2003–04 Denver Nuggets season

NBA professional basketball team season August 2023 March 2026 Denver Nuggets 2004 43 39 Midwest 6 8 Jeff Bzdelik Kiki VanDeWeghe Stan Kroenke Pepsi Center KTVDFox Sports Net Rocky Mountain KKFN First round(lost to Timberwolves 1–4) DEN The 2003–04 Denver Nuggets season was the 28th season for the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association, and their 37th season as a franchise.2003-04 Denver Nuggets The season saw the team draft future All-Star Carmelo Anthony with the third overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft. During the offseason, the team signed free agent Andre Miller, and re-signed former Nuggets guard Voshon Lenard. Coming off with the worst record of 17–65 the previous season, Anthony led the Nuggets to a fast start winning 13 of their first 19 games. However, the team struggled down the stretch posting losing records in February and March. The Nuggets finished sixth in the Midwest Division with a 43–39 record, and made the playoffs for the first time since 1995. Anthony had a stellar rookie season averaging 21.0 points per game, and being selected to the All-Rookie First Team. He also finished second behind LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers in Rookie of The Year voting. However, in the first round of the playoffs, the Nuggets lost to the top-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves and league MVP Kevin Garnett in five games. For the season, the Nuggets changed their logo and uniforms, adding gold and light blue to their color scheme, they remained their primary logo until 2008 their added dark navy blue to their color scheme and remained in used until 2018, while the uniforms they remained in used until 2015. NBA draft 2003 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 3 Carmelo Anthony SF Syracuse 2 46 Sani Bečirović G Roster Denver Nuggets 2003–04 #5091CD #FFFFFF #FDB927 #00285E 12 Chris Andersen F 6 10 230 1978–07–07 Blinn College 15 Carmelo Anthony F 6 8 230 1984–05–29 Syracuse 20 Jon Barry G 6 4 195 1969–07–25 Georgia Tech 32 Ryan Bowen F 6 7 215 1975–11–20 Iowa 11 Earl Boykins G 5 5 135 1976–06–02 Eastern Michigan 23 Marcus Camby C/F 6 11 220 1974–03–22 Massachusetts 51 Michael Doleac C 6 11 262 1977–06–15 Utah 56 Francisco Elson C 7 0 235 1976–02–28 California 31 Nene Hilario F/C 6 11 260 1982–09–13 Brazil 1 Voshon Lenard G 6 4 205 1973–05–14 Minnesota 24 Andre Miller G 6 2 200 1976–03–19 Utah 41 Mark Pope F 6 10 235 1972–09–11 Kentucky 4 Jeff Trepagnier G 6 4 200 1979–07–11 Southern California 22 Nikoloz Tskitishvili F 7 0 225 1983–04–14 Republic of Georgia 5 Rodney White F 6 9 238 1980–06–28 Charlotte Jeff Bzdelik John MacLeod T.R. Dunn Scott Brooks Adrian Dantley Chip Engelland Jarinn Akana Bill Branch https://www.nba.com/nuggets/roster/ Regular season Season standings DEN DEN Game log Game Date Opponent Result Pacers points Opponents Record Streak Notes 1 Playoffs Denver Nuggets 2004 yes #5091CD #FFFFFF Denver Nuggets First round no yes yes #FDB927 #00285E 1 1 0 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 18 | @ Minnesota | L 92–106 | Anthony, Camby (19) | Marcus Camby (8) | Earl Boykins (5) | Target Center18,503 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 21 | @ Minnesota | L 81–95 | Voshon Lenard (24) | Carmelo Anthony (9) | Anthony, Nenê (3) | Target Center18,101 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 24 | Minnesota | W 107–86 | Carmelo Anthony (24) | Marcus Camby (16) | Andre Miller (6) | Pepsi Center19,713 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 27 | Minnesota | L 82–84 | Voshon Lenard (28) | Marcus Camby (14) | Marcus Camby (5) | Pepsi Center19,694 | 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 30 | @ Minnesota | L 91–102 | Camby, Miller (21) | Marcus Camby (15) | Boykins, Lenard (4) | Target Center19,890 | 1–4 |- DEN 2004 yes Player statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPGCarmelo Anthony828236.5.426.322.7776.12.81.20.521.0Andre Miller828234.6.457.185.8324.56.11.70.314.8Voshon Lenard737030.6.422.367.7912.72.10.80.214.2Nenê777732.5.530.000.6826.52.21.50.511.8Earl Boykins82322.5.419.322.8771.73.60.60.010.2Marcus Camby727230.0.477.000.72110.11.81.22.68.6Rodney White72013.7.459.379.7502.30.80.40.37.5Jon Barry57919.3.404.370.8452.22.61.00.16.2Michael Doleac26013.2.412.8752.90.50.20.23.6Francisco Elson621414.1.472.000.6673.30.50.60.63.5Chris Andersen71014.5.443.000.5894.20.50.51.63.4Nikoloz Tskitishvili3907.9.328.273.7931.60.30.20.22.7Jeff Trepagnier1108.7.263.500.5001.40.40.30.02.3Ryan Bowen5217.5.340.8331.70.30.30.30.9Mark Pope405.0.500.0000.80.00.30.00.5 Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPGVoshon Lenard5532.2.427.458.7142.62.40.80.017.0Andre Miller5534.8.472.000.8184.63.21.60.015.4Carmelo Anthony4435.8.328.182.8008.32.81.30.015.0Earl Boykins5024.2.444.357.8572.43.81.00.213.4Marcus Camby5538.8.491.500.57111.42.40.81.412.6Nenê5526.4.444.5385.03.01.00.67.8Jon Barry5120.0.333.333.6673.62.00.60.04.2Francisco Elson4015.0.583.5002.30.50.50.33.8Michael Doleac509.8.5001.40.60.00.02.0Rodney White406.5.267.0001.30.00.50.02.0Chris Andersen506.8.3332.80.40.20.41.2Ryan Bowen401.51.0000.00.00.00.00.5 Player statistics citation:2003-04 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DEN/2004.html 2021-08-08 Basketball-Reference.com en Awards, records, and honors Carmelo Anthony, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team References Nuggets on Basketball Reference Category:Denver Nuggets seasons Denver Nuggets Denver Nuggets Denver Nug