2002–03 Sacramento Kings season

The 2002–03 NBA season was the Kings' 54th season in the National Basketball Association, and 18th season in Sacramento. The Kings were coming off their controversial Western Conference Finals defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers, who won the series in seven games. During the off-season, the Kings signed free agent Keon Clark, and later on in December signed Jim Jackson. Throughout the season, none of the Kings' players played a full season via suspension or injury, but they still managed to hold a successful 34–17 record at the All-Star break, and post a 59–23 record, two games less than their previous output in which they went 61–21, thus repeating as Pacific Division Champions once again.

Chris Webber averaged 23.0 points, 10.5 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.3 blocks per game, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, while Peja Stojaković averaged 19.2 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, and Mike Bibby provided the team with 15.9 points and 5.2 assists per game, but only played 55 games due to a foot injury. In addition, Bobby Jackson contributed 15.2 points per game in 59 games, starting in 26 of them, and was named Sixth Man of the Year, while Vlade Divac provided with 9.9 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game, and Doug Christie contributed 9.4 points, 4.7 assists and 2.3 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team. Webber and Stojaković were both voted to play in the 2003 NBA All-Star Game in Atlanta. However, this time, Stojakovic was the only team representative as Webber was forced to withdraw due to a sprained ankle. Head coach Rick Adelman was selected to coach the Western Conference All-Stars. Webber also finished in tenth place in Most Valuable Player voting, while Christie finished in fifth place in Defensive Player of the Year voting.

After easily dispatching the Utah Jazz in five games in the Western Conference First Round, the team started to look like a title contender, but in Game 2 against the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference Semi-finals, their title hopes took a serious blow, when Webber suffered a knee injury while trying to catch a lob pass from Bibby, ending his season. Webber's knee required microfracture surgery in the following off-season. Without their team captain and MVP, the Kings lost the series in seven games. Following the season, Hedo Türkoğlu was traded to the San Antonio Spurs, while Scot Pollard was traded to the Indiana Pacers, Clark was dealt to the Utah Jazz, and Jackson signed as a free agent with the Houston Rockets.

For the season, the team sported new uniforms, adding purple primary road jerseys. The new uniforms would remain in use until 2008. This would be the last season the Kings would win the Pacific Division until the 2022-23 season.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 2002 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	28	Dan Dickau	PG	United States	Gonzaga
2	57	Corsley Edwards		United States	Central Connecticut State

Roster

2002–03 Sacramento Kings roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	10	Bibby, Mike	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1978–05–13	Arizona
G	13	Christie, Doug	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1970–05–09	Pepperdine
C	7	Clark, Keon	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1975–04–16	UNLV
G	8	Cleaves, Mateen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1977–09–07	Michigan State
C	21	Divac, Vlade	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	243 lb (110 kg)	1968–02–03	Serbia
F	51	Funderburke, Lawrence	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1970–12–15	Ohio State
G	24	Jackson, Bobby	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1973–03–13	Minnesota
F	22	Jackson, Jim	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1970–10–14	Ohio State
G	9	Jones, Damon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1976–08–25	Houston
C	31	Pollard, Scot	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	1975–02–12	Kansas
G	25	Price, Brent	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1968–12–09	Oklahoma
F	16	Stojaković, Peja	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1977–06–09	Serbia
F	5	Türkoğlu, Hedo	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1979–03–19	Turkey
F	3	Wallace, Gerald	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1982–07–23	Alabama
F	4	Webber, Chris	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1973–03–01	Michigan

Head coach

Rick Adelman

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(IN) Inactive
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: November 30, 2002

Roster Notes

Point guard Brent Price missed the entire season due to a back injury.

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Sacramento Kings	59	23	.720	–	35–6	24–17	17–7
x-Los Angeles Lakers	50	32	.610	9	31–10	19–22	15–9
x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	9	27–14	23–18	15–9
x-Phoenix Suns	44	38	.537	15	30–11	14–27	12–12
Seattle SuperSonics	40	42	.488	19	25–16	15–26	11–13
Golden State Warriors	38	44	.463	21	24–17	14–27	8–16
Los Angeles Clippers	27	55	.329	32	16–25	11–30	6–18

#	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: 59–23 (home: 35–6; road: 24–17)

October: 2–0 (home: 2–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 29	Cleveland	W 94–67	Damon Jones (18)	Chris Webber (14)	Bobby Jackson (5)	ARCO Arena 17,317	1–0
2	October 31	Portland	W 100–72	Peja Stojaković (26)	B. Jackson, Wallace (10)	Vlade Divac (6)	ARCO Arena 17,317	2–0

November: 11–5 (home: 6–0; road: 5–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	November 2	@ Memphis	W 116–99	Vlade Divac (24)	Keon Clark (10)	Vlade Divac (9)	Pyramid Arena 17,112	3–0
4	November 3	@ Miami	L 78–88	Keon Clark (19)	Vlade Divac (10)	Christie, Clark, B. Jackson, Jones (3)	American Airlines Arena 15,468	3–1
5	November 5	@ Orlando	L 121–125	Bobby Jackson (26)	Lawrence Funderburke (12)	Chris Webber (9)	TD Waterhouse Centre 14,292	3–2
6	November 6	@ New York	L 88–95	Chris Webber (22)	Chris Webber (11)	Vlade Divac (7)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	3–3
7	November 8	Memphis	W 99–91	Peja Stojaković (22)	Chris Webber (17)	Chris Webber (8)	ARCO Arena 17,317	4–3
8	November 10	Atlanta	W 105–97	Chris Webber (27)	Vlade Divac (10)	Doug Christie (7)	ARCO Arena 17,317	5–3
9	November 13	@ Golden State	W 104–93	Chris Webber (33)	Bobby Jackson (9)	Bobby Jackson (11)	The Arena in Oakland 18,369	6–3
10	November 15	@ Seattle	L 97–111	Chris Webber (24)	Keon Clark (9)	Chris Webber (6)	KeyArena 17,072	6–4
11	November 17	Orlando	W 101–99	Chris Webber (24)	Webber, Divac (10)	Webber, Türkoğlu (4)	ARCO Arena 17,317	7–4
12	November 19	Chicago	W 111–98	Christie, B. Jackson (22)	Vlade Divac (10)	Divac, Webber (6)	ARCO Arena 17,317	8–4
13	November 20	@ L.A. Clippers	W 93–89	Webber, B. Jackson (19)	Vlade Divac (10)	Doug Christie (9)	Staples Center 18,087	9–4
14	November 22	Phoenix	W 118–101	Bobby Jackson (24)	Chris Webber (13)	Chris Webber (6)	ARCO Arena 17,317	10–4
15	November 23	@ Portland	W 95–94	Chris Webber (24)	Chris Webber (10)	Vlade Divac (6)	Rose Garden 18,782	11–4
16	November 26	@ Cleveland	W 91–85	Chris Webber (28)	Chris Webber (11)	Doug Christie (5)	Gund Arena 11,595	12–4
17	November 27	@ Minnesota	L 74–90	Chris Webber (19)	Chris Webber (11)	Doug Christie (5)	Target Center 17,821	12–5
18	November 29	L.A. Clippers	W 107–94	Bobby Jackson (31)	Gerald Wallace (10)	Christie, Divac (6)	ARCO Arena 17,317	13–5

December: 10–4 (home: 6–2; road: 4–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
19	December 1	Houston	W 103–84	Gerald Wallace (21)	Gerald Wallace (8)	B. Jackson, Divac (5)	ARCO Arena 17,317	14–5
20	December 3	Minnesota	W 98–86	Bobby Jackson (24)	Chris Webber (11)	Chris Webber (7)	ARCO Arena 17,317	15–5
21	December 4	@ Denver	W 92–90	Chris Webber (31)	Vlade Divac (14)	Chris Webber (8)	Pepsi Center 13,002	16–5
22	December 6	Denver	W 98–77	Doug Christie (23)	Chris Webber (11)	Doug Christie (6)	ARCO Arena 17,317	17–5
23	December 8	@ San Antonio	W 104–80	Chris Webber (23)	Chris Webber (13)	Doug Christie (9)	SBC Center 16,873	18–5
24	December 10	@ Houston	L 96–103	Chris Webber (30)	Chris Webber (11)	Bobby Jackson (6)	Compaq Center 13,158	18–6
25	December 14	@ Utah	W 98–96	Chris Webber (27)	Chris Webber (13)	Webber, Christie (5)	Delta Center 19,911	19–6
26	December 15	New Orleans	W 107–92	Chris Webber (28)	Chris Webber (8)	Chris Webber (7)	ARCO Arena 17,317	20–6
27	December 17	Phoenix	W 95–86	Chris Webber (27)	Webber, Divac (12)	Vlade Divac (7)	ARCO Arena 17,317	21–6
28	December 19	San Antonio	L 81–83	Chris Webber (23)	Chris Webber (12)	Chris Webber (6)	ARCO Arena 17,317	21–7
29	December 21	@ Phoenix	L 101–110	Chris Webber (29)	Chris Webber (15)	Chris Webber (11)	America West Arena 18,133	21–8
30	December 22	Golden State	W 103–88	Webber, Stojaković (20)	Chris Webber (12)	Chris Webber (6)	ARCO Arena 17,317	22–8
31	December 25	@ L.A. Lakers	W 105–99	Chris Webber (25)	Chris Webber (15)	Chris Webber (6)	Staples Center 18,997	23–8
32	December 28	Portland	L 113–119 (OT)	Mike Bibby (22)	Chris Webber (10)	Mike Bibby (6)	ARCO Arena 17,317	23–9

January: 10–6 (home: 4–2; road: 6–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
33	January 4	@ Denver	W 87–76	Mike Bibby (24)	Peja Stojaković (10)	Doug Christie (7)	Pepsi Center 17,393	24–9
34	January 5	Miami	W 96–70	Mike Bibby (22)	Vlade Divac (12)	Christie, Divac (4)	ARCO Arena 17,317	25–9
35	January 7	@ Milwaukee	W 101–76	Mike Bibby (20)	Chris Webber (13)	Chris Webber (6)	Bradley Center 16,072	26–9
36	January 9	@ New Jersey	W 118–82	Peja Stojaković (23)	Chris Webber (11)	Doug Christie (9)	Continental Airlines Arena 20,049	27–9
37	January 10	@ Minnesota	L 109–115 (OT)	Chris Webber (30)	Chris Webber (8)	Mike Bibby (16)	Target Center 16,591	27–10
38	January 12	Memphis	W 106–98	Peja Stojaković (30)	Webber, Divac (10)	Doug Christie (9)	ARCO Arena 17,317	28–10
39	January 15	Dallas	W 123–94	Chris Webber (29)	Chris Webber (15)	Chris Webber (11)	ARCO Arena 17,317	29–10
40	January 18	@ L.A. Clippers	L 107–112	Peja Stojaković (37)	Vlade Divac (10)	Mike Bibby (10)	Staples Center 20,037	29–11
41	January 20	@ Golden State	W 102–80	Webber, Stojaković, Divac (16)	Vlade Divac (11)	Mike Bibby (9)	The Arena in Oakland 19,871	30–11
42	January 21	New Jersey	W 109–102	Chris Webber (36)	Chris Webber (15)	Mike Bibby (10)	ARCO Arena 17,317	31–11
43	January 23	@ Memphis	W 104–98	Chris Webber (26)	Vlade Divac (11)	Mike Bibby (8)	Pyramid Arena 13,228	32–11
44	January 24	@ Atlanta	L 104–115	Chris Webber (32)	Chris Webber (13)	Webber, Bibby (6)	Philips Arena 15,697	32–12
45	January 26	@ Toronto	L 97–101	Mike Bibby (30)	Chris Webber (19)	Chris Webber (10)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	32–13
46	January 28	Utah	L 92–102	Peja Stojaković (32)	Stojaković, Divac (6)	Doug Christie (6)	ARCO Arena 17,317	32–14
47	January 30	@ Seattle	W 95–77	Hedo Türkoğlu (22)	Peja Stojaković (14)	Vlade Divac (8)	KeyArena 16,286	33–14
48	January 31	L.A. Lakers	L 113–124	Peja Stojaković (36)	Hedo Türkoğlu (7)	Doug Christie (5)	ARCO Arena 17,317	33–15

February: 8–3 (home: 6–1; road: 2–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
49	February 2	@ Houston	L 89–105	Peja Stojaković (31)	Stojaković, Divac, Bibby, Wallace (6)	Vlade Divac (6)	Compaq Center 16,285	33–16
50	February 4	@ Dallas	W 110–109	Mike Bibby (27)	Peja Stojaković (14)	Doug Christie (6)	American Airlines Center 20,102	34–16
51	February 5	@ New Orleans	L 84–108	Peja Stojaković (20)	Keon Clark (9)	Bibby, Jones (4)	New Orleans Arena 17,217	34–17
52	February 11	Washington	W 99–80	Peja Stojaković (20)	Doug Christie (12)	Mike Bibby (8)	ARCO Arena 17,317	35–17
53	February 14	Seattle	W 110–81	Peja Stojaković (24)	Keon Clark (14)	Doug Christie (13)	ARCO Arena 17,317	36–17
54	February 16	San Antonio	L 101–104	Vlade Divac (22)	Keon Clark (13)	Mike Bibby (8)	ARCO Arena 17,317	36–18
55	February 18	Milwaukee	W 102–93	Peja Stojaković (26)	Vlade Divac (19)	Doug Christie (9)	ARCO Arena 17,317	37–18
56	February 20	Boston	W 105–83	Christie, Clark (18)	Clark, Stojaković (9)	Doug Christie (9)	ARCO Arena 17,317	38–18
57	February 23	New York	W 99–92	Chris Webber (20)	Chris Webber (11)	Chris Webber (9)	ARCO Arena 17,317	39–18
58	February 25	Detroit	W 81–75	Chris Webber (19)	Chris Webber (13)	Vlade Divac (5)	ARCO Arena 17,317	40–18
59	February 27	@ Dallas	W 126–124 (OT)	Peja Stojaković (36)	Keon Clark (11)	Bibby, Christie, Webber, Divac (6)	American Airlines Center 20,059	41–18

March: 11–4 (home: 8–1; road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
60	March 1	@ San Antonio	L 100–108	Chris Webber (36)	Chris Webber (9)	Mike Bibby (8)	SBC Center 18,797	41–19
61	March 3	Philadelphia	W 107–99	Chris Webber (29)	Vlade Divac (13)	Chris Webber (8)	ARCO Arena 17,317	42–19
62	March 5	Minnesota	W 96–95 (OT)	Chris Webber (25)	Webber, Stojaković (11)	Mike Bibby (5)	ARCO Arena 17,317	43–19
63	March 7	@ Utah	W 108–105 (OT)	Webber, Bibby (24)	Chris Webber (15)	Chris Webber (8)	Delta Center 19,911	44–19
64	March 9	Indiana	W 107–88	Mike Bibby (17)	Chris Webber (12)	Chris Webber (6)	ARCO Arena 17,317	45–19
65	March 13	@ Phoenix	L 84–109	Chris Webber (22)	Chris Webber (11)	Chris Webber (9)	America West Arena 18,184	45–20
66	March 14	Toronto	W 119–84	Chris Webber (26)	Chris Webber (10)	Doug Christie (10)	ARCO Arena 17,317	46–20
67	March 16	Dallas	L 123–129 (OT)	Peja Stojaković (30)	Chris Webber (15)	Chris Webber (9)	ARCO Arena 17,317	46–21
68	March 18	Golden State	W 117–91	Peja Stojaković (20)	Chris Webber (10)	Doug Christie (6)	ARCO Arena 17,317	47–21
69	March 20	L.A. Lakers	W 107–99	Chris Webber (26)	Chris Webber (11)	Christie, B. Jackson (4)	ARCO Arena 17,317	48–21
70	March 22	@ Portland	W 113–104	Peja Stojaković (30)	Chris Webber (15)	Mike Bibby (8)	Rose Garden 20,580	49–21
71	March 23	Houston	W 109–108	Chris Webber (24)	Vlade Divac (12)	Chris Webber (6)	ARCO Arena 17,317	50–21
72	March 27	L.A. Clippers	W 93–83	Chris Webber (23)	Vlade Divac (13)	Doug Christie (6)	ARCO Arena 17,317	51–21
73	March 29	@ Chicago	W 107–92	Peja Stojaković (27)	Chris Webber (10)	Jim Jackson (7)	United Center 22,638	52–21
74	March 30	@ Detroit	L 88–99	Chris Webber (22)	Chris Webber (8)	Christie, Divac (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	52–22

April: 7–1 (home: 3–0; road: 4–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
75	April 1	@ Indiana	W 103–98	Peja Stojaković (26)	Chris Webber (14)	Doug Christie (7)	Conseco Fieldhouse 17,088	53–22
76	April 2	@ Washington	W 105–99	Chris Webber (28)	Chris Webber (9)	Vlade Divac (7)	MCI Center 20,173	54–22
77	April 4	@ Boston	W 93–92	Chris Webber (27)	Chris Webber (11)	Mike Bibby (10)	FleetCenter 18,624	55–22
78	April 6	@ Philadelphia	W 97–81	Webber, Stojaković (21)	Chris Webber (11)	Chris Webber (8)	First Union Center 20,702	56–22
79	April 8	Seattle	W 107–85	Chris Webber (20)	Keon Clark (8)	Chris Webber (7)	ARCO Arena 17,317	57–22
80	April 10	@ L.A. Lakers	L 104–117	Webber, Stojaković (24)	Chris Webber (9)	Bibby, Christie (5)	Staples Center 18,997	57–23
81	April 11	Denver	W 105–103	Chris Webber (22)	Chris Webber (14)	Jason Williams (8)	ARCO Arena 17,317	58–23
82	April 16	Utah	W 95–84	Chris Webber (15)	Divac, B. Jackson (7)	Chris Webber (7)	ARCO Arena 17,317	59–23

2002–03 schedule

Playoffs

2003 playoff game log

First round: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 19	Utah	W 96–90	Chris Webber (27)	Chris Webber (11)	Bobby Jackson (6)	ARCO Arena 17,317	1–0
2	April 21	Utah	W 108–95	Peja Stojaković (29)	Clark, Divac (7)	Bobby Jackson (6)	ARCO Arena 17,317	2–0
3	April 26	@ Utah	L 104–107	Chris Webber (24)	Chris Webber (11)	Mike Bibby (7)	Delta Center 19,911	2–1
4	April 28	@ Utah	W 99–82	Peja Stojaković (27)	Chris Webber (11)	Mike Bibby (9)	Delta Center 19,911	3–1
5	April 30	Utah	W 111–91	Chris Webber (26)	Chris Webber (11)	Mike Bibby (7)	ARCO Arena 17,317	4–1

Conference Semi-finals: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 6	@ Dallas	W 124–113	Peja Stojaković (26)	Christie, Stojaković (9)	Chris Webber (9)	American Airlines Center 20,525	1–0
2	May 8	@ Dallas	L 110–132	Chris Webber (31)	Bobby Jackson (8)	Doug Christie (9)	American Airlines Center 20,491	1–1
3	May 10	Dallas	L 137–141 (2OT)	Peja Stojaković (39)	Bobby Jackson (11)	Doug Christie (7)	ARCO Arena 17,317	1–2
4	May 11	Dallas	W 99–83	Hedo Türkoğlu (17)	Peja Stojaković (12)	Doug Christie (7)	ARCO Arena 17,317	2–2
5	May 13	@ Dallas	L 93–112	Doug Christie (21)	Christie, Pollard (9)	Doug Christie (7)	American Airlines Center 20,556	2–3
6	May 15	Dallas	W 115–109	Peja Stojaković (24)	Jim Jackson (12)	Doug Christie (6)	ARCO Arena 17,317	3–3
7	May 17	@ Dallas	L 99–112	Mike Bibby (25)	Peja Stojaković (9)	Bibby, Jackson (5)	American Airlines Center 20,595	3–4

2003 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mike Bibby	55	55	33.4	.470	.409	.861	2.7	5.2	1.3	0.1	15.9
Doug Christie	80	80	33.9	.479	.395	.810	4.3	4.7	2.3	0.5	9.4
Keon Clark	80	11	22.3	.501	.000	.656	5.6	1.0	0.5	1.9	6.7
Mateen Cleaves	12	0	4.6	.261	1.000	.750	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.0	1.3
Vlade Divac	80	80	29.8	.466	.240	.713	7.2	3.4	1.0	1.3	9.9
Lawrence Funderburke	27	0	8.5	.444		.588	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	2.7
Bobby Jackson	59	26	28.4	.464	.379	.846	3.7	3.1	1.2	0.1	15.2
Jim Jackson	63	0	20.8	.442	.451	.855	4.2	1.9	0.5	0.1	7.7
Damon Jones	49	1	14.5	.381	.364	.741	1.4	1.6	0.4	0.1	4.6
Scot Pollard	23	0	14.1	.460		.606	4.6	0.3	0.6	0.7	4.5
Peja Stojaković	81	81	34.0	.481	.382	.875	5.5	2.0	1.0	0.1	19.2
Hedo Türkoğlu	67	11	17.5	.422	.372	.800	2.8	1.3	0.4	0.2	6.7
Gerald Wallace	47	7	12.1	.492	.250	.527	2.7	0.5	0.5	0.3	4.7
Chris Webber	67	67	39.1	.461	.238	.607	10.5	5.4	1.6	1.3	23.0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mike Bibby	12	12	33.7	.422	.282	.794	2.6	5.0	1.2	0.4	12.7
Doug Christie	12	12	31.8	.374	.250	.935	6.2	4.6	1.0	0.3	9.1
Keon Clark	12	0	14.3	.488		.714	3.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	4.6
Vlade Divac	12	12	26.4	.560		.673	5.8	2.3	0.7	0.9	11.4
Lawrence Funderburke	6	0	2.5	.375		.750	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5
Bobby Jackson	12	0	27.6	.457	.349	.886	4.5	3.3	1.0	0.1	14.3
Jim Jackson	12	0	24.7	.500	.464	.774	3.9	1.2	0.7	0.3	11.3
Scot Pollard	8	0	11.4	.292		.769	3.8	0.3	0.1	0.9	3.0
Peja Stojaković	12	12	40.5	.480	.457	.850	6.9	2.5	0.8	0.4	23.1
Hedo Türkoğlu	10	5	17.4	.360	.286	.722	2.9	1.4	1.2	0.5	5.3
Gerald Wallace	7	0	2.6	.400		1.000	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.9
Chris Webber	7	7	35.1	.496	.000	.653	8.3	3.6	1.4	1.1	23.7

Awards and records

Doug Christie, NBA All-Defensive First Team
Bobby Jackson, Sixth Man of the Year
Peja Stojaković, 2003 NBA All-Star Game
Peja Stojaković, Player of the Week (Mar. 23)
Chris Webber, 2003 NBA All-Star Game
Chris Webber, Player of the Week (Dec. 15)
Chris Webber, Player of the Month (Dec. 2002)
Chris Webber, All-NBA Second Team
Rick Adelman Western Conference All-Stars Head Coach

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Founded in 1923 Formerly the Rochester Seagrams (1923–1942), Rochester Eber Seagrams (1942–1943), Rochester Pros (1943–1945), Rochester Royals (1945–1957), Cincinnati Royals (1957–1972); played in Kansas City-Omaha (1972–1975), Kansas City (1975–1985) Based in Sacramento, California
Franchise	All-time roster Draft history Records Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Edgerton Park Arena Rochester War Memorial Cincinnati Gardens Kansas City Municipal Auditorium Omaha Civic Auditorium Kemper Arena ARCO Arena I ARCO Arena Golden 1 Center
Administration	Owner(s) Vivek Ranadivé President John Rinehart General manager Monte McNair Head coach Mike Brown
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NBA championships	1951
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