2003–04 Golden State Warriors season

The 2003–04 NBA season was the Warriors' 58th season in the National Basketball Association, and 42nd season in the San Francisco Bay Area. 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 could not re-sign him.

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

Draft

Main article: 2003 NBA 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

Golden State Warriors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From 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 Jr., 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) Jim Boylan (Marquette) David Fizdale (San Diego) Keith Smart (Indiana) Tom Sterner (Millersville) Legend (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	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
	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 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Clifford Robinson (19) Erick Dampier (23) Clifford Robinson (7) Staples Center 18,997 1–2 4 November 5 Atlanta W 90–72 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Jason Richardson (31) Erick Dampier (15) Speedy Claxton (7) ARCO Arena 17,317 4–5 10 November 18 @ San Antonio L 81–94 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Erick Dampier (17) Erick Dampier (11) Van Exel, Claxton (4) SBC Center 17,098 4–6 11 November 19 @ Houston L 83–85 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Clifford Robinson (23) Erick Dampier (12) Speedy Claxton (8) Toyota Center 10,888 4–7 12 November 21 Miami W 110–91 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Jason Richardson (21) Erick Dampier (17) Cardinal, Claxton (4) The Arena in Oakland 14,332 6–7 14 November 28 @ Phoenix W 92–83 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine 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

Regular season

Player	GP	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 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	U. S. Aubenas (France)