2002–03 Dallas Mavericks season

2002–03 Dallas Mavericks season
Head coach	Don Nelson
President	Donnie Nelson
General manager	Don Nelson
Owner(s)	Mark Cuban
Arena	American Airlines Center
Results
Record	60–22 (.732)
Place	Division: 2nd (Midwest) Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	Western Conference finals (lost to Spurs 2–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Net Southwest KTXA KTVT
Radio	KESN

The 2002–03 NBA season was the Mavericks' 23rd season in the National Basketball Association.^[1] During the off-season, the Mavericks signed free agents Walt Williams,^[2] and Raja Bell.^[3] The Mavericks started the season strong by winning their first fourteen games of the season, which was one win shy of tying the NBA record set by the 1948–49 Washington Capitols and the 1993–94 Houston Rockets (15–0).^[4] They later held a 38–10 record at the All-Star break,^[5] and finished with a 60–22 record and lost the tie-breaker with the Spurs for the Midwest Division title.^[6]

Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash were both selected to play in the 2003 NBA All-Star Game. It was the second straight All-Star appearance for both players.^[7] Nowitzki averaged 25.1 points, 9.9 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, while Nash averaged 17.7 points and 7.3 assists per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team. In addition, Michael Finley provided the team with 19.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, while sixth man Nick Van Exel contributed 12.5 points and 4.3 assists per game off the bench, and Raef LaFrentz provided with 9.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game.^[8] Nowitzki finished in seventh place in Most Valuable Player voting, while Van Exel finished in fourth place in Sixth Man of the Year voting.^[9]

The Mavericks defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in a tough seven game Western Conference First Round series.^[10][11][12] Although they lost Game 1 at home against the Sacramento Kings in the Western Conference Semi-finals, 124–113,^[13] they came back to win Game 2, where Kings captain Chris Webber suffered a season-ending knee injury. It would be the "Nick Van Exel Show" as he scored 36 points to tie the series 1–1, with a 132–110 win.^[14][15] In Game 3 at the ARCO Arena, Van Exel scored a career and playoff-high of 40 points to help the Mavericks take the series 2–1, with a 141-137 double-overtime win.^[16] Dallas defeated the Kings in seven games to advance to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 1988,^[17][18][19] where they met their in-state rival, the San Antonio Spurs. However, after losing Nowitzki to a knee injury in Game 3,^[20][21] the Mavericks would go on to lose the series in six games.^[22][23][24] San Antonio won its second NBA Championship defeating the New Jersey Nets in six games in the Finals.^[25][26][27]

Following the season, Van Exel was traded to the Golden State Warriors,^[28][29] while LaFrentz was traded to the Boston Celtics,^[30][31] Adrian Griffin signed as a free agent with the Houston Rockets,^[32] Bell signed with the Utah Jazz, and Williams retired.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 2002 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	54	Mladen Šekularac	SF	Montenegro

Roster

2002–03 Dallas Mavericks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G 9 Tariq Abdul-Wahad 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 223 lb (101 kg) 1973–11–03 San José State G 11 Raja Bell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 204 lb (93 kg) 1976–09–19 FIU C 44 Shawn Bradley 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1972–03–22 BYU C 42 Evan Eschmeyer 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1975–05–30 Northwestern F 4 Michael Finley 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1973–03–06 Wisconsin G 7 Adrian Griffin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 217 lb (98 kg) 1974–07–04 Seton Hall G 6 Avery Johnson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1965–03–25 Southern F 54 Popeye Jones 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1970–06–17 Murray State C 45 Raef LaFrentz 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1976–05–29 Kansas F 14 Eduardo Nájera 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1976–07–11 Oklahoma G 13 Steve Nash 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1974–02–07 Santa Clara F 41 Dirk Nowitzki 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1978–06–19 Germany G 17 Antoine Rigaudeau 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1971–12–17 France G 31 Nick Van Exel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1971–11–27 Cincinnati F 43 Walt Williams 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1970–04–16 Maryland

Head coach Don Nelson Assistant(s) Rolando Blackman Brad Davis (player development) Del Harris Sidney Moncrief Donnie Nelson Charlie Parker Larry Riley Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Updated: January 17, 2003

Roster Notes

• Center Shawn Bradley also holds American citizenship, but he played for the German national team and was born in Germany.

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-San Antonio Spurs	60	22	.732	–	33–8	27–14	17–7
x-Dallas Mavericks	60	22	.732	–	33–8	27–14	18–6
x-Minnesota Timberwolves	51	31	.622	9	33–8	18–23	15–9
x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	13	29–12	18–23	15–9
Houston Rockets	43	39	.524	17	28–13	15–26	11–13
Memphis Grizzlies	28	54	.341	32	20–21	8–33	5–17
Denver Nuggets	17	65	.207	43	13–28	4–37	3–21

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-San Antonio Spurs	60	22	.732	–
2	y-Sacramento Kings	59	23	.720	1
3	x-Dallas Mavericks	60	22	.732	–
4	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	51	31	.622	9
5	x-Los Angeles Lakers	50	32	.610	10
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	10
7	x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	13
8	x-Phoenix Suns	44	38	.537	16
9	Houston Rockets	43	39	.524	17
10	Seattle SuperSonics	40	42	.488	20
11	Golden State Warriors	38	44	.463	22
12	Memphis Grizzlies	28	54	.341	32
13	Los Angeles Clippers	27	55	.329	33
14	Denver Nuggets	17	65	.207	43

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

2002-03 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOH	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	0–3	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2
Boston	3–0	–	2–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–3	3–1	4–0	3–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–3
Chicago	2–2	2–2	–	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3
Cleveland	0–4	0–4	1–3	–	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–4
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	–	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–0
Denver	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	–	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–1	1–3	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–4	1–1
Detroit	3–1	2–2	4–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–1
Golden State	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	4–0	1–1	–	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–0
Houston	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	4–0	0–2	3–1	–	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–1
Indiana	2–2	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	0–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–2
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–4	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	–	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	4–0	–	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–1
Memphis	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	–	2–0	2–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1
Miami	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	–	1–3	1–1	0–4	0–4	2–2	0–4	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	0–2	1–3
Milwaukee	2–2	2–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	–	0–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–1
Minnesota	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	–	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–0
New Jersey	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	–	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	3–1
New Orleans	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	–	3–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–1
New York	3–1	0–4	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–3	1–3	–	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2
Orlando	1–2	2–3	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	–	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2
Philadelphia	1–3	2–2	3–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	–	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–0
Phoenix	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	–	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1
Portland	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–3	–	1–3	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–3	1–1
Sacramento	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	–	1–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–0
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	–	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–1
Seattle	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–3	1–3	–	2–0	2–2	1–1
Toronto	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	0–4	0–4	1–3	2–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	–	0–2	3–1
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	0–4	2–2	2–0	–	1–1
Washington	2–2	3–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	—

Game log

2002–03 game log Total: 60–22 (home: 33–8; road: 27–14)
October: 1–0 (home: 0–0; road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 30 @ Memphis W 119–108 Steve Nash (24) Dirk Nowitzki (11) Steve Nash (13) Pyramid Arena 16,638 1–0
November : 14–1 (home: 8–0; road: 6–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 November 2 Phoenix W 97–83 Dirk Nowitzki (22) Shawn Bradley (8) Steve Nash (8) American Airlines Center 19,783 2–0 3 November 4 Golden State W 107–100 Steve Nash (30) Dirk Nowitzki (13) Steve Nash (5) American Airlines Center 19,368 3–0 4 November 6 @ Toronto W 106–92 Dirk Nowitzki (28) Dirk Nowitzki, Shawn Bradley (13) Steve Nash (6) Air Canada Centre 19,800 4–0 5 November 8 @ Chicago W 114–87 Dirk Nowitzki (24) Shawn Bradley, Walt Williams (11) Steve Nash (6) United Center 21,028 5–0 6 November 9 Detroit W 114–75 Michael Finley (25) Dirk Nowitzki (8) Steve Nash (10) American Airlines Center 19,644 6–0 7 November 11 Portland W 82–73 Dirk Nowitzki (26) Shawn Bradley (18) Steve Nash (7) American Airlines Center 19,548 7–0 8 November 13 @ Cleveland W 103–99 Michael Finley (26) Dirk Nowitzki (12) Steve Nash (7) Gund Arena 12,764 8–0 9 November 15 @ Boston W 97–86 Dirk Nowitzki (32) Dirk Nowitzki (9) Steve Nash (9) FleetCenter 18,624 9–0 10 November 16 @ New Jersey W 96–88 Steve Nash (30) Michael Finley (13) Steve Nash (9) Continental Airlines Arena 16,634 10–0 11 November 19 L. A. Lakers W 98–72 Steve Nash (21) Dirk Nowitzki (17) Steve Nash (6) American Airlines Center 20,096 11–0 12 November 21 Houston W 103–90 Michael Finley (28) Eduardo Nájera (11) Steve Nash (8) American Airlines Center 19,853 12–0 13 November 23 Seattle W 115–103 Michael Finley, Dirk Nowitzki (29) Michael Finley (11) Steve Nash (8) American Airlines Center 20,011 13–0 14 November 27 @ Detroit W 102–82 Michael Finley (42) Dirk Nowitzki (15) Steve Nash (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 14–0 15 November 28 @ Indiana L 98–110 Steve Nash (29) Dirk Nowitzki (8) Steve Nash (9) Conseco Fieldhouse 17,948 14–1 16 November 30 Chicago W 103–90 Steve Nash (18) Dirk Nowitzki (11) Steve Nash, Nick Van Exel (7) American Airlines Center 19,940 15–1
December : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 December 2 Toronto W 113–102 Steve Nash (25) Shawn Bradley (8) Steve Nash (7) American Airlines Center 19,696 16–1 18 December 4 @ Portland W 103–88 Dirk Nowitzki (26) Dirk Nowitzki (15) Nick Van Exel (7) Rose Garden Arena 18,452 17–1 19 December 6 @ L. A. Lakers L 103–105 Nick Van Exel (25) Dirk Nowitzki (12) Steve Nash (7) Staples Center 18,997 17–2 20 December 7 @ Golden State W 121–116 Dirk Nowitzki (35) Shawn Bradley (11) Nick Van Exel (5) The Arena in Oakland 16,355 18–2 21 December 10 L. A. Clippers W 122–95 Michael Finley, Nick Van Exel (24) Shawn Bradley (11) Steve Nash (7) American Airlines Center 19,715 19–2 22 December 11 @ San Antonio L 104–111 Michael Finley (36) Michael Finley, Walt Williams (8) Steve Nash (10) SBC Center 17,632 19–3
January : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
February : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
March : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
2002–03 schedule

Playoffs

2003 playoff game log
First round: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 19 Portland W 96–86 Dirk Nowitzki (46) Dirk Nowitzki (10) Steve Nash (9) American Airlines Center 20,336 1–0 2 April 23 Portland W 103–99 Steve Nash (28) Dirk Nowitzki (9) Steve Nash (8) American Airlines Center 20,356 2–0 3 April 25 @ Portland W 115–103 Dirk Nowitzki (42) Dirk Nowitzki (10) Steve Nash (10) Rose Garden Arena 19,980 3–0 4 April 27 @ Portland L 79–98 Dirk Nowitzki (26) Dirk Nowitzki (11) Nick Van Exel (7) Rose Garden Arena 19,980 3–1 5 April 30 Portland L 99–103 Dirk Nowitzki (35) Dirk Nowitzki (11) Steve Nash (11) American Airlines Center 20,438 3–2 6 May 2 @ Portland L 103–125 Steve Nash (21) Adrian Griffin (8) Steve Nash (6) Rose Garden Arena 20,602 3–3 7 May 4 Portland W 107–95 Dirk Nowitzki (31) Dirk Nowitzki (11) Steve Nash (7) American Airlines Center 20,281 4–3
Conference Semi-finals: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 6 Sacramento L 113–124 three players tied (20) Dirk Nowitzki (11) Steve Nash (7) American Airlines Center 20,525 0–1 2 May 8 Sacramento W 132–110 Nick Van Exel (36) Dirk Nowitzki (12) Steve Nash (7) American Airlines Center 20,491 1–1 3 May 10 @ Sacramento W 141–137 (2OT) Nick Van Exel (40) Dirk Nowitzki (20) Steve Nash (11) ARCO Arena 17,317 2–1 4 May 11 @ Sacramento L 83–99 Bell, Finley (16) Dirk Nowitzki (11) Steve Nash (6) ARCO Arena 17,317 2–2 5 May 13 Sacramento W 112–93 Steve Nash (25) Dirk Nowitzki (15) Dirk Nowitzki (9) American Airlines Center 20,556 3–2 6 May 15 @ Sacramento L 109–115 Nick Van Exel (35) Dirk Nowitzki (12) Finley, Nash (4) ARCO Arena 17,317 3–3 7 May 17 Sacramento W 112–99 Dirk Nowitzki (30) Dirk Nowitzki (19) Steve Nash (13) American Airlines Center 20,595 4–3
Conference finals: 2–4 (home: 0–3; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 19 @ San Antonio W 113–110 Dirk Nowitzki (38) Dirk Nowitzki (15) Steve Nash (3) SBC Center 18,797 1–0 2 May 21 @ San Antonio L 106–119 Michael Finley (29) Finley, Nowitzki (10) Steve Nash (8) SBC Center 18,797 1–1 3 May 23 San Antonio L 83–96 Nick Van Exel (16) Dirk Nowitzki (9) Steve Nash (9) American Airlines Center 20,695 1–2 4 May 25 San Antonio L 95–102 Finley, Nash (25) Van Exel, Williams (8) Van Exel, Williams (3) American Airlines Center 20,561 1–3 5 May 27 @ San Antonio W 103–91 Michael Finley (31) three players tied (8) Steve Nash (6) SBC Center 18,797 2–3 6 May 29 San Antonio L 78–90 Nick Van Exel (19) Raef LaFrentz (12) Steve Nash (11) American Airlines Center 20,812 2–4
2003 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Steve Nash	PG	82	82	2,711	234	598	85	6	1,455	33.1	2.9	7.3	1.0	.1	17.7
Shawn Bradley	C	81	39	1,731	476	54	65	170	543	21.4	5.9	.7	.8	2.1	6.7
Dirk Nowitzki	PF	80	80	3,117	791	239	111	82	2,011	39.0	9.9	3.0	1.4	1.0	25.1
Raja Bell	SG	75	32	1,173	145	57	52	8	230	15.6	1.9	.8	.7	.1	3.1
Adrian Griffin	SG	74	48	1,373	264	105	77	6	325	18.6	3.6	1.4	1.0	.1	4.4
Nick Van Exel	SG	73	1	2,026	208	312	42	4	912	27.8	2.8	4.3	.6	.1	12.5
Michael Finley	SF	69	69	2,642	402	205	76	21	1,331	38.3	5.8	3.0	1.1	.3	19.3
Raef LaFrentz	C	69	43	1,611	330	54	35	91	639	23.3	4.8	.8	.5	1.3	9.3
Walt Williams	SF	66	1	1,161	207	59	42	26	363	17.6	3.1	.9	.6	.4	5.5
Eduardo Nájera	SF	48	12	1,103	223	47	40	22	320	23.0	4.6	1.0	.8	.5	6.7
Avery Johnson	PG	48	0	430	31	64	15	1	156	9.0	.6	1.3	.3	.0	3.3
Popeye Jones	PF	26	0	222	59	8	5	1	53	8.5	2.3	.3	.2	.0	2.0
Evan Eschmeyer	C	17	3	135	29	6	10	7	17	7.9	1.7	.4	.6	.4	1.0
Tariq Abdul-Wahad	SG	14	0	204	40	21	6	3	57	14.6	2.9	1.5	.4	.2	4.1
Adam Harrington^†	SG	13	0	37	2	2	1	1	11	2.8	.2	.2	.1	.1	.8
Antoine Rigaudeau	SG	11	0	91	8	6	3	0	17	8.3	.7	.5	.3	.0	1.5
Mark Strickland	SF	4	0	13	7	0	0	0	4	3.3	1.8	.0	.0	.0	1.0

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Mavericks only.

Playoffs

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Michael Finley	SF	20	20	822	115	60	26	12	366	41.1	5.8	3.0	1.3	.6	18.3
Steve Nash	PG	20	20	729	70	145	17	1	322	36.5	3.5	7.3	.9	.1	16.1
Raef LaFrentz	C	20	16	491	88	5	11	43	160	24.6	4.4	.3	.6	2.2	8.0
Nick Van Exel	SG	20	3	672	68	82	12	0	389	33.6	3.4	4.1	.6	.0	19.5
Eduardo Nájera	SF	19	5	394	74	15	14	4	116	20.7	3.9	.8	.7	.2	6.1
Dirk Nowitzki	PF	17	17	722	196	37	21	16	430	42.5	11.5	2.2	1.2	.9	25.3
Raja Bell	SG	17	7	305	51	27	5	0	97	17.9	3.0	1.6	.3	.0	5.7
Shawn Bradley	C	17	7	246	65	5	3	14	49	14.5	3.8	.3	.2	.8	2.9
Walt Williams	SF	15	3	227	43	15	5	12	85	15.1	2.9	1.0	.3	.8	5.7
Adrian Griffin	SG	15	2	131	44	8	4	0	37	8.7	2.9	.5	.3	.0	2.5
Tariq Abdul-Wahad	SG	8	0	79	22	7	0	0	25	9.9	2.8	.9	.0	.0	3.1
Evan Eschmeyer	C	5	0	32	5	2	3	1	6	6.4	1.0	.4	.6	.2	1.2

Awards and records

• Dirk Nowitzki, All-NBA Second Team
• Steve Nash, All-NBA Third Team
• Dirk Nowitzki, NBA All-Star Game
• Steve Nash, NBA All-Star Game

Transactions

Overview

Players Added Via draft Via trade Via free agency Raja Bell Adam Harrington Popeye Jones Mark Strickland Walt Williams

Players Lost Via trade Via free agency Greg Buckner Danny Manning Johnny Newman Wang Zhizhi

Date	From	To	Transaction
9/20/02	WAS	DAL	The Dallas Mavericks signed Popeye Jones as a free agent.
10/1/02	PHI	DAL	The Dallas Mavericks signed Raja Bell as a free agent.
10/10/02	N/A	DAL	The Dallas Mavericks signed Adam Harrington as a free agent.
10/18/02	HOU	DAL	The Dallas Mavericks signed Walt Williams as a free agent.
11/17/02	ATL	DAL	The Dallas Mavericks signed Mark Strickland as a free agent.
1/17/03	N/A	DAL	The Dallas Mavericks signed Antoine Rigaudeau as a free agent.

Player Transactions Citation:^[33]

See also

• 2002–03 NBA season

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