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2002-03 New Jersey Nets Schedule and Results

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49-33, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Byron Scott (49-33)

PTS/G: 95.4 (14th of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 90.1 (2nd of 29)
SRS: 4.42 (4th of 29) ▪ Pace: 91.6 (11th of 29)
Off Rtg: 103.8 (18th of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 98.1 (1st of 29)
Expected W-L: 56-26 (4th of 29)

Arena: Continental Airlines Arena ▪ Attendance: 622,574 (23rd of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-2) versus San Antonio Spurs
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-0) versus Detroit Pistons
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (4-2) versus Milwaukee Bucks


Eastern Conf. Champs

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Oct 30, 2002 Atlanta Hawks W 105 94 1 0 W 1
2 Fri, Nov 1, 2002 Indiana Pacers W 102 91 2 0 W 2
3 Sat, Nov 2, 2002 @ Washington Wizards W 87 79 3 0 W 3
4 Mon, Nov 4, 2002 Minnesota Timberwolves W 106 82 4 0 W 4
5 Wed, Nov 6, 2002 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 93 99 4 1 L 1
6 Fri, Nov 8, 2002 Los Angeles Clippers W 106 92 5 1 W 1
7 Sat, Nov 9, 2002 @ Chicago Bulls L 93 100 5 2 L 1
8 Wed, Nov 13, 2002 San Antonio Spurs W 91 82 6 2 W 1
9 Fri, Nov 15, 2002 @ Miami Heat W 93 84 7 2 W 2
10 Sat, Nov 16, 2002 Dallas Mavericks L 88 96 7 3 L 1
11 Mon, Nov 18, 2002 Denver Nuggets W 99 79 8 3 W 1
12 Wed, Nov 20, 2002 @ Boston Celtics L 79 96 8 4 L 1
13 Fri, Nov 22, 2002 Cleveland Cavaliers W 120 79 9 4 W 1
14 Sat, Nov 23, 2002 @ Minnesota Timberwolves W 96 82 10 4 W 2
15 Wed, Nov 27, 2002 @ Phoenix Suns L 75 82 10 5 L 1
16 Thu, Nov 28, 2002 @ Los Angeles Clippers L OT 118 126 10 6 L 2
17 Sat, Nov 30, 2002 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 93 86 11 6 W 1
18 Sun, Dec 1, 2002 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 95 96 11 7 L 1
19 Tue, Dec 3, 2002 Atlanta Hawks W 87 72 12 7 W 1
20 Sat, Dec 7, 2002 Orlando Magic W 121 88 13 7 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Mon, Dec 9, 2002 Phoenix Suns W 106 93 14 7 W 3
22 Wed, Dec 11, 2002 Portland Trail Blazers W 105 104 15 7 W 4
23 Fri, Dec 13, 2002 Washington Wizards W 79 65 16 7 W 5
24 Sun, Dec 15, 2002 @ Detroit Pistons L 91 101 16 8 L 1
25 Tue, Dec 17, 2002 @ New York Knicks L 99 101 16 9 L 2
26 Thu, Dec 19, 2002 Los Angeles Lakers W 98 71 17 9 W 1
27 Sat, Dec 21, 2002 Detroit Pistons W 100 92 18 9 W 2
28 Mon, Dec 23, 2002 Chicago Bulls W 99 83 19 9 W 3
29 Wed, Dec 25, 2002 Boston Celtics W 117 81 20 9 W 4
30 Fri, Dec 27, 2002 Milwaukee Bucks W 110 90 21 9 W 5
31 Sat, Dec 28, 2002 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 104 96 22 9 W 6
32 Mon, Dec 30, 2002 Cleveland Cavaliers W 102 88 23 9 W 7
33 Fri, Jan 3, 2003 @ Miami Heat W 100 80 24 9 W 8
34 Sat, Jan 4, 2003 @ Orlando Magic W 88 83 25 9 W 9
35 Mon, Jan 6, 2003 @ Atlanta Hawks W 101 94 26 9 W 10
36 Thu, Jan 9, 2003 Sacramento Kings L 82 118 26 10 L 1
37 Fri, Jan 10, 2003 @ Toronto Raptors W 94 79 27 10 W 1
38 Wed, Jan 15, 2003 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 107 108 27 11 L 1
39 Fri, Jan 17, 2003 Toronto Raptors W 88 77 28 11 W 1
40 Mon, Jan 20, 2003 @ Utah Jazz L OT 103 106 28 12 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 21, 2003 @ Sacramento Kings L 102 109 28 13 L 2
42 Thu, Jan 23, 2003 @ Golden State Warriors L 97 105 28 14 L 3
43 Fri, Jan 24, 2003 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 89 83 29 14 W 1
44 Mon, Jan 27, 2003 @ Denver Nuggets W 92 66 30 14 W 2
45 Wed, Jan 29, 2003 Washington Wizards W 86 78 31 14 W 3
46 Fri, Jan 31, 2003 New Orleans Hornets W 89 72 32 14 W 4
47 Sat, Feb 1, 2003 @ Detroit Pistons L 84 106 32 15 L 1
48 Mon, Feb 3, 2003 Seattle SuperSonics W OT 109 108 33 15 W 1
49 Wed, Feb 5, 2003 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 111 85 34 15 W 2
50 Tue, Feb 11, 2003 @ Orlando Magic L 83 92 34 16 L 1
51 Wed, Feb 12, 2003 @ Memphis Grizzlies L 90 97 34 17 L 2
52 Fri, Feb 14, 2003 Chicago Bulls W 90 72 35 17 W 1
53 Sun, Feb 16, 2003 Philadelphia 76ers L 83 90 35 18 L 1
54 Tue, Feb 18, 2003 Miami Heat W 84 79 36 18 W 1
55 Thu, Feb 20, 2003 Indiana Pacers W 98 91 37 18 W 2
56 Fri, Feb 21, 2003 @ Washington Wizards L 86 89 37 19 L 1
57 Sun, Feb 23, 2003 Orlando Magic L 105 113 37 20 L 2
58 Tue, Feb 25, 2003 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 90 93 37 21 L 3
59 Wed, Feb 26, 2003 New York Knicks W 105 76 38 21 W 1
60 Sun, Mar 2, 2003 Utah Jazz L 90 91 38 22 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Tue, Mar 4, 2003 @ Dallas Mavericks L 79 88 38 23 L 2
62 Thu, Mar 6, 2003 @ San Antonio Spurs L 78 92 38 24 L 3
63 Sat, Mar 8, 2003 @ Houston Rockets L 71 83 38 25 L 4
64 Sun, Mar 9, 2003 @ New Orleans Hornets W 102 92 39 25 W 1
65 Thu, Mar 13, 2003 Boston Celtics W 90 75 40 25 W 2
66 Sun, Mar 16, 2003 Philadelphia 76ers L 87 92 40 26 L 1
67 Tue, Mar 18, 2003 @ Boston Celtics W 87 74 41 26 W 1
68 Wed, Mar 19, 2003 Milwaukee Bucks L 85 104 41 27 L 1
69 Sat, Mar 22, 2003 Memphis Grizzlies W 107 99 42 27 W 1
70 Sun, Mar 23, 2003 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 88 93 42 28 L 1
71 Wed, Mar 26, 2003 New York Knicks W 101 95 43 28 W 1
72 Fri, Mar 28, 2003 @ New York Knicks W 122 101 44 28 W 2
73 Sat, Mar 29, 2003 Golden State Warriors W 109 97 45 28 W 3
74 Mon, Mar 31, 2003 Houston Rockets W 110 86 46 28 W 4
75 Wed, Apr 2, 2003 @ New Orleans Hornets L 97 106 46 29 L 1
76 Fri, Apr 4, 2003 Miami Heat W 99 83 47 29 W 1
77 Sun, Apr 6, 2003 @ Toronto Raptors W 96 87 48 29 W 2
78 Wed, Apr 9, 2003 @ Atlanta Hawks L 92 97 48 30 L 1
79 Fri, Apr 11, 2003 @ Chicago Bulls L 86 95 48 31 L 2
80 Sat, Apr 12, 2003 Toronto Raptors W 94 86 49 31 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Mon, Apr 14, 2003 New Orleans Hornets L 74 87 49 32 L 1
82 Wed, Apr 16, 2003 @ Indiana Pacers L 83 90 49 33 L 2

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Apr 19, 2003 Milwaukee Bucks W 109 96 1 0 W 1
2 Tue, Apr 22, 2003 Milwaukee Bucks L 85 88 1 1 L 1
3 Thu, Apr 24, 2003 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 103 101 2 1 W 1
4 Sat, Apr 26, 2003 @ Milwaukee Bucks L OT 114 119 2 2 L 1
5 Tue, Apr 29, 2003 Milwaukee Bucks W 89 82 3 2 W 1
6 Thu, May 1, 2003 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 113 101 4 2 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
7 Mon, May 5, 2003 Boston Celtics W 97 93 5 2 W 3
8 Wed, May 7, 2003 Boston Celtics W 104 95 6 2 W 4
9 Fri, May 9, 2003 @ Boston Celtics W 94 76 7 2 W 5
10 Mon, May 12, 2003 @ Boston Celtics W 2OT 110 101 8 2 W 6
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
11 Sun, May 18, 2003 @ Detroit Pistons W 76 74 9 2 W 7
12 Tue, May 20, 2003 @ Detroit Pistons W 88 86 10 2 W 8
13 Thu, May 22, 2003 Detroit Pistons W 97 85 11 2 W 9
14 Sat, May 24, 2003 Detroit Pistons W 102 82 12 2 W 10
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
15 Wed, Jun 4, 2003 @ San Antonio Spurs L 89 101 12 3 L 1
16 Fri, Jun 6, 2003 @ San Antonio Spurs W 87 85 13 3 W 1
17 Sun, Jun 8, 2003 San Antonio Spurs L 79 84 13 4 L 1
18 Wed, Jun 11, 2003 San Antonio Spurs W 77 76 14 4 W 1
19 Fri, Jun 13, 2003 San Antonio Spurs L 83 93 14 5 L 1
20 Sun, Jun 15, 2003 @ San Antonio Spurs L 77 88 14 6 L 2