533 || || .667 || 1.4 || .3 || .0 || .2 || 2.2 |- | 80 || 80 || 38.7 || .402 || .299 || .819 || 6.5 || 5.1 || 1.6 || .7 || 23.0 |- | 17 || 0 || 4.2 || .400 || || .500 || .6 || .0 || .1 || .1 || .3 |- | 81 || 68 || 26.9 || .428 || .381 || .743 || 3.7 || 2.3 || 1.2 || .1 || 9.2 |- | 21 || 0 || 24.4 || .435 || .344 || .716 || 4.5 || 1.2 || 1.0 || .0 || 11.6 |}

Playoffs

|- | 4 || 4 || 33.3 || .436 || .300 || .895 || 3.5 || 3.8 || .8 || .0 || 13.5 |- | 4 || 0 || 15.0 || .438 || .400 || 1.000 || 1.8 || 1.8 || .5 || .3 || 5.0 |- | 1 || 0 || 1.0 || .000 || || || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- | 4 || 4 || 36.3 || .486 || || .737 || 9.3 || 1.0 || 1.5 || 2.0 || 12.0 |- | 4 || 0 || 30.8 || .400 || .400 || .688 || 3.0 || 3.5 || .5 || .0 || 11.8 |- | 3 || 0 || 3.3 || 1.000 || || || 1.0 || .3 || .0 || .3 || .7 |- | 2 || 0 || 14.0 || .333 || .000 || || 2.5 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0 |- | 4 || 4 || 31.8 || .478 || .400 || || 5.3 || 2.0 || .5 || .5 || 7.0 |- | 4 || 0 || 16.3 || .318 || || .600 || 4.5 || .0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 5.0 |- | 4 || 4 || 40.5 || .342 || .294 || .839 || 8.8 || 2.5 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 20.8 |- | 1 || 0 || 2.0 || || || || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- | 4 || 4 || 26.0 || .478 || .250 || 1.000 || 3.0 || 2.3 || .5 || .0 || 8.0 |}

  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Celtics only.

Transactions

Trades

July 29, [2003](2003-04-nba-season)To **Cleveland Cavaliers**J. R. Bremer
Bruno Šundov
2005 second-round pickTo **Boston Celtics**Jumaine Jones
October 20, [2003](2003-04-nba-season)To **Dallas Mavericks**Tony Delk
Antoine WalkerTo **Boston Celtics**Raef LaFrentz
Chris Mills
Jiří Welsch
2004 first-round pick
December 15, [2003](2003-04-nba-season)To **Cleveland Cavaliers**Tony Battie
Kedrick Brown
Eric WilliamsTo **Boston Celtics**Ricky Davis
Chris Mihm
Michael Stewart
2005 second-round pick
February 19, [2004](2003-04-nba-season)To **Boston Celtics**Chucky Atkins (From Detroit)
Lindsey Hunter (From Detroit)
2004 first-round pick (From Detroit)To **Atlanta Hawks**Chris Mills (From Boston)
Željko Rebrača (From Detroit)
Bob Sura (From Detroit)
2004 first-round pick (From Detroit)

Free agents

AdditionsPlayerDate signedFormer team
Mike JamesJuly 25Miami Heat
SubtractionsPlayerDate signedNew Team
Vin BakerFebruary 18New York Knicks
Lindsey HunterFebruary 25Detroit Pistons

References

References

  1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/2004.html 2003-04 Boston Celtics]
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