For the first time in NBA history, two former ABA teams contest each other in the NBA Finals, the New Jersey Nets versus the San Antonio Spurs.Also, both conference finals are shown live on cable for the first time. This agreement significantly decreased the number of games on network television, including the playoffs, in which very few games are shown on ABC, with the exception of the NBA Finals, which are shown entirely on ABC. The NBA on ABC begins (replacing NBA on NBC) again after a 29-year hiatus when the NBA signs new television deals with TNT and the consortium of ABC and ESPN.He plays his last game on Apin Philadelphia. Michael Jordan announces his third and final retirement.It was also the last time an Eastern Conference city hosted an All-Star Game (until 2012), and the last time a rookie played (until 2011) and started an All-Star game, with Yao Ming making his All-Star debut. ![]() Minnesota's Kevin Garnett took the game's MVP honors. The West won 155–145 in double-overtime, the longest All-Star game in NBA history. The 2003 NBA All-Star Game was held at the Philips Arena in Atlanta.The Houston Rockets played their final season at the Compaq Center (formerly as The Summit).The San Antonio Spurs played their first game at the SBC Center, (now the AT&T Center).Though Maravich never played for the Hornets, he had been a star player with LSU Tigers and New Orleans Jazz. At halftime of the Hornets' first game in New Orleans, the team retired Pete Maravich's jersey number against their former tenants, the Utah Jazz.The Hornets relocate from Charlotte, North Carolina to New Orleans, Louisiana.This season would also mark the first finals since the 1998–99 NBA season that the Lakers did not appear in, and the Spurs' first finals appearance since then. This would be Michael Jordan's last season in the NBA. The season ended with the San Antonio Spurs beating the New Jersey Nets 4–2 in the 2003 NBA Finals. ![]() The 2002–03 NBA season was the 57th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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