2002–03 Orlando Magic season

The 2002–03 NBA season was the 14th season for the Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association.^[1] During the off-season, the Magic signed free agent All-Star forward Shawn Kemp.^[2][3] However, Grant Hill only played just 29 games due to his continuing ankle injuries,^[4][5][6] and Horace Grant only played just five games with a sore left knee, and was released to free agency after feuding with head coach Doc Rivers.^[7][8] At midseason, the Magic traded Mike Miller to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for rookies Drew Gooden and Gordan Giriček.^[9][10] Despite the absence of Hill and Grant, and a 24–26 record at the All-Star break,^[11] the Magic finished fourth in the Atlantic Division with a 42–40 record.^[12]

2002–03 Orlando Magic season
Head coach	Doc Rivers
President	Bob Vander Weide
General manager	John Gabriel
Owner(s)	Richard DeVos
Arena	TD Waterhouse Centre
Results
Record	42–40 (.512)
Place	Division: 4th (Atlantic) Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First round (lost to Pistons 3–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Sunshine Network WBRW
< 2001–02 2003–04 >

Tracy McGrady won his first scoring title leading the league in scoring with 32.1 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.7 steals per game per game, as he was named to the All-NBA First Team, and selected for the 2003 NBA All-Star Game.^[13] McGrady also finished in fourth place in Most Valuable Player voting with 4 first-place votes.^[14][15] In addition, Hill averaged 14.5 points, 7.1 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, while Pat Garrity provided the team with 10.7 points per game, Darrell Armstrong contributed 9.4 points, 3.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game, and Kemp provided with 6.8 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.^[16] Gooden was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, while Giriček was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.

In the Eastern Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Magic took a 3–1 series lead over the top-seeded Detroit Pistons,^[17][18] but went on to lose the next three games, thus the series.^[19][20][21] Following the season, Kemp retired, while Armstrong signed as a free agent with the New Orleans Hornets,^[22][23] and Grant re-signed with the Los Angeles Lakers.^[24][25]

After the playoff defeat, the Magic entered a state of rebuilding and did not return to the playoffs until 2007.

Draft picks

Main article: 2002 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	18	Curtis Borchardt	C	United States	Stanford

Roster

2002–03 Orlando Magic roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G 10 Darrell Armstrong 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1968–06–22 Fayetteville State C 31 Pat Burke 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1973–12–14 Auburn C 55 Andrew DeClercq 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1973–02–01 Florida F 8 Pat Garrity 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1976–08–23 Notre Dame F 7 Gordan Giriček 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1977–06–20 Croatia F 9 Drew Gooden 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1981–09–24 Kansas F/C 54 Horace Grant 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1965–07–04 Clemson F 33 Grant Hill 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1972–10–05 Duke C 34 Steven Hunter 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1981–10–31 DePaul F/C 40 Shawn Kemp 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1969–11–26 Trinity Valley CC G/F 1 Tracy McGrady 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1979–05–24 Mt. Zion HS (NC) C 00 Olumide Oyedeji 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1981–05–11 Nigeria G 5 Jeryl Sasser 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1979–02–13 SMU G 11 Jacque Vaughn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1975–02–11 Kansas G 12 Chris Whitney 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 168 lb (76 kg) 1971–10–05 Clemson

Head coach Doc Rivers Assistant(s) Johnny Davis Mark Hughes Paul Pressey Dave Wohl Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Updated: February 28, 2003

Roster Notes

• Small forward Grant Hill played 29 games (his last game being on January 16, 2003) but missed the rest of the season and the playoffs due to having left ankle problems. He was placed on the injured list on January 18, 2003, and underwent season-ending surgery in March 2003.^[5][26]

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-New Jersey Nets	49	33	.598	–	33–8	16–25	16–8
x-Philadelphia 76ers	48	34	.585	1	25–16	23–18	17–7
x-Boston Celtics	44	38	.537	5	25–16	19–22	13–12
x-Orlando Magic	42	40	.512	7	26–15	16–25	14–11
e-Washington Wizards	37	45	.451	12	23–18	14–27	11–13
e-New York Knicks	37	45	.451	12	24–17	13–28	9–15
e-Miami Heat	25	57	.305	24	16–25	9–32	5–19

#	Eastern Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Detroit Pistons	50	32	.610	–
2	y-New Jersey Nets	49	33	.598	1
3	x-Indiana Pacers	48	34	.585	2
4	x-Philadelphia 76ers	48	34	.585	2
5	x-New Orleans Hornets	47	35	.573	3
6	x-Boston Celtics	44	38	.537	6
7	x-Milwaukee Bucks	42	40	.512	8
8	x-Orlando Magic	42	40	.512	8
9	e-New York Knicks	37	45	.451	13
10	e-Washington Wizards	37	45	.451	13
11	e-Atlanta Hawks	35	47	.427	15
12	e-Chicago Bulls	30	52	.366	20
13	e-Miami Heat	25	57	.305	25
14	e-Toronto Raptors	24	58	.293	26
15	e-Cleveland Cavaliers	17	65	.207	33

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

Playoffs

2003 playoff game log
First Round: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 20 @ Detroit W 99–94 Tracy McGrady (43) Drew Gooden (15) Jacque Vaughn (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 21,261 1–0 2 April 23 @ Detroit L 77–89 Tracy McGrady (46) Drew Gooden (11) Jacque Vaughn (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 1–1 3 April 25 Detroit W 89–80 Tracy McGrady (29) Gooden, McGrady (7) Darrell Armstrong (8) TD Waterhouse Centre 17,283 2–1 4 April 27 Detroit W 100–92 Tracy McGrady (27) Drew Gooden (13) Tracy McGrady (9) TD Waterhouse Centre 17,283 3–1 5 April 30 @ Detroit L 67–98 Tracy McGrady (19) Drew Gooden (15) Tracy McGrady (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 3–2 6 May 2 Detroit L 88–103 Tracy McGrady (37) Drew Gooden (12) Tracy McGrady (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 16,909 3–3 7 May 4 @ Detroit L 93–108 Tracy McGrady (21) Drew Gooden (17) Tracy McGrady (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 3–4
2003 schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Darrell Armstrong	PG	82	23	2,350	295	323	135	13	769	28.7	3.6	3.9	1.6	.2	9.4
Pat Garrity	PF	81	53	2,584	306	121	62	20	868	31.9	3.8	1.5	.8	.2	10.7
Jacque Vaughn	PG	80	48	1,686	118	232	64	2	473	21.1	1.5	2.9	.8	.0	5.9
Shawn Kemp	C	79	55	1,633	451	55	66	33	537	20.7	5.7	.7	.8	.4	6.8
Andrew DeClercq	C	77	21	1,327	339	52	39	36	365	17.2	4.4	.7	.5	.5	4.7
Tracy McGrady	SG	75	74	2,954	488	411	124	59	2,407	39.4	6.5	5.5	1.7	.8	32.1
Jeryl Sasser	SG	75	4	1,025	184	65	45	12	194	13.7	2.5	.9	.6	.2	2.6
Pat Burke	C	62	8	783	146	23	19	25	267	12.6	2.4	.4	.3	.4	4.3
Mike Miller†	SF	49	39	1,826	286	139	36	16	806	37.3	5.8	2.8	.7	.3	16.4
Ryan Humphrey†	PF	35	1	322	69	7	4	16	64	9.2	2.0	.2	.1	.5	1.8
Steven Hunter	C	33	5	447	93	6	9	36	130	13.5	2.8	.2	.3	1.1	3.9
Grant Hill	SF	29	29	843	206	122	28	13	421	29.1	7.1	4.2	1.0	.4	14.5
Gordan Giriček†	SF	27	27	961	130	67	30	2	387	35.6	4.8	2.5	1.1	.1	14.3
Olumide Oyedeji	C	27	3	145	50	5	5	3	27	5.4	1.9	.2	.2	.1	1.0
Chris Whitney†	PG	22	1	290	21	21	12	1	78	13.2	1.0	1.0	.5	.0	3.5
Drew Gooden†	PF	19	18	544	160	20	15	13	259	28.6	8.4	1.1	.8	.7	13.6
Horace Grant	PF	5	1	85	8	7	3	0	26	17.0	1.6	1.4	.6	.0	5.2

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

Playoffs

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tracy McGrady	SG	7	7	308	47	33	14	6	222	44.0	6.7	4.7	2.0	.9	31.7
Drew Gooden	PF	7	7	234	89	4	3	6	98	33.4	12.7	.6	.4	.9	14.0
Gordan Giriček	SF	7	7	223	22	7	2	1	66	31.9	3.1	1.0	.3	.1	9.4
Jacque Vaughn	PG	7	6	131	6	25	4	1	34	18.7	.9	3.6	.6	.1	4.9
Andrew DeClercq	C	7	6	104	23	2	2	5	28	14.9	3.3	.3	.3	.7	4.0
Darrell Armstrong	PG	7	1	226	17	26	6	0	66	32.3	2.4	3.7	.9	.0	9.4
Pat Garrity	PF	7	1	163	18	5	2	3	28	23.3	2.6	.7	.3	.4	4.0
Chris Whitney	PG	7	0	111	11	7	2	2	22	15.9	1.6	1.0	.3	.3	3.1
Shawn Kemp	C	7	0	72	15	0	0	0	21	10.3	2.1	.0	.0	.0	3.0
Steven Hunter	C	7	0	40	3	1	0	3	6	5.7	.4	.1	.0	.4	.9
Pat Burke	C	6	0	43	11	1	1	0	17	7.2	1.8	.2	.2	.0	2.8
Jeryl Sasser	SG	6	0	25	5	1	1	1	5	4.2	.8	.2	.2	.2	.8

Awards and honors

• Tracy McGrady – All-NBA 1st Team, Scoring Champion, All-Star
• Drew Gooden – All-Rookie 1st Team
• Gordan Giriček – All-Rookie 2nd Team

Transactions

Overview

Players Added Via draft Ryan Humphrey Via trade Gordan Giricek Drew Gooden Via free agency Shawn Kemp Olumide Oyedeji Jacque Vaughn

Players Lost Via trade Ryan Humphrey Mike Miller Don Reid Via free agency Troy Hudson Monty Williams

Player Transactions Citation:^[27]