New Jersey Nets Playoff Rosters

2004-2005 New Jersey Nets Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Travis Best PG 5-11 182 Jul 12, 1972 32 Georgia Tech 9 1995 1st Rnd, #23, Indiana Pacers
Rodney Buford G-F 6-5 189 Nov 2, 1977 27 Creighton 4 1999 2nd Rnd, #53, Miami Heat
Vince Carter SG 6-6 220 Jan 26, 1977 28 North Carolina 6 1998 1st Rnd, #5, Golden State Warriors
Jason Collins C 7-0 255 Dec 2, 1978 26 Stanford 3 2001 1st Rnd, #18, Houston Rockets
Richard Jefferson SF 6-7 233 Jun 21, 1980 24 Arizona 3 2001 1st Rnd, #13, Houston Rockets
Jason Kidd PG 6-4 210 Mar 23, 1973 32 California 10 1994 1st Rnd, #2, Dallas Mavericks
Nenad Krstic C 6-10 255 Jul 25, 1983 21 KK Partizan (Serbia) 0 2002 1st Rnd, #24, New Jersey Nets
Ron Mercer G-F 6-7 210 May 18, 1976 28 Kentucky 7 1997 1st Rnd, #6, Boston Celtics
Zoran Planinic G-F 6-7 210 Sep 12, 1982 22 Khimki (Russia) 1 2003 1st Rnd, #22, New Jersey Nets
Cliff Robinson F-C 6-10 225 Dec 16, 1966 38 UConn 15 1989 2nd Rnd, #36, Portland Trail Blazers
Brian Scalabrine C-F 6-9 241 Mar 18, 1978 27 USC 3 2001 2nd Rnd, #34, New Jersey Nets
Jabari Smith C 6-11 250 Apr 12, 1977 28 LSU 4 2000 2nd Rnd, #45, Sacramento Kings
Billy Thomas SG 6-4 208 Dec 23, 1975 29 Kansas 0 1998 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Jacque Vaughn PG 6-1 190 Feb 11, 1975 30 Kansas 7 1997 1st Rnd, #27, Utah Jazz

2004-2005 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Miami Heat #8 New Jersey Nets MIA in 4
First Round #2 Detroit Pistons #7 Philadelphia Sixers DET in 5
First Round #3 Boston Celtics #6 Indiana Pacers IND in 7
First Round #4 Chicago Bulls #5 Washington Wizards WAS in 6
Second Round #1 Miami Heat #5 Washington Wizards MIA in 4
Second Round #2 Detroit Pistons #6 Indiana Pacers DET in 6
Conference Finals #1 Miami Heat #2 Detroit Pistons DET in 7

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Phoenix Suns #8 Memphis Grizzlies PHX in 4
First Round #2 San Antonio Spurs #7 Denver Nuggets SAS in 5
First Round #3 Seattle SuperSonics #6 Sacramento Kings SEA in 5
First Round #4 Dallas Mavericks #5 Houston Rockets DAL in 7
Second Round #1 Phoenix Suns #4 Dallas Mavericks PHX in 6
Second Round #2 San Antonio Spurs #3 Seattle SuperSonics SAS in 6
Conference Finals #1 Phoenix Suns #2 San Antonio Spurs SAS in 5

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #2 San Antonio Spurs #2 Detroit Pistons SAS in 7

2004-2005 New Jersey Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Vince Carter 4 44.8 26.8 8.5 5.8 2.2 0.0 3.8
Nenad Krstic 4 38.5 18.2 7.5 1.8 0.2 0.5 1.5
Jason Kidd 4 45.5 17.2 9.0 7.2 2.5 0.0 2.2
Richard Jefferson 4 35.0 15.8 5.5 2.2 0.8 0.0 2.0
Cliff Robinson 4 17.8 7.0 2.5 1.2 0.8 0.2 0.0
Travis Best 4 20.5 6.8 1.5 2.2 0.2 0.0 0.8
Jason Collins 4 32.0 2.8 6.5 0.2 0.5 0.0 1.2
Brian Scalabrine 4 15.2 2.2 1.8 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.0
Jabari Smith 3 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Zoran Planinic 3 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Billy Thomas 2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rodney Buford 3 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2004-2005 New Jersey Nets Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record New Jersey Leaders Miami Leaders
Apr 24, 2005
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Miami
L, 116-98 FTX Arena
Opening Round
0-1 PTS: 27. Vince Carter
REB: 10. Vince Carter
AST: 8. Vince Carter
PTS: 32. Dwyane Wade
REB: 11. U. Haslem
AST: 8. Dwyane Wade
Apr 26, 2005
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Miami
L, 104-87 FTX Arena
Opening Round
0-2 PTS: 27. Nenad Krstic
REB: 8. Nenad Krstic
AST: 5. Jason Kidd
PTS: 21. A. Mourning
REB: 10. S. O'Neal
AST: 10. Dwyane Wade
Apr 28, 2005
v.
Miami
L, 105-108 Izod Center
Opening Round
0-3 PTS: 36. Vince Carter
REB: 16. Jason Kidd
AST: 13. Jason Kidd
PTS: 25. S. O'Neal
REB: 19. U. Haslem
AST: 8. Dwyane Wade
May 1, 2005
v.
Miami
L, 97-110 Izod Center
Opening Round
0-4 PTS: 25. Jason Kidd
REB: 10. Vince Carter
AST: 7. Jason Kidd
PTS: 34. Dwyane Wade
REB: 11. U. Haslem
AST: 9. Dwyane Wade