Dallas Mavericks Opening Day Rosters

2002-2003 Dallas Mavericks Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Raja Bell SG 6-5 204 Sep 19, 1976 26 Florida International 3 1999 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Shawn Bradley C 7-6 235 Mar 22, 1972 30 Brigham Young 9 1993 1st Rnd, #2, Philadelphia Sixers
Evan Eschmeyer C 6-11 255 May 30, 1975 27 Northwestern 3 1999 2nd Rnd, #34, New Jersey Nets
Michael Finley G-F 6-7 225 Mar 6, 1973 29 Wisconsin 7 1995 1st Rnd, #21, Phoenix Suns
Adrian Griffin G-F 6-5 217 Jul 4, 1974 28 Seton Hall 4 1996 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Adam Harrington SG 6-5 200 Jul 5, 1980 22 Auburn 0 2002 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Avery Johnson PG 5-10 175 Mar 25, 1965 37 Southern 14 1988 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Popeye Jones PF 6-8 250 Jun 17, 1970 32 Murray State 9 1992 2nd Rnd, #41, Houston Rockets
Raef LaFrentz PF 6-11 245 May 29, 1976 26 Kansas 4 1998 1st Rnd, #3, Denver Nuggets
Eduardo Najera PF 6-8 235 Jul 11, 1976 26 Oklahoma 2 2000 2nd Rnd, #38, Houston Rockets
Steve Nash PG 6-3 178 Feb 7, 1974 28 Santa Clara 6 1996 1st Rnd, #15, Phoenix Suns
Dirk Nowitzki PF 7-0 245 Jun 19, 1978 24 DJK Wurzburg (Germany) 4 1998 1st Rnd, #9, Milwaukee Bucks
Tariq Abdul-Wahad F-G 6-6 223 Nov 3, 1974 27 San Jose State 5 1997 1st Rnd, #11, Sacramento Kings
Nick Van Exel PG 6-1 170 Nov 27, 1971 30 Cincinnati 9 1993 2nd Rnd, #37, Los Angeles Lakers
Walt Williams F-G 6-8 219 Apr 16, 1970 32 Maryland 10 1992 1st Rnd, #7, Sacramento Kings

Dallas 119, Memphis 108

October 30, 2002

Regular Season

Pyramid Arena (Memphis, Tennessee)

Attendance: N/A

Officials: James Capers, Leon Wood, Bernie Fryer

Team Rebounds: Dallas (6) Memphis (10)

Technicals: Dallas (0) Memphis (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
DAL (1-0) 31 33 36 19 119
MEM (0-1) 23 31 26 28 108

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DAL 103 115.0 104.3
MEM 103 104.3 115.0

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DAL .547 0.126 0.283 0.158
MEM .591 0.203 0.150 0.221

Dallas Mavericks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
4 Michael Finley Starter SG 38:00 9-23 1-4 2-4 6.5 2.0 1 3 3 1 1 0 2 21
45 Raef LaFrentz Starter C 32:00 6-10 2-3 0-0 12.0 4.0 2 6 2 6 1 0 0 14
14 Eduardo Najera Starter SF 24:00 5-5 0-0 2-2 17.5 4.0 6 10 1 3 2 0 0 12
13 Steve Nash Starter PG 37:00 8-14 3-4 5-7 21.6 0.0 1 1 13 4 2 0 3 24
41 Dirk Nowitzki Starter PF 41:00 10-20 0-5 0-1 17.1 1.0 10 11 7 2 1 1 4 20
44 Shawn Bradley Bench C 13:00 1-4 0-0 2-2 5.0 0.0 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 4
7 Adrian Griffin Bench SG 10:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 3.8 1.0 5 6 0 4 1 0 0 0
31 Nick Van Exel Bench PG 28:00 5-13 2-6 4-4 7.2 0.0 2 2 4 2 1 0 3 16
43 Walt Williams Bench SF 17:00 3-6 2-2 0-0 7.8 1.0 3 4 2 2 0 1 1 8
  Team                   6         1  
        240 47-95 10-24 15-20 118.5 13 33 52 32 25 11 3 14 119
          49.5% 41.7% 75.0%                    

Memphis Grizzlies

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
8 Michael Dickerson Starter SG 18:00 3-6 0-2 0-0 1.2 0.0 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 6
16 Pau Gasol Starter C 40:00 10-12 0-0 7-15 18.4 4.0 6 10 3 3 0 1 5 27
0 Drew Gooden Starter PF 27:00 8-12 0-0 0-2 10.5 1.0 3 4 2 2 1 1 2 16
1 Wesley Person Starter SF 23:00 0-2 0-2 0-0 4.0 0.0 6 6 2 2 1 0 1 0
2 Jason Williams Starter PG 27:00 4-11 1-6 0-0 5.8 0.0 4 4 8 0 0 0 6 9
31 Shane Battier Bench SF 29:00 4-10 0-3 1-2 8.0 0.0 3 3 3 0 3 0 1 9
10 Gordan Giricek Bench SG 31:00 10-13 4-6 5-8 18.5 0.0 5 5 1 1 1 0 3 29
22 Brevin Knight Bench PG 22:00 2-3 0-0 1-1 7.1 0.0 3 3 4 3 1 0 1 5
25 Earl Watson Bench PG 17:00 1-4 0-2 0-0 3.8 0.0 1 1 4 4 2 0 0 2
42 Lorenzen Wright Bench C 06:00 1-4 0-0 3-4 2.5 1.0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 5
  Team                   10            
        240 43-77 5-21 17-32 115.8 6 34 50 28 18 9 3 21 108
          55.8% 23.8% 53.1%                    

Dallas Mavericks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Steve Nash
24p, 1r, 13a
Michael Finley
21p, 3r, 3a
Eduardo Najera
12p, 10r, 1a
Dirk Nowitzki
20p, 11r, 7a
Raef LaFrentz
14p, 6r, 2a
Rotation Nick Van Exel
16p, 2r, 4a
Adrian Griffin
0p, 6r, 0a
Walt Williams
8p, 4r, 2a
 
 
Shawn Bradley
4p, 3r, 0a

Memphis Grizzlies Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Jason Williams
9p, 4r, 8a
Michael Dickerson
6p, 1r, 1a
Wesley Person
0p, 6r, 2a
Drew Gooden
16p, 4r, 2a
Pau Gasol
27p, 10r, 3a
Rotation Brevin Knight
5p, 3r, 4a
Gordan Giricek
29p, 5r, 1a
Shane Battier
9p, 3r, 3a
 
 
 
 
Rotation Earl Watson
2p, 1r, 4a
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lorenzen Wright
5p, 3r, 0a