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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">2003 NBA playoffs</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:2003NBAPlayoffsofficiallogo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2f/2003NBAPlayoffsofficiallogo.png/220px-2003NBAPlayoffsofficiallogo.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2f/2003NBAPlayoffsofficiallogo.png/330px-2003NBAPlayoffsofficiallogo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2f/2003NBAPlayoffsofficiallogo.png/440px-2003NBAPlayoffsofficiallogo.png 2x" data-file-width="489" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Tournament details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">April 19 – June 15, 2003</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2002–03</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Teams</th><td class="infobox-data">16</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Final positions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> <span class="nowrap">(2nd title)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Runner-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Semifinalists</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_playoffs" title="2002 NBA playoffs">2002</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_playoffs" title="2004 NBA playoffs">2004</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2003 NBA playoffs</b> was the postseason tournament of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2002–03 season</a>. The tournament concluded with the <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2002–03 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a> defeating the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="2002–03 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey Nets</a>, 4 games to 2, in the <a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_Finals" title="2003 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> was named <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals MVP">NBA Finals MVP</a> for the second time. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2003 Playoffs were notable for several reasons. </p> <ul><li>This postseason featured the most series decided by six games in NBA playoff history. (Coincidentally, the Spurs won every single playoff series in six games en route to the championship.)</li> <li>For the first time since <a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_playoffs" title="1974 NBA playoffs">1974</a>, all series were conducted in a best-of-seven format. From <a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_playoffs" title="1984 NBA playoffs">1984</a> to <a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_playoffs" title="2002 NBA playoffs">2002</a>, the first-round series were best of five. It is also notable as the only time the first round did not include any series sweeps.</li> <li>This is the first postseason that the NBA Playoffs carried more games on cable television than regular broadcast television, and marks the debut for the NBA Playoffs to be aired on <a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a>, and the return broadcast on <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a> and <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a> after the NBA departed from <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_NBC" title="NBA on NBC">NBC</a> and <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TBS" title="NBA on TBS">TBS</a>.</li> <li>This was the final postseason appearance for <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">David Robinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Kemp" title="Shawn Kemp">Shawn Kemp</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a></li></ul> <p>Despite relocating to New Orleans in the offseason, the <a href="/wiki/2002-03_New_Orleans_Hornets_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2002-03 New Orleans Hornets season">Hornets</a> made their third consecutive postseason. After Charlotte reclaimed the Hornets name and pre-2002–03 history in 2014 (and the Pelicans claimed the Hornets' history from 2002–03 onwards), this marked the first postseason for the New Orleans franchise. </p><p>The Portland Trail Blazers and Utah Jazz continued the longest active Western Conference playoff appearance streaks at the time, entering their 21st and 20th postseason appearances, respectively. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Minnesota_Timberwolves_season" title="2002–03 Minnesota Timberwolves season">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> entered their seventh consecutive postseason. In addition, they were awarded home-court advantage for the first time in franchise history in their series against the <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2002–03 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Orlando_Magic_season" title="2002–03 Orlando Magic season">Orlando Magic</a> became the seventh team to lose a playoff series despite leading 3–1, losing to the Detroit Pistons in the first round. The Magic would not win another playoff game again until 2008. </p><p>Game 5 of the Kings–Jazz series was the final game featuring <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> as members of the Utah Jazz. Stockton would retire after the season while Malone would sign with the Lakers in the offseason. After this, the Jazz would not return to the playoffs until <a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_playoffs" title="2007 NBA playoffs">2007</a>. </p><p>With their first-round series loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Minnesota Timberwolves earned the dubious distinction of making their first seven postseason appearances, only to lose in the first round. They would break that streak by winning their first playoff series <a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_playoffs" title="2004 NBA playoffs">the following postseason</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="2002–03 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a> snapped a ten-game playoff losing streak dating back to <a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_playoffs" title="2000 NBA playoffs">2000</a> with a Game 4 win in their first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks. The Trail Blazers also became the third team in NBA History to force a Game 7 after trailing 0–3 before bowing out. They would not return to the playoffs until <a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_playoffs" title="2009 NBA playoffs">2009</a>. </p><p>With their conference semifinals loss to the New Jersey Nets, the <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2002–03 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a> were swept in a postseason series for the first time since <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_playoffs" title="1983 NBA playoffs">1983</a>, and would not return to the Conference Semifinals until <a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_playoffs" title="2008 NBA playoffs">2008</a>. </p><p>With their conference semifinals loss to the San Antonio Spurs, the Lakers' championship streak was snapped at 3. With the win, the Spurs returned to the Western Conference Finals for the third time in five seasons. </p><p>With their conference semifinals win over the Philadelphia 76ers, the <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="2002–03 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a> advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since the <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Joe Dumars</a>-led team was swept by the <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1990–91 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a> in <a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_playoffs" title="1991 NBA playoffs">1991</a>. The Pistons would go on to appear in six consecutive Eastern Conference Finals through <a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_playoffs" title="2008 NBA playoffs">2008</a>, the most consecutive appearances for any Eastern Conference team since the <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a>-led <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> (1956–69). </p><p>With their conference semifinals victory over the Sacramento Kings, the <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2002–03 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a> made the conference finals for the first time since <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_playoffs" title="1988 NBA playoffs">1988</a>. </p><p>This was the first Western Conference Finals since <a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_playoffs" title="1995 NBA playoffs">1995</a> to take place entirely in the state of Texas. </p><p>With their Eastern Conference Finals sweep of the Detroit Pistons, the New Jersey Nets won ten straight postseason games, the most since the <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2000–01 Los Angeles Lakers season">2001 Los Angeles Lakers</a>. </p><p>In Game 6 of the Spurs–Mavericks series, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili" title="Manu Ginóbili">Manu Ginóbili</a> sparked a 42–15 run to help the Spurs advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since <a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_Finals" title="1999 NBA Finals">1999</a>. The Mavericks would not return to the Conference Finals (let alone face the Spurs in the playoffs) until <a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_playoffs" title="2006 NBA playoffs">2006</a>. </p><p>As of 2023, the 49–win New Jersey Nets are the most recent NBA Finals participant to win fewer than 50 games in an 82–game season. Four teams have since made the Finals with sub-50 win records, but each of those times, the season was shorter than 82 games for particular reasons: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a> (46–20) and the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> (47–19) both made the 2012 Finals, but the 2011–12 season was shortened to 66 games due to the <a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_lockout" title="2011 NBA lockout">2011 NBA lockout</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a> (44–29) made the Finals in the 2019–20 season, but that season was cut short due to the <a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_sports" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports">COVID-19 pandemic</a> and no team played a full 82-game schedule.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> (46–26) made it to the Finals in the 2020–21 season, however that season was only 72 games long due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playoff_qualifying">Playoff qualifying</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Playoff qualifying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Conference">Western Conference</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Western Conference"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" width="40%"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="1">Seed</th> <th rowspan="1">Team</th> <th rowspan="1">Record<br /> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2002–03 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a></td> <td>60–22 (2–2 head-to-head vs. DAL, 36–16 record vs. Western Conference) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="2002–03 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a></td> <td>59–23 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2002–03 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a></td> <td>60–22 (2–2 head-to-head vs. SAS, 34–18 record vs. Western Conference) </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Minnesota_Timberwolves_season" title="2002–03 Minnesota Timberwolves season">Minnesota Timberwolves</a></td> <td>51–31 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2002–03 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td> <td>50–32 (2–2 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.reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_Conference">Eastern Conference</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Eastern Conference"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" width="40%"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="1">Seed</th> <th rowspan="1">Team</th> <th rowspan="1">Record<br /> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="2002–03 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a></td> <td>50–32 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="2002–03 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey Nets</a></td> <td>49–33 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="2002–03 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a></td> <td>48–34 (2–2 head-to-head vs. PHI, 35–19 record vs. Eastern Conference) </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="2002–03 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td> <td>48–34 (2–2 head-to-head vs. IND, 35–19 record vs. Eastern Conference) </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_New_Orleans_Hornets_season" title="2002–03 New Orleans Hornets season">New Orleans Hornets</a></td> <td>47–35 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2002–03 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a></td> <td>44–38 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="2002–03 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a></td> <td>42–40 (2–2 head-to-head vs. ORL, 32–22 record vs. Eastern Conference) </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Orlando_Magic_season" title="2002–03 Orlando Magic season">Orlando Magic</a></td> <td>42–40 (2–2 head-to-head vs. MIL, 31–23 record vs. Eastern Conference) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bracket">Bracket</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bracket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">First Round </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Conference Semifinals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Conference Finals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)"><a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_Finals" title="2003 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="2002–03 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Orlando_Magic_season" title="2002–03 Orlando Magic season">Orlando</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b>Detroit</b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Philadelphia </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="2002–03 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a></b></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_New_Orleans_Hornets_season" title="2002–03 New Orleans Hornets season">New Orleans</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i>Detroit</i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E2</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>New Jersey</b>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="2002–03 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana</a></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E6</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2002–03 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Boston </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E2</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b>New Jersey</b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E2</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="2002–03 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="2002–03 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">New Jersey* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b>San Antonio</b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2002–03 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="2002–03 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b>San Antonio</b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">LA Lakers </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Minnesota_Timberwolves_season" title="2002–03 Minnesota Timberwolves season">Minnesota</a></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W5</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2002–03 Los Angeles Lakers season">LA Lakers</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b>San Antonio</b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Dallas </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2002–03 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a></b></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="2002–03 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b>Dallas</b></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Sacramento* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W2</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="2002–03 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Utah_Jazz_season" title="2002–03 Utah Jazz season">Utah</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>* Division winner</li><li><b>Bold</b> Series winner</li><li><i>Italic</i> Team with home-court advantage</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_round">First round</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: First round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_Conference_first_round">Eastern Conference first round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Eastern Conference first round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(1)_Detroit_Pistons_vs._(8)_Orlando_Magic"><span id=".281.29_Detroit_Pistons_vs._.288.29_Orlando_Magic"></span>(1) <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> vs. (8) <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (8) Orlando Magic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 20<br /><small> 12:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304200DET.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a></b> <b>99</b>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 94 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>24</b>–19, <b>25</b>–21, 27–<b>32</b>, <b>23</b>–22</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> 43<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Drew_Gooden" title="Drew Gooden">Drew Gooden</a> 15<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jacque_Vaughn" title="Jacque Vaughn">Jacque Vaughn</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)" title="Richard Hamilton (basketball)">Richard Hamilton</a> 28<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a> 13<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Orlando leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Auburn Hills">Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 21,261<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Donaghy" title="Tim Donaghy">Tim Donaghy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Salvatore" title="Bennett Salvatore">Bennett Salvatore</a>, Derrick Stafford</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 23<br /><small> 8:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304230DET.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> 77, <b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></b> <b>89</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 14–<b>31</b>, <b>26</b>–23, <b>21</b>–16, 16–<b>19</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> 46<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Drew_Gooden" title="Drew Gooden">Drew Gooden</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jacque_Vaughn" title="Jacque Vaughn">Jacque Vaughn</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)" title="Richard Hamilton (basketball)">Richard Hamilton</a> 30<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a> 16<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)" title="Richard Hamilton (basketball)">Richard Hamilton</a> 5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Auburn Hills">Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 22,076<br /><b>Referees:</b> Sean Corbin, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Crawford" title="Danny Crawford">Dan Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Willard" title="Greg Willard">Greg Willard</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 25<br /><small> 8:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304250ORL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 80, <b><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a></b> <b>89</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>29</b>–19, 17–<b>29</b>, 17–<b>25</b>, <b>17</b>–16</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)" title="Richard Hamilton (basketball)">Richard Hamilton</a> 22<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a> 22<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> 29<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Drew_Gooden" title="Drew Gooden">Gooden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">McGrady</a> 7 each<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Armstrong" title="Darrell Armstrong">Darrell Armstrong</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Orlando leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/TD_Waterhouse_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="TD Waterhouse Centre">TD Waterhouse Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,283<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jess_Kersey" title="Jess Kersey">Jess Kersey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Mauer" title="Ken Mauer">Ken Mauer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rush" title="Eddie Rush">Eddie F. Rush</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 27<br /><small> 5:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304270ORL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 92, <b><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a></b> <b>100</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>29</b>–19, 21–<b>35</b>, 17–<b>27</b>, <b>25</b>–19</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a> 25<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a> 24<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Barry" title="Jon Barry">Barry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Billups</a> 3 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> 27<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Drew_Gooden" title="Drew Gooden">Drew Gooden</a> 13<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Orlando leads series, 3–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/TD_Waterhouse_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="TD Waterhouse Centre">TD Waterhouse Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,283<br /><b>Referees:</b> James Capers, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Delaney_(basketball)" title="Bob Delaney (basketball)">Bob Delaney</a>, Tom Washington</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 30<br /><small> 8:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304300DET.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> 67, <b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></b> <b>98</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 13–<b>26</b>, 24–24, 20–<b>23</b>, 10–<b>25</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> 19<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Drew_Gooden" title="Drew Gooden">Drew Gooden</a> 15<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> 4</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)" title="Richard Hamilton (basketball)">Richard Hamilton</a> 24<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a> 21<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Billups</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Robinson_(basketball,_born_1966)" title="Clifford Robinson (basketball, born 1966)">Robinson</a> 4 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Orlando leads series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Auburn Hills">Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 22,076<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Brothers" title="Tony Brothers">Tony Brothers</a>, Mike Callahan, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 2<br /><small> 7:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305020ORL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></b> <b>103</b>, <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> 88 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>30</b>–21, 24–24, <b>23</b>–21, <b>26</b>–22</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a> 40<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a> 17<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a> 4</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> 37<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Drew_Gooden" title="Drew Gooden">Drew Gooden</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> 5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 3–3</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/TD_Waterhouse_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="TD Waterhouse Centre">TD Waterhouse Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 16,909<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Dick Bavetta</a>, Jim Clark, <a href="/wiki/Monty_McCutchen" title="Monty McCutchen">Monty McCutchen</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 4<br /><small> 12:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305040DET.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> 93, <b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></b> <b>108</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 22–<b>27</b>, 24–<b>31</b>, 18–<b>27</b>, <b>29</b>–23</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Drew_Gooden" title="Drew Gooden">Drew Gooden</a> 17<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a> 37<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Curry_(basketball)" title="Michael Curry (basketball)">Michael Curry</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Detroit wins series, 4–3</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Auburn Hills">Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 22,076<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Danny_Crawford" title="Danny Crawford">Dan Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Fryer" title="Bernie Fryer">Bernie Fryer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Garretson" title="Ron Garretson">Ron Garretson</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The Pistons became the 7th team in NBA history to overcome a 3–1 series deficit and the first 1st seed to do so. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Regular-season series </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Detroit won 2–1 in the regular-season series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">December 25, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200212250ORL.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 99, <b><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a></b> <b>104</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/TD_Waterhouse_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="TD Waterhouse Centre">TD Waterhouse Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">January 13, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200301130ORL.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></b> <b>101</b>, <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> 86 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/TD_Waterhouse_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="TD Waterhouse Centre">TD Waterhouse Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">February 13, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200302130DET.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> 88, <b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></b> <b>98</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Auburn Hills">Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Magic winning the first meeting. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Orlando leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1996</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 0, <b><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a></b> 3 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_playoffs" title="1996 NBA playoffs">1996 Eastern Conference First Round</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(2)_New_Jersey_Nets_vs._(7)_Milwaukee_Bucks"><span id=".282.29_New_Jersey_Nets_vs._.287.29_Milwaukee_Bucks"></span>(2) <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> vs. (7) <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: (2) New Jersey Nets vs. (7) Milwaukee Bucks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 19<br /><small> 12:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304190NJN.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> 96, <b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>109</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 20–<b>29</b>, 15–<b>26</b>, 25–<b>34</b>, <b>36</b>–20</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Tim Thomas (basketball)">Tim Thomas</a> 25<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Mason" title="Desmond Mason">Desmond Mason</a> 8<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Gary Payton</a> 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 21<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 14</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New Jersey leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Airlines Arena">Continental Airlines Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford, New Jersey</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 16,102<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Brothers" title="Tony Brothers">Tony Brothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Fryer" title="Bernie Fryer">Bernie Fryer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Garretson" title="Ron Garretson">Ron Garretson</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 22<br /><small> 7:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304220NJN.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></b> <b>88</b>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> 85 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 26–26, 23–23, <b>22</b>–20, <b>17</b>–16</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Gary Payton</a> 22<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Mason_(basketball)" title="Anthony Mason (basketball)">Anthony Mason</a> 8<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Gary Payton</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 22<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Airlines Arena">Continental Airlines Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford, New Jersey</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,633<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Delaney_(basketball)" title="Bob Delaney (basketball)">Bob Delaney</a>, Nolan Fine, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rush" title="Eddie Rush">Eddie F. Rush</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 24<br /><small> 7:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304240MIL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>103</b>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> 101 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>30</b>–20, <b>24</b>–19, 25–<b>32</b>, 24–<b>30</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 26<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Collins" title="Jason Collins">Collins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Martin</a> 8 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Sam_Cassell" title="Sam Cassell">Sam Cassell</a> 24<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Tim Thomas (basketball)">Tim Thomas</a> 11<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Gary Payton</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New Jersey leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Center" title="Bradley Center">Bradley Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,539<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joe_DeRosa_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe DeRosa (referee)">Joe DeRosa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Foster_(basketball)" title="Scott Foster (basketball)">Scott Foster</a>, Tom Washington</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 26<br /><small> 4:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304260MIL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> 114, <b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></b> <b>119</b> (OT) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>26</b>–25, 26–26, 23–<b>36</b>, <b>25</b>–13, <b><a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Basketball" title="Overtime (sports)">Overtime</a>:</b> 14–<b>19</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 30<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Collins" title="Jason Collins">Jason Collins</a> 8<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Toni Kukoč</a> 23<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Mason" title="Desmond Mason">Desmond Mason</a> 8<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Gary Payton</a> 14</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 2–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Center" title="Bradley Center">Bradley Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,391<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Dick Bavetta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a>, Blane Reichelt</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 29<br /><small> 7:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304290NJN.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> 82, <b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>89</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>22</b>–20, 16–<b>24</b>, <b>23</b>–17, 21–<b>28</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Toni Kukoč</a> 18<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Mason" title="Desmond Mason">Desmond Mason</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Gary Payton</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 19<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Richard Jefferson</a> 16<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Kidd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Martin</a> 5 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New Jersey leads series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Airlines Arena">Continental Airlines Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford, New Jersey</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 16,601<br /><b>Referees:</b> James Capers, <a href="/wiki/Joey_Crawford" title="Joey Crawford">Joe Crawford</a>, Bill Spooner</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 1<br /><small> 7:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305010MIL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>113</b>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> 101 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>30</b>–18, 26–26, <b>32</b>–26, 25–<b>31</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 29<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 11</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Gary Payton</a> 24<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Tim Thomas (basketball)">Tim Thomas</a> 6<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Gary Payton</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New Jersey wins series, 4–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Center" title="Bradley Center">Bradley Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,717<br /><b>Referees:</b> David Jones, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nies" title="Jack Nies">Jack Nies</a>, Derrick Stafford</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <ul><li>In Game 3, Rodney Rogers hit the game winner with 2 seconds left.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Regular-season series </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Tied 2–2 in the regular-season series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">November 6, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200211060MIL.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> 93, <b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></b> <b>99</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Center" title="Bradley Center">Bradley Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">December 27, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200212270NJN.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> 90, <b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>110</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Airlines Arena">Continental Airlines Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford, New Jersey</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">December 28, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200212280MIL.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>104</b>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> 96 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Center" title="Bradley Center">Bradley Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 19, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200303190NJN.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></b> <b>104</b>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> 85 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Airlines Arena">Continental Airlines Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford, New Jersey</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Bucks winning the first two meetings. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Milwaukee leads 2–0 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1984</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></b> 4, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> 2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_playoffs" title="1984 NBA playoffs">1984 Eastern Conference Semifinals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1986</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></b> 3, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> 0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_playoffs" title="1986 NBA playoffs">1986 Eastern Conference First Round</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(3)_Indiana_Pacers_vs._(6)_Boston_Celtics"><span id=".283.29_Indiana_Pacers_vs._.286.29_Boston_Celtics"></span>(3) <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> vs. (6) <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: (3) Indiana Pacers vs. (6) Boston Celtics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 19<br /><small> 2:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304190IND.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> <b>103</b>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> 100 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 26–<b>29</b>, 26–<b>29</b>, 17–<b>21</b>, <b>34</b>–21</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 40<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Artest" class="mw-redirect" title="Ron Artest">Ron Artest</a> 26<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_O%27Neal" title="Jermaine O'Neal">Jermaine O'Neal</a> 9<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Tinsley" title="Jamaal Tinsley">Jamaal Tinsley</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Boston leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Conseco_Fieldhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Conseco Fieldhouse">Conseco Fieldhouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 16,380<br /><b>Referees:</b> Ted Bernhardt, Sean Corbin, <a href="/wiki/Joey_Crawford" title="Joey Crawford">Joe Crawford</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 21<br /><small> 7:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304210IND.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 77, <b><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a></b> <b>89</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 24–<b>33</b>, <b>24</b>–21, <b>17</b>–16, 12–<b>19</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Walker" title="Antoine Walker">Antoine Walker</a> 19<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Battie" title="Tony Battie">Tony Battie</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_O%27Neal" title="Jermaine O'Neal">Jermaine O'Neal</a> 23<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_O%27Neal" title="Jermaine O'Neal">Jermaine O'Neal</a> 20<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Tinsley" title="Jamaal Tinsley">Jamaal Tinsley</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Conseco_Fieldhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Conseco Fieldhouse">Conseco Fieldhouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 15,881<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Brothers" title="Tony Brothers">Tony Brothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Fryer" title="Bernie Fryer">Bernie Fryer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Garretson" title="Ron Garretson">Ron Garretson</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 24<br /><small> 6:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304240BOS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> 83, <b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> <b>101</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 15–<b>31</b>, <b>29</b>–17, 14–<b>27</b>, 25–<b>26</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_O%27Neal" title="Jermaine O'Neal">Jermaine O'Neal</a> 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_O%27Neal" title="Jermaine O'Neal">Jermaine O'Neal</a> 16<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Tinsley" title="Jamaal Tinsley">Jamaal Tinsley</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 21<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walter_McCarty" title="Walter McCarty">Walter McCarty</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Boston leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/FleetCenter" class="mw-redirect" title="FleetCenter">FleetCenter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,624<br /><b>Referees:</b> Mike Callahan, James Capers, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN2</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 27<br /><small> 12:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304270BOS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> 92, <b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> <b>102</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>25</b>–19, <b>23</b>–17, 14–<b>37</b>, <b>30</b>–29</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_O%27Neal" title="Jermaine O'Neal">Jermaine O'Neal</a> 25<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_O%27Neal" title="Jermaine O'Neal">Jermaine O'Neal</a> 19<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Tinsley" title="Jamaal Tinsley">Jamaal Tinsley</a> 13</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 37<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Walker" title="Antoine Walker">Antoine Walker</a> 11<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Boston leads series, 3–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/FleetCenter" class="mw-redirect" title="FleetCenter">FleetCenter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,624<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joe_DeRosa_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe DeRosa (referee)">Joe DeRosa</a>, Nolan Fine, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rush" title="Eddie Rush">Eddie F. Rush</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 29<br /><small> 8:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304290IND.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 88, <b><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a></b> <b>93</b> (OT) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>24</b>–22, 26–26, <b>21</b>–14, 17–<b>26</b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Basketball" title="Overtime (sports)">Overtime</a>:</b> 0–<b>5</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Walker" title="Antoine Walker">Antoine Walker</a> 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Williams_(basketball,_born_1972)" title="Eric Williams (basketball, born 1972)">Eric Williams</a> 8<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Artest" class="mw-redirect" title="Ron Artest">Ron Artest</a> 26<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_O%27Neal" title="Jermaine O'Neal">Jermaine O'Neal</a> 22<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Hardaway" title="Tim Hardaway">Tim Hardaway</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Boston leads series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Conseco_Fieldhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Conseco Fieldhouse">Conseco Fieldhouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 15,326<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Delaney_(basketball)" title="Bob Delaney (basketball)">Bob Delaney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Nunn" title="Ronnie Nunn">Ronnie Nunn</a>, Derrick Stafford</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 1<br /><small> 7:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305010BOS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> 90, <b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> <b>110</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 15–<b>33</b>, <b>19</b>–17, 24–<b>29</b>, <b>32</b>–31</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_O%27Neal" title="Jermaine O'Neal">Jermaine O'Neal</a> 25<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_O%27Neal" title="Jermaine O'Neal">Jermaine O'Neal</a> 19<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Erick_Strickland" title="Erick Strickland">Erick Strickland</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 27<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Pierce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Williams_(basketball,_born_1972)" title="Eric Williams (basketball, born 1972)">Williams</a> 8 each<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Walker" title="Antoine Walker">Antoine Walker</a> 5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Boston wins series, 4–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/FleetCenter" class="mw-redirect" title="FleetCenter">FleetCenter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,624<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joey_Crawford" title="Joey Crawford">Joe Crawford</a>, Luis Grillo, Bill Spooner</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Regular-season series </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Tied 2–2 in the regular-season series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">January 17, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200301170BOS.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> 93, <b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> <b>98</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/FleetCenter" class="mw-redirect" title="FleetCenter">FleetCenter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">February 1, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200302010IND.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 100, <b><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a></b> <b>109</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Conseco_Fieldhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Conseco Fieldhouse">Conseco Fieldhouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">February 26, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200302260BOS.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> 69, <b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> <b>71</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/FleetCenter" class="mw-redirect" title="FleetCenter">FleetCenter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 19, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200303190IND.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 72, <b><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a></b> <b>102</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Conseco_Fieldhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Conseco Fieldhouse">Conseco Fieldhouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning the first two meetings. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Boston leads 2–0 in all-time playoff series. </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1991</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> 3, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> 2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_playoffs" title="1991 NBA playoffs">1991 Eastern Conference First Round</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1992</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> 3, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> 0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_playoffs" title="1992 NBA playoffs">1992 Eastern Conference First Round</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(4)_Philadelphia_76ers_vs._(5)_New_Orleans_Hornets"><span id=".284.29_Philadelphia_76ers_vs._.285.29_New_Orleans_Hornets"></span>(4) <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> vs. (5) <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: (4) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (5) New Orleans Hornets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 20<br /><small> 8:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304200PHI.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a> 90, <b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></b> <b>98</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 20–<b>27</b>, <b>24</b>–22, <b>24</b>–21, 22–<b>28</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jamal_Mashburn" title="Jamal Mashburn">Jamal Mashburn</a> 28<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/P._J._Brown" title="P. J. Brown">P. J. Brown</a> 8<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Baron_Davis" title="Baron Davis">Baron Davis</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 55<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Keith_Van_Horn" title="Keith Van Horn">Keith Van Horn</a> 10<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Snow" title="Eric Snow">Eric Snow</a> 10</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Philadelphia leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/First_Union_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="First Union Center">First Union Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,711<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Dick Bavetta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Delaney_(basketball)" title="Bob Delaney (basketball)">Bob Delaney</a>, David Jones</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 23<br /><small> 7:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304230PHI.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a> 85, <b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></b> <b>90</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 22–<b>27</b>, 16–<b>23</b>, <b>28</b>–26, <b>19</b>–14</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/David_Wesley" title="David Wesley">David Wesley</a> 24<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Magloire" title="Jamaal Magloire">Jamaal Magloire</a> 8<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jamal_Mashburn" title="Jamal Mashburn">Jamal Mashburn</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 29<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Kenny Thomas (basketball)">Kenny Thomas</a> 16<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Coleman" title="Derrick Coleman">Derrick Coleman</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Philadelphia leads series, 2–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/First_Union_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="First Union Center">First Union Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,229<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Donaghy" title="Tim Donaghy">Tim Donaghy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Fryer" title="Bernie Fryer">Bernie Fryer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Garretson" title="Ron Garretson">Ron Garretson</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 26<br /><small> 7:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304260NOH.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 85, <b><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a></b> <b>99</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 27–27, 19–<b>20</b>, 19–<b>21</b>, 20–<b>31</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 28<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Keith_Van_Horn" title="Keith Van Horn">Keith Van Horn</a> 9<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Baron_Davis" title="Baron Davis">Baron Davis</a> 28<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/P._J._Brown" title="P. J. Brown">P. J. Brown</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Baron_Davis" title="Baron Davis">Baron Davis</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Philadelphia leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Arena">New Orleans Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,320<br /><b>Referees:</b> Luis Grillo, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nies" title="Jack Nies">Jack Nies</a>, Mark Wunderlich</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 28<br /><small> 7:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304280NOH.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></b> <b>96</b>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a> 87 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>25</b>–20, <b>27</b>–25, <b>22</b>–21, <b>22</b>–21</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 22<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Kenny Thomas (basketball)">Kenny Thomas</a> 8<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Snow" title="Eric Snow">Eric Snow</a> 12</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Baron_Davis" title="Baron Davis">Baron Davis</a> 34<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/P._J._Brown" title="P. J. Brown">P. J. Brown</a> 9<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Baron_Davis" title="Baron Davis">Baron Davis</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Philadelphia leads series, 3–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Arena">New Orleans Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 16,243<br /><b>Referees:</b> Mike Callahan, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a>, Blane Reichelt</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 30<br /><small> 6:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304300PHI.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a></b> <b>93</b>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 91 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 26–<b>29</b>, 21–21, 24–24, <b>22</b>–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jamal_Mashburn" title="Jamal Mashburn">Jamal Mashburn</a> 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Magloire" title="Jamaal Magloire">Jamaal Magloire</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Baron_Davis" title="Baron Davis">Baron Davis</a> 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 30<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Kenny Thomas (basketball)">Kenny Thomas</a> 14<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Snow" title="Eric Snow">Snow</a> 7 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Philadelphia leads series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/First_Union_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="First Union Center">First Union Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,403<br /><b>Referees:</b> Jim Clark, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Crawford" title="Danny Crawford">Dan Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monty_McCutchen" title="Monty McCutchen">Monty McCutchen</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 2<br /><small> 8:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305020NOH.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></b> <b>107</b>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a> 103 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 25–<b>31</b>, <b>27</b>–24, 31–<b>32</b>, <b>24</b>–16</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 45<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Keith_Van_Horn" title="Keith Van Horn">Keith Van Horn</a> 18<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Snow" title="Eric Snow">Eric Snow</a> 9</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jamal_Mashburn" title="Jamal Mashburn">Jamal Mashburn</a> 36<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <i>three players</i> 8 each<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Baron_Davis" title="Baron Davis">Baron Davis</a> 11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Philadelphia wins series, 4–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Arena">New Orleans Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,570<br /><b>Referees:</b> Nolan Fine, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Mauer" title="Ken Mauer">Ken Mauer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rush" title="Eddie Rush">Eddie F. Rush</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Regular-season series </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>New Orleans won 2–1 in the regular-season series. </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">November 19, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200211190NOH.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 98, <b><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a></b> <b>99</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Arena">New Orleans Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">November 25, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200211250PHI.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a> 87, <b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></b> <b>108</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/First_Union_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="First Union Center">First Union Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 13, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304130PHI.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a></b> <b>94</b>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 89 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/First_Union_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="First Union Center">First Union Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was the first playoff meeting between the 76ers and the New Orleans Pelicans/Hornets franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Conference_first_round">Western Conference first round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Western Conference first round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(1)_San_Antonio_Spurs_vs._(8)_Phoenix_Suns"><span id=".281.29_San_Antonio_Spurs_vs._.288.29_Phoenix_Suns"></span>(1) <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> vs. (8) <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: (1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (8) Phoenix Suns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 20<br /><small> 4:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304190SAS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></b> <b>96</b>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 95 (OT) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 16–<b>23</b>, <b>19</b>–17, <b>25</b>–23, <b>27</b>–24, <b><a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Basketball" title="Overtime (sports)">Overtime</a>:</b> <b>9</b>–8</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephon_Marbury" title="Stephon Marbury">Stephon Marbury</a> 26<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Marion" title="Shawn Marion">Shawn Marion</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephon_Marbury" title="Stephon Marbury">Stephon Marbury</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jackson" title="Stephen Jackson">Stephen Jackson</a> 23<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 13<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Tony Parker</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Phoenix leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,217<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Foster_(basketball)" title="Scott Foster (basketball)">Scott Foster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Mauer" title="Ken Mauer">Ken Mauer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rush" title="Eddie Rush">Eddie F. Rush</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 21<br /><small> 7:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304210SAS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> 76, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>84</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>23</b>–16, 18–<b>31</b>, <b>21</b>–16, 14–<b>21</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephon_Marbury" title="Stephon Marbury">Stephon Marbury</a> 32<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Marion" title="Shawn Marion">Shawn Marion</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephon_Marbury" title="Stephon Marbury">Stephon Marbury</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jackson" title="Stephen Jackson">Stephen Jackson</a> 23<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Speedy_Claxton" title="Speedy Claxton">Speedy Claxton</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,217<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joey_Crawford" title="Joey Crawford">Joe Crawford</a>, Luis Grillo, Mark Wunderlich</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 25<br /><small> 7:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304250PHO.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>99</b>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> 86 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>25</b>–18, <b>28</b>–18, 16–<b>20</b>, 30–30</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Tony Parker</a> 29<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 23<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephon_Marbury" title="Stephon Marbury">Stephon Marbury</a> 25<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Joe Johnson (basketball)">Joe Johnson</a> 9<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephon_Marbury" title="Stephon Marbury">Stephon Marbury</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>San Antonio leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/America_West_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="America West Arena">America West Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,023<br /><b>Referees:</b> Jim Clark, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Crawford" title="Danny Crawford">Dan Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monty_McCutchen" title="Monty McCutchen">Monty McCutchen</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 27<br /><small> 7:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304270PHO.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 84, <b><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></b> <b>86</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 17–<b>19</b>, <b>23</b>–15, <b>23</b>–22, 21–<b>30</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 24<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili" title="Manu Ginóbili">Manu Ginóbili</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephon_Marbury" title="Stephon Marbury">Stephon Marbury</a> 18<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Marion" title="Shawn Marion">Shawn Marion</a> 14<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Penny_Hardaway" title="Penny Hardaway">Hardaway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephon_Marbury" title="Stephon Marbury">Marbury</a> 7 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 2–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/America_West_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="America West Arena">America West Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,756<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Fryer" title="Bernie Fryer">Bernie Fryer</a>, David Jones, Derrick Stafford</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 29<br /><small> 6:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304290SAS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> 82, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>94</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 14–<b>27</b>, 16–<b>27</b>, <b>23</b>–18, <b>29</b>–22</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Marion" title="Shawn Marion">Shawn Marion</a> 22<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Amar%27e_Stoudemire" title="Amar'e Stoudemire">Amar'e Stoudemire</a> 14<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephon_Marbury" title="Stephon Marbury">Stephon Marbury</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Malik_Rose" title="Malik Rose">Malik Rose</a> 27<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 17<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>San Antonio leads series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,217<br /><b>Referees:</b> Ted Bernhardt, Sean Corbin, <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Salvatore" title="Bennett Salvatore">Bennett Salvatore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 1<br /><small> 9:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305010PHO.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>87</b>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> 85 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>25</b>–21, 16–<b>22</b>, <b>23</b>–18, 23–<b>24</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jackson" title="Stephen Jackson">Stephen Jackson</a> 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 20<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Marion" title="Shawn Marion">Shawn Marion</a> 24<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Marion" title="Shawn Marion">Shawn Marion</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Penny_Hardaway" title="Penny Hardaway">Penny Hardaway</a> 5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>San Antonio wins series, 4–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/America_West_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="America West Arena">America West Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,913<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Delaney_(basketball)" title="Bob Delaney (basketball)">Bob Delaney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_DeRosa_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe DeRosa (referee)">Joe DeRosa</a>, Joe Forte</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>In Game 1, after <a href="/wiki/Amar%27e_Stoudemire" title="Amar'e Stoudemire">Amar'e Stoudemire</a> banks in a game-tying 3 with 7.9 seconds left in regulation, <a href="/wiki/Stephon_Marbury" title="Stephon Marbury">Stephon Marbury</a> hits the game-winning 3 at the buzzer in OT. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Regular-season series </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Phoenix won 3–1 in the regular-season series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">November 29, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200211290PHO.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 87, <b><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></b> <b>94</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/America_West_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="America West Arena">America West Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">January 14, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200301140SAS.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> 100, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>108</b> (OT) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 4, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200303040SAS.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></b> <b>104</b>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 97 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 13, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304130PHO.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 85, <b><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></b> <b>92</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/America_West_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="America West Arena">America West Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Suns winning three of the first five meetings. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Phoenix leads 3–2 in all-time playoff series. </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1992</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></b> 3, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_playoffs" title="1992 NBA playoffs">1992 Western Conference First Round</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1993</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></b> 4, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_playoffs" title="1993 NBA playoffs">1993 Western Conference Semifinals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1996</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> 1, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> 3 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_playoffs" title="1996 NBA playoffs">1996 Western Conference First Round</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1998</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> 1, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> 3 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_playoffs" title="1998 NBA playoffs">1998 Western Conference First Round</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">2000</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></b> 3, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_playoffs" title="2000 NBA playoffs">2000 Western Conference First Round</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(2)_Sacramento_Kings_vs._(7)_Utah_Jazz"><span id=".282.29_Sacramento_Kings_vs._.287.29_Utah_Jazz"></span>(2) <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> vs. (7) <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: (2) Sacramento Kings vs. (7) Utah Jazz"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 19<br /><small> 7:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304190SAC.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> 90, <b><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></b> <b>96</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>25</b>–19, 8–<b>19</b>, 21–<b>23</b>, <b>36</b>–35</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> 25<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Ostertag" title="Greg Ostertag">Greg Ostertag</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Chris Webber</a> 27<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Chris Webber</a> 11<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jackson" title="Bobby Jackson">Bobby Jackson</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Sacramento leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/ARCO_Arena" title="ARCO Arena">ARCO Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,317<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hue_Hollins" title="Hue Hollins">Hue Hollins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nies" title="Jack Nies">Jack Nies</a>, Mark Wunderlich</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 21<br /><small> 7:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304210SAC.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> 95, <b><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></b> <b>108</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 22–<b>25</b>, 20–<b>32</b>, 22–<b>25</b>, <b>31</b>–26</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Andrei_Kirilenko" title="Andrei Kirilenko">Andrei Kirilenko</a> 17<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Harpring" title="Matt Harpring">Matt Harpring</a> 8<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Jackson_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Jackson (basketball)">Mark Jackson</a> 4</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Peja_Stojakovi%C4%87" title="Peja Stojaković">Peja Stojaković</a> 29<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Keon_Clark" title="Keon Clark">Clark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vlade_Divac" title="Vlade Divac">Divac</a> 7 each<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jackson" title="Bobby Jackson">Bobby Jackson</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Sacramento leads series, 2–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/ARCO_Arena" title="ARCO Arena">ARCO Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,317<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Nunn" title="Ronnie Nunn">Ronnie Nunn</a>, Blane Reichelt, Bill Spooner</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 26<br /><small> 8:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304260UTA.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> 104, <b><a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a></b> <b>107</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 26–<b>30</b>, 29–29, 21–21, <b>28</b>–27</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Chris Webber</a> 24<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Chris Webber</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bibby" title="Mike Bibby">Mike Bibby</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Ostertag" title="Greg Ostertag">Greg Ostertag</a> 22<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Ostertag" title="Greg Ostertag">Greg Ostertag</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Sacramento leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,911<br /><b>Referees:</b> Ted Bernhardt, Leroy Richardson, <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Salvatore" title="Bennett Salvatore">Bennett Salvatore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 28<br /><small> 8:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304280UTA.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></b> <b>99</b>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> 82 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 20–<b>28</b>, <b>17</b>–13, <b>36</b>–18, <b>26</b>–23</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Peja_Stojakovi%C4%87" title="Peja Stojaković">Peja Stojaković</a> 27<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Chris Webber</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bibby" title="Mike Bibby">Mike Bibby</a> 9</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> 24<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Ostertag" title="Greg Ostertag">Greg Ostertag</a> 14<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Sacramento leads series, 3–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,911<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Dick Bavetta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Mauer" title="Ken Mauer">Ken Mauer</a>, Ron Olesiak</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 30<br /><small> 8:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304300SAC.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> 91, <b><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></b> <b>111</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 15–<b>29</b>, <b>26</b>–24, 27–<b>32</b>, 23–<b>26</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Harpring" title="Matt Harpring">Harpring</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Padgett" title="Scott Padgett">Padgett</a> 16 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Padgett" title="Scott Padgett">Scott Padgett</a> 6<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Chris Webber</a> 26<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Chris Webber</a> 11<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bibby" title="Mike Bibby">Mike Bibby</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Sacramento wins series, 4–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/ARCO_Arena" title="ARCO Arena">ARCO Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,317<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Fryer" title="Bernie Fryer">Bernie Fryer</a>, Tom Washington, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Willard" title="Greg Willard">Greg Willard</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>Game 5 was <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a>'s final NBA game. It was also <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a>'s last game in Utah as he joined the Los Angeles Lakers during the following offseason. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Regular-season series </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Sacramento won 3–1 in the regular-season series. </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">December 14, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200212140UTA.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></b> <b>98</b>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> 96 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">January 28, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200301280SAC.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a></b> <b>102</b>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> 92 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/ARCO_Arena" title="ARCO Arena">ARCO Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 7, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200303070UTA.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></b> <b>108</b>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> 105 (OT) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 16, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304160SAC.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> 84, <b><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></b> <b>95</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/ARCO_Arena" title="ARCO Arena">ARCO Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning one series apiece. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Tied 1–1 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1999</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> 2, <b><a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a></b> 3 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_playoffs" title="1999 NBA playoffs">1999 Western Conference First Round</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></b> 3, <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> 1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_playoffs" title="2002 NBA playoffs">2002 Western Conference First Round</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(3)_Dallas_Mavericks_vs._(6)_Portland_Trail_Blazers"><span id=".283.29_Dallas_Mavericks_vs._.286.29_Portland_Trail_Blazers"></span>(3) <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> vs. (6) <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: (3) Dallas Mavericks vs. (6) Portland Trail Blazers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 19<br /><small> 7:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304190DAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> 86, <b><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></b> <b>96</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 21–<b>23</b>, <b>31</b>–19, 12–<b>28</b>, 22–<b>26</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rasheed_Wallace" title="Rasheed Wallace">Rasheed Wallace</a> 26<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dale_Davis_(basketball)" title="Dale Davis (basketball)">Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bonzi_Wells" title="Bonzi Wells">Wells</a> 10 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Scottie Pippen</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 46<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 10<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Dallas leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,336<br /><b>Referees:</b> Mike Callahan, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a>, Ron Olesiak</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 23<br /><small> 8:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304230DAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> 99, <b><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></b> <b>103</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 19–<b>23</b>, 23–<b>25</b>, <b>29</b>–24, 28–<b>31</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bonzi_Wells" title="Bonzi Wells">Bonzi Wells</a> 45<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dale_Davis_(basketball)" title="Dale Davis (basketball)">Dale Davis</a> 15<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Damon_Stoudamire" title="Damon Stoudamire">Damon Stoudamire</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 28<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 9<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Dallas leads series, 2–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,356<br /><b>Referees:</b> Ted Bernhardt, Joe Forte, <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Salvatore" title="Bennett Salvatore">Bennett Salvatore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 25<br /><small> 7:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304250POR.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></b> <b>115</b>, <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> 103 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>30</b>–22, 34–<b>39</b>, 20–<b>24</b>, <b>31</b>–18</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 42<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ruben_Patterson" title="Ruben Patterson">Ruben Patterson</a> 19<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Zach_Randolph" title="Zach Randolph">Zach Randolph</a> 10<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bonzi_Wells" title="Bonzi Wells">Bonzi Wells</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Dallas leads series, 3–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Moda_Center" title="Moda Center">Rose Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,980<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joey_Crawford" title="Joey Crawford">Joe Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hue_Hollins" title="Hue Hollins">Hue Hollins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Willard" title="Greg Willard">Greg Willard</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 27<br /><small> 5:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304270POR.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 79, <b><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a></b> <b>98</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 23–<b>26</b>, <b>29</b>–23, 10–<b>33</b>, <b>17</b>–16</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 26<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Van_Exel" title="Nick Van Exel">Nick Van Exel</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Zach_Randolph" title="Zach Randolph">Zach Randolph</a> 25<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Zach_Randolph" title="Zach Randolph">Zach Randolph</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Damon_Stoudamire" title="Damon Stoudamire">Damon Stoudamire</a> 11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Dallas leads series, 3–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Moda_Center" title="Moda Center">Rose Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,980<br /><b>Referees:</b> Jim Clark, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Crawford" title="Danny Crawford">Dan Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monty_McCutchen" title="Monty McCutchen">Monty McCutchen</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 30<br /><small> 7:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304300DAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a></b> <b>103</b>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 99 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 15–<b>21</b>, 28–<b>29</b>, <b>28</b>–27, <b>32</b>–22</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Zach_Randolph" title="Zach Randolph">Zach Randolph</a> 22<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Zach_Randolph" title="Zach Randolph">Zach Randolph</a> 9<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bonzi_Wells" title="Bonzi Wells">Bonzi Wells</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 35<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 11<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Dallas leads series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,438<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Dick Bavetta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Foster_(basketball)" title="Scott Foster (basketball)">Scott Foster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Mauer" title="Ken Mauer">Ken Mauer</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 2<br /><small> 7:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305020POR.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 103, <b><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a></b> <b>125</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 24–<b>27</b>, 14–<b>37</b>, 28–<b>33</b>, <b>37</b>–28</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Griffin" title="Adrian Griffin">Adrian Griffin</a> 8<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Zach_Randolph" title="Zach Randolph">Zach Randolph</a> 21<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Zach_Randolph" title="Zach Randolph">Zach Randolph</a> 10<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_McInnis" title="Jeff McInnis">McInnis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rasheed_Wallace" title="Rasheed Wallace">Wallace</a> 6 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 3–3</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Moda_Center" title="Moda Center">Rose Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,602<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Fryer" title="Bernie Fryer">Bernie Fryer</a>, Tom Washington, Mark Wunderlich</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 4<br /><small> 2:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305040DAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> 95, <b><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></b> <b>107</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>22</b>–19, 23–<b>26</b>, <b>28</b>–26, 22–<b>36</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Damon_Stoudamire" title="Damon Stoudamire">Stoudamire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rasheed_Wallace" title="Rasheed Wallace">Wallace</a> 17 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Zach_Randolph" title="Zach Randolph">Zach Randolph</a> 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Damon_Stoudamire" title="Damon Stoudamire">Damon Stoudamire</a> 9</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 31<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 11<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Dallas wins series, 4–3</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,281<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joey_Crawford" title="Joey Crawford">Joe Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Delaney_(basketball)" title="Bob Delaney (basketball)">Bob Delaney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The Trail Blazers became the third NBA team to force a Game 7 after being down 0–3, after the <a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1950–51 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1951_NBA_Finals" title="1951 NBA Finals">1951 NBA Finals</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1993–94 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_playoffs" title="1994 NBA playoffs">1994 Western Conference semifinals</a>. This would not happen again until <a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_playoffs" title="2023 NBA playoffs">2023</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Regular-season series </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Tied 2–2 in the regular-season series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">November 11, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200211110DAL.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> 73, <b><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></b> <b>82</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">December 4, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200212040POR.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></b> <b>103</b>, <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> 88 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Rose_Garden_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Rose Garden Arena">Rose Garden Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">January 26, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200301260DAL.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a></b> <b>100</b>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 93 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 28, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200303280POR.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 95, <b><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a></b> <b>112</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Rose_Garden_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Rose Garden Arena">Rose Garden Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Trail Blazers winning the first two meetings. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Portland leads 2–0 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1985</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 1, <b><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a></b> 3 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_playoffs" title="1985 NBA playoffs">1985 Western Conference First Round</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1990</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 0, <b><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a></b> 3 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_playoffs" title="1990 NBA playoffs">1990 Western Conference First Round</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(4)_Minnesota_Timberwolves_vs._(5)_Los_Angeles_Lakers"><span id=".284.29_Minnesota_Timberwolves_vs._.285.29_Los_Angeles_Lakers"></span>(4) <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> vs. (5) <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: (4) Minnesota Timberwolves vs. (5) Los Angeles Lakers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 20<br /><small> 2:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304200MIN.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>117</b>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> 98 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>39</b>–23, 27–<b>29</b>, 22–<b>24</b>, <b>29</b>–22</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> 39<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Horry" title="Robert Horry">Horry</a> 8 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> 23<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> 14<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>LA Lakers lead series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Target_Center" title="Target Center">Target Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,097<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Danny_Crawford" title="Danny Crawford">Dan Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_DeRosa_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe DeRosa (referee)">Joe DeRosa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jess_Kersey" title="Jess Kersey">Jess Kersey</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 22<br /><small> 8:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304220MIN.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 91, <b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a></b> <b>119</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 23–<b>28</b>, 20–<b>29</b>, 24–<b>31</b>, 24–<b>31</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a> 27 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 14<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Troy_Hudson" title="Troy Hudson">Troy Hudson</a> 37<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> 20<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Troy_Hudson" title="Troy Hudson">Troy Hudson</a> 10</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Target_Center" title="Target Center">Target Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,132<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Foster_(basketball)" title="Scott Foster (basketball)">Scott Foster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nies" title="Jack Nies">Jack Nies</a>, Tom Washington</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 24<br /><small> 8:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304240LAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a></b> <b>114</b>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 110 (OT) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>29</b>–24, <b>23</b>–22, <b>28</b>–25, 21–<b>30</b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Basketball" title="Overtime (sports)">Overtime</a>:</b> <b>13</b>–9</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> 33<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> 14<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rod_Strickland" title="Rod Strickland">Rod Strickland</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> 30<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 17<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Minnesota leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,997<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Nunn" title="Ronnie Nunn">Ronnie Nunn</a>, Leroy Richardson, Bill Spooner</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 27<br /><small> 12:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304270LAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> 97, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>102</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>26</b>–25, <b>19</b>–18, <b>29</b>–28, 23–<b>31</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Troy_Hudson" title="Troy Hudson">Hudson</a> 28 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> 18<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 34<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 23<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 2–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,997<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joey_Crawford" title="Joey Crawford">Joe Crawford</a>, Joe Forte, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Willard" title="Greg Willard">Greg Willard</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 29<br /><small> 8:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304290MIN.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>120</b>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> 90 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>28</b>–25, <b>30</b>–23, <b>36</b>–25, <b>26</b>–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> 32<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Devean_George" title="Devean George">Devean George</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> 25<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> 16<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Troy_Hudson" title="Troy Hudson">Troy Hudson</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>LA Lakers lead series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Target_Center" title="Target Center">Target Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,098<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Donaghy" title="Tim Donaghy">Tim Donaghy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rush" title="Eddie Rush">Eddie F. Rush</a>, Mark Wunderlich</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 1<br /><small> 9:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305010LAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> 85, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>101</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>30</b>–25, 13–<b>22</b>, 20–<b>22</b>, 22–<b>32</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Troy_Hudson" title="Troy Hudson">Hudson</a> 18 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wally_Szczerbiak" title="Wally Szczerbiak">Szczerbiak</a> 5 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> 31<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 17<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>LA Lakers win series, 4–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,997<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Garretson" title="Ron Garretson">Ron Garretson</a>, Blane Reichelt, <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Salvatore" title="Bennett Salvatore">Bennett Salvatore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Regular-season series </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Tied 2–2 in the regular-season series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">December 1, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200212010LAL.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a></b> <b>110</b>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 107 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">December 17, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200212170MIN.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 80, <b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a></b> <b>96</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Target_Center" title="Target Center">Target Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 7, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200303070LAL.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> 96, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>106</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 14, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200303140MIN.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>106</b>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> 99 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Target_Center" title="Target Center">Target Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was the first playoff meeting between the Lakers and the Timberwolves.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_semifinals">Conference semifinals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Conference semifinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_Conference_semifinals">Eastern Conference semifinals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Eastern Conference semifinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(1)_Detroit_Pistons_vs._(4)_Philadelphia_76ers"><span id=".281.29_Detroit_Pistons_vs._.284.29_Philadelphia_76ers"></span>(1) <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> vs. (4) <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (4) Philadelphia 76ers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 6<br /><small> 8:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305060DET.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 87, <b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></b> <b>98</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 21–<b>24</b>, 19–<b>25</b>, <b>26</b>–24, 21–<b>25</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 27<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Coleman" title="Derrick Coleman">Derrick Coleman</a> 8<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)" title="Richard Hamilton (basketball)">Richard Hamilton</a> 25<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Billups</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Robinson_(basketball,_born_1966)" title="Clifford Robinson (basketball, born 1966)">Robinson</a> 4 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Detroit leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills,_Michigan" title="Auburn Hills, Michigan">Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 22,076<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joey_Crawford" title="Joey Crawford">Joe Crawford</a>, Joe Forte, <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Nunn" title="Ronnie Nunn">Ronnie Nunn</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 8<br /><small> 7:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305080DET.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 97, <b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></b> <b>104</b> (OT) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 25–<b>30</b>, 19–<b>22</b>, <b>27</b>–19, 21–21, <b><a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Basketball" title="Overtime (sports)">Overtime</a>:</b> 5–<b>12</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 31<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Kenny Thomas (basketball)">Kenny Thomas</a> 19<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chucky_Atkins" title="Chucky Atkins">Atkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)" title="Richard Hamilton (basketball)">Hamilton</a> 23 each<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)" title="Richard Hamilton (basketball)">Richard Hamilton</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Detroit leads series, 2–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills,_Michigan" title="Auburn Hills, Michigan">Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 22,076<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Delaney_(basketball)" title="Bob Delaney (basketball)">Bob Delaney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monty_McCutchen" title="Monty McCutchen">Monty McCutchen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Salvatore" title="Bennett Salvatore">Bennett Salvatore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 10<br /><small> 7:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305100PHI.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 83, <b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></b> <b>93</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 19–<b>23</b>, 18–<b>25</b>, 15–<b>21</b>, <b>31</b>–24</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)" title="Richard Hamilton (basketball)">Richard Hamilton</a> 24<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mehmet_Okur" title="Mehmet Okur">Mehmet Okur</a> 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Billups</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Robinson_(basketball,_born_1966)" title="Clifford Robinson (basketball, born 1966)">Robinson</a> 4 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 25<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Kenny Thomas (basketball)">Kenny Thomas</a> 14<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Detroit leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/First_Union_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="First Union Center">First Union Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,743<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joe_DeRosa_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe DeRosa (referee)">Joe DeRosa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rush" title="Eddie Rush">Eddie F. Rush</a>, Bill Spooner</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 11<br /><small> 8:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305110PHI.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 82, <b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></b> <b>95</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 18–<b>21</b>, 14–<b>22</b>, <b>21</b>–18, 29–<b>34</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)" title="Richard Hamilton (basketball)">Richard Hamilton</a> 30<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a> 15<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <i>three players</i> 3 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 36<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Coleman" title="Derrick Coleman">Derrick Coleman</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 2–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/First_Union_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="First Union Center">First Union Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,549<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Dick Bavetta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Fryer" title="Bernie Fryer">Bernie Fryer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Willard" title="Greg Willard">Greg Willard</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 14<br /><small> 8:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305140DET.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 77, <b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></b> <b>78</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 23–<b>30</b>, 13–<b>15</b>, <b>21</b>–18, <b>20</b>–15</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Coleman" title="Derrick Coleman">Derrick Coleman</a> 23<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Coleman" title="Derrick Coleman">Derrick Coleman</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 9</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)" title="Richard Hamilton (basketball)">Richard Hamilton</a> 20<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a> 17<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chucky_Atkins" title="Chucky Atkins">Atkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)" title="Richard Hamilton (basketball)">Hamilton</a> 5 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Detroit leads series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills,_Michigan" title="Auburn Hills, Michigan">Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 22,076<br /><b>Referees:</b> Mike Callahan, Jim Clark, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 16<br /><small> 7:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305160PHI.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></b> <b>93</b>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 89 (OT) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 15–<b>24</b>, <b>21</b>–20, <b>27</b>–20, <b>18</b>–17, <b><a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Basketball" title="Overtime (sports)">Overtime</a>:</b> <b>12</b>–8</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a> 28<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a> 18<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 38<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Kenny Thomas (basketball)">Kenny Thomas</a> 14<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Detroit wins series, 4–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/First_Union_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="First Union Center">First Union Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,888<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Garretson" title="Ron Garretson">Ron Garretson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Mauer" title="Ken Mauer">Ken Mauer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Salvatore" title="Bennett Salvatore">Bennett Salvatore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <ul><li>In Game 5, <a href="/wiki/Chucky_Atkins" title="Chucky Atkins">Chucky Atkins</a> hit the game-winning layup with 0.9 seconds left after <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Coleman" title="Derrick Coleman">Derrick Coleman</a> was called for goaltending on the shot.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Regular-season series </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Tied 2–2 in the regular-season series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">January 8, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200301080PHI.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></b> <b>103</b>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 94 (OT) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/First_Union_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="First Union Center">First Union Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">January 22, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200301220DET.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></b> <b>92</b>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 83 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Auburn Hills">Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 20, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200303200DET.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 85, <b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></b> <b>113</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Auburn Hills">Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 8, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304080PHI.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 74, <b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></b> <b>91</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/First_Union_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="First Union Center">First Union Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the 76ers winning the first meeting, which occurred when the Nationals/76ers franchise were in Syracuse and the Pistons franchise were in Fort Wayne. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Philadelphia/ Syracuse leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1955</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne_Pistons" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Wayne Pistons">Fort Wayne Pistons</a> 3, <b><a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Nationals" class="mw-redirect" title="Syracuse Nationals">Syracuse Nationals</a></b> 4 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1955_NBA_Finals" title="1955 NBA Finals">1955 NBA Finals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(2)_New_Jersey_Nets_vs._(6)_Boston_Celtics"><span id=".282.29_New_Jersey_Nets_vs._.286.29_Boston_Celtics"></span>(2) <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> vs. (6) <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: (2) New Jersey Nets vs. (6) Boston Celtics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 5<br /><small> 7:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305050NJN.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 93, <b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>97</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>23</b>–20, 23–<b>29</b>, <b>27</b>–23, 20–<b>25</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 34<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Walker" title="Antoine Walker">Antoine Walker</a> 8<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 21<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Jefferson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Williams_(basketball)" title="Aaron Williams (basketball)">Williams</a> 9 each<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New Jersey leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Airlines Arena">Continental Airlines Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,343<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Foster_(basketball)" title="Scott Foster (basketball)">Scott Foster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Salvatore" title="Bennett Salvatore">Bennett Salvatore</a>, Tom Washington</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 7<br /><small> 7:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305070NJN.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 95, <b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>104</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>25</b>–19, 20–<b>32</b>, 21–<b>31</b>, <b>29</b>–22</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 32<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 11</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Richard Jefferson</a> 25<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 11<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New Jersey leads series, 2–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Airlines Arena">Continental Airlines Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,934<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Dick Bavetta</a>, Jim Clark, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 9<br /><small> 8:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305090BOS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>94</b>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 76 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>24</b>–15, 23–<b>24</b>, <b>29</b>–17, 18–<b>20</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 25<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 9<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 11</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 23<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Walker" title="Antoine Walker">Antoine Walker</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Delk" title="Tony Delk">Tony Delk</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New Jersey leads series, 3–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/FleetCenter" class="mw-redirect" title="FleetCenter">FleetCenter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,624<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Danny_Crawford" title="Danny Crawford">Dan Crawford</a>, Derrick Stafford, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Willard" title="Greg Willard">Greg Willard</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 12<br /><small> 8:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305120BOS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>110</b>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 101 (2OT) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 21–<b>23</b>, <b>29</b>–26, <b>21</b>–20, 19–<b>21</b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Basketball" title="Overtime (sports)">Overtime</a>:</b> 7–7, <b>13</b>–4</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 29<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Kidd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Martin</a> 10 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 27<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> 10<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Pierce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Walker" title="Antoine Walker">Walker</a> 7 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New Jersey wins series, 4–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/FleetCenter" class="mw-redirect" title="FleetCenter">FleetCenter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,624<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joey_Crawford" title="Joey Crawford">Joe Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hue_Hollins" title="Hue Hollins">Hue Hollins</a>, Bill Spooner</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Regular-season series </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>New Jersey won 3–1 in the regular-season series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">November 20, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200211200BOS.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> 79, <b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> <b>96</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/FleetCenter" class="mw-redirect" title="FleetCenter">FleetCenter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">December 25, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200212250NJN.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 81, <b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>117</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Airlines Arena">Continental Airlines Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford, New Jersey</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 13, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200303130NJN.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 75, <b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>90</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Airlines Arena">Continental Airlines Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford, New Jersey</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 18, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200303180BOS.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>87</b>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 74 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/FleetCenter" class="mw-redirect" title="FleetCenter">FleetCenter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Nets winning the first meeting. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>New Jersey leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 2, <b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> 4 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_playoffs" title="2002 NBA playoffs">2002 Eastern Conference Finals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Conference_semifinals">Western Conference semifinals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Western Conference semifinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(1)_San_Antonio_Spurs_vs._(5)_Los_Angeles_Lakers"><span id=".281.29_San_Antonio_Spurs_vs._.285.29_Los_Angeles_Lakers"></span>(1) <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> vs. (5) <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: (1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (5) Los Angeles Lakers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 5<br /><small> 8:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305050SAS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 82, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>87</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 16–<b>20</b>, <b>19</b>–18, 17–<b>22</b>, <b>30</b>–27</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> 37<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 3</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 28<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Robinson (basketball)">David Robinson</a> 11<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>San Antonio leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,797<br /><b>Referees:</b> Mike Callahan, James Capers, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rush" title="Eddie Rush">Eddie F. Rush</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 7<br /><small> 8:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305070SAS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 95, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>114</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 18–<b>31</b>, 25–<b>29</b>, 24–<b>34</b>, <b>28</b>–20</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a> 27 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jannero_Pargo" title="Jannero Pargo">Jannero Pargo</a> 3</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Bowen" title="Bruce Bowen">Bruce Bowen</a> 27<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 13<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>San Antonio leads series, 2–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,797<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Fryer" title="Bernie Fryer">Bernie Fryer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Mauer" title="Ken Mauer">Ken Mauer</a>, Derrick Stafford</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 9<br /><small> 7:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305090LAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 95, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>110</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 17–<b>29</b>, 19–<b>21</b>, 31–31, 28–<b>29</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 28<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jackson" title="Stephen Jackson">Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Parker</a> 4 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> 39<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 16<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>San Antonio leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,997<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Garretson" title="Ron Garretson">Ron Garretson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a>, Mark Wunderlich</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 11<br /><small> 12:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305110LAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 95, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>99</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>24</b>–19, <b>22</b>–20, 21–<b>32</b>, 28–28</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 36<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jackson" title="Stephen Jackson">Stephen Jackson</a> 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> 35<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 17<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 2–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,997<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nies" title="Jack Nies">Jack Nies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Salvatore" title="Bennett Salvatore">Bennett Salvatore</a>, Tom Washington</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 13<br /><small> 8:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305130SAS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 94, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b> 96</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 18–<b>29</b>, 20–<b>27</b>, <b>26</b>–24, <b>30</b>–16</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> 36<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 27<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 14<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>San Antonio leads series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,797<br /><b>Referees:</b> Ed Bernhardt, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Crawford" title="Danny Crawford">Dan Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Delaney_(basketball)" title="Bob Delaney (basketball)">Bob Delaney</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 15<br /><small> 5:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305150LAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>110</b>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 82 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>29</b>–25, 25–25, <b>24</b>–19, <b>32</b>–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 37<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 16<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Tony Parker</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 31<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 10<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>San Antonio wins series, 4–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,997<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Dick Bavetta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joey_Crawford" title="Joey Crawford">Joe Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_DeRosa_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe DeRosa (referee)">Joe DeRosa</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <ul><li>In Game 5, the Lakers nearly overcame a 25-point deficit, but <a href="/wiki/Robert_Horry" title="Robert Horry">Robert Horry</a>'s potential game-winning 3 went in and out.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Regular-season series </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>San Antonio won 4–0 in the regular-season series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">October 29, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200210290LAL.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>87</b>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 82 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">November 20, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200211200SAS.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 88, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>95</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">February 14, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200302140LAL.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>103</b>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 95 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 23, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200303230SAS.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 89, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>98</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was the ninth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning six of the first eight meetings. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Los Angeles leads 6–2 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1982</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> 4, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_playoffs" title="1982 NBA playoffs">1982 Western Conference Finals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1983</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> 4, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_playoffs" title="1983 NBA playoffs">1983 Western Conference Finals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1986</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> 3, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_playoffs" title="1986 NBA playoffs">1986 Western Conference First Round</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1988</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> 3, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_playoffs" title="1988 NBA playoffs">1988 Western Conference First Round</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1995</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 2, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> 4 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_playoffs" title="1995 NBA playoffs">1995 Western Conference Semifinals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1999</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 0, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> 4 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_playoffs" title="1999 NBA playoffs">1999 Western Conference Semifinals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">2001</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> 4, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_playoffs" title="2001 NBA playoffs">2001 Western Conference Finals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; 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color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 6<br /><small> 8:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305060DAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></b> <b>124</b>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 113 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>33</b>–24, <b>29</b>–26, <b>36</b>–26, 26–<b>37</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Peja_Stojakovi%C4%87" title="Peja Stojaković">Peja Stojaković</a> 26<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Doug_Christie" title="Doug Christie">Christie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peja_Stojakovi%C4%87" title="Peja Stojaković">Stojaković</a> 9 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Chris Webber</a> 9</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <i>three players</i> 20 each<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 11<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Sacramento leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,525<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Brothers" title="Tony Brothers">Tony Brothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Crawford" title="Danny Crawford">Dan Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nies" title="Jack Nies">Jack Nies</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 8<br /><small> 8:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305080DAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> 110, <b><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></b> <b>132</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 40–<b>44</b>, 21–<b>39</b>, 24–<b>30</b>, <b>25</b>–19</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Chris Webber</a> 31<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jackson" title="Bobby Jackson">Bobby Jackson</a> 8<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Doug_Christie" title="Doug Christie">Doug Christie</a> 9</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Van_Exel" title="Nick Van Exel">Nick Van Exel</a> 36<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,491<br /><b>Referees:</b> Ted Bernhardt, <a href="/wiki/Joe_DeRosa_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe DeRosa (referee)">Joe DeRosa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rush" title="Eddie Rush">Eddie F. Rush</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 10<br /><small> 6:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305100SAC.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></b> <b>141</b>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> 137 (2OT) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 23–<b>36</b>, <b>39</b>–28, 20–<b>27</b>, <b>31</b>–22, <b><a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Basketball" title="Overtime (sports)">Overtime</a>:</b> 12–12, <b>16</b>–12</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Van_Exel" title="Nick Van Exel">Nick Van Exel</a> 40<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 20<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 11</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Peja_Stojakovi%C4%87" title="Peja Stojaković">Peja Stojaković</a> 39<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jackson" title="Bobby Jackson">Bobby Jackson</a> 11<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Doug_Christie" title="Doug Christie">Doug Christie</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Dallas leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/ARCO_Arena" title="ARCO Arena">ARCO Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,317<br /><b>Referees:</b> Mike Callahan, <a href="/wiki/Joey_Crawford" title="Joey Crawford">Joe Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hue_Hollins" title="Hue Hollins">Hue Hollins</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 11<br /><small> 7:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305110SAC.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 83, <b><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></b> <b>99</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 20–<b>24</b>, 17–<b>28</b>, 24–<b>29</b>, <b>22</b>–18</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Raja_Bell" title="Raja Bell">Bell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Finley" title="Michael Finley">Finley</a> 16 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hedo_T%C3%BCrko%C4%9Flu" title="Hedo Türkoğlu">Hedo Türkoğlu</a> 17<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Peja_Stojakovi%C4%87" title="Peja Stojaković">Peja Stojaković</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Doug_Christie" title="Doug Christie">Doug Christie</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 2–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/ARCO_Arena" title="ARCO Arena">ARCO Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,317<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Garretson" title="Ron Garretson">Ron Garretson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a>, Mark Wunderlich</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 13<br /><small> 6:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305130DAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> 93, <b><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></b> <b>112</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>33</b>–24, 28–<b>30</b>, 10–<b>29</b>, 22–<b>29</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Doug_Christie" title="Doug Christie">Doug Christie</a> 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Doug_Christie" title="Doug Christie">Christie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scot_Pollard" title="Scot Pollard">Pollard</a> 9 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Doug_Christie" title="Doug Christie">Doug Christie</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 25<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Dallas leads series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,556<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ken_Mauer" title="Ken Mauer">Ken Mauer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Salvatore" title="Bennett Salvatore">Bennett Salvatore</a>, Tom Washington</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 15<br /><small> 7:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305150SAC.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 109, <b><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></b> <b>115</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>24</b>–21, 28–<b>36</b>, <b>35</b>–32, 22–<b>26</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Van_Exel" title="Nick Van Exel">Nick Van Exel</a> 35<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Finley" title="Michael Finley">Finley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Nash</a> 4 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Peja_Stojakovi%C4%87" title="Peja Stojaković">Peja Stojaković</a> 24<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Jackson_(basketball)" title="Jim Jackson (basketball)">Jim Jackson</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Doug_Christie" title="Doug Christie">Doug Christie</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 3–3</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/ARCO_Arena" title="ARCO Arena">ARCO Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,317<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Danny_Crawford" title="Danny Crawford">Dan Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Delaney_(basketball)" title="Bob Delaney (basketball)">Bob Delaney</a>, Joe Forte</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 17<br /><small> 7:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305170DAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> 99, <b><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></b> <b>112</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 19–<b>23</b>, 24–<b>25</b>, 24–<b>28</b>, 32–<b>36</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bibby" title="Mike Bibby">Mike Bibby</a> 25<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Peja_Stojakovi%C4%87" title="Peja Stojaković">Peja Stojaković</a> 9<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bibby" title="Mike Bibby">Bibby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jackson" title="Bobby Jackson">Jackson</a> 5 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 30<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 19<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 13</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Dallas wins series, 4–3</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,595<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Fryer" title="Bernie Fryer">Bernie Fryer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rush" title="Eddie Rush">Eddie F. Rush</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Regular-season series </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Sacramento won 3–1 in the regular-season series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">January 15, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200301150SAC.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 94, <b><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></b> <b>123</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/ARCO_Arena" title="ARCO Arena">ARCO Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">February 4, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200302040DAL.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></b> <b>110</b>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 109 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">February 27, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200302270DAL.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></b> <b>126</b>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 124 (OT) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 16, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200303160SAC.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></b> <b>129</b>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> 123 (OT) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/ARCO_Arena" title="ARCO Arena">ARCO Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Kings winning the first meeting. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Sacramento leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 1, <b><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></b> 4 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_playoffs" title="2002 NBA playoffs">2002 Western Conference Semifinals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_finals">Conference finals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Conference finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_Conference_finals">Eastern Conference finals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Eastern Conference finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(1)_Detroit_Pistons_vs._(2)_New_Jersey_Nets"><span id=".281.29_Detroit_Pistons_vs._.282.29_New_Jersey_Nets"></span>(1) Detroit Pistons vs. (2) New Jersey Nets</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (2) New Jersey Nets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 18<br /><small> 1:30 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305180DET.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>76</b>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 74 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>22</b>–16, <b>21</b>–20, 12–<b>27</b>, <b>21</b>–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 16<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Collins" title="Jason Collins">Jason Collins</a> 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)" title="Richard Hamilton (basketball)">Richard Hamilton</a> 24<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a> 22<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New Jersey leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Auburn Hills">Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 22,076<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Danny_Crawford" title="Danny Crawford">Dan Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nies" title="Jack Nies">Jack Nies</a>, Derrick Stafford</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 20<br /><small> 8:00 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305200DET.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>88</b>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 86 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>20</b>–19, 19–<b>23</b>, 19–<b>25</b>, <b>30</b>–19</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 25<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Collins" title="Jason Collins">Jason Collins</a> 14<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)" title="Richard Hamilton (basketball)">Richard Hamilton</a> 24<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a> 19<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a> 10</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New Jersey leads series, 2–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Auburn Hills">Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 22,076<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joe_DeRosa_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe DeRosa (referee)">Joe DeRosa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Fryer" title="Bernie Fryer">Bernie Fryer</a>, Tom Washington</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 22<br /><small> 8:30 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305220NJN.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 85, <b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>97</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 23–<b>28</b>, 23–<b>29</b>, 19–<b>23</b>, <b>20</b>–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)" title="Richard Hamilton (basketball)">Richard Hamilton</a> 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a> 15<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <i>Five players</i> 3 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 34<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New Jersey leads series, 3–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Airlines Arena">Continental Airlines Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford" class="mw-redirect" title="East Rutherford">East Rutherford</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,923<br /><b>Referees:</b> Mike Callahan, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Mauer" title="Ken Mauer">Ken Mauer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rush" title="Eddie Rush">Eddie F. Rush</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 24<br /><small> 8:00 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305240NJN.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 82, <b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>102</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 23–<b>28</b>, 18–<b>22</b>, 23–23, 18–<b>29</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Robinson_(basketball,_born_1966)" title="Clifford Robinson (basketball, born 1966)">Clifford Robinson</a> 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a> 13<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 26<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New Jersey wins series, 4–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Airlines Arena">Continental Airlines Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford" class="mw-redirect" title="East Rutherford">East Rutherford</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,923<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Dick Bavetta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Willard" title="Greg Willard">Greg Willard</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> hit the game-winning jumper with 1.4 seconds left in Game 1.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Regular-season series </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Detroit won 2–1 in the regular-season series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">December 15, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200212150DET.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> 91, <b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></b> <b>101</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills,_Michigan" title="Auburn Hills, Michigan">Auburn Hills, Michigan</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">December 21, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200212210NJN.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 92, <b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>100</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Airlines Arena">Continental Airlines Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford, New Jersey</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">February 1, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200302010DET.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> 84, <b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></b> <b>106</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills,_Michigan" title="Auburn Hills, Michigan">Auburn Hills, Michigan</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Pistons winning the first meeting. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Detroit leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1985</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></b> 3, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> 0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_playoffs" title="1985 NBA playoffs">1985 Eastern Conference First Round</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Conference_finals">Western Conference finals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Western Conference finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(1)_San_Antonio_Spurs_vs._(3)_Dallas_Mavericks"><span id=".281.29_San_Antonio_Spurs_vs._.283.29_Dallas_Mavericks"></span>(1) <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> vs. (3) <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: (1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (3) Dallas Mavericks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 19<br /><small> 8:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305190SAS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></b> <b>113</b>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 110 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 23–<b>36</b>, <b>34</b>–30, <b>26</b>–25, <b>30</b>–19</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 38<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 15<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 3</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 40<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Dallas leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,797<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Garretson" title="Ron Garretson">Ron Garretson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Salvatore" title="Bennett Salvatore">Bennett Salvatore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Willard" title="Greg Willard">Greg Willard</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 21<br /><small> 7:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305210SAS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 106, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>119</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 24–<b>35</b>, 20–<b>34</b>, <b>31</b>–25, <b>31</b>–25</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Finley" title="Michael Finley">Michael Finley</a> 29<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Finley" title="Michael Finley">Finley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Nowitzki</a> 10 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 32<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jackson" title="Stephen Jackson">Jackson</a> 5 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,797<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Dick Bavetta</a>, Ted Bernhardt, <a href="/wiki/Joey_Crawford" title="Joey Crawford">Joe Crawford</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 23<br /><small> 8:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305230DAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>96</b>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 83 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 18–18, 20–<b>28</b>, <b>31</b>–20, <b>27</b>–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 34<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 24<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Van_Exel" title="Nick Van Exel">Nick Van Exel</a> 16<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> 9<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>San Antonio leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,695<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Danny_Crawford" title="Danny Crawford">Dan Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Delaney_(basketball)" title="Bob Delaney (basketball)">Bob Delaney</a>, Bill Spooner</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 25<br /><small> 7:30 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305250DAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>102</b>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 95 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 21–<b>24</b>, 26–<b>28</b>, <b>30</b>–18, 25–25</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Tony Parker</a> 25<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 20<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Finley" title="Michael Finley">Finley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Nash</a> 25 each<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Van_Exel" title="Nick Van Exel">Van Exel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walt_Williams" title="Walt Williams">Williams</a> 8 each<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Van_Exel" title="Nick Van Exel">Van Exel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walt_Williams" title="Walt Williams">Williams</a> 3 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>San Antonio leads series, 3–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,561<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joe_DeRosa_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe DeRosa (referee)">Joe DeRosa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Fryer" title="Bernie Fryer">Bernie Fryer</a>, Derrick Stafford</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 27<br /><small> 8:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305270SAS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></b> <b>103</b>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 91 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 23–<b>30</b>, 24–<b>28</b>, <b>27</b>–23, <b>29</b>–10</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Finley" title="Michael Finley">Michael Finley</a> 31<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <i>three players</i> 8 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 23<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <i>three players</i> 6 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>San Antonio leads series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,797<br /><b>Referees:</b> Mike Callahan, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nies" title="Jack Nies">Jack Nies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rush" title="Eddie Rush">Eddie F. Rush</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 29<br /><small> 8:00 PM</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200305290DAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>90</b>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 78 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 22–22, 18–<b>24</b>, 16–<b>23</b>, <b>34</b>–9</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jackson" title="Stephen Jackson">Stephen Jackson</a> 24<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malik_Rose" title="Malik Rose">Rose</a> 11 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <i>three players</i> 4 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Van_Exel" title="Nick Van Exel">Nick Van Exel</a> 19<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Raef_LaFrentz" title="Raef LaFrentz">Raef LaFrentz</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> 11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>San Antonio wins series, 4–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,812<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Garretson" title="Ron Garretson">Ron Garretson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a>, Tom Washington</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>Steve Kerr puts on a shooting performance for the ages connecting on 4 3-pointers closing out Dallas in game 6. <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> missed the final three games with a knee injury. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Regular-season series </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Tied 2–2 in the regular-season series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">December 11, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200212110SAS.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 104, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>111</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">February 20, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200302200DAL.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 87, <b><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></b> <b>95</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 20, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200303200DAL.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>112</b>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 110 (OT) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 16, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200304160SAS.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></b> <b>93</b>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 72 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Spurs winning the first meeting. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>San Antonio leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">2001</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> 1, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> 4 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_playoffs" title="2001 NBA playoffs">2001 Western Conference Semifinals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NBA_Finals_(W1)_San_Antonio_Spurs_vs._(E2)_New_Jersey_Nets"><span id="NBA_Finals_.28W1.29_San_Antonio_Spurs_vs._.28E2.29_New_Jersey_Nets"></span>NBA Finals (W1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (E2) New Jersey Nets</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: NBA Finals (W1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (E2) New Jersey Nets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_Finals" title="2003 NBA Finals">2003 NBA Finals</a></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 4<br /><small> 7:30 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20030604/NJNSAS/recap.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> 89, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>101</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>21</b>–18, 21–<b>24</b>, 17–<b>32</b>, <b>30</b>–27</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 32<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 20<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>San Antonio leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,797<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Dick Bavetta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joey_Crawford" title="Joey Crawford">Joe Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_DeRosa_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe DeRosa (referee)">Joe DeRosa</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 6<br /><small> 7:30 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20030606/NJNSAS/recap.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>87</b>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 85 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>19</b>–18, <b>22</b>–17, <b>25</b>–21, 21–<b>29</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 30<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 7<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 4</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Tony Parker</a> 21<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Tony Parker</a> 5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,797<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Danny_Crawford" title="Danny Crawford">Dan Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Delaney_(basketball)" title="Bob Delaney (basketball)">Bob Delaney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Salvatore" title="Bennett Salvatore">Bennett Salvatore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 8<br /><small> 8:30 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20030608/SASNJN/recap.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>84</b>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> 79 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 15–<b>21</b>, <b>18</b>–9, 21–<b>27</b>, <b>30</b>–22</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Tony Parker</a> 26<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 16<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 23<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 11<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>San Antonio leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Airlines Arena">Continental Airlines Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford" class="mw-redirect" title="East Rutherford">East Rutherford</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,280<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Garretson" title="Ron Garretson">Ron Garretson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nies" title="Jack Nies">Jack Nies</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 11<br /><small> 8:30 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20030611/SASNJN/recap.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 76, <b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>77</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>18</b>–16, 16–<b>29</b>, <b>23</b>–11, 19–<b>21</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 23<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 16<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Parker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jackson" title="Stephen Jackson">Jackson</a> 3 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 20<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 13<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 2–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Airlines Arena">Continental Airlines Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford" class="mw-redirect" title="East Rutherford">East Rutherford</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,280<br /><b>Referees:</b> Mike Callahan, <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Fryer" title="Bernie Fryer">Bernie Fryer</a>, Eddie Rush</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 13<br /><small> 8:30 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20030613/SASNJN/recap.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>93</b>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> 83 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>19</b>–18, <b>23</b>–16, <b>24</b>–23, <b>27</b>–26</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 29<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 17<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Parker</a> 4 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 29<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 9<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>San Antonio leads series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Airlines Arena">Continental Airlines Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford" class="mw-redirect" title="East Rutherford">East Rutherford</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,280<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Dick Bavetta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joey_Crawford" title="Joey Crawford">Joe Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Salvatore" title="Bennett Salvatore">Bennett Salvatore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 15<br /><small> 7:30 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20030615/NJNSAS/recap.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> 77, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>88</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>25</b>–17, 16–<b>21</b>, <b>22</b>–19, 14–<b>31</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 21<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 20<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> 10</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>San Antonio wins series, 4–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,797<br /><b>Referees:</b> <a href="/wiki/Danny_Crawford" title="Danny Crawford">Dan Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Delaney_(basketball)" title="Bob Delaney (basketball)">Bob Delaney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Garretson" title="Ron Garretson">Ron Garretson</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <ul><li>Game 6 is <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Robinson (basketball)">David Robinson</a>'s final NBA game.</li></ul> <p>The Spurs become the first team to win all playoff series in 6 games. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Regular-season series </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Tied 1–1 in the regular-season series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">November 13, 2002</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200211130NJN.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> 82, <b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></b> <b>91</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Airlines Arena">Continental Airlines Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford" class="mw-redirect" title="East Rutherford">East Rutherford</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 6, 2003</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200303060SAS.html">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> 78, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></b> <b>92</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SBC_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Center">SBC Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was the first NBA playoff meeting between the Nets and the Spurs. As members of the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">ABA</a>, both teams met in the <a href="/wiki/1976_ABA_Playoffs" title="1976 ABA Playoffs">1976 ABA Semifinals</a>, where the Nets won 4–3.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistical_leaders">Statistical leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Statistical leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Category</th> <th colspan="3">Game High</th> <th colspan="4">Average </th></tr> <tr> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>High</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Avg.</th> <th><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Games played">GP</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td> <td>55 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td> <td>32.1</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></td> <td>24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jermaine_O%27Neal" title="Jermaine O'Neal">Jermaine O'Neal</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a></td> <td>17.5</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Gary Payton</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></td> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Gary Payton</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></td> <td>8.7</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></td> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></td> <td>2.5</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></td> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></td> <td>3.3</td> <td>24 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_playoffs" title="2020 NBA playoffs">2020</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_playoffs" title="2021 NBA playoffs">2021</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_playoffs" title="2022 NBA playoffs">2022</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_playoffs" title="2023 NBA playoffs">2023</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_playoffs" title="2024 NBA playoffs">2024</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>See also: <a href="/wiki/WNBA_playoffs" title="WNBA playoffs">WNBA 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