The 2003–04 Memphis Grizzlies season was the Grizzlies' ninth season in the National Basketball Association, and their third season in Memphis. It was also the final season playing their home games at the Pyramid Arena.2003-04 Memphis Grizzlies They moved into FedExForum the next season. During the offseason, the Grizzlies signed free agent James Posey. After two unsuccessful seasons ever since they moved to Memphis, the Grizzlies finally played around .500 holding a 9–8 record as they acquired Bonzi Wells from the Portland Trail Blazers in early December. However, the team struggled posting a 7-game losing streak at the end of the month. Despite this, the Grizzlies continued to play their best basketball posting an 8-game winning streak in January, and winning 13 of their 15 games in March, as they made the playoffs for the first time in their franchise history, finishing fourth in the Midwest Division with a 50–32 record.
Pau Gasol continued to lead the team in scoring, rebounds and blocks, and 70-year old head coach Hubie Brown was named Coach of The Year. However, the Grizzlies lost in the first round of the playoffs, losing four games straight to the defending champion San Antonio Spurs.
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 13 Marcus Banks PG UNLV 1 27 Kendrick Perkins C Clifton J. Ozen (HS)
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot
Game log
Playoffs
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 17 | @ San Antonio | L 74–98 | Bonzi Wells (16) | Stromile Swift (7) | Jason Williams (3) | SBC Center18,797 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 19 | @ San Antonio | L 70–87 | Pau Gasol (20) | Pau Gasol (11) | Jason Williams (4) | SBC Center18,797 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 22 | San Antonio | L 93–95 | Pau Gasol (18) | Swift, Wright (6) | Gasol, Williams (3) | The Pyramid19,351 | 0–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 25 | San Antonio | L 97–110 | Pau Gasol (22) | James Posey (11) | Jason Williams (8) | The Pyramid19,351 | 0–4
Player statistics
Ragular season PlayerSG82 82 2,451 403 122 137 40 1,126 29.9 4.9 1.5 1.7 .5 13.7PF82 1 1,606 342 90 73 70 379 19.6 4.2 1.1 .9 .9 4.6PG 81 14 1,669 178 402 91 19 460 20.6 2.2 5.0 1.1 .2 5.7SF 79 1 1,947 303 101 101 58 669 24.6 3.8 1.3 1.3 .7 8.5PF 78 78 2,458 600 198 44 132 1,381 31.5 7.7 2.5 .6 1.7 17.7PF 77 10 1,528 378 38 56 118 727 19.8 4.9 .5 .7 1.5 9.4PG 72 68 2,115 147 492 92 5 782 29.4 2.0 6.8 1.3 .1 10.9SF 65 65 1,770 216 232 59 14 722 27.2 3.3 3.6 .9 .2 11.1C 65 46 1,674 445 71 45 58 610 25.8 6.8 1.1 .7 .9 9.4†SG 59 17 1,468 199 104 71 16 728 24.9 3.4 1.8 1.2 .3 12.3C 40 28 533 128 18 9 22 170 13.3 3.2 .5 .2 .6 4.3SF 20 0 178 41 7 5 5 44 8.9 2.1 .4 .3 .3 2.2SG 20 0 154 23 12 5 6 36 7.7 1.2 .6 .3 .3 1.8†SG 16 0 284 18 23 5 2 83 17.8 1.1 1.4 .3 .1 5.2PG 6 0 34 4 4 1 0 11 5.7 .7 .7 .2 .0 1.8PF 2 0 11 3 1 1 0 2 5.5 1.5 .5 .5 .0 1.0
Playoffs PlayerPF4 4 134 20 10 4 6 74 33.5 5.0 2.5 1.0 1.5 18.5SG4 4 130 22 4 9 2 50 32.5 5.5 1.0 2.3 .5 12.5PG4 4 130 9 18 2 0 43 32.5 2.3 4.5 .5 .0 10.8C4 4 100 17 2 4 2 22 25.0 4.3 .5 1.0 .5 5.5SF4 4 98 12 3 5 0 30 24.5 3.0 .8 1.3 .0 7.5SG4 0 94 12 4 4 1 47 23.5 3.0 1.0 1.0 .3 11.8PF4 0 74 19 3 3 6 24 18.5 4.8 .8 .8 1.5 6.0SF4 0 69 12 1 0 1 19 17.3 3.0 .3 .0 .3 4.8PG4 0 62 9 7 5 0 19 15.5 2.3 1.8 1.3 .0 4.8PF4 0 61 4 6 2 2 2 15.3 1.0 1.5 .5 .5 .5PF 3 0 5 2 0 0 0 2 1.7 .7 .0 .0 .0 .7C 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 3.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 2.0
Awards and records Hubie Brown, NBA Coach of the Year Award Jerry West, NBA Executive of the Year Award
References
See also 2003-04 NBA season