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After going 26–20 (0.565 win%) in the 46 games that Jordan played pre-injury, the Wizards went 11–25 (0.306 win%) in the games that he missed and played after injury, finishing the season with a 37–45 record for 10th place in the East. [1] Still, Jordan had led the Wizards to an 18-win improvement from the previous season. [75]
All-time regular season record 2,272 2,815.447; Baltimore Bullets post-season record (1963–1973) 19 34 .358 Capital / Washington Bullets post-season record (1973–1997) 50 63 .442 Washington Wizards post-season record (1997–present) 30 41 .423 All-time post-season record 99 138.418; All-time regular and post-season record 2,371 2,953.445
The 2003–04 NBA season was the Wizards 43rd season in the National Basketball Association, and their 31st season in the city of Washington, D.C. [1] With All-Star guard Michael Jordan retired for good and Doug Collins fired as head coach, the Wizards hired Eddie Jordan, and signed free agent and last year's Most Improved Player Gilbert Arenas during the offseason.
After retiring from the Chicago Bulls in early 1999, Michael Jordan became the Washington Wizards' vice president of basketball operations as well as a minority owner in January 2000. [103] In September 2001, Jordan came out of retirement at age 38 to play for Washington. [104] Jordan stated that he was returning "for the love of the game". [105]
The Washington Wizards end their losing streak just short of the franchise record with a victory against the Denver Nuggets.
Jordan during warm-ups for the last Wizards home game, on April 14, 2003. The jersey is a throwback to the Washington Bullets uniforms. Jordan announced he would return for the 2002–03 season, and this time he was determined to be equipped with reinforcements, as he traded for All-Star Jerry Stackhouse and signed budding star Larry Hughes ...
Jordan Poole, Bilal Couilbaly and Jonas Valanciunas combined for 73 points and four other players also scored in double figures. They hit 52.8% of their shots (47-for-89), including 42.1% from 3 ...
In dramatic fashion, Jordan Poole lifted the Washington Wizards out of the NBA cellar. Poole's 3-pointer with 8.1 seconds remaining put Washington ahead, and the Wizards went on to beat the ...