The 2004 LNBP was the 5th season of the
Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, one of the
professional basketball
In professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, participants receive payment for their performance. Professionalism in sport has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larg ...
leagues of
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. It started on July 1, 2004 and ended on December 8, 2004.
The league title was won by
Santos Reales de San Luis, which defeated
Halcones UV Xalapa
Halcones de Xalapa is a basketball club based in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico that plays in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). Their home games were played at Gimnasio Universitario de la Unidad Deportiva.
Former Michigan star and ...
in the championship series, 4–2.
Format
20 teams participate. The teams are divided in 2 groups of 10 teams each, called ''Zonas'' (zones): ''Zona Norte'' (North) and ''Zona Sur'' (South). The first 8 teams of each group qualify for the playoffs. The group playoffs have quarterfinals (best-of-5), semifinals (best-of-7) and finals (best-of-7).
The winner of each group series qualify for the championship series (best-of-7), named ''Campeón de Campeones'' (Champion of Champions).
Teams
Regular season
Zona Norte standings
Zona Sur standings
Note: The LNBP website calculates 51 points for Garzas de Plata de la UAEH, thus ranking the team below Coras de la UAN.
Playoffs
''Source''
Copa Independencia
The first edition of the Copa Independencia, a tournament that took place in September, was played between the 8 best ranked teams at the end of the first part of the season.
The tournament was won by
Lobos de la UAdeC, which defeated
Lechugueros de León
The Lechugueros de León was a Mexican professional basketball team based in León, Guanajuato, Mexico playing in the Southern Division of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). Lechugueros played in the classic Circuito Mexicano de ...
, 94–88 in the final game played at Gimnasio Hermanos Carreón in
Aguascalientes
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.
Quarterfinals
* September 5: Lecugueros de León 103, Fuerza Regia de Monterrey 92
* September 5: Halcones UV Xalapa 96, La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal 83
* September 6: Santos Reales de San Luis 105, Cometas de Querétaro 101
* September 6: Lobos de la UAdeC 129, Panteras de Aguascalientes 117 (2OT)
Semifinals
* September 7: Lechugueros de León 102, Santos Reales de San Luis 89
* September 7: Lobos de la UAdeC 122, Halcones UV Xalapa 116
Final
All-Star Game
The 2004 LNBP All-Star Game was played in
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...
at the
Auditorio Miguel Barragán on August 31, 2004. The game was played between a team of Mexican players (''Mexicanos'') and a team of foreign players (''Extranjeros''). The Mexican won, 111–106.
Teams
:Mexicanos
* Miguel Acuña (Tecos de la UAG)
*
Víctor Ávila (Halcones UV Xalapa)
*
Enrique González (Halcones UV Xalapa)
*
Javier González Rex (La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal)
*
Alonso Izaguirre
Alonso is a Spanish name of Germanic origin that is a Castilian variant of ''Adalfuns''.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 36.6% of all known bearers of the surname ''Alonso'' were residents of Spain (frequency 1:222), 26.1% of Mexico (1:83 ...
(Lobos de la UAC)
*
Horacio Llamas (Lechugueros de León)
*
Omar López
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(Tecos de la UAG)
*
Víctor Mariscal Víctor is a Spanish masculine given name, equivalent to Victor in English and Vítor in Portuguese. Notable people with the given name include:
*Víctor Cabrera (Argentine footballer)
*Víctor Cabrera (Chilean footballer)
* Víctor Hugo Cabrera, ...
(Lobos de la UAC)
* José Portillo (Santos Reales de San Luis)
*
Omar Quintero
Omar Quintero (born September 26, 1981 in Nogales, Mexico) is a Mexican professional basketball player. He is a 6'0" tall and 185 lb point guard who currently plays for Gigantes de Guayana in the Venezuelan League. He also represented the ...
(Fuerza Regia de Monterrey)
* Gabriel Sandoval (Lechugueros de León)
*
Enrique Zúñiga (Lechugueros de León)
:* Coaches: Ángel González (Halcones UV Xalapa) and Francisco Torres (Lechugueros de León)
:Extranjeros
*
Boubacar Aw (La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal)
* Devon Ford (Panteras de Aguascalientes)
*
Reggie Jordan
Reginald Jordan (born January 26, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he attended Proviso East High School, in Maywood, Illinois. The 6'4" (1.93 m) and 195 lb (88 kg) guard wen ...
(Cometas de Querétaro)
* Keenan Jourdon (Correcaminos UAT Victoria)
* Roland Lamont (Correcaminos UAT Matamoros)
*
Andre Laws (Halcones UV Xalapa)
* Jason McCutcheon (Lobos de la UAC)
*
Tyrone McDaniel (Correcaminos UAT Victoria)
* Matt Mitchell (Panteras de Aguascalientes)
* Antonio Rivers (Fuerza Regia de Monterrey)
*
Jamaal Thomas (Santos Reales de San Luis)
:* Coaches: Carlos Díaz Rodríguez (Garzas de Plata de la UAEH) and Luis Manuel López (Santos Reales de San Luis)
References
External links
2004 LNBP seasonon Latinbasket.com
{{Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional
LNBP seasons
2004 in Mexican sports
2004–05 in North American basketball