2003–04 Miami Heat season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Miami Heat 2004 42 40 Atlantic 2 4 Stan Van Gundy Randy Pfund Pat Riley Micky Arison American Airlines Arena Sunshine Network, WBFS, WFOR WIOD Conference semifinals(lost to Pacers 2–4) MIA The 2003–04 Miami Heat season was the 16th season for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association.2003-04 Miami Heat This season saw the team draft future All-Star and 3-time NBA Champion Dwyane Wade with the fifth overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft, while acquiring forward Lamar Odom from the Los Angeles Clippers. PLUS: BASKETBALL; Odom Joins Heat, Leaving Clippers New York Times August 28, 2003 https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/28/sports/plus-basketball-odom-joins-heat-leaving-clippers.html?mcubz=1 August 29, 2017 Before the season began, head coach Pat Riley resigned, but he would later return midway in the 2005–06 season and help guide the Heat to their first ever NBA championship. Under new head coach Stan Van Gundy, the Heat stumbled out of the gate losing their first seven games. By the beginning of March, the team had a record of 25–36. However, the Heat rallied to win 17 of their last 21 games, finishing with a final record of 42–40. Despite the mediocre record, the Heat entered the playoffs as the #4 seed in the Eastern Conference. Wade had a stellar rookie season, averaging 16.2 points per game, and was selected to the All-Rookie First Team. The first round series pitted the Heat against the New Orleans Hornets, then in its second season of existence. The Heat would go on to defeat New Orleans in seven games. They advanced to the Conference Semi-finals for the first time since 2000. However, they went no further as they fell to the top-seeded Indiana Pacers in six games. Following the season, Odom, second-year forward Caron Butler, and Brian Grant were all traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for big man Shaquille O'Neal, who had bad blood with Kobe Bryant; Bryant blamed O'Neal for the Lakers' loss in the finals to the underdog Detroit Pistons. 2 Key dates June 26 – The 2003 NBA draft took place in New York City. July 8 – The free agency period started. October 27 – The Heat's regular season began with a road game versus the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wachovia Center. Offseason 2003 NBA draft 2003 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 5 Dwyane Wade Guard United States Marquette 2 33 Jerome Beasley Forward United States North Dakota Free agency Signings: Lamar Odom Rafer Alston Roster Miami Heat 2003–04 35 Malik Allen F 6 10 255 1978-06-27 Villanova 11 Rafer Alston G 6 2 175 1976-07-24 Fresno State 24 Jerome Beasley F 6 10 240 1980-05-17 North Dakota 4 Caron Butler G/F 6 7 228 1980-03-13 Connecticut 45 Rasual Butler G/F 6 7 205 1979-05-23 La Salle 12 Bimbo Coles G 6 2 188 1968-04-22 Virginia Tech 44 Brian Grant F/C 6 9 254 1972-03-05 Xavier 40 Udonis Haslem F/C 6 8 235 1980-06-09 Florida 6 Eddie Jones basketball G/F 6 6 200 1971-10-20 Temple 7 Lamar Odom F 6 10 230 1979-11-06 Rhode Island 3 Dwyane Wade G 6 4 220 1982-01-17 Marquette 52 Samaki Walker F/C 6 9 250 1976-02-25 Louisville 22 John Wallace John Wallace (basketball) F 6 8 225 1974-02-09 Syracuse 1 Loren Woods C 7 2 260 1978-06-21 Arizona 15 Wang Zhizhi C 7 1 284 1977-07-08 China Stan Van Gundy Keith Askins Bill Foran Bob McAdoo Erik Spoelstra https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIA/2004.html March 2, 2004 Pre-season Game log Miami Heat yes 2004 Miami Heat Pre-season yes 3 1 2 1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | October 7 | Philadelphia | 20031007 PHIMIA 86 79 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Roberto Clemente Coliseum8,893 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | October 10 | Atlanta | 20031010 ATLMIA 94 92 | N/A | N/A | N/A | TECO Arena3,895 | 2–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | October 11 | @ Orlando | 20031011 MIAORL 77 75 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Amway Arena13,118 | 3–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | October 14 | San Antonio | 20031014 SASMIA 99 98 | N/A | N/A | N/A | AmericanAirlines Arena10,019 | 4–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | October 16 | @ Atlanta | 20031016 MIAATL 78 92 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Philips Arena8,193 | 4–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | October 17 | @ Detroit | 20031017 MIADET 84 71 | N/A | N/A | N/A | The Palace of Auburn Hills19,757 | 5–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | October 21 | Memphis | 20031021 MEMMIA 82 97 | N/A | N/A | N/A | AmericanAirlines Arena10,241 | 5–2 |- mia 2004 Regular season Standings MIA MIA Game log October Record: 0-3; home: 0-1; road: 0–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading Scorer Venue Record 1 October 28 Miami 74–89 Philadelphia NO Dwyane Wade (18) Wachovia Center 0–1 2 October 29 Miami 75–98 Boston NO Eddie Jones (22) Fleet Center 0–2 3 October 31 Detroit 93–81 Miami NO Eddie Jones (20) American Airlines Arena 0–3 November Record: 5–9; home: 4–2; road: 1–7 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Venue Record 4 November 3 Miami 93-103 Dallas NOUdonis Haslem (20) American Airlines Center0–4 5 November 4 Miami 73–80 San Antonio NO Eddie Jones (26) SBC Center 0–5 6 November 8 Minnesota 88–79 Miami NO Eddie Jones (24) American Airlines Arena 0–6 7 November 11 Houston 90–70 Miami NO Eddie Jones (21) American Airlines Arena 0–7 8 November 12 Cleveland 83–88 Miami NO Eddie Jones (25) American Airlines Arena 1–7 9 November 13 Washington 101–105 Miami NO Eddie Jones (26) American Airlines Arena 2–7 10 November 16 Miami 77–99 L.A. Lakers NO Lamar Odom (18) Staples Center 2–8 11 November 18 Miami 105–98 Seattle NO Lamar Odom (21) KeyArena 3–8 12 November 19 Miami 93–94 Portland NO Eddie Jones (26) Rose Garden 3–9 13 November 21 Miami 91–101 Golden State NO Lamar Odom (20) The Arena in Oakland 3–10 14 November 22 Miami 98–100 Phoenix 1 Dwyane Wade (27) America West Arena 3–11 15 November 25 New Orleans 87–91 Miami NO Eddie Jones (25) American Airlines Arena 4–11 16 November 28 Miami 83–95 Atlanta NO Eddie Jones (28) Philips Arena 4–12 17 November 29 Toronto 66–78 Miami NO Dwyane Wade (16) American Airlines Arena 5–12 December Record: 8–7; home: 5–3; road: 3–4 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Venue Record 18 December 3 Miami 73-87 Detroit NOLamar Odom (22) The Palace of Auburn Hills5–13 19 December 5 Philadelphia 93–90 Miami NO Dwyane Wade (21) American Airlines Arena 5–14 20 December 6 San Antonio 86–70 Miami NO Lamar Odom (17) American Airlines Arena 5–15 21 December 9 Phoenix 72–92 Miami NOLamar Odom (16) American Airlines Arena 6–15 22 December 12 Memphis 88–91 Miami NO Lamar Odom (29) American Airlines Arena 7–15 23 December 14 Miami 90–89 Toronto NO Dwyane Wade (23) Air Canada Centre 8–15 24 December 16 Atlanta 79–97 Miami NO Lamar Odom (18) American Airlines Arena 9–15 25 December 17 Miami 76–87 Philadelphia NO Dwyane Wade (22) Wachovia Center 9–16 26 December 19 Miami 83–97 Memphis NO Dwyane Wade (21) The Pyramid 9–17 27 December 21 Golden State 93–104 Miami NO Dwyane Wade (33) American Airlines Arena 10–17 28 December 23 Washington 72–79 Miami NO Dwyane Wade (20) American Airlines Arena 11–17 29 December 26 Miami 92–84 Washington NO Eddie Jones (22) MCI Center 12–17 30 December 27 New York 100–80 Miami NO Eddie Jones (25) Philips Arena 12–18 31 December 29 Miami 90–83 Chicago NO Lamar Odom (25) United Center 13–18 32 December 30 Miami 73–102 New York NO Lamar Odom (19) Madison Square Garden 13–19 January Record: 8–8; home: 6–2; road: 2–6 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Venue Record 33 January 2 Orlando 101-112 Miami NOEddie Jones (33) American Airlines Arena14–19 34 January 5 Indiana 87–65 Miami NO Brian Grant (14) American Airlines Arena 14–20 35 January 7 Chicago 95–102 Miami NO Eddie Jones (27) American Airlines Arena 15–20 36 January 9 Miami 94–103 Milwaukee NOLamar Odom (22) Bradley Center 15–21 37 January 10 Miami 77–83 Minnesota NO Brian Grant (17) Target Center 15–22 38 January 13 Miami 86–90 Sacramento NO Lamar Odom (21) ARCO Arena 15–23 39 January 15 Miami 85–97 Utah NO Eddie Jones (18) Delta Center 15–24 40 January 16 Miami 87–85 L.A. Clippers NO Eddie Jones (22) Staples Center 16–24 41 January 18 Miami 80–88 Denver NO Lamar Odom (26) Pepsi Center 16–25 42 January 20 Boston 86–84 Miami NO Udonis Haslem (18) American Airlines Arena 16–26 43 January 23 New Jersey 64–85 Miami NO Eddie Jones (18) American Airlines Arena 17–26 44 January 24 Miami 85–77 New York NO Eddie Jones (26) Madison Square Garden 18–26 45 January 26 Houston 81–95 Miami NO Eddie Jones (27) American Airlines Arena 19–26 46 January 28 Miami 93–94 Cleveland NO Eddie Jones (16) Gund Arena 19–27 47 January 30 L.A. Clippers 88–97 Miami NO Lamar Odom (25) American Airlines Arena 20–2748 January 30 New Orleans hornets70-94 Miami NO American Airlines Arena 21–27 February Record: 4–8; home: 3–4; road: 1–4 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Venue Record 49 February 2 Detroit 102-100 Miami 1 Eddie Jones (19) American Airlines Arena21–28 50 February 4 Miami 88–99 New Jersey NO Lamar Odom (27) Continental Airlines Arena 21–29 51 February 7 New York 64–76 Miami NO Lamar Odom (18) American Airlines Arena 21–30 52 February 8 Miami 91–97 Indiana NOLamar Odom (25) Conseco Fieldhouse 21–31 53 February 10 L.A. Lakers 98–83 Miami NO Dwyane Wade (20) American Airlines Arena 21–32 54 February 11 Miami 111–98 Orlando NO Dwyane Wade (27) TD Waterhouse Centre 22–32 55 February 17 Utah 85–97 Miami NO Dwyane Wade (31) American Airlines Arena 23–32 56 February 20 Atlanta 92–125 Miami NO Eddie Jones (24) American Airlines Arena 24–32 57 February 21 Denver 81–97 Miami NO Dwyane Wade (28) American Airlines Arena 25–32 58 February 23 Portland 89–81 Miami NO Lamar Odom (25) American Airlines Arena 25–33 59 February 28 Miami 86–92 New Jersey NO Dwyane Wade (20) Continental Airlines Arena 25–34 60 February 29 Miami 104–108 Milwaukee NO Eddie Jones (25) Bradley Center 25–35 March Record: 12–3; home: 9–1; road: 3–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Venue Record 61 March 2 Toronto 89-86 Miami NOLamar Odom (23) American Airlines Arena25–36 62 March 4 Milwaukee 98–104 Miami NO Rafer Alston (23) American Airlines Arena 26–36 63 March 6 Sacramento 96–102 Miami NO Lamar Odom (30) American Airlines Arena 27–36 64 March 9 Orlando 89–100 Miami NO Rasual Butler (19) American Airlines Arena 28–36 65 March 10 Miami 84–95 New Orleans NO Udonis Haslem (15) New Orleans Arena 28–37 66 March 12 Seattle 74–82 Miami NO Rafer Alston (15) American Airlines Arena 29–37 67 March 14 New Jersey 95–104 Miami NO Caron Butler (24) American Airlines Arena 30–37 68 March 16 New Orleans 83–96 Miami NO Dwyane Wade (23) American Airlines Arena 31–37 69 March 20 Philadelphia 69–101 Miami NO Eddie Jones (17) American Airlines Arena 32–37 70 March 21 Miami 101–81 Washington NO Dwyane Wade (22) MCI Center 33–37 71 March 24 Miami 105–90 Orlando NO Eddie Jones (28) TD Waterhouse Centre 34–37 72 March 26 Dallas 118–119 Miami NO Lamar Odom (26) American Airlines Arena 35–37 73 March 28 Miami 100–80 Indiana NO Caron Butler (14) Conseco Fieldhouse 35–38 74 March 29 Chicago 96–105 Miami NO Eddie Jones (21) American Airlines Arena 36–38 75 March 30 Miami 100–97 Atlanta NO Eddie Jones (23) Philips Arena 37–38 April Record: 5–2; home: 3–0; road: 2–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Venue Record 76 April 2 Miami 102-100 Detroit NO Lamar Odom (18) The Palace of Auburn Hills37–39 77 April 3 Miami 97–83 Chicago NO Eddie Jones (21) United Center 38–39 78 April 7 Boston 101–104 Miami NO Lamar Odom (24) American Airlines Arena 39–39 79 April 9 Cleveland 91–106 Miami NODwyane Wade (20) American Airlines Arena 40–39 80 April 10 Miami 80–91 Cleveland NO Dwyane Wade (17) Gund Arena 40–40 81 April 11 Miami 84–77 Boston NO Rafer Alston (15) Fleet Center 41–40 82 April 17 New Jersey 84–96 Miami NO Dwyane Wade (15) American Airlines Arena 42–40 Playoffs Miami Heat yes 2004 Miami Heat First round yes yes no 4 0 0 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 18 | New Orleans | W 81–79 | Dwyane Wade (21) | Lamar Odom (11) | Odom, Wade (5) | American Airlines Arena20,102 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 21 | New Orleans | W 93–63 | Eddie Jones (19) | Brian Grant (11) | Dwyane Wade (6) | American Airlines Arena20,189 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 24 | @ New Orleans | L 71–77 | Caron Butler (24) | Caron Butler (15) | Caron Butler (4) | New Orleans Arena14,251 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 27 | @ New Orleans | L 85–96 | Lamar Odom (25) | Brian Grant (9) | Dwyane Wade (10) | New Orleans Arena16,009 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | April 30 | New Orleans | W 87–83 | Eddie Jones (25) | Caron Butler (11) | Dwyane Wade (5) | American Airlines Arena20,147 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | May 2 | @ New Orleans | L 83–89 | Dwyane Wade (27) | Lamar Odom (11) | Dwyane Wade (6) | New Orleans Arena17,297 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | May 4 | New Orleans | W 85–77 | Caron Butler (23) | three players tied (9) | Dwyane Wade (7) | American Airlines Arena20,286 | 4–3 |- Miami Heat Conference Semi-finals yes no 2 1 0 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | May 6 | @ Indiana | L 81–94 | Dwyane Wade (22) | Caron Butler (9) | Alston, Wade (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse18,345 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | May 8 | @ Indiana | L 80–91 | Odom, Wade (19) | Lamar Odom (12) | Alston, Wade (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse18,345 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | May 10 | Indiana | W 94–87 | Dwyane Wade (25) | Brian Grant (16) | Dwyane Wade (6) | American Airlines Arena20,115 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 12 | Indiana | W 100–88 | Lamar Odom (22) | Caron Butler (10) | Dwyane Wade (7) | American Airlines Arena20,128 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | May 15 | @ Indiana | L 83–94 | Dwyane Wade (16) | Lamar Odom (10) | Dwyane Wade (10) | Conseco Fieldhouse18,345 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | May 18 | Indiana | L 70–73 | Dwyane Wade (24) | Brian Grant (10) | three players tied (2) | American Airlines Arena20,136 | 2–4 |- MIA yes 2004 Player statistics Regular season Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameRafer AlstonPG82 28 2,581 226 372 114 18 838 31.5 2.8 4.5 1.4 .2 10.2Eddie Jones basketballSG 81 81 2,998 308 258 92 34 1,401 37.0 3.8 3.2 1.1 .4 17.3Lamar OdomPF 80 80 3,003 776 327 85 71 1,371 37.5 9.7 4.1 1.1 .9 17.1Brian GrantC 76 76 2,303 524 69 51 35 664 30.3 6.9 .9 .7 .5 8.7Udonis HaslemPF 75 24 1,795 473 51 33 24 550 23.9 6.3 .7 .4 .3 7.3Caron ButlerSF 68 56 2,030 326 126 75 13 623 29.9 4.8 1.9 1.1 .2 9.2Dwyane WadePG 61 56 2,126 247 275 86 34 991 34.9 4.0 4.5 1.4 .6 16.2Malik AllenPF 45 6 616 119 16 12 28 191 13.7 2.6 .4 .3 .6 4.2Rasual ButlerSF 45 0 675 61 23 10 13 304 15.0 1.4 .5 .2 .3 6.8Loren WoodsC 38 2 506 134 10 11 19 121 13.3 3.5 .3 .3 .5 3.2John Wallace basketballSF 37 0 368 59 14 5 8 158 9.9 1.6 .4 .1 .2 4.3Samaki WalkerPF 33 0 418 112 6 9 11 105 12.7 3.4 .2 .3 .3 3.2Bimbo ColesPG 22 1 170 10 15 3 0 28 7.7 .5 .7 .1 .0 1.3Wang Zhizhi†C 14 0 105 14 2 3 4 43 7.5 1.0 .1 .2 .3 3.1Tyrone HillPF 5 0 38 8 0 0 1 9 7.6 1.6 .0 .0 .2 1.8Kirk PenneySG 2 0 18 1 1 1 0 3 9.0 .5 .5 .5 .0 1.5Jerome BeasleyPF 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 2 2.5 .5 .0 .0 .0 1.0 † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Heat only. Playoffs Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameLamar OdomPF13 13 512 108 37 15 10 219 39.4 8.3 2.8 1.2 .8 16.8Caron ButlerSF13 13 511 110 31 28 7 167 39.3 8.5 2.4 2.2 .5 12.8Dwyane WadePG13 13 510 52 73 17 4 234 39.2 4.0 5.6 1.3 .3 18.0Eddie Jones basketballSG13 13 478 47 29 18 11 172 36.8 3.6 2.2 1.4 .8 13.2Brian GrantC13 13 399 112 10 7 8 92 30.7 8.6 .8 .5 .6 7.1Rafer AlstonPG13 0 295 29 22 5 1 91 22.7 2.2 1.7 .4 .1 7.0Udonis HaslemPF13 0 199 44 3 5 3 47 15.3 3.4 .2 .4 .2 3.6Malik AllenPF 10 0 138 30 4 2 9 50 13.8 3.0 .4 .2 .9 5.0Rasual ButlerSF 10 0 58 11 2 1 0 21 5.8 1.1 .2 .1 .0 2.1Samaki WalkerPF 4 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 2.8 .3 .0 .0 .0 .0Wang ZhizhiC 3 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 2.3 .0 .3 .0 .0 .0Loren WoodsC 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 References Category:Miami Heat seasons Miami Heat Miami Heat Miami Heat