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 (Southeast) Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Conference Semifinals (lost to Heat 0–4)

The 2004–05 Washington Wizards season was the Wizards 44th season in the National Basketball Association, and their 32nd season in the city of Washington, D.C.^[1] During the offseason, the Wizards acquired Antawn Jamison from the Dallas Mavericks. The Wizards got off to a decent start and played above .500 for the entire season. The Wizards posted a 20-win improvement over the previous season, finishing second in the Southeast Division with a 45–37 record, and made it back to the playoffs for the first time since 1997, back when they were known as the "Bullets". Gilbert Arenas averaged 25.5 points per game and was selected along with Jamison for the 2005 NBA All-Star Game. In the first round of the playoffs, the Wizards defeated the Chicago Bulls in six games after losing the first two games, winning their first playoff series since 1982, but were swept in the semi-finals by the Miami Heat in four straight games. This was the final full-season at MCI Center, which was rebranded as Verizon Center in January 2006. Following the season, Larry Hughes signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Kwame Brown was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	5	Devin Harris	PG	United States	Wisconsin
2	32	Peter John Ramos	C	Puerto Rico

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Player	Height	Weight	DOB	From
PG	0	Gilbert Arenas	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1982-01-06	Arizona
PG	2	Steve Blake	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	1980-02-26	Maryland
SF	10	Damone Brown	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1979-06-28	Syracuse
PF	5	Kwame Brown	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	1982-03-10	Glynn Academy HS
SG	3	Juan Dixon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	1978-10-09	Maryland
SF	24	Jarvis Hayes	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1981-08-09	Georgia
C	33	Brendan Haywood	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	268 lb (122 kg)	1979-11-27	North Carolina
SG	20	Larry Hughes	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	1979-01-23	Saint Louis
PF	4	Antawn Jamison	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1976-06-12	North Carolina
SF	1	Jared Jeffries	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1981-11-25	Indiana
SG	8	Anthony Peeler	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	1969-11-25	Missouri
SF	7	Laron Profit	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	1977-08-05	Maryland
C	34	Peter John Ramos	7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	1985-05-13	Puerto Rico
C	51	Michael Ruffin	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	246 lb (112 kg)	1977-01-21	Tulsa
C	36	Etan Thomas	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1978-04-01	Syracuse
PF	52	Samaki Walker	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1976-02-25	Louisville

Head coach

Eddie Jordan

Assistant(s)

Phil Hubbard
Mike O'Koren
Tom Young
Eric Waters (trainer)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Standings

	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
e-Orlando Magic	36	46	.439	23	24–17	12–29	6–10
e-Charlotte Bobcats	18	64	.220	41	14–27	4–37	7–9
e-Atlanta Hawks	13	69	.159	46	9–32	4–37	2–14


#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Miami Heat	59	23	.720	–
2	y-Detroit Pistons	54	28	.659	5
3	y-Boston Celtics	45	37	.549	14
4	x-Chicago Bulls	47	35	.573	12
5	x-Washington Wizards	45	37	.549	14
6	x-Indiana Pacers	44	38	.537	15
7	x-Philadelphia 76ers	43	39	.524	16
8	x-New Jersey Nets	42	40	.512	17

9	e-Cleveland Cavaliers	42	40	.512	17
10	e-Orlando Magic	36	46	.439	23
11	e-New York Knicks	33	49	.402	26
12	e-Toronto Raptors	33	49	.402	26
13	e-Milwaukee Bucks	30	52	.366	29
14	e-Charlotte Bobcats	18	64	.220	41
15	e-Atlanta Hawks	13	69	.159	46

Game log

Playoffs

2005 playoff game log

First Round: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 24	@ Chicago	L 94–103	Larry Hughes (31)	Kwame Brown (9)	Gilbert Arenas (8)	United Center 22,655	0–1
2	April 27	@ Chicago	L 103–113	Gilbert Arenas (39)	Larry Hughes (10)	Larry Hughes (5)	United Center 22,605	0–2
3	April 30	Chicago	W 117–99	Gilbert Arenas (22)	Haywood, Thomas (9)	Gilbert Arenas (7)	MCI Center 20,173	1–2
4	May 2	Chicago	W 106–99	Juan Dixon (35)	Etan Thomas (9)	Gilbert Arenas (5)	MCI Center 20,173	2–2
5	May 4	@ Chicago	W 112–110	Larry Hughes (33)	Antawn Jamison (10)	Gilbert Arenas (8)	United Center 22,250	3–2
6	May 6	Chicago	W 94–91	Larry Hughes (21)	Ruffin, Haywood (8)	Gilbert Arenas (7)	MCI Center 20,173	4–2

Conference Semifinals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 8	@ Miami	L 86–105	Gilbert Arenas (25)	Antawn Jamison (8)	Larry Hughes (3)	American Airlines Arena 20,151	0–1
2	May 10	@ Miami	L 102–108	Antawn Jamison (32)	Hughes, Ruffin (8)	Gilbert Arenas (5)	American Airlines Arena 20,205	0–2
3	May 12	Miami	L 95–102	Antawn Jamison (21)	Brendan Haywood (8)	Gilbert Arenas (14)	MCI Center 20,173	0–3
4	May 14	Miami	L 95–99	Gilbert Arenas (25)	Brendan Haywood (15)	Larry Hughes (5)	MCI Center 20,173	0–4

2005 schedule

Player statistics

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	OPG	DPG	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PPG
Gilbert Arenas	80	80	3274	656	1523	.431	205	562	.365	521	640	.814	83	295	378	411	139	23	242	245	2038
Larry Hughes	61	61	2358	467	1086	.430	59	209	.282	352	453	.777	74	308	382	285	176	18	153	168	1345
Antawn Jamison	68	68	2605	519	1189	.437	71	208	.341	225	296	.760	160	359	519	154	55	16	118	151	1334
Brendan Haywood	68	68	1865	239	427	.560	0	0		159	261	.609	202	262	464	57	52	114	96	218	637
Jarvis Hayes	54	22	1560	206	530	.389	42	123	.341	99	118	.839	41	186	227	90	49	9	62	107	553
Jared Jeffries	77	71	2007	203	434	.468	16	51	.314	101	173	.584	152	222	374	151	66	35	114	206	523
Juan Dixon	63	4	1054	186	447	.416	48	147	.327	87	97	.897	32	87	119	111	43	4	68	98	507
Etan Thomas	47	10	976	128	255	.502	0	0		76	144	.528	85	159	244	20	17	51	50	133	332
Kwame Brown	42	14	908	109	237	.460	0	0		74	129	.574	72	134	206	39	25	15	67	112	292
Steve Blake	44	1	648	61	186	.328	36	93	.387	33	41	.805	18	53	71	69	13	0	39	47	191
Anthony Peeler	40	0	529	56	150	.373	25	65	.385	16	18	.889	14	51	65	57	18	2	28	39	153
Laron Profit	42	4	428	56	128	.438	8	28	.286	16	25	.640	24	52	76	37	16	5	27	44	136
Michael Ruffin	79	7	1262	41	99	.414	0	1	.000	29	67	.433	157	175	332	64	43	41	44	193	111
Damone Brown	14	0	152	23	62	.371	4	11	.364	4	9	.444	10	18	28	14	1	6	15	17	54
Samaki Walker	14	0	134	11	31	.355	0	0		2	3	.667	8	10	18	4	3	7	8	25	24
Peter John Ramos	6	0	20	5	10	.500	0	0		1	2	.500	1	3	4	0	0	1	3	4	11

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	OPG	DPG	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PPG
Gilbert Arenas	10	10	450	73	194	.376	18	77	.234	72	94	.766	8	44	52	62	21	6	39	34	236
Larry Hughes	10	10	401	68	181	.376	7	33	.212	64	77	.831	17	54	71	37	20	7	25	35	207
Antawn Jamison	10	10	380	73	162	.451	17	34	.500	22	32	.688	16	47	63	12	7	4	16	24	185
Juan Dixon	10	0	219	41	101	.406	11	34	.324	21	25	.840	3	23	26	13	7	0	12	19	114
Brendan Haywood	10	10	296	39	72	.542	0	0		28	44	.636	35	41	76	10	14	20	10	40	106
Jared Jeffries	10	10	247	24	49	.490	3	6	.500	13	17	.765	19	22	41	18	9	9	13	34	64
Etan Thomas	8	0	126	19	29	.655	0	0		10	22	.455	12	24	36	2	0	7	9	23	48
Michael Ruffin	9	0	156	7	10	.700	0	0		9	16	.563	15	22	37	9	3	3	4	33	23
Kwame Brown	3	0	60	5	13	.385	0	0		5	9	.556	4	11	15	3	0	2	2	5	15
Anthony Peeler	7	0	43	1	9	.111	0	3	.000	2	2	1.000	0	7	7	3	1	0	3	4	4
Steve Blake	4	0	17	1	4	.250	0	1	.000	0	0		0	3	3	2	0	0	1	3	2
Laron Profit	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.

References

2004-05 Washington Wizards