2003–04 Golden State Warriors season

2003–04 Golden State Warriors season
2003–04 Golden State Warriors season
Head coach	Eric Musselman
General manager	Garry St. Jean
Owner(s)	Chris Cohan
Arena	The Arena in Oakland
Results
Record	37–45 (.451)
Place	Division: 5th (Pacific); Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 2002–03	2004–05 >

The 2003–04 NBA season was the Warriors' 58th season in the National Basketball Association, and 42nd season in the San Francisco Bay Area.^[1] During the offseason, the Warriors acquired Nick Van Exel from the Dallas Mavericks, and Clifford Robinson from the Detroit Pistons while signing free agents Calbert Cheaney and Speedy Claxton. The Warriors began to show they were turning the corner as they got off to a 14–13 start. However, as the New Year began, they went on a 7-game losing streak. Despite a nine-game losing streak between February and March, the Warriors would then win seven straight games. However, they yet again missed the playoffs by finishing fifth in the Pacific Division with a 37–45 record tied with the Seattle SuperSonics. Despite their record, the Warriors were very successful at home posting a 27–14 record at The Arena in Oakland. Following the season, head coach Eric Musselman was fired, Van Exel was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, and Erick Dampier was traded to the Dallas Mavericks as the Warriors were unable to re-sign him.

Draft[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	11	Mickaël Piétrus	SG	France	Pau-Orthez
2	40	Derrick Zimmerman	PG	United States	Mississippi State

Roster[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
G	9	Bremer, J. R.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	St. Bonaventure
F	35	Cardinal, Brian	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Purdue
G/F	40	Cheaney, Calbert	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	Indiana
G	10	Claxton, Speedy	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	166 lb (75 kg)	Hofstra
C	25	Dampier, Erick	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Mississippi State
F	34	Dunleavy, Mike	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Duke
C	–	Eschmeyer, Evan (IN)	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Northwestern
C	31	Foyle, Adonal	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	Colgate
G	6	Johnson, Avery	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Southern
F	54	Jones, Popeye	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Murray State
F/C	1	Murphy, Troy	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Notre Dame
G	2	Piétrus, Mickaël	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	France
G/F	23	Richardson, Jason	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Michigan State
F/C	3	Robinson, Clifford	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Connecticut
G	37	Van Exel, Nick	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Cincinnati

Head coach

Eric Musselman (San Diego)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Roster

Roster Notes[]

Center Evan Eschmeyer missed the entire season due to a knee injury.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Pacific Division v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	56	26	.683	–	34–7	22–19	15–9
x-Sacramento Kings	55	27	.671	1	34–7	21–20	16–8
Portland Trail Blazers	41	41	.500	15	25–16	16–25	13–11
Seattle SuperSonics	37	45	.451	19	21–20	16–25	11–13
Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	19	27–14	10–31	12–12
Phoenix Suns	29	53	.354	27	18–23	11–30	9–15
Los Angeles Clippers	28	54	.341	28	18–23	10–31	8–16

#	Western Conference v t
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Minnesota Timberwolves	58	24	.707	–
2	y-Los Angeles Lakers	56	26	.683	2
3	x-San Antonio Spurs	57	25	.695	1
4	x-Sacramento Kings	55	27	.671	3
5	x-Dallas Mavericks	52	30	.634	6
6	x-Memphis Grizzlies	50	32	.610	8
7	x-Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	13
8	x-Denver Nuggets	43	39	.524	15

9	Utah Jazz	42	40	.512	16
10	Portland Trail Blazers	41	41	.500	17
11	Seattle SuperSonics	37	45	.451	21
12	Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	21
13	Phoenix Suns	29	53	.354	29
14	Los Angeles Clippers	28	54	.341	30

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	—

Game log[]

2003–04 game log
Total: 37–45 (Home: 27–14; Road: 10–31)

October: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 29	Dallas	L 87–95	Clifford Robinson (18)	Erick Dampier (17)	Avery Johnson (6)	The Arena in Oakland 15,816	0–1

November : 8–6 (Home: 7–2; Road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	November 1	Philadelphia	W 104–90	Mike Dunleavy Jr. (32)	Mike Dunleavy Jr. (11)	Avery Johnson (5)	The Arena in Oakland 16,594	1–1
3	November 2	@ L.A. Lakers	L 72–87	Clifford Robinson (19)	Erick Dampier (23)	Clifford Robinson (7)	Staples Center 18,997	1–2
4	November 5	Atlanta	W 90–72	Jason Richardson (16)	Erick Dampier (18)	Nick Van Exel (6)	The Arena in Oakland 10,453	2–2
5	November 7	Utah	W 95–89	Jason Richardson (21)	Erick Dampier (11)	Nick Van Exel (9)	The Arena in Oakland 11,642	3–2
6	November 10	Phoenix	L 96–99	Jason Richardson (22)	Mike Dunleavy Jr. (10)	Van Exel, Dunleavy Jr. (6)	The Arena in Oakland 13,278	3–3
7	November 12	Detroit	W 87–85	Calbert Cheaney (24)	Erick Dampier (14)	Nick Van Exel (9)	The Arena in Oakland 14,382	4–3
8	November 14	L.A. Clippers	L 98–104	Brian Cardinal (24)	Erick Dampier (16)	Nick Van Exel (10)	The Arena in Oakland 13,122	4–4
9	November 16	@ Sacramento	L 104–106	Jason Richardson (31)	Erick Dampier (15)	Speedy Claxton (7)	ARCO Arena 17,317	4–5
10	November 18	@ San Antonio	L 81–94	Erick Dampier (17)	Erick Dampier (11)	Van Exel, Claxton (4)	SBC Center 17,098	4–6
11	November 19	@ Houston	L 83–85	Clifford Robinson (23)	Erick Dampier (12)	Speedy Claxton (8)	Toyota Center 10,888	4–7
12	November 21	Miami	W 110–91	Jason Richardson (29)	Mike Dunleavy Jr. (14)	Jason Richardson (6)	The Arena in Oakland 12,869	5–7
13	November 23	Portland	W 78–72	Jason Richardson (21)	Erick Dampier (17)	Cardinal, Claxton (4)	The Arena in Oakland 14,332	6–7
14	November 28	@ Phoenix	W 92–83	Jason Richardson (25)	Jason Richardson (13)	Clifford Robinson (5)	The Arena in Oakland 15,826	7–7
15	November 29	San Antonio	W 91–89	Nick Van Exel (29)	Erick Dampier (16)	4 players tied (2)	The Arena in Oakland 17,680	8–7

December : 6–9 (Home: 3–3; Road: 3–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
16	December 3	Denver	L 109–117	Speedy Claxton (21)	Erick Dampier (18)	Nick Van Exel (8)	The Arena in Oakland 16,147	8–8
17	December 5	@ Denver	L 91–98	Mike Dunleavy Jr. (19)	Erick Dampier (11)	Nick Van Exel (9)	Pepsi Center 17,512	8–9
18	December 6	New York					The Arena in Oakland
19	December 9	@ Minnesota					Target Center
20	December 10	@ Milwaukee					Bradley Center
21	December 12	New Orleans					The Arena in Oakland
22	December 16	@ New York					Madison Square Garden
23	December 17	@ Atlanta					Philips Arena
24	December 19	@ Orlando					TD Waterhouse Centre
25	December 21	@ Miami					American Airlines Arena
26	December 23	L.A. Lakers					The Arena in Oakland
27	December 26	Sacramento					The Arena in Oakland
28	December 28	@ Denver					Pepsi Center
29	December 29	Boston					The Arena in Oakland
30	December 31	@ New Jersey					Continental Airlines Arena

2003–04 season schedule

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

Player stats[]

Player	G	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
J. R. Bremer	5	0	8.0	.190	.000	.000	.60	2.40	.00	.00	1.6
Brian Cardinal	76	11	21.5	.472	.444	.878	4.20	1.4	.90	.30	9.6
Calbert Cheaney	79	7	26.2	.481	.000	.610	3.30	1.7	.80	.20	7.6
Speedy Claxton	60	29	26.6	.427	.182	.813	2.60	4.5	1.60	.20	10.6
Erick Dampier	74	74	32.5	.535	.000	.654	12.00	.8	.40	1.90	12.3
Mike Dunleavy, Jr.	75	69	31.1	.449	.370	.741	5.90	2.9	.90	.20	11.7
Adonal Foyle	44	8	13.0	.454	.000	.543	3.80	.4	.10	1.00	3.1
Avery Johnson	46	1	13.8	.402	.000	.667	.70	2.4	.60	.10	4.6
Popeye Jones	5	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	.20	.0	.0	.0	0.0
Rusty LaRue	4	0	5.5	.333	1.000	.500	.80	.5	.50	.00	1.0
Sean Lampley	10	0	6.3	.650	.000	.667	1.10	.2	.00	.10	3.4
Dan Langhi	4	0	4.3	.333	.000	1.000	.80	.00	.00	.00	1.5
Troy Murphy	28	0	21.8	.440	.294	.750	6.20	.70	.40	.60	10.0
Cherokee Parks	12	0	5.3	.400	.000	.667	.80	.1	.00	.30	1.0
Mickaël Piétrus	53	22	14.1	.416	.333	.693	2.20	.5	.60	.20	5.3
Jason Richardson	78	78	37.6	.438	.282	.684	6.70	2.9	1.10	.50	18.7
Clifford Robinson	82	82	34.7	.387	.357	.711	3.90	3.3	.80	.90	11.8
Nick Van Exel	39	29	32.2	.390	.307	.707	2.70	5.3	.50	.10	12.6

Transactions[]

Trades[]

August 18, 2003	To Golden State Warriors Nick Van Exel^[2] Avery Johnson Antoine Rigaudeau Popeye Jones Evan Eschmeyer	To Dallas Mavericks Danny Fortson Antawn Jamison Chris Mills Jiří Welsch
August 21, 2003	To Golden State Warriors Clifford Robinson Pepe Sánchez	To Detroit Pistons Bob Sura

Free agents[]

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Speedy Claxton	July 23	San Antonio Spurs
Calbert Cheaney	August 27	Utah Jazz
Brian Cardinal	October 1	Pamesa Valencia (Spain)
Zendon Hamilton	October 1	Yakima Sun Kings (CBA)
Juaquin Hawkins	October 1	Houston Rockets
Tierre Brown	October 20	Cleveland Cavaliers
Dan Langhi	October 31	Phoenix Suns
Cherokee Parks	November 9	Los Angeles Clippers
Dan Langhi	November 13	Golden State Warriors
Sean Lampley	November 14	Dakota Wizards (CBA)
Rusty LaRue (10-day)	March 1	Asheville Altitude (D-League)
J. R. Bremer	March 11	Cleveland Cavaliers

Subtractions
Player	Date signed	New Team
Derrick Zimmerman	October 7	Columbus Riverdragons (D-League)
Juaquin Hawkins	October 14	Long Beach Jam (ABA)
Tierre Brown	October 23	Charleston Lowgators (D-League)
Zendon Hamilton	October 27	Philadelphia 76ers
Pepe Sánchez	October 31	Etosa Alicante (Spain)
Dan Langhi	November 21	Milwaukee Bucks
Sean Lampley	December 14	Makedonikos (Greece)
Cherokee Parks	December 22	(France)

References[]

^ 2003-04 Golden State Warriors
^ "Warriors acquire Nick Van Exel, four others from Dallas Mavericks". nba.com/warriors. August 18, 2003. Retrieved August 18, 2003.

[1] 2003-04 Golden State Warriors

[2] "Warriors acquire Nick Van Exel, four others from Dallas Mavericks". nba.com/warriors. August 18, 2003. Retrieved August 18, 2003.

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