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On February 21, 2003, Jordan became the first 40-year-old to tally 43 points in an NBA game. [197] During his stint with the Wizards, all of Jordan's home games at the MCI Center were sold out and the Wizards were the second most-watched team in the NBA, averaging 20,172 fans a game at home and 19,311 on the road. [198]
Jordan ended the season as the only Wizard to play in all 82 games, as he averaged 20.0 points, [113] 6.9 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.5 steals in 37.0 minutes per game. Jordan retired from playing for a third and final time after the season. [114]
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.
Collecting all the highlights from Jordan's career would be an impossible task, so instead celebrate Jordan's 52nd birthday by enjoying 10 on-the-court moments that defined MJ's basketball brilliance.
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]
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.
This article is a list of principal owners of National Basketball Association teams. The NBA requires a change in "controlling ownership" to be approved by the NBA Board of Governors, composed of one representative (Governor) from each team. [1] Toronto Raptors owner Larry Tanenbaum has been Chairman of the NBA Board of Governors since 2017. [2]
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