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The 2003 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2002–03 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.The Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs played the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Nets for the title, with the Spurs holding home court advantage.
The 2003 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2002–03 season.The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs defeating the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Nets, 4 games to 2, in the NBA Finals.
Also, both conference finals are shown live on cable for the first time. For the first time in NBA history, two former ABA teams contest each other in the NBA Finals, the New Jersey Nets versus the San Antonio Spurs. The NBA changes the first-round format from a best-of-five-game series to a best-of-seven-game series for the 2003 NBA playoffs.
The 2002–03 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' 36th season in the National Basketball Association, and 27th season in East Rutherford, New Jersey. [1] The Nets entered the season as runners-up in the 2002 NBA Finals, where they were swept by the two-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in four games.
The NBA's opening-night schedule features postseason rematches of an Eastern Conference semifinals series and a West play-in tournament game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors.
This would also be the fourteenth and final season for former All-Star center, and long-time Spurs star David Robinson. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The Spurs played strong basketball, posting a nine-game winning streak at midseason, holding a 33–16 record at the All-Star break, [ 10 ] then winning eleven straight games near the end of the season.
They are 11 th in the Eastern Conference, five games behind the Atlanta Hawks for the final play-in spot with only four games remaining. The Kings are dealing with the absences of Kevin Huerter ...
Keon Johnson and D'Angelo Russell made 3-pointers in the final 10 seconds, and the Brooklyn Nets stunned the Houston Rockets 99-97 on Tuesday night for their first home victory in two months.