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2004–05 Washington Wizards season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

(lost to Heat 0–4)

The 2004–05 Washington Wizards season was the Wizards 44th season in the National Basketball Association, and their 32nd season in the city of Washington, D.C. During the offseason, the Wizards acquired Antawn Jamison from the Dallas Mavericks. The Wizards got off to a decent start and played above .500 for the entire season. The Wizards posted a 20-win improvement over the previous season, finishing second in the Southeast Division with a 45–37 record, and made it back to the playoffs for the first time since 1997, back when they were known as the "Bullets". Gilbert Arenas averaged 25.5 points per game and was selected along with Jamison for the 2005 NBA All-Star Game. In the first round of the playoffs, the Wizards defeated the Chicago Bulls in six games after losing the first two games, winning their first playoff series since 1982, but were swept in the semi-finals by the Miami Heat in four straight games. This was the final full-season at MCI Center, which was rebranded as Verizon Center in January 2006. Following the season, Larry Hughes signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Kwame Brown was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Draft picks

Main article: 2004 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
15Devin HarrisPG
232Peter John RamosC

Roster

  • Eddie Jordan
  • Phil Hubbard
  • Mike O'Koren
  • Tom Young
  • Eric Waters (trainer)

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 24 | @ Chicago | L 94–103 | Larry Hughes (31) | Kwame Brown (9) | Gilbert Arenas (8) | United Center 22,655 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 27 | @ Chicago | L 103–113 | Gilbert Arenas (39) | Larry Hughes (10) | Larry Hughes (5) | United Center 22,605 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 30 | Chicago | W 117–99 | Gilbert Arenas (22) | Haywood, Thomas (9) | Gilbert Arenas (7) | MCI Center 20,173 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 2 | Chicago | W 106–99 | Juan Dixon (35) | Etan Thomas (9) | Gilbert Arenas (5) | MCI Center 20,173 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | May 4 | @ Chicago | W 112–110 | Larry Hughes (33) | Antawn Jamison (10) | Gilbert Arenas (8) | United Center 22,250 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | May 6 | Chicago | W 94–91 | Larry Hughes (21) | Ruffin, Haywood (8) | Gilbert Arenas (7) | MCI Center 20,173

4–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
1
May 8
@ Miami
L 86–105
Gilbert Arenas (25)
Antawn Jamison (8)
Larry Hughes (3)
American Airlines Arena
20,151
0–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
2
May 10
@ Miami
L 102–108
Antawn Jamison (32)
Hughes, Ruffin (8)
Gilbert Arenas (5)
American Airlines Arena
20,205
0–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
3
May 12
Miami
L 95–102
Antawn Jamison (21)
Brendan Haywood (8)
Gilbert Arenas (14)
MCI Center
20,173
0–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
4
May 14
Miami
L 95–99
Gilbert Arenas (25)
Brendan Haywood (15)
Larry Hughes (5)
MCI Center
20,173
0–4
-

Player statistics

Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFGFGAFG%3P3PA3P%FTFTAFT%OPGDPGTRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPPG
Gilbert Arenas808032746561523.431205562.365521640.81483295378411139232422452038
Larry Hughes616123584671086.43059209.282352453.77774308382285176181531681345
Antawn Jamison686826055191189.43771208.341225296.76016035951915455161181511334
Brendan Haywood68681865239427.56000159261.609202262464575211496218637
Jarvis Hayes54221560206530.38942123.34199118.839411862279049962107553
Jared Jeffries77712007203434.4681651.314101173.5841522223741516635114206523
Juan Dixon6341054186447.41648147.3278797.89732871191114346898507
Etan Thomas4710976128255.5020076144.5288515924420175150133332
Kwame Brown4214908109237.4600074129.5747213420639251567112292
Steve Blake44164861186.3283693.3873341.805185371691303947191
Anthony Peeler40052956150.3732565.3851618.889145165571822839153
Laron Profit42442856128.438828.2861625.640245276371652744136
Michael Ruffin79712624199.41401.0002967.43315717533264434144193111
Damone Brown1401522362.371411.36449.4441018281416151754
Samaki Walker1401341131.3550023.6678101843782524
Peter John Ramos6020510.5000012.5001340013411

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFGFGAFG%3P3PA3P%FTFTAFT%OPGDPGTRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPPG
Gilbert Arenas101045073194.3761877.2347294.76684452622163934236
Larry Hughes101040168181.376733.2126477.831175471372072535207
Antawn Jamison101038073162.4511734.5002232.68816476312741624185
Juan Dixon10021941101.4061134.3242125.8403232613701219114
Brendan Haywood10102963972.542002844.6363541761014201040106
Jared Jeffries10102472449.49036.5001317.7651922411899133464
Etan Thomas801261929.655001022.45512243620792348
Michael Ruffin90156710.70000916.56315223793343323
Kwame Brown3060513.3850059.556411153022515
Anthony Peeler704319.11103.000221.000077310344
Steve Blake401714.25001.00000033200132
Laron Profit30502.0000000011100000

Awards and records

  • Gilbert Arenas, All-NBA Third Team
  • Larry Hughes, NBA All-Defensive First Team

Transactions

Transactions listed are from July 1, 2004, to June 30, 2005.

  • July 29, 2004- Signed Anthony Peeler as a free agent.
  • August 2, 2004- Signed Michael Ruffin as a free agent.
  • August 4, 2004- Signed Samaki Walker as a free agent.
  • October 1, 2004- Signed Laron Profit as a free agent. Signed Gerald Fitch as a free agent. Signed Billy Thomas as a free agent.
  • October 30, 2004- Waived Billy Thomas. Waived Gerald Fitch.
  • March 17, 2005- Signed Damone Brown to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
  • March 18, 2005- Released Samaki Walker.
  • June 28, 2005- Drafted Andray Blatche in the 2nd round (49th pick) of the 2005 NBA Draft.

References

References

  1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WAS/2005.html 2004-05 Washington Wizards]
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