![]() ![]() The Orlando Magic became the seventh team to lose a playoff series despite leading 3–1, losing to the Detroit Pistons in the first round. In addition, they were awarded home-court advantage for the first time in franchise history in their series against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Minnesota Timberwolves entered their seventh consecutive postseason. ![]() The Portland Trail Blazers and Utah Jazz continued the longest active Western Conference playoff appearance streaks at the time, entering their twenty first and twentieth postseason appearances, respectively. After Charlotte reclaimed the Hornets name and pre 2002–03 history in 2014 (and the Pelicans claimed the Hornet’s history from 2002–03 onwards), this marked the first postseason for the New Orleans franchise. This was the final postseason appearance for David Robinson, Steve Kerr, and John Stocktonĭespite relocating to New Orleans in the offseason, the Hornets made their third consecutive postseason.This is the first postseason that the NBA Playoffs carried more games on cable television than regular broadcast television, and marks the debut for the NBA Playoffs to be aired on NBA TV, and the return broadcast on ESPN and ABC after the NBA departed from NBC and TBS.It is also notable as the only time the first round did not include any series sweeps. From 1984 to 2002, the first–round series were best–of–five. For the first time since 1974 that all series were conducted in a best–of–seven format.This postseason featured the most series decided by six games in NBA Playoff history (Ironically, the Spurs won every single playoff series in six games en route to the championship). ![]() The 2003 Playoffs were notable for several reasons. Tim Duncan was named NBA Finals MVP for the second time. 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. The 2003 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2002–03 season. ![]()
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