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2002–03 NBA season The 2002–03 NBA season was the 57th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season ended with the San Antonio Spurs beating the New Jersey Nets 4–2 in the 2003 NBA Finals. This would be Michael Jordan's last season in the NBA. ...
was the Pistons' 62nd season as a franchise, the 55th in the
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, and the 46th in the
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area. During the off-season, the Pistons acquired Richard Hamilton from the
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, and signed free agent
Chauncey Billups Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25, 1976) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 17 seasons in the NBA. Afte ...
. With the acquisitions of Hamilton and Billups, the Pistons got off to a solid start winning 12 of their first 16 games, and held a 32–15 record at the All-Star break. However, the team suffered a 7-game losing streak between February and March, but managed to finish first place in the Eastern Conference with a 50–32 record, which tied the 1977 Philadelphia 76ers for the worst record by a number one-seeded team in the history of the league. The Pistons were the only team in the Eastern Conference with 50 or more wins this season. Ben Wallace averaged 6.9 points, 15.4 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game, and was voted to play in the
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for the first time in his career. He also won the Defensive Player of the Year award for the second year in a row, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, and NBA All-Defensive First Team, and also finished in eighth place in
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voting. In addition, Hamilton led the team in scoring averaging 19.7 points per game, while Billups provided them with 16.2 points and 3.9 assists per game, Clifford Robinson contributed 12.2 points per game, and sixth man
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provided with 12.0 points and 4.4 rebounds per game off the bench. In the Eastern Conference First Round of the
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, the Pistons faced elimination trailing 3–1 to the 8th-seeded
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, but managed to win the next three games, thus the series. In the Eastern Conference Semi-finals, the Pistons defeated
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and the
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in six games, and were a serious title contender, reaching the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1991. Instead, they had their season ended with a sweep to the 2nd-seeded
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in four straight Eastern Conference Final games. The Nets would reach the
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for the second consecutive year, but would lose in six games to the
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. Following the season, Pistons head coach
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was fired after just two seasons with the team and was replaced by Larry Brown, who had resigned from the 76ers' head coaching position on
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. Carlisle would go on to coach the
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as he replaced
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, who was fired after failing to reach the second round for three consecutive seasons in the playoffs. Also following the season, Robinson was traded to the
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, while three-point specialist
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signed as a free agent with the
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, and Michael Curry was dealt to the
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.


Draft picks


Roster


Regular season


Season standings

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Record vs. opponents


Game log


Playoffs

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W 98–87
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L 83–93
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L 82–95
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Chauncey Billups Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25, 1976) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 17 seasons in the NBA. Afte ...
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Chauncey Billups Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25, 1976) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 17 seasons in the NBA. Afte ...
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L 74–76
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L 86–88
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L 85–97
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L 82–102
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Player statistics


Season


Playoffs


Awards and records

* Ben Wallace,
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award The NBA's Defensive Player of the Year Award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1982–83 NBA season to the best defensive player of the regular season. The winner is selected by a panel of 124 sportswrit ...
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NBA Executive of the Year Award The National Basketball Association's Executive of the Year Award is an annual award given since the 1972–73 NBA season, to the league's best general manager, president of basketball/business operations, or another high-ranking executive. Befor ...
* Ben Wallace,
All-NBA Second Team The All-NBA Team is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) honor bestowed on the best players in the league following every NBA season. The voting is conducted by a global panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. The team has been sele ...
* Ben Wallace,
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Transactions


Trades


Free agents

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References


See also

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Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...