2004–05 Washington Wizards season
| 2004–05 Washington Wizards season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Eddie Jordan |
| Arena | MCI Center |
| Results | |
| Record | 45–37 (.549) |
| Place |
Division: 2nd Conference: 5th |
| Playoff finish |
East Conference Semifinals (eliminated 0-4) |
The 2004-05 Washington Wizards season was the team's 44th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 25-57 output from the previous season. They bested it by twenty games, finishing 45-37, and qualified for the playoffs for the first time in eight seasons.[1]
Draft Picks
49 Washington Wizards Andray Blatche, South Kent Prep (Conn.)
Roster
No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
0 Gilbert Arenas PG 6-3 191 January 6, 1982 3 University of Arizona
2 Steve Blake PG 6-3 172 February 26, 1980 1 University of Maryland
10 Damone Brown SF 6-9 200 June 28, 1979 3 Syracuse University
5 Kwame Brown PF 6-11 270 March 10, 1982 3
3 Juan Dixon SG 6-3 164 October 9, 1978 2 University of Maryland
24 Jarvis Hayes SF 6-7 220 August 9, 1981 1 University of Georgia
33 Brendan Haywood C 7-0 268 November 27, 1979 3 University of North Carolina
20 Larry Hughes SG 6-5 184 January 23, 1979 6 Saint Louis University
4 Antawn Jamison PF 6-8 223 June 12, 1976 6 University of North Carolina
1 Jared Jeffries SF 6-11 230 November 25, 1981 2 Indiana University
8 Anthony Peeler SG 6-4 208 November 25, 1969 12 University of Missouri
7 Laron Profit SF 6-5 204 August 5, 1977 2 University of Maryland
34 Peter John Ramos C 7-3 275 May 13, 1985 R
51 Michael Ruffin C 6-9 246 January 21, 1977 4 University of Tulsa
36 Etan Thomas C 6-9 256 April 1, 1978 3 Syracuse University
52 Samaki Walker PF 6-9 240 February 25, 1976 8 University of Louisville
Standings
| Southeast Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| y-Miami Heat | 59 | 23 | .720 | – | 35–6 | 24–17 | 15–1 |
| x-Washington Wizards | 45 | 37 | .549 | 14 | 29–12 | 16–25 | 10–6 |
| Orlando Magic | 36 | 46 | .439 | 23 | 24–17 | 12–29 | 6–10 |
| Charlotte Bobcats | 18 | 64 | .220 | 41 | 14–27 | 4–37 | 7–9 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 13 | 69 | .159 | 46 | 9–32 | 4–37 | 2–14 |
Playoffs
East First Round
(4) Chicago Bulls vs. (5) Washington Wizards
April 24 4:30 pm |
| Washington Wizards 94, Chicago Bulls 103 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 26–29, 30–24, 12–26 | ||
| Pts: Larry Hughes 31 Rebs: Kwame Brown 9 Asts: Gilbert Arenas 8 |
Pts: Ben Gordon 30 Rebs: Andrés Nocioni 18 Asts: Kirk Hinrich 7 | |
United Center, Chicago, Illinois Attendance: 22,655 Referees: Dick Bavetta, Michael Smith, Mike Callahan |
April 27 7:30 pm |
| Washington Wizards 103, Chicago Bulls 113 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 29–19, 21–38, 20–24, 33–32 | ||
| Pts: Gilbert Arenas 39 Rebs: Larry Hughes 10 Asts: Larry Hughes 5 |
Pts: Kirk Hinrich 34 Rebs: Chris Duhon 8 Asts: Chris Duhon 7 | |
United Center, Chicago, Illinois Attendance: 22,605 Referees: David Jones, Monty Mccutchen, Ron Garretson |
April 30 3:00 pm |
| Chicago Bulls 99, Washington Wizards 117 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 23–31, 32–26, 22–33, 22–27 | ||
| Pts: Tyson Chandler 15 Rebs: Antonio Davis 11 Asts: Duhon, Hinric, Pargo 4 each |
Pts: Gilbert Arenas 32 Rebs: Haywood, Thomas 9 each Asts: Gilbert Arenas 7 | |
MCI Center, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 20,173 Referees: Bennett Salvatore, Tom Washington, Tony Brothers |
May 2 7:30 pm |
| Chicago Bulls 99, Washington Wizards 106 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 15–29, 22–32, 23–19, 39–26 | ||
| Pts: Hinrich, Pargo 18 each Rebs: Tyson Chandler 13 Asts: Gordon, Hinrich 5 each |
Pts: Juan Dixon 35 Rebs: Etan Thomas 9 Asts: Gilbert Arenas 5 | |
May 4 6:00 pm |
| Washington Wizards 112, Chicago Bulls 110 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 34–28, 29–21, 23–24, 26–37 | ||
| Pts: Larry Hughes 33 Rebs: Antawn Jamison 10 Asts: Gilbert Arenas 8 |
Pts: Ben Gordon 27 Rebs: Tyson Chandler 10 Asts: Kirk Hinrich 7 | |
United Center, Chicago, Illinois Attendance: 22,250 Referees: Bob Delaney, Derrick Stafford, Greg Willard |
May 6 8:00 pm |
| Chicago Bulls 91, Washington Wizards 94 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 28–29, 20–16, 17–26 | ||
| Pts: Hinrich, Nocioni 22 each Rebs: Tyson Chandler 11 Asts: Kirk Hinrich 9 |
Pts: Larry Hughes 21 Rebs: Ruffin, Haywood 8 each Asts: Gilbert Arenas 7 | |
| Washington wins the series, 4–2 | ||
Last Playoffs meeting: 1997 Eastern Conference First Round (Chicago won 3–0)
East Conference Semifinals
(1) Miami Heat vs. (5) Washington Wizards
May 8 3:30 pm |
| Washington Wizards 86, Miami Heat 105 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 29–23, 17–33, 22–23 | ||
| Pts: Gilbert Arenas 25 Rebs: Antawn Jamison 8 Asts: Larry Hughes 3 |
Pts: Dwyane Wade 20 Rebs: Eddie Jones 8 Asts: Dwyane Wade 7 | |
American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida Attendance: 20,151 Referees: Blane Reichelt, Dick Bavetta, Tom Washington |
May 10 7:00 pm |
| Washington Wizards 102, Miami Heat 108 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 20–30, 27–24, 24–26, 31–28 | ||
| Pts: Antawn Jamison 32 Rebs: Hughes, Ruffin 8 each Asts: Gilbert Arenas 5 |
Pts: Dwyane Wade 31 Rebs: Udonis Haslem 13 Asts: Dwyane Wade 15 | |
American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida Attendance: 20,205 Referees: Eddie F. Rush, Joe DeRosa, Scott Foster |
May 12 8:00 pm |
| Miami Heat 102, Washington Wizards 95 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 28–27, 30–19, 23–25 | ||
| Pts: Dwyane Wade 31 Rebs: Alonzo Mourning 13 Asts: D. Jones, Wade 6 each |
Pts: Antawn Jamison 21 Rebs: Brendan Haywood 8 Asts: Gilbert Arenas 14 | |
May 14 8:00 pm |
| Miami Heat 99, Washington Wizards 95 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 24–25, 40–25, 12–19 | ||
| Pts: Dwyane Wade 42 Rebs: Udonis Haslem 13 Asts: Damon Jones 6 |
Pts: Gilbert Arenas 25 Rebs: Brendan Haywood 15 Asts: Larry Hughes 5 | |
| Miami wins the series, 4–0 | ||
MCI Center, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 20,173 Referees: Dan Crawford , Derrick Stafford , Monty Mccutchen |
Last Playoffs meeting: This is the first meeting between the Heat and Wizards.
Player statistics
Season
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Gilbert Arenas 23 80 80 3274 656 1523 .431 205 562 .365 521 640 .814 83 295 378 411 139 23 242 245 2038
2 Larry Hughes 26 61 61 2358 467 1086 .430 59 209 .282 352 453 .777 74 308 382 285 176 18 153 168 1345
3 Antawn Jamison 28 68 68 2605 519 1189 .437 71 208 .341 225 296 .760 160 359 519 154 55 16 118 151 1334
4 Brendan Haywood 25 68 68 1865 239 427 .560 0 0 159 261 .609 202 262 464 57 52 114 96 218 637
5 Jarvis Hayes 23 54 22 1560 206 530 .389 42 123 .341 99 118 .839 41 186 227 90 49 9 62 107 553
6 Jared Jeffries 23 77 71 2007 203 434 .468 16 51 .314 101 173 .584 152 222 374 151 66 35 114 206 523
7 Juan Dixon 26 63 4 1054 186 447 .416 48 147 .327 87 97 .897 32 87 119 111 43 4 68 98 507
8 Etan Thomas 26 47 10 976 128 255 .502 0 0 76 144 .528 85 159 244 20 17 51 50 133 332
9 Kwame Brown 22 42 14 908 109 237 .460 0 0 74 129 .574 72 134 206 39 25 15 67 112 292
10 Steve Blake 24 44 1 648 61 186 .328 36 93 .387 33 41 .805 18 53 71 69 13 0 39 47 191
11 Anthony Peeler 35 40 0 529 56 150 .373 25 65 .385 16 18 .889 14 51 65 57 18 2 28 39 153
12 Laron Profit 27 42 4 428 56 128 .438 8 28 .286 16 25 .640 24 52 76 37 16 5 27 44 136
13 Michael Ruffin 28 79 7 1262 41 99 .414 0 1 .000 29 67 .433 157 175 332 64 43 41 44 193 111
14 Damone Brown 25 14 0 152 23 62 .371 4 11 .364 4 9 .444 10 18 28 14 1 6 15 17 54
15 Samaki Walker 28 14 0 134 11 31 .355 0 0 2 3 .667 8 10 18 4 3 7 8 25 24
16 Peter John Ramos 19 6 0 20 5 10 .500 0 0 1 2 .500 1 3 4 0 0 1 3 4 11
Playoffs
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS 1 Gilbert Arenas 23 10 10 450 73 194 .376 18 77 .234 72 94 .766 8 44 52 62 21 6 39 34 236
2 Larry Hughes 26 10 10 401 68 181 .376 7 33 .212 64 77 .831 17 54 71 37 20 7 25 35 207
3 Antawn Jamison 28 10 10 380 73 162 .451 17 34 .500 22 32 .688 16 47 63 12 7 4 16 24 185
4 Juan Dixon 26 10 0 219 41 101 .406 11 34 .324 21 25 .840 3 23 26 13 7 0 12 19 114
5 Brendan Haywood 25 10 10 296 39 72 .542 0 0 28 44 .636 35 41 76 10 14 20 10 40 106
6 Jared Jeffries 23 10 10 247 24 49 .490 3 6 .500 13 17 .765 19 22 41 18 9 9 13 34 64
7 Etan Thomas 26 8 0 126 19 29 .655 0 0 10 22 .455 12 24 36 2 0 7 9 23 48
8 Michael Ruffin 28 9 0 156 7 10 .700 0 0 9 16 .563 15 22 37 9 3 3 4 33 23
9 Kwame Brown 22 3 0 60 5 13 .385 0 0 5 9 .556 4 11 15 3 0 2 2 5 15
10 Anthony Peeler 35 7 0 43 1 9 .111 0 3 .000 2 2 1.000 0 7 7 3 1 0 3 4 4
11 Steve Blake 24 4 0 17 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 3 2
12 Laron Profit 27 3 0 5 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Awards and records
Transactions
Transactions listed are from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005.
July 29, 2004- Signed Anthony Peeler as a free agent.
August 2, 2004- Signed Michael Ruffin as a free agent.
August 4, 2004- Signed Samaki Walker as a free agent.
October 1, 2004- Signed Laron Profit as a free agent. Signed Gerald Fitch as a free agent. Signed Billy Thomas as a free agent.
October 30, 2004- Waived Billy Thomas. Waived Gerald Fitch.
March 17, 2005- Signed Damone Brown to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
March 18, 2005- Released Samaki Walker.
June 28, 2005- Drafted Andray Blatche in the 2nd round (49th pick) of the 2005 NBA Draft.