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2002-03 Dallas Mavericks Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 60-22, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Don Nelson (60-22)

Executive: Don Nelson

PTS/G: 103.0 (1st of 29) Opp PTS/G: 95.2 (16th of 29)

SRS: 7.90 (1st of 29) Pace: 92.5 (7th of 29)

Off Rtg: 110.7 (1st of 29) Def Rtg: 102.3 (9th of 29) Net Rtg: +8.4 (1st of 29)

Expected W-L: 62-20 (1st of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +800, Over-Under 57.5

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

NBA 2003 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (4-3) versus Portland Trail Blazers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Sacramento Kings (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (2-4) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

1. Oct 30 @ MEM, DAL (1-0) beat MEM, 119-108

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
9	Tariq Abdul-Wahad	SG	6-6	223	November 3, 1974	fr	5	Michigan, San Jose State
11	Raja Bell	SG	6-5	204	September 19, 1976	vi	2	Boston University, Florida International University
44	Shawn Bradley	C	7-6	235	March 22, 1972	de	9	BYU
42	Evan Eschmeyer	C	6-11	255	May 30, 1975	us	3	Northwestern
4	Michael Finley	SF	6-7	215	March 6, 1973	us	7	Wisconsin
7	Adrian Griffin	SG	6-5	217	July 4, 1974	us	3	Seton Hall
21	Adam Harrington	SG	6-5	200	July 5, 1980	us	R	NC State, Auburn
6	Avery Johnson	PG	5-10	175	March 25, 1965	us	14	Cameron University, Southern University and A&M College
54	Popeye Jones	PF	6-8	250	June 17, 1970	us	9	Murray State
45	Raef LaFrentz	C	6-11	240	May 29, 1976	us	4	Kansas
14	Eduardo Nájera	SF	6-8	240	July 11, 1976	mx	2	Oklahoma
13	Steve Nash	PG	6-3	195	February 7, 1974	za	6	Santa Clara
41	Dirk Nowitzki	PF	7-0	245	June 19, 1978	de	4
17	Antoine Rigaudeau	SG	6-7	210	December 17, 1971	fr	R
30	Mark Strickland	SF	6-9	210	July 14, 1970	us	7	Temple
31	Nick Van Exel	SG	6-1	170	November 27, 1971	us	9	Trinity Valley CC, Cincinnati
43	Walt Williams	SF	6-8	219	April 16, 1970	us	10	Maryland

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Dirk Nowitzki	24	80	80	39.0	8.6	18.6	.463	1.9	4.9	.379	6.8	13.7	.493	.513	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	5.6	12.6	.445	.475	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	5.0	10.3	.482	.515	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	3.1	7.1	.432	.483	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	3.2	5.8	.550	.563	0.9	1.3	.682	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.7	3.8	9.3
6	Eduardo Nájera	26	48	12	23.0	2.7	4.8	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	4.8	.561	.558	1.3	1.9	.681	1.9	2.8	4.6	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.5	2.7	6.7
7	Shawn Bradley	30	81	39	21.4	2.5	4.6	.536	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	4.6	.537	.536	1.7	2.2	.806	1.9	4.0	5.9	0.7	0.8	2.1	0.8	3.0	6.7
8	Adrian Griffin	28	74	48	18.6	2.0	4.6	.433	0.1	0.3	.250	1.9	4.2	.447	.442	0.4	0.4	.844	1.2	2.4	3.6	1.4	1.0	0.1	0.6	2.1	4.4
9	Walt Williams	32	66	1	17.6	2.0	5.2	.393	1.0	2.6	.374	1.1	2.6	.412	.487	0.5	0.8	.620	0.8	2.3	3.1	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.5	2.1	5.5
10	Raja Bell	26	75	32	15.6	1.2	2.8	.441	0.3	0.7	.412	1.0	2.1	.450	.491	0.3	0.5	.676	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.8	3.1
11	Tariq Abdul-Wahad	28	14	0	14.6	1.9	4.1	.466	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	4.1	.474	.466	0.2	0.4	.500	1.0	1.9	2.9	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.9	4.1
12	Avery Johnson	37	48	0	9.0	1.3	3.1	.420	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	3.1	.426	.420	0.6	0.8	.769	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.5	3.3
13	Popeye Jones	32	26	0	8.5	0.9	2.4	.387	0.0	0.0		0.9	2.4	.387	.387	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	0.6	2.7	.233	.243	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		0.4	1.1	.368	.368	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		0.5	1.3	.400	.400	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	1.1	.214	.265	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 Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Dirk Nowitzki	24	17	17	42.5	8.8	18.4	.479	1.6	3.6	.443	7.2	14.8	.488	.522	6.1	6.6	.912	0.9	10.6	11.5	2.2	1.2	0.9	2.4	3.1	25.3
2	Michael Finley	29	20	20	41.1	6.6	15.1	.435	2.4	5.7	.412	4.2	9.4	.449	.513	2.9	3.3	.864	1.3	4.5	5.8	3.0	1.3	0.6	1.6	2.3	18.3
3	Steve Nash	28	20	20	36.5	5.8	12.9	.447	1.9	3.8	.487	3.9	9.1	.431	.519	2.8	3.2	.873	0.8	2.8	3.5	7.3	0.9	0.1	2.6	2.4	16.1
4	Nick Van Exel	31	20	3	33.6	7.5	16.3	.460	2.2	5.6	.393	5.3	10.7	.495	.528	2.3	3.2	.703	0.9	2.5	3.4	4.1	0.6	0.0	2.0	2.4	19.5
5	Raef LaFrentz	26	20	16	24.6	3.4	7.9	.433	0.4	2.0	.200	3.0	5.9	.513	.459	0.8	1.0	.842	1.8	2.6	4.4	0.3	0.6	2.2	0.7	4.3	8.0
6	Eduardo Nájera	26	19	5	20.7	2.1	4.5	.453	0.0	0.0		2.1	4.5	.453	.453	2.0	2.5	.792	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	2.8	6.1
7	Raja Bell	26	17	7	17.9	2.4	4.3	.548	0.4	0.8	.462	2.0	3.5	.567	.589	0.6	1.2	.550	0.8	2.2	3.0	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	2.4	5.7
8	Walt Williams	32	15	3	15.1	2.1	5.4	.395	0.9	2.7	.341	1.2	2.7	.450	.481	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.8	2.1	2.9	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.9	5.7
9	Shawn Bradley	30	17	7	14.5	1.2	2.9	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	2.9	.408	.400	0.5	0.7	.750	1.4	2.5	3.8	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.9	2.8	2.9
10	Tariq Abdul-Wahad	28	8	0	9.9	1.1	3.8	.300	0.0	0.3	.000	1.1	3.5	.321	.300	0.9	1.0	.875	1.4	1.4	2.8	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.8	3.1
11	Adrian Griffin	28	15	2	8.7	1.1	2.7	.415	0.1	0.2	.333	1.1	2.5	.421	.427	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.6	2.5
12	Evan Eschmeyer	27	5	0	6.4	0.6	1.2	.500	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.2	.500	.500	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.6	1.0	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.6	1.2

Totals

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	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	542	1099	.493	.513	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	407	845	.482	.515	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	388	871	.445	.475	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	224	519	.432	.483	110	144	.764	35	173	208	312	42	4	123	86	912
5	Shawn Bradley	30	81	39	1731	201	375	.536	0	1	.000	201	374	.537	.536	141	175	.806	151	325	476	54	65	170	67	242	543
6	Raef LaFrentz	26	69	43	1611	266	514	.518	47	116	.405	219	398	.550	.563	60	88	.682	125	205	330	54	35	91	46	264	639
7	Adrian Griffin	28	74	48	1373	146	337	.433	6	24	.250	140	313	.447	.442	27	32	.844	88	176	264	105	77	6	47	157	325
8	Raja Bell	26	75	32	1173	93	211	.441	21	51	.412	72	160	.450	.491	23	34	.676	47	98	145	57	52	8	43	134	230
9	Walt Williams	32	66	1	1161	134	341	.393	64	171	.374	70	170	.412	.487	31	50	.620	53	154	207	59	42	26	35	141	363
10	Eduardo Nájera	26	48	12	1103	129	231	.558	0	1	.000	129	230	.561	.558	62	91	.681	90	133	223	47	40	22	23	129	320
11	Avery Johnson	37	48	0	430	63	150	.420	0	2	.000	63	148	.426	.420	30	39	.769	10	21	31	64	15	1	29	26	156
12	Popeye Jones	32	26	0	222	24	62	.387	0	0		24	62	.387	.387	5	11	.455	29	30	59	8	5	1	15	31	53
13	Tariq Abdul-Wahad	28	14	0	204	27	58	.466	0	1	.000	27	57	.474	.466	3	6	.500	14	26	40	21	6	3	7	26	57
14	Evan Eschmeyer	27	17	3	135	7	19	.368	0	0		7	19	.368	.368	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	7	30	.233	.243	0	0		4	4	8	6	3	0	6	11	17
16	Adam Harrington	22	13	0	37	4	17	.235	1	3	.333	3	14	.214	.265	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		2	5	.400	.400	0	0		5	2	7	0	0	0	1	1	4
			82		19780	3161	6982	.453	636	1668	.381	2525	5314	.475	.498	1486	1793	.829	912	2544	3456	1837	665	449	949	1730	8444

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Michael Finley	29	20	20	822	131	301	.435	47	114	.412	84	187	.449	.513	57	66	.864	25	90	115	60	26	12	31	46	366
2	Steve Nash	28	20	20	729	115	257	.447	37	76	.487	78	181	.431	.519	55	63	.873	15	55	70	145	17	1	51	47	322
3	Dirk Nowitzki	24	17	17	722	150	313	.479	27	61	.443	123	252	.488	.522	103	113	.912	15	181	196	37	21	16	40	52	430
4	Nick Van Exel	31	20	3	672	150	326	.460	44	112	.393	106	214	.495	.528	45	64	.703	18	50	68	82	12	0	39	47	389
5	Raef LaFrentz	26	20	16	491	68	157	.433	8	40	.200	60	117	.513	.459	16	19	.842	36	52	88	5	11	43	14	86	160
6	Eduardo Nájera	26	19	5	394	39	86	.453	0	0		39	86	.453	.453	38	48	.792	36	38	74	15	14	4	16	53	116
7	Raja Bell	26	17	7	305	40	73	.548	6	13	.462	34	60	.567	.589	11	20	.550	13	38	51	27	5	0	6	41	97
8	Shawn Bradley	30	17	7	246	20	50	.400	0	1	.000	20	49	.408	.400	9	12	.750	23	42	65	5	3	14	15	48	49
9	Walt Williams	32	15	3	227	32	81	.395	14	41	.341	18	40	.450	.481	7	7	1.000	12	31	43	15	5	12	17	28	85
10	Adrian Griffin	28	15	2	131	17	41	.415	1	3	.333	16	38	.421	.427	2	2	1.000	17	27	44	8	4	0	9	24	37
11	Tariq Abdul-Wahad	28	8	0	79	9	30	.300	0	2	.000	9	28	.321	.300	7	8	.875	11	11	22	7	0	0	1	6	25
12	Evan Eschmeyer	27	5	0	32	3	6	.500	0	0		3	6	.500	.500	0	0		2	3	5	2	3	1	0	8	6

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Dirk Nowitzki	24	80	3117	25.6	.581	.262	.368	2.9	25.1	14.0	13.3	1.8	2.0	8.1	27.4		10.8	5.3	16.1	.249		5.8	1.4	7.2	7.3
2	Steve Nash	28	82	2711	22.6	.576	.241	.304	2.6	7.0	4.8	36.3	1.6	0.2	13.2	24.4		9.7	1.9	11.6	.206		5.4	-0.8	4.6	4.5
3	Michael Finley	29	69	2642	17.6	.514	.270	.193	4.5	12.3	8.4	12.8	1.5	0.6	8.1	24.2		4.3	2.5	6.7	.123		2.4	-0.8	1.7	2.4
4	Nick Van Exel	31	73	2026	15.6	.510	.375	.173	1.9	9.4	5.7	24.4	1.1	0.1	12.1	22.8		2.6	1.3	4.0	.094		1.8	-1.6	0.2	1.1
5	Shawn Bradley	30	81	1731	18.3	.601	.003	.467	9.6	20.7	15.1	4.6	1.9	7.3	12.9	13.6		3.9	3.5	7.4	.204		-0.4	3.0	2.6	2.0
6	Raef LaFrentz	26	69	1611	16.5	.578	.226	.171	8.5	14.0	11.3	5.3	1.1	4.2	7.7	16.9		3.8	2.0	5.8	.173		0.0	0.6	0.6	1.1
7	Adrian Griffin	28	74	1373	11.5	.463	.071	.095	7.1	14.1	10.6	11.0	2.9	0.3	11.8	13.2		0.9	1.9	2.9	.100		-2.1	1.8	-0.3	0.6
8	Raja Bell	26	75	1173	7.9	.509	.242	.161	4.4	9.2	6.8	6.8	2.3	0.5	16.0	10.4		0.5	1.2	1.7	.069		-3.1	1.4	-1.8	0.1
9	Walt Williams	32	66	1161	11.7	.500	.501	.147	5.0	14.6	9.8	7.4	1.9	1.7	8.8	15.6		1.0	1.5	2.5	.103		-0.7	0.6	-0.1	0.6
10	Eduardo Nájera	26	48	1103	14.8	.590	.004	.394	9.0	13.3	11.1	6.2	1.9	1.5	7.8	12.1		2.7	1.3	4.0	.175		0.1	1.1	1.2	0.9
11	Avery Johnson	37	48	430	12.2	.467	.013	.260	2.6	5.4	4.0	22.8	1.8	0.2	14.8	20.7		0.1	0.3	0.4	.044		-2.2	-1.0	-3.2	-0.1
12	Popeye Jones	32	26	222	7.0	.396	.000	.177	14.4	14.9	14.6	5.2	1.2	0.3	18.3	16.7		-0.2	0.2	0.0	.005		-5.4	-2.7	-8.1	-0.3
13	Tariq Abdul-Wahad	28	14	204	12.4	.470	.017	.103	7.6	14.0	10.8	15.4	1.5	1.1	10.3	15.0		0.2	0.2	0.4	.104		-1.6	0.2	-1.4	0.0
14	Evan Eschmeyer	27	17	135	7.4	.409	.000	.211	8.2	15.5	11.8	5.9	3.8	3.9	22.4	9.0		0.0	0.3	0.2	.088		-5.9	3.9	-2.0	0.0
15	Antoine Rigaudeau	31	11	91	-2.4	.243	.143	.000	4.8	4.8	4.8	9.3	1.7	0.0	14.6	20.4		-0.4	0.1	-0.4	-0.192		-11.0	-3.7	-14.7	-0.3
16	Adam Harrington	22	13	37	1.4	.308	.176	.118	0.0	6.0	3.0	7.8	1.4	2.0	10.1	24.4		-0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.164		-8.4	-2.7	-11.1	-0.1
17	Mark Strickland	32	4	13	16.3	.400	.000	.000	42.3	17.0	29.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.7	20.9		0.0	0.0	0.0	.101		1.5	-5.3	-3.8	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Michael Finley	29	20	822	17.2	.554	.379	.219	3.3	12.1	7.7	11.4	1.6	1.1	8.6	19.8		1.7	0.2	1.8	.108		3.6	0.0	3.6	1.2
2	Steve Nash	28	20	729	18.1	.565	.296	.245	2.2	8.3	5.3	31.1	1.2	0.1	15.2	20.7		1.8	-0.1	1.7	.113		3.9	-1.7	2.2	0.7
3	Dirk Nowitzki	24	17	722	23.2	.593	.195	.361	2.3	27.7	14.9	8.7	1.5	1.7	9.9	25.1		1.9	0.6	2.6	.172		4.7	0.3	5.0	1.3
4	Nick Van Exel	31	20	672	19.1	.549	.344	.196	2.9	8.2	5.5	21.2	0.9	0.0	9.9	26.3		1.5	-0.1	1.4	.098		4.1	-1.6	2.5	0.7
5	Raef LaFrentz	26	20	491	12.5	.484	.255	.121	8.0	11.7	9.8	1.5	1.2	6.7	7.8	16.4		0.3	0.3	0.6	.057		-2.0	0.2	-1.8	0.0
6	Eduardo Nájera	26	19	394	12.5	.541	.000	.558	9.9	10.7	10.3	5.4	1.8	0.8	13.0	14.1		0.6	0.1	0.7	.089		-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	0.2
7	Raja Bell	26	17	305	13.9	.593	.178	.274	4.6	13.8	9.2	13.3	0.8	0.0	6.8	12.9		0.8	0.0	0.8	.121		0.8	1.5	2.3	0.3
8	Shawn Bradley	30	17	246	7.1	.443	.020	.240	10.2	18.9	14.5	2.8	0.6	4.4	21.3	12.8		-0.1	0.1	0.0	.001		-4.6	-0.6	-5.2	-0.2
9	Walt Williams	32	15	227	12.5	.505	.506	.086	5.8	15.1	10.4	10.1	1.1	4.1	16.8	20.0		0.0	0.1	0.1	.022		0.5	0.9	1.3	0.2
10	Adrian Griffin	28	15	131	10.6	.442	.073	.049	14.1	22.8	18.4	9.1	1.6	0.0	17.7	17.5		0.0	0.1	0.1	.025		-3.7	-0.7	-4.4	-0.1
11	Tariq Abdul-Wahad	28	8	79	12.6	.373	.067	.267	15.2	15.4	15.3	13.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	19.7		0.1	0.0	0.1	.034		0.8	-3.0	-2.2	0.0
12	Evan Eschmeyer	27	5	32	12.6	.500	.000	.000	6.8	10.4	8.6	8.9	4.8	2.4	0.0	8.4		0.1	0.0	0.1	.140		-3.0	4.1	1.1	0.0

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