2002–03 Sacramento Kings season

2002–03 Sacramento Kings season
Division champions
Head coach	Rick Adelman
Arena	ARCO Arena
Results
Record	59–23 (.720)
Place	Division: 1st (Pacific) Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	West Conference Semifinals (eliminated 3-4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Net Bay Area, KMAX

The 2002–03 NBA season was the Kings' 54th season in the National Basketball Association, and 18th season in Sacramento. During the offseason, the Kings signed free agent Keon Clark and later on in December signed Jim Jackson. Throughout the season, none of the Kings' players played a full season via suspension or injury, but they still managed to post a 59–23 record, two games less than their previous output in which they went 61–21, thus repeating as Pacific Division Champions once again. Bobby Jackson was named Sixth Man of The Year.

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

Webber and Peja Stojaković were both voted to play in the 2003 NBA All-Star Game in Atlanta. However, this time, Stojakovic was the only team representative as Webber was forced to withdraw due to a sprained ankle in a home loss against the Utah Jazz. Head coach Rick Adelman was selected to coach the Western Conference All-Stars.

For the season, the team sported new uniforms which would remain until 2008.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 2002 NBA draft

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

Roster

Sacramento Kings roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 10 Bibby, Mike 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Arizona G/F 13 Christie, Doug 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Pepperdine F/C 7 Clark, Keon 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) UNLV G 8 Cleaves, Mateen  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Michigan State C 21 Divac, Vlade 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 243 lb (110 kg) Serbia F 51 Funderburke, Lawrence 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Ohio State G 24 Jackson, Bobby 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Minnesota G/F 22 Jackson, Jim 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Ohio State G 9 Jones, Damon  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Houston F/C 31 Pollard, Scot 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Kansas G 25 Price, Brent  (IN) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Oklahoma F 16 Stojaković, Peja 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Serbia F 5 Türkoğlu, Hedo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Turkey F 3 Wallace, Gerald 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Alabama F/C 4 Webber, Chris 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Michigan	Head coach Rick Adelman (Loyola Marymount) Assistant coach(es) Pete Carril (Lafayette) Terry Porter (Wisconsin–Stevens Point) Elston Turner (Mississippi) John Wetzel (Virginia Tech) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: {{{access-date}}}

Note

Bold = All-Star selection

Roster Notes

• Guard Brent Price missed the entire season due to a back injury.

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Reserve	Inactive
C	Vlade Divac	Keon Clark Scot Pollard
PF	Chris Webber		Lawrence Funderburke
SF	Peja Stojaković	Hedo Türkoğlu Gerald Wallace
SG	Doug Christie	Jim Jackson
PG	Mike Bibby	Bobby Jackson Damon Jones	Mateen Cleaves	Brent Price

Regular season

Season standings

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

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

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

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

Playoffs

West First Round

(2) Sacramento Kings vs. (7) Utah Jazz Last Playoff Meeting: 2002 Western Conference First Round (Sacramento won 3-1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (UTA-SAC)	Venue	TV Time	Recap
1	April 19	Utah	90	Sacramento	96	0–1	ARCO Arena, Sacramento	TNT 10:30 EDT/7:30PT	Recap
2	April 21	Utah	95	Sacramento	108	0–2	ARCO Arena, Sacramento	TNT 10:00 EDT/7:00PT	Recap
3	April 26	Sacramento	104	Utah	108	1–2	Delta Center, Salt Lake City	ESPN 10:30 EDT/7:30PT	Recap
4	April 28	Sacramento	99	Utah	82	1–3	Delta Center, Salt Lake City	TNT 10:30 EDT/7:30PT	Recap
5	April 30	Utah	91	Sacramento	111	1–4	ARCO Arena, Sacramento	TNT 10:30 EDT/7:30PT	Recap
Sacramento wins series 4–1

West Conference Semifinals

(2) Sacramento Kings vs. (3) Dallas Mavericks Last Playoff Meeting: 2002 Western Conference Semifinals (Sacramento won 4-1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (SAC-DAL)	Venue	TV Time	Recap
1	May 6	Sacramento	124	Dallas	113	1-0	American Airlines Center, Dallas	ESPN 9:30 EDT/8:30CT	Recap
2	May 8	Sacramento	110	Dallas	132	1–1	American Airlines Center, Dallas	ESPN 9:30 EDT/8:30CT	Recap
3**	May 10	Dallas	141	Sacramento	137	1–2	ARCO Arena, Sacramento	ESPN 9:30 EDT/6:30PT	Recap
4	May 11	Dallas	83	Sacramento	99	2–2	ARCO Arena, Sacramento	TNT 10:30 EDT/7:30PT	Recap
5	May 13	Sacramento	93	Dallas	112	2–3	American Airlines Center, Dallas	TNT 9:30 EDT/8:30CT	Recap
6	May 15	Dallas	109	Sacramento	115	3–3	ARCO Arena, Sacramento	TNT 10:30 EDT/7:30PT	Recap
7	May 17	Sacramento	99	Dallas	112	3–4	American Airlines Center, Dallas	TNT 8:30 EDT/7:30CT	Recap
Dallas wins series 4–3

**Required double-overtime.

Player statistics

Legend

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

Awards and records

• Doug Christie, NBA All-Defensive First Team
• Bobby Jackson, Sixth Man of the Year
• Peja Stojaković, 2003 NBA All-Star Game
• Peja Stojaković, Player of the Week (Mar. 23)
• Chris Webber, 2003 NBA All-Star Game
• Chris Webber, Player of the Week (Dec. 15)
• Chris Webber, Player of the Month (Dec. 2002)
• Chris Webber, All–NBA Second Team

See also

• 2002–03 NBA season