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.2003-04 Denver Nuggets 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.
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
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 3 Carmelo Anthony SF Syracuse 2 46 Sani Bečirović G
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
Game log Game Date Opponent Result Pacers points Opponents Record Streak Notes 1
Playoffs
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 18 | @ Minnesota | L 92–106 | Anthony, Camby (19) | Marcus Camby (8) | Earl Boykins (5) | Target Center18,503 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 21 | @ Minnesota | L 81–95 | Voshon Lenard (24) | Carmelo Anthony (9) | Anthony, Nenê (3) | Target Center18,101 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 24 | Minnesota | W 107–86 | Carmelo Anthony (24) | Marcus Camby (16) | Andre Miller (6) | Pepsi Center19,713 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 27 | Minnesota | L 82–84 | Voshon Lenard (28) | Marcus Camby (14) | Marcus Camby (5) | Pepsi Center19,694 | 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 30 | @ Minnesota | L 91–102 | Camby, Miller (21) | Marcus Camby (15) | Boykins, Lenard (4) | Target Center19,890 | 1–4
Player statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPGCarmelo Anthony828236.5.426.322.7776.12.81.20.521.0Andre Miller828234.6.457.185.8324.56.11.70.314.8Voshon Lenard737030.6.422.367.7912.72.10.80.214.2Nenê777732.5.530.000.6826.52.21.50.511.8Earl Boykins82322.5.419.322.8771.73.60.60.010.2Marcus Camby727230.0.477.000.72110.11.81.22.68.6Rodney White72013.7.459.379.7502.30.80.40.37.5Jon Barry57919.3.404.370.8452.22.61.00.16.2Michael Doleac26013.2.412.8752.90.50.20.23.6Francisco Elson621414.1.472.000.6673.30.50.60.63.5Chris Andersen71014.5.443.000.5894.20.50.51.63.4Nikoloz Tskitishvili3907.9.328.273.7931.60.30.20.22.7Jeff Trepagnier1108.7.263.500.5001.40.40.30.02.3Ryan Bowen5217.5.340.8331.70.30.30.30.9Mark Pope405.0.500.0000.80.00.30.00.5
Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPGVoshon Lenard5532.2.427.458.7142.62.40.80.017.0Andre Miller5534.8.472.000.8184.63.21.60.015.4Carmelo Anthony4435.8.328.182.8008.32.81.30.015.0Earl Boykins5024.2.444.357.8572.43.81.00.213.4Marcus Camby5538.8.491.500.57111.42.40.81.412.6Nenê5526.4.444.5385.03.01.00.67.8Jon Barry5120.0.333.333.6673.62.00.60.04.2Francisco Elson4015.0.583.5002.30.50.50.33.8Michael Doleac509.8.5001.40.60.00.02.0Rodney White406.5.267.0001.30.00.50.02.0Chris Andersen506.8.3332.80.40.20.41.2Ryan Bowen401.51.0000.00.00.00.00.5 Player statistics citation:
Awards, records, and honors Carmelo Anthony, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
References
Nuggets on Basketball Reference