2003–04 Denver Nuggets season

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The 2003–04 Denver Nuggets season was the 28th season for the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association, and their 37th season as a franchise.[1] The season saw the team draft future All-Star Carmelo Anthony with the third overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft. During the offseason, the team signed free agent Andre Miller, and re-signed former Nuggets guard Voshon Lenard. Coming off with the worst record of 17–65 the previous season, Anthony led the Nuggets to a fast start winning 13 of their first 19 games. However, the team struggled down the stretch posting losing records in February and March. The Nuggets finished sixth in the Midwest Division with a 43–39 record, and made the playoffs for the first time since 1995. Anthony had a stellar rookie season averaging 21.0 points per game, and being selected to the All-Rookie First Team. He also finished second behind LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers in Rookie of The Year voting.

Head coachJeff Bzdelik
General managerKiki VanDeWeghe
OwnerStan Kroenke
ArenaPepsi Center
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2003–04 Denver Nuggets season
Head coachJeff Bzdelik
General managerKiki VanDeWeghe
OwnerStan Kroenke
ArenaPepsi Center
Results
Record43–39 (.524)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Midwest)
Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst round
(lost to Timberwolves 1–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
TelevisionKTVD
Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain
RadioKKFN
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However, in the first round of the playoffs, the Nuggets lost to the top-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves and league MVP Kevin Garnett in five games.

For the season, the Nuggets changed their logo and uniforms, adding gold and light blue to their color scheme, they remained their primary logo until 2008 their added dark navy blue to their color scheme and remained in used until 2018, while the uniforms they remained in used until 2015.

NBA draft

Main article: 2003 NBA draft
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Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team
13Carmelo AnthonySF United StatesSyracuse
246Sani BečirovićG Slovenia
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Roster

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2003–04 Denver Nuggets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
F 12 Chris Andersen 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1978–07–07 Blinn
F 15 Carmelo Anthony 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1984–05–29 Syracuse
G 20 Jon Barry 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1969–07–25 Georgia Tech
F 32 Ryan Bowen 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1975–11–20 Iowa
G 11 Earl Boykins 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) 135 lb (61 kg) 1976–06–02 Eastern Michigan
F/C 23 Marcus Camby 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1974–03–22 UMass
C 51 Michael Doleac 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 262 lb (119 kg) 1977–06–15 Utah
C 56 Francisco Elson 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1976–02–28 California
F/C 31 Nene Hilario 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1982–09–13 Brazil
G 1 Voshon Lenard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1973–05–14 Minnesota
G 24 Andre Miller 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1976–03–19 Utah
F 41 Mark Pope 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1972–09–11 Kentucky
G 4 Jeff Trepagnier 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1979–07–11 USC
F 22 Nikoloz Tskitishvili 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1983–04–14 Republic of Georgia
F 5 Rodney White 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1980–06–28 Charlotte
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Assistant(s)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

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Regular season

Season standings

More information W, L ...
Midwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Minnesota Timberwolves 5824.707–31–1027–1414–10
x-San Antonio Spurs 5725.695133–824–1715–9
x-Dallas Mavericks 5230.634636–516–2514–10
x-Memphis Grizzlies 5032.610831–1019–2212–12
x-Houston Rockets 4537.5491327–1418–238–16
x-Denver Nuggets 4339.5241529–1214–2711–13
e-Utah Jazz 4240.5121628–1314–2710–14
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Minnesota Timberwolves5824.707–
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers5626.6832
3 x-San Antonio Spurs5725.6951
4 x-Sacramento Kings5527.6713
5 x-Dallas Mavericks5230.6346
6 x-Memphis Grizzlies5032.6108
7 x-Houston Rockets4537.54913
8 x-Denver Nuggets4339.52415
9 e-Utah Jazz4240.51216
10 e-Portland Trail Blazers4141.50017
11 e-Seattle SuperSonics3745.45121
12 e-Golden State Warriors3745.45121
13 e-Phoenix Suns2953.35429
14 e-Los Angeles Clippers2854.34130
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Game log

GameDateOpponentResultPacers pointsOpponentsRecordStreakNotes
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Playoffs

More information 2004 playoff game log, Game ...
2004 playoff game log
First round: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 18 @ Minnesota L 92–106 Anthony, Camby (19) Marcus Camby (8) Earl Boykins (5) Target Center
18,503		 0–1
2 April 21 @ Minnesota L 81–95 Voshon Lenard (24) Carmelo Anthony (9) Anthony, Nenê (3) Target Center
18,101		 0–2
3 April 24 Minnesota W 107–86 Carmelo Anthony (24) Marcus Camby (16) Andre Miller (6) Pepsi Center
19,713		 1–2
4 April 27 Minnesota L 82–84 Voshon Lenard (28) Marcus Camby (14) Marcus Camby (5) Pepsi Center
19,694		 1–3
5 April 30 @ Minnesota L 91–102 Camby, Miller (21) Marcus Camby (15) Boykins, Lenard (4) Target Center
19,890		 1–4
2004 schedule
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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

Regular season

More information Player, GP ...
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Carmelo Anthony 82 82 36.5 .426 .322 .777 6.1 2.8 1.2 0.5 21.0
Andre Miller 82 82 34.6 .457 .185 .832 4.5 6.1 1.7 0.3 14.8
Voshon Lenard 73 70 30.6 .422 .367 .791 2.7 2.1 0.8 0.2 14.2
Nenê 77 77 32.5 .530 .000 .682 6.5 2.2 1.5 0.5 11.8
Earl Boykins 82 3 22.5 .419 .322 .877 1.7 3.6 0.6 0.0 10.2
Marcus Camby 72 72 30.0 .477 .000 .721 10.1 1.8 1.2 2.6 8.6
Rodney White 72 0 13.7 .459 .379 .750 2.3 0.8 0.4 0.3 7.5
Jon Barry 57 9 19.3 .404 .370 .845 2.2 2.6 1.0 0.1 6.2
Michael Doleac 26 0 13.2 .412 .875 2.9 0.5 0.2 0.2 3.6
Francisco Elson 62 14 14.1 .472 .000 .667 3.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 3.5
Chris Andersen 71 0 14.5 .443 .000 .589 4.2 0.5 0.5 1.6 3.4
Nikoloz Tskitishvili 39 0 7.9 .328 .273 .793 1.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 2.7
Jeff Trepagnier 11 0 8.7 .263 .500 .500 1.4 0.4 0.3 0.0 2.3
Ryan Bowen 52 1 7.5 .340 .833 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.9
Mark Pope 4 0 5.0 .500 .000 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5
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Playoffs

More information Player, GP ...
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Voshon Lenard 5 5 32.2 .427 .458 .714 2.6 2.4 0.8 0.0 17.0
Andre Miller 5 5 34.8 .472 .000 .818 4.6 3.2 1.6 0.0 15.4
Carmelo Anthony 4 4 35.8 .328 .182 .800 8.3 2.8 1.3 0.0 15.0
Earl Boykins 5 0 24.2 .444 .357 .857 2.4 3.8 1.0 0.2 13.4
Marcus Camby 5 5 38.8 .491 .500 .571 11.4 2.4 0.8 1.4 12.6
Nenê 5 5 26.4 .444 .538 5.0 3.0 1.0 0.6 7.8
Jon Barry 5 1 20.0 .333 .333 .667 3.6 2.0 0.6 0.0 4.2
Francisco Elson 4 0 15.0 .583 .500 2.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 3.8
Michael Doleac 5 0 9.8 .500 1.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 2.0
Rodney White 4 0 6.5 .267 .000 1.3 0.0 0.5 0.0 2.0
Chris Andersen 5 0 6.8 .333 2.8 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.2
Ryan Bowen 4 0 1.5 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
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Player statistics citation:[2]

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