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2002-03 Dallas Mavericks Roster and Statistics

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60-22, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Don Nelson (60-22)

PTS/G: 103.0 (1st of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 95.2 (16th of 29)
SRS: 7.91 (1st of 29) ▪ Pace: 92.5 (7th of 29)
Off Rtg: 110.7 (1st of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 102.3 (9th of 29)
Expected W-L: 62-20 (1st of 29)

Arena: American Airlines Center ▪ Attendance: 816,429 (3rd of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus San Antonio Spurs
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Sacramento Kings
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (4-3) versus Portland Trail Blazers

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
9 Tariq Abdul-Wahad F 6-6 223 November 3, 1974 5 San Jose State University
11 Raja Bell G 6-5 204 September 19, 1976 2 Florida International University
44 Shawn Bradley C 7-6 235 March 22, 1972 9 Brigham Young University
42 Evan Eschmeyer C 6-11 255 May 30, 1975 3 Northwestern University
4 Michael Finley G-F 6-7 215 March 6, 1973 7 University of Wisconsin
7 Adrian Griffin G-F 6-5 217 July 4, 1974 3 Seton Hall University
21 Adam Harrington G 6-5 200 July 5, 1980 R Auburn University
6 Avery Johnson G 5-10 175 March 25, 1965 14 Southern University and A&M College
54 Popeye Jones F 6-8 250 June 17, 1970 9 Murray State University
45 Raef LaFrentz F-C 6-11 240 May 29, 1976 4 University of Kansas
14 Eduardo Najera F 6-8 240 July 11, 1976 2 University of Oklahoma
13 Steve Nash G 6-3 195 February 7, 1974 6 Santa Clara University
41 Dirk Nowitzki F 7-0 237 June 19, 1978 4
17 Antoine Rigaudeau G 6-7 210 December 17, 1971 R
30 Mark Strickland F 6-9 210 July 14, 1970 7 Temple University
31 Nick Van Exel G 6-1 170 November 27, 1971 9 University of Cincinnati
43 Walt Williams F-G 6-8 219 April 16, 1970 10 University of Maryland

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19780 3161 6982 .453 636 1668 .381 1486 1793 .829 912 2544 3456 1837 665 449 949 1730 8444 103.0
Lg Rank 24 3 2 7 2 2 3 15 26 1 24 9 17 9 11 13 1 21 1 1
Opponent 82 19780 2926 6687 .438 477 1401 .340 1477 2032 .727 1045 2682 3727 1781 546 322 1316 1746 7806 95.2
Lg Rank 24 15 18 12 28 29 10 12 17 1 23 28 28 17 3 3 5 11 16 16

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Dirk Nowitzki 24 80 80 3117 690 1489 .463 148 390 .379 483 548 .881 81 710 791 239 111 82 152 206 2011
2 Steve Nash 28 82 82 2711 518 1114 .465 111 269 .413 308 339 .909 63 171 234 598 85 6 192 134 1455
3 Michael Finley 29 69 69 2642 507 1193 .425 119 322 .370 198 230 .861 107 295 402 205 76 21 114 105 1331
4 Nick Van Exel 31 73 1 2026 342 831 .412 118 312 .378 110 144 .764 35 173 208 312 42 4 123 86 912
5 Raef LaFrentz 26 69 43 1611 266 514 .518 47 116 .405 60 88 .682 125 205 330 54 35 91 46 264 639
6 Shawn Bradley 30 81 39 1731 201 375 .536 0 1 .000 141 175 .806 151 325 476 54 65 170 67 242 543
7 Walt Williams 32 66 1 1161 134 341 .393 64 171 .374 31 50 .620 53 154 207 59 42 26 35 141 363
8 Adrian Griffin 28 74 48 1373 146 337 .433 6 24 .250 27 32 .844 88 176 264 105 77 6 47 157 325
9 Eduardo Najera 26 48 12 1103 129 231 .558 0 1 .000 62 91 .681 90 133 223 47 40 22 23 129 320
10 Raja Bell 26 75 32 1173 93 211 .441 21 51 .412 23 34 .676 47 98 145 57 52 8 43 134 230
11 Avery Johnson 37 48 0 430 63 150 .420 0 2 .000 30 39 .769 10 21 31 64 15 1 29 26 156
12 Tariq Abdul-Wahad 28 14 0 204 27 58 .466 0 1 .000 3 6 .500 14 26 40 21 6 3 7 26 57
13 Popeye Jones 32 26 0 222 24 62 .387 0 0 5 11 .455 29 30 59 8 5 1 15 31 53
14 Evan Eschmeyer 27 17 3 135 7 19 .368 0 0 3 4 .750 10 19 29 6 10 7 6 35 17
15 Antoine Rigaudeau 31 11 0 91 8 35 .229 1 5 .200 0 0 4 4 8 6 3 0 6 11 17
16 Adam Harrington 22 13 0 37 4 17 .235 1 3 .333 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 11
17 Mark Strickland 32 4 0 13 2 5 .400 0 0 0 0 5 2 7 0 0 0 1 1 4

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Dirk Nowitzki 24 80 80 39.0 8.6 18.6 .463 1.9 4.9 .379 6.0 6.9 .881 1.0 8.9 9.9 3.0 1.4 1.0 1.9 2.6 25.1
2 Michael Finley 29 69 69 38.3 7.3 17.3 .425 1.7 4.7 .370 2.9 3.3 .861 1.6 4.3 5.8 3.0 1.1 0.3 1.7 1.5 19.3
3 Steve Nash 28 82 82 33.1 6.3 13.6 .465 1.4 3.3 .413 3.8 4.1 .909 0.8 2.1 2.9 7.3 1.0 0.1 2.3 1.6 17.7
4 Nick Van Exel 31 73 1 27.8 4.7 11.4 .412 1.6 4.3 .378 1.5 2.0 .764 0.5 2.4 2.8 4.3 0.6 0.1 1.7 1.2 12.5
5 Raef LaFrentz 26 69 43 23.3 3.9 7.4 .518 0.7 1.7 .405 0.9 1.3 .682 1.8 3.0 4.8 0.8 0.5 1.3 0.7 3.8 9.3
6 Shawn Bradley 30 81 39 21.4 2.5 4.6 .536 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.2 .806 1.9 4.0 5.9 0.7 0.8 2.1 0.8 3.0 6.7
7 Eduardo Najera 26 48 12 23.0 2.7 4.8 .558 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.9 .681 1.9 2.8 4.6 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.5 2.7 6.7
8 Walt Williams 32 66 1 17.6 2.0 5.2 .393 1.0 2.6 .374 0.5 0.8 .620 0.8 2.3 3.1 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.5 2.1 5.5
9 Adrian Griffin 28 74 48 18.6 2.0 4.6 .433 0.1 0.3 .250 0.4 0.4 .844 1.2 2.4 3.6 1.4 1.0 0.1 0.6 2.1 4.4
10 Tariq Abdul-Wahad 28 14 0 14.6 1.9 4.1 .466 0.0 0.1 .000 0.2 0.4 .500 1.0 1.9 2.9 1.5 0.4 0.2 0.5 1.9 4.1
11 Avery Johnson 37 48 0 9.0 1.3 3.1 .420 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 0.8 .769 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.5 3.3
12 Raja Bell 26 75 32 15.6 1.2 2.8 .441 0.3 0.7 .412 0.3 0.5 .676 0.6 1.3 1.9 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.6 1.8 3.1
13 Popeye Jones 32 26 0 8.5 0.9 2.4 .387 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 .455 1.1 1.2 2.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.6 1.2 2.0
14 Antoine Rigaudeau 31 11 0 8.3 0.7 3.2 .229 0.1 0.5 .200 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5
15 Evan Eschmeyer 27 17 3 7.9 0.4 1.1 .368 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 .750 0.6 1.1 1.7 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 2.1 1.0
16 Mark Strickland 32 4 0 3.3 0.5 1.3 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.5 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.0
17 Adam Harrington 22 13 0 2.8 0.3 1.3 .235 0.1 0.2 .333 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.8

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Dirk Nowitzki 24 80 80 3117 8.0 17.2 .463 1.7 4.5 .379 5.6 6.3 .881 0.9 8.2 9.1 2.8 1.3 0.9 1.8 2.4 23.2
2 Steve Nash 28 82 82 2711 6.9 14.8 .465 1.5 3.6 .413 4.1 4.5 .909 0.8 2.3 3.1 7.9 1.1 0.1 2.5 1.8 19.3
3 Michael Finley 29 69 69 2642 6.9 16.3 .425 1.6 4.4 .370 2.7 3.1 .861 1.5 4.0 5.5 2.8 1.0 0.3 1.6 1.4 18.1
4 Nick Van Exel 31 73 1 2026 6.1 14.8 .412 2.1 5.5 .378 2.0 2.6 .764 0.6 3.1 3.7 5.5 0.7 0.1 2.2 1.5 16.2
5 Raef LaFrentz 26 69 43 1611 5.9 11.5 .518 1.1 2.6 .405 1.3 2.0 .682 2.8 4.6 7.4 1.2 0.8 2.0 1.0 5.9 14.3
6 Avery Johnson 37 48 0 430 5.3 12.6 .420 0.0 0.2 .000 2.5 3.3 .769 0.8 1.8 2.6 5.4 1.3 0.1 2.4 2.2 13.1
7 Shawn Bradley 30 81 39 1731 4.2 7.8 .536 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 3.6 .806 3.1 6.8 9.9 1.1 1.4 3.5 1.4 5.0 11.3
8 Walt Williams 32 66 1 1161 4.2 10.6 .393 2.0 5.3 .374 1.0 1.6 .620 1.6 4.8 6.4 1.8 1.3 0.8 1.1 4.4 11.3
9 Mark Strickland 32 4 0 13 5.5 13.8 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.8 5.5 19.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8 2.8 11.1
10 Adam Harrington 22 13 0 37 3.9 16.5 .235 1.0 2.9 .333 1.9 1.9 1.000 0.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.0 1.0 1.9 1.9 10.7
11 Eduardo Najera 26 48 12 1103 4.2 7.5 .558 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.0 .681 2.9 4.3 7.3 1.5 1.3 0.7 0.8 4.2 10.4
12 Tariq Abdul-Wahad 28 14 0 204 4.8 10.2 .466 0.0 0.2 .000 0.5 1.1 .500 2.5 4.6 7.1 3.7 1.1 0.5 1.2 4.6 10.1
13 Popeye Jones 32 26 0 222 3.9 10.1 .387 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.8 .455 4.7 4.9 9.6 1.3 0.8 0.2 2.4 5.0 8.6
14 Adrian Griffin 28 74 48 1373 3.8 8.8 .433 0.2 0.6 .250 0.7 0.8 .844 2.3 4.6 6.9 2.8 2.0 0.2 1.2 4.1 8.5
15 Raja Bell 26 75 32 1173 2.9 6.5 .441 0.6 1.6 .412 0.7 1.0 .676 1.4 3.0 4.5 1.7 1.6 0.2 1.3 4.1 7.1
16 Antoine Rigaudeau 31 11 0 91 3.2 13.8 .229 0.4 2.0 .200 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.6 3.2 2.4 1.2 0.0 2.4 4.4 6.7
17 Evan Eschmeyer 27 17 3 135 1.9 5.1 .368 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 .750 2.7 5.1 7.7 1.6 2.7 1.9 1.6 9.3 4.5

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Dirk Nowitzki 24 80 3117 25.6 .581 .513 2.9 25.1 14.0 13.3 1.8 2.0 8.1 27.4 117 98 10.8 5.3 16.1 .249
2 Steve Nash 28 82 2711 22.6 .576 .515 2.6 7.0 4.8 36.3 1.6 0.2 13.2 24.4 118 106 9.7 1.9 11.6 .206
3 Shawn Bradley 30 81 1731 18.3 .601 .536 9.6 20.7 15.1 4.6 1.9 7.3 12.9 13.6 121 96 3.9 3.5 7.4 .204
4 Michael Finley 29 69 2642 17.6 .514 .475 4.5 12.3 8.4 12.8 1.5 0.6 8.1 24.2 107 104 4.3 2.5 6.7 .123
5 Raef LaFrentz 26 69 1611 16.5 .578 .563 8.5 14.0 11.3 5.3 1.1 4.2 7.7 16.9 118 102 3.8 2.0 5.8 .173
6 Nick Van Exel 31 73 2026 15.6 .510 .483 1.9 9.4 5.7 24.4 1.1 0.1 12.1 22.8 104 107 2.6 1.3 4.0 .094
7 Eduardo Najera 26 48 1103 14.8 .590 .558 9.0 13.3 11.1 6.2 1.9 1.5 7.8 12.1 127 102 2.7 1.3 4.0 .175
8 Adrian Griffin 28 74 1373 11.5 .463 .442 7.1 14.1 10.6 11.0 2.9 0.3 11.8 13.2 103 101 0.9 1.9 2.9 .100
9 Walt Williams 32 66 1161 11.7 .500 .487 5.0 14.6 9.8 7.4 1.9 1.7 8.8 15.6 105 102 1.0 1.5 2.5 .103
10 Raja Bell 26 75 1173 7.9 .509 .491 4.4 9.2 6.8 6.8 2.3 0.5 16.0 10.4 101 104 0.5 1.2 1.7 .069
11 Tariq Abdul-Wahad 28 14 204 12.4 .470 .466 7.6 14.0 10.8 15.4 1.5 1.1 10.3 15.0 106 103 0.2 0.2 0.4 .104
12 Avery Johnson 37 48 430 12.2 .467 .420 2.6 5.4 4.0 22.8 1.8 0.2 14.8 20.7 97 106 0.1 0.3 0.4 .044
13 Evan Eschmeyer 27 17 135 7.4 .409 .368 8.2 15.5 11.8 5.9 3.8 3.9 22.4 9.0 92 95 0.0 0.3 0.2 .088
14 Popeye Jones 32 26 222 7.0 .396 .387 14.4 14.9 14.6 5.2 1.2 0.3 18.3 16.7 88 104 -0.2 0.2 0.0 .005
15 Mark Strickland 32 4 13 16.3 .400 .400 42.3 17.0 29.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.7 20.9 104 106 0.0 0.0 0.0 .101
16 Adam Harrington 22 13 37 1.4 .308 .265 0.0 6.0 3.0 7.8 1.4 2.0 10.1 24.4 66 106 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.164
17 Antoine Rigaudeau 31 11 91 -2.4 .243 .243 4.8 4.8 4.8 9.3 1.7 0.0 14.6 20.4 58 107 -0.4 0.1 -0.4 -0.192

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Dirk Nowitzki 24 17 722 150 313 27 61 103 113 15 196 37 21 16 40 52 430 .479 .443 .912 42.5 25.3 11.5 2.2
2 Nick Van Exel 31 20 672 150 326 44 112 45 64 18 68 82 12 0 39 47 389 .460 .393 .703 33.6 19.5 3.4 4.1
3 Michael Finley 29 20 822 131 301 47 114 57 66 25 115 60 26 12 31 47 366 .435 .412 .864 41.1 18.3 5.8 3.0
4 Steve Nash 28 20 729 115 257 37 76 55 63 15 70 145 17 1 51 46 322 .447 .487 .873 36.5 16.1 3.5 7.3
5 Raef LaFrentz 26 20 491 68 157 8 40 16 19 36 88 5 11 43 14 86 160 .433 .200 .842 24.6 8.0 4.4 0.3
6 Eduardo Najera 26 19 394 39 86 0 0 38 48 36 74 15 14 4 16 53 116 .453 .792 20.7 6.1 3.9 0.8
7 Raja Bell 26 17 305 40 73 6 13 11 20 13 51 27 5 0 6 41 97 .548 .462 .550 17.9 5.7 3.0 1.6
8 Walt Williams 32 15 227 32 81 14 41 7 7 12 43 15 5 12 17 28 85 .395 .341 1.000 15.1 5.7 2.9 1.0
9 Shawn Bradley 30 17 246 20 50 0 1 9 12 23 65 5 3 14 15 48 49 .400 .000 .750 14.5 2.9 3.8 0.3
10 Adrian Griffin 28 15 131 17 41 1 3 2 2 17 44 8 4 0 9 24 37 .415 .333 1.000 8.7 2.5 2.9 0.5
11 Tariq Abdul-Wahad 28 8 79 9 30 0 2 7 8 11 22 7 0 0 1 6 25 .300 .000 .875 9.9 3.1 2.8 0.9
12 Evan Eschmeyer 27 5 32 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 3 1 0 8 6 .500 6.4 1.2 1.0 0.4

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Dirk Nowitzki 24 17 722 23.2 .593 .522 2.3 27.7 14.9 8.7 1.5 1.7 9.9 25.1 115 106 1.9 0.6 2.6 .172
2 Michael Finley 29 20 822 17.2 .554 .513 3.3 12.1 7.7 11.4 1.6 1.1 8.6 19.8 114 112 1.7 0.2 1.9 .108
3 Steve Nash 28 20 729 18.2 .565 .519 2.2 8.3 5.3 31.1 1.2 0.1 15.2 20.7 115 114 1.8 -0.1 1.7 .113
4 Nick Van Exel 31 20 672 19.1 .549 .528 2.9 8.2 5.5 21.2 0.9 0.0 9.9 26.3 111 115 1.5 -0.1 1.4 .098
5 Raja Bell 26 17 305 13.9 .593 .589 4.6 13.8 9.2 13.3 0.8 0.0 6.8 12.9 127 113 0.8 0.0 0.8 .121
6 Eduardo Najera 26 19 394 12.5 .541 .453 9.9 10.7 10.3 5.4 1.8 0.8 13.0 14.1 114 112 0.6 0.1 0.7 .089
7 Raef LaFrentz 26 20 491 12.5 .484 .459 8.0 11.7 9.8 1.5 1.2 6.7 7.8 16.4 103 109 0.3 0.3 0.6 .057
8 Tariq Abdul-Wahad 28 8 79 12.6 .373 .300 15.2 15.4 15.3 13.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 19.7 103 115 0.1 0.0 0.1 .034
9 Evan Eschmeyer 27 5 32 12.6 .500 .500 6.8 10.4 8.6 8.9 4.8 2.4 0.0 8.4 127 104 0.1 0.0 0.1 .140
10 Adrian Griffin 28 15 131 10.6 .442 .427 14.1 22.8 18.4 9.1 1.6 0.0 17.7 17.5 96 108 0.0 0.1 0.1 .025
11 Walt Williams 32 15 227 12.5 .505 .481 5.8 15.1 10.4 10.1 1.1 4.1 16.8 20.0 96 109 0.0 0.1 0.1 .022
12 Shawn Bradley 30 17 246 7.1 .443 .400 10.2 18.9 14.5 2.8 0.6 4.4 21.3 12.8 90 109 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .001

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Michael Finley $11,953,125
2 Nick Van Exel $11,061,234
3 Dirk Nowitzki $10,067,750
4 Raef LaFrentz $7,270,000
5 Steve Nash $5,750,000
6 Tariq Abdul-Wahad $5,625,000
7 Avery Johnson $4,991,800
8 Shawn Bradley $4,000,000
9 Evan Eschmeyer $3,103,800
10 Eduardo Najera $3,047,620
11 Muggsy Bogues $1,659,120
12 Popeye Jones $1,030,000
13 Walt Williams $1,030,000
14 Danny Manning $900,000
15 Adrian Griffin $637,435
16 Raja Bell $612,435
17 Adam Harrington $140,636
18 Mark Strickland $60,361