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2004 NBA Playoff Summary

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2004 NBA Playoffs:

Series Results

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Finals (4-1): Detroit Pistons over Los Angeles Lakers
 
Eastern Conference Finals (4-2): Detroit Pistons over Indiana Pacers
Western Conference Finals (4-2): Los Angeles Lakers over Minnesota Timberwolves
 
Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2): Indiana Pacers over Miami Heat
Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3): Detroit Pistons over New Jersey Nets
Western Conference Semifinals (4-3): Minnesota Timberwolves over Sacramento Kings
Western Conference Semifinals (4-2): Los Angeles Lakers over San Antonio Spurs
 
Eastern Conference First Round (4-1): Detroit Pistons over Milwaukee Bucks
Eastern Conference First Round (4-0): New Jersey Nets over New York Knickerbockers
Eastern Conference First Round (4-3): Miami Heat over New Orleans Hornets
Eastern Conference First Round (4-0): Indiana Pacers over Boston Celtics
Western Conference First Round (4-1): Sacramento Kings over Dallas Mavericks
Western Conference First Round (4-1): Minnesota Timberwolves over Denver Nuggets
Western Conference First Round (4-1): Los Angeles Lakers over Houston Rockets
Western Conference First Round (4-0): San Antonio Spurs over Memphis Grizzlies

Team Statistics

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Team G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
1 Dallas Mavericks 5 1200 191 482 .396 25 87 .287 91 118 .771 102 159 261 103 46 33 68 108 498 99.6
2 Sacramento Kings 12 2905 423 995 .425 70 201 .348 226 298 .758 131 397 528 274 113 44 172 253 1142 95.2
3 Minnesota Timberwolves 18 4345 611 1387 .441 106 274 .387 327 419 .780 174 582 756 347 119 93 270 437 1655 91.9
4 Denver Nuggets 5 1200 186 436 .427 22 65 .338 59 84 .702 72 144 216 102 39 14 71 121 453 90.6
5 San Antonio Spurs 10 2400 335 762 .440 69 189 .365 154 239 .644 126 297 423 194 77 42 155 228 893 89.3
6 New Jersey Nets 11 2715 339 801 .423 49 180 .272 243 333 .730 117 353 470 225 95 59 204 286 970 88.2
7 Los Angeles Lakers 22 5330 727 1639 .444 109 340 .321 376 614 .612 224 661 885 498 161 93 278 503 1939 88.1
8 Detroit Pistons 23 5620 722 1754 .412 97 319 .304 462 629 .734 296 735 1031 447 184 164 342 518 2003 87.1
9 Milwaukee Bucks 5 1200 162 389 .416 24 72 .333 80 108 .741 56 140 196 103 41 21 82 112 428 85.6
10 Indiana Pacers 16 3840 491 1202 .408 95 285 .333 291 397 .733 173 501 674 286 139 100 217 376 1368 85.5
11 Houston Rockets 5 1225 159 372 .427 23 76 .303 82 114 .719 48 174 222 86 26 18 84 114 423 84.6
12 Boston Celtics 4 960 115 282 .408 21 63 .333 87 108 .806 37 127 164 70 26 20 79 81 338 84.5
13 Miami Heat 13 3120 397 972 .408 48 174 .276 251 333 .754 148 396 544 212 98 53 184 317 1093 84.1
14 New York Knickerbockers 4 960 123 320 .384 17 58 .293 73 101 .723 49 105 154 78 37 16 65 112 336 84.0
15 Memphis Grizzlies 4 960 123 290 .424 15 51 .294 73 94 .777 38 100 138 58 38 20 57 100 334 83.5
16 New Orleans Hornets 7 1680 205 534 .384 41 130 .315 113 145 .779 86 210 296 135 43 32 120 146 564 80.6
League Average 10 2479 332 789 .421 52 160 .324 187 258 .723 117 318 435 201 80 51 153 238 902 88.0

Opponent Statistics

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Team G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
1 Detroit Pistons 23 5620 678 1729 .392 108 390 .277 392 544 .721 250 683 933 427 183 117 358 597 1856 80.7
2 Indiana Pacers 16 3840 462 1164 .397 59 192 .307 314 405 .775 172 506 678 271 104 101 249 367 1297 81.1
3 New Orleans Hornets 7 1680 213 527 .404 28 110 .255 131 178 .736 84 216 300 114 57 28 106 164 585 83.6
4 Miami Heat 13 3120 385 951 .405 77 229 .336 244 330 .739 148 397 545 244 82 65 206 284 1091 83.9
5 New Jersey Nets 11 2715 341 871 .392 48 162 .296 213 291 .732 137 324 461 213 97 64 176 291 943 85.7
6 San Antonio Spurs 10 2400 320 707 .453 41 127 .323 181 271 .668 88 293 381 179 80 52 149 227 862 86.2
7 Los Angeles Lakers 22 5330 705 1669 .422 113 363 .311 396 550 .720 254 693 947 394 145 75 320 529 1919 87.2
8 Houston Rockets 5 1225 169 394 .429 23 67 .343 89 140 .636 50 152 202 122 50 20 52 108 450 90.0
9 Minnesota Timberwolves 18 4345 626 1458 .429 97 284 .342 307 447 .687 212 545 757 417 135 62 227 391 1656 92.0
10 Denver Nuggets 5 1200 173 376 .460 32 65 .492 95 131 .725 46 155 201 100 34 30 82 108 473 94.6
11 Sacramento Kings 12 2905 429 1036 .414 68 199 .342 215 279 .771 176 398 574 238 98 76 179 272 1141 95.1
12 New York Knickerbockers 4 960 137 288 .476 17 63 .270 96 129 .744 37 137 174 89 38 20 76 90 387 96.8
13 Memphis Grizzlies 4 960 146 288 .507 31 65 .477 67 101 .663 46 122 168 87 30 25 65 81 390 97.5
14 Milwaukee Bucks 5 1200 184 400 .460 27 84 .321 96 126 .762 65 161 226 120 48 40 70 103 491 98.2
15 Dallas Mavericks 5 1200 186 421 .442 33 90 .367 86 121 .711 63 176 239 111 50 23 82 109 491 98.2
16 Boston Celtics 4 960 155 338 .459 29 74 .392 66 91 .725 49 123 172 92 51 24 51 91 405 101.3
League Average 10 2479 332 789 .421 52 160 .324 187 258 .723 117 318 435 201 80 51 153 238 902 88.0

Miscellaneous Statistics

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
Rk Team G W L W-L% W Pyth L Pyth ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA
1 Detroit Pistons 23 16 7 .696 17.1 5.9 99.3 92.0 86.1 .439 .144 .302 .263 .423 .154 .746 .227
2 Los Angeles Lakers 22 13 9 .591 11.8 10.2 100.8 99.8 86.6 .477 .127 .244 .229 .456 .143 .722 .237
3 Minnesota Timberwolves 18 10 8 .556 9.0 9.0 101.9 101.9 89.8 .479 .147 .242 .236 .463 .121 .733 .211
4 Indiana Pacers 16 10 6 .625 10.9 5.1 98.9 93.7 86.5 .448 .136 .255 .242 .422 .156 .744 .270
5 Sacramento Kings 12 7 5 .583 6.0 6.0 101.0 100.9 93.4 .460 .132 .248 .227 .447 .134 .693 .208
6 New Jersey Nets 11 7 4 .636 6.6 4.4 96.4 93.7 88.9 .454 .177 .265 .303 .419 .150 .720 .245
7 San Antonio Spurs 10 6 4 .600 6.2 3.8 102.4 98.8 87.2 .485 .152 .301 .202 .482 .153 .771 .256
8 Miami Heat 13 6 7 .462 6.6 6.4 97.3 97.1 86.4 .433 .141 .272 .258 .445 .158 .728 .257
9 New Orleans Hornets 7 3 4 .429 2.6 4.4 92.5 95.9 87.1 .422 .167 .285 .212 .431 .149 .714 .249
10 Milwaukee Bucks 5 1 4 .200 0.6 4.4 95.3 109.3 89.9 .447 .158 .258 .206 .494 .133 .683 .240
11 Houston Rockets 5 1 4 .200 1.5 3.5 94.5 100.5 87.7 .458 .166 .240 .220 .458 .102 .777 .226
12 Denver Nuggets 5 1 4 .200 1.8 3.2 99.2 103.6 91.4 .452 .131 .317 .135 .503 .159 .758 .253
13 Dallas Mavericks 5 1 4 .200 2.7 2.3 103.4 102.0 96.3 .422 .113 .367 .189 .481 .147 .716 .204
14 Memphis Grizzlies 4 0 4 .000 0.4 3.6 97.1 113.4 86.0 .450 .147 .238 .252 .561 .164 .685 .233
15 New York Knickerbockers 4 0 4 .000 0.5 3.5 90.4 104.1 92.9 .411 .151 .263 .228 .505 .181 .739 .333
16 Boston Celtics 4 0 4 .000 0.3 3.7 92.1 110.4 91.7 .445 .193 .231 .309 .501 .119 .722 .195
League Average 10.3 5.1 5.1 .500 5.2 5.1 98.8 98.8 88.4 .454 .145 .270 .237 .454 .145 .730 .237

Playoff Leaders

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Minutes Played

1. Kobe Bryant-LAL 973
2. Richard Hamilton-DET 924
  Ben Wallace-DET 924
4. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 918
5. Chauncey Billups-DET 881

Field Goals

1. Kobe Bryant-LAL 190
2. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 182
3. Richard Hamilton-DET 181
4. Kevin Garnett-MIN 168
5. Latrell Sprewell-MIN 130

Field Goal Attempts

1. Kobe Bryant-LAL 460
2. Richard Hamilton-DET 405
3. Kevin Garnett-MIN 372
4. Latrell Sprewell-MIN 309
5. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 307

Field Goal Pct

1. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL .593
2. Jeff Foster-IND .581
3. Pau Gasol-MEM .571
4. Kenyon Martin-NJN .533
5. Brad Miller-SAC .527

3-Pt Field Goals

1. Chauncey Billups-DET 37
  Latrell Sprewell-MIN 37
3. Sam Cassell-MIN 25
4. Mike Bibby-SAC 24
  Kobe Bryant-LAL 24
  Reggie Miller-IND 24

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1. Chauncey Billups-DET 107
2. Kobe Bryant-LAL 97
3. Latrell Sprewell-MIN 96
4. Peja Stojakovic-SAC 73
5. Rasheed Wallace-DET 70

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

1. Brian Scalabrine-NJN .833
2. Devin Brown-SAS .600
3. Steve Smith-NOH .545
4. Fred Jones-IND .500
5. Damon Jones-MIL .476

Free Throws

1. Kobe Bryant-LAL 135
2. Chauncey Billups-DET 121
3. Richard Hamilton-DET 117
4. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 109
5. Kevin Garnett-MIN 97

Free Throw Attempts

1. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 254
2. Kobe Bryant-LAL 166
3. Richard Hamilton-DET 138
4. Chauncey Billups-DET 136
5. Kevin Garnett-MIN 125

Free Throw Pct

1. Fred Hoiberg-MIN 1.000
2. Jamaal Tinsley-IND .938
3. Robert Horry-SAS .929
4. Wally Szczerbiak-MIN .927
5. Joe Smith-MIL .923

Offensive Rebounds

1. Ben Wallace-DET 95
2. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 91
3. Rasheed Wallace-DET 47
4. Brian Grant-MIA 45
5. Jeff Foster-IND 44

Defensive Rebounds

1. Ben Wallace-DET 233
2. Kevin Garnett-MIN 224
3. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 200
4. Karl Malone-LAL 148
5. Rasheed Wallace-DET 132

Total Rebounds

1. Ben Wallace-DET 328
2. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 291
3. Kevin Garnett-MIN 263
4. Karl Malone-LAL 185
5. Rasheed Wallace-DET 179

Assists

1. Chauncey Billups-DET 136
2. Kobe Bryant-LAL 121
3. Gary Payton-LAL 116
4. Jason Kidd-NJN 99
5. Richard Hamilton-DET 97

Steals

1. Ben Wallace-DET 44
2. Kobe Bryant-LAL 42
3. Chauncey Billups-DET 31
4. Latrell Sprewell-MIN 29
5. Caron Butler-MIA 28
  Jamaal Tinsley-IND 28

Blocks

1. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 61
2. Ben Wallace-DET 56
3. Rasheed Wallace-DET 45
4. Kevin Garnett-MIN 41
5. Jermaine O'Neal-IND 36

Turnovers

1. Kevin Garnett-MIN 75
2. Richard Hamilton-DET 72
3. Kobe Bryant-LAL 61
4. Chauncey Billups-DET 60
5. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 55

Personal Fouls

1. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 90
2. Rasheed Wallace-DET 78
3. Richard Hamilton-DET 72
4. Karl Malone-LAL 65
5. Tayshaun Prince-DET 61

Points

1. Kobe Bryant-LAL 539
2. Richard Hamilton-DET 494
3. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 473
4. Kevin Garnett-MIN 438
5. Chauncey Billups-DET 378

Minutes Per Game

1. Steve Francis-HOU 44.4
2. Kobe Bryant-LAL 44.2
3. Jim Jackson-HOU 44.2
4. Stephon Marbury-NYK 43.5
5. Kevin Garnett-MIN 43.4

Points Per Game

1. Dirk Nowitzki-DAL 26.6
2. Kobe Bryant-LAL 24.5
3. Kevin Garnett-MIN 24.3
4. Tim Duncan-SAS 22.1
5. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 21.5

Rebounds Per Game

1. Kevin Garnett-MIN 14.6
2. Ben Wallace-DET 14.3
3. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 13.2
4. Dirk Nowitzki-DAL 11.8
5. Marcus Camby-DEN 11.4

Assists Per Game

1. Jason Kidd-NJN 9.0
  Steve Nash-DAL 9.0
3. Steve Francis-HOU 7.6
4. Damon Jones-MIL 7.4
5. Mike Bibby-SAC 7.0
  Baron Davis-NOH 7.0
  Tony Parker-SAS 7.0

Steals Per Game

1. Brevin Knight-MIL 2.8
2. Jason Kidd-NJN 2.3
3. Caron Butler-MIA 2.2
4. Marquis Daniels-DAL 2.0
  Kerry Kittles-NJN 2.0

Blocks Per Game

1. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 2.8
2. Dirk Nowitzki-DAL 2.6
3. Ben Wallace-DET 2.4
4. Kevin Garnett-MIN 2.3
5. Jermaine O'Neal-IND 2.2

Player Efficiency Rating

1. Dirk Nowitzki-DAL 27.5
2. Kevin Garnett-MIN 25.0
3. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 24.8
4. Tim Duncan-SAS 24.1
5. Manu Ginobili-SAS 22.2

True Shooting Pct

1. Damon Jones-MIL .682
2. Pau Gasol-MEM .640
3. Fred Hoiberg-MIN .621
4. Robert Horry-SAS .620
5. Jeff Foster-IND .612

Effective Field Goal Pct

1. Fred Jones-IND .598
2. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL .593
3. Jeff Foster-IND .581
  Fred Hoiberg-MIN .581
5. Pau Gasol-MEM .571

Offensive Rebound Pct

1. Josh Howard-DAL 17.1
2. Jeff Foster-IND 16.2
3. Mark Madsen-MIN 15.3
4. Joe Smith-MIL 14.5
5. Antoine Walker-DAL 14.2

Defensive Rebound Pct

1. Kurt Thomas-NYK 36.0
2. Kevin Garnett-MIN 31.4
3. Ben Wallace-DET 28.8
4. Marcus Camby-DEN 28.0
5. Kenyon Martin-NJN 26.0

Total Rebound Pct

1. Ben Wallace-DET 20.3
2. Jeff Foster-IND 19.4
3. Kevin Garnett-MIN 19.3
4. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 18.4
5. Robert Horry-SAS 17.8

Assist Pct

1. Damon Jones-MIL 46.7
2. Baron Davis-NOH 42.2
3. Jason Kidd-NJN 39.1
4. Jamaal Tinsley-IND 36.2
5. Tony Parker-SAS 35.5

Steal Pct

1. Brevin Knight-MIL 7.4
2. Jamaal Tinsley-IND 3.7
3. Lindsey Hunter-DET 3.7
4. Manu Ginobili-SAS 3.3
5. Caron Butler-MIA 3.0

Block Pct

1. Jonathan Bender-IND 5.5
2. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 5.4
3. Ben Wallace-DET 5.1
4. Jermaine O'Neal-IND 4.7
5. Rasheed Wallace-DET 4.7

Turnover Pct

1. Dirk Nowitzki-DAL 4.8
2. Bruce Bowen-SAS 5.5
3. Stanislav Medvedenko-LAL 5.6
4. Udonis Haslem-MIA 6.0
5. Peja Stojakovic-SAC 6.1

Usage Pct

1. Paul Pierce-BOS 33.3
2. Kevin Garnett-MIN 30.3
3. Kobe Bryant-LAL 29.8
4. Jermaine O'Neal-IND 27.9
5. Stephon Marbury-NYK 27.8

Offensive Rating

1. Pau Gasol-MEM 127.5
2. Damon Jones-MIL 126.5
3. Fred Hoiberg-MIN 125.1
4. Dirk Nowitzki-DAL 124.6
5. Robert Horry-SAS 122.6

Defensive Rating

1. Ben Wallace-DET 83.9
2. Elden Campbell-DET 87.8
3. Kenyon Martin-NJN 89.3
4. Lindsey Hunter-DET 90.1
5. Al Harrington-IND 90.7

Offensive Win Shares

1. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 2.6
2. Chauncey Billups-DET 2.5
3. Richard Hamilton-DET 2.3
4. Kobe Bryant-LAL 2.1
5. Kevin Garnett-MIN 1.4

Defensive Win Shares

1. Ben Wallace-DET 2.8
2. Rasheed Wallace-DET 1.6
3. Tayshaun Prince-DET 1.5
4. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 1.3
5. Richard Hamilton-DET 1.3

Win Shares

1. Shaquille O'Neal-LAL 3.9
2. Chauncey Billups-DET 3.7
3. Ben Wallace-DET 3.6
4. Richard Hamilton-DET 3.5
5. Kobe Bryant-LAL 2.9