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Broke Pippen's Bulls’ franchise record for three-pointers made in a season with 165 threes

2003.04 Season in Review: Jamal Crawford

Jamal Crawford Crawford posted career bests with a team-leading 17.3 ppg, 5.1 apg, 3.5 rpg and 1.39 spg; also averaged a career-high 35.1 mpg.
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Position: Guard | Height/Weight: 6-5/190
Years Pro: 4 | Born: Mar. 20, 1980 in Seattle, Wash
High School: Rainier Beach (Renton, Wash.)
College: Michigan ‘00

Jamal Crawford Archive:

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  • Crawford's 2002.03 Season in Review

    Head Coach Scott Skiles on Crawford:
    “Jamal had a very good year. He had some explosive scoring games. He improved his defense but he still has a ways to go in that area. I thought his shot selection also was improved. For the first time, he ran a pro-type offense and he got better and better at it as time went on. He’s easy to coach and now he just needs to keep gaining experience. He missed so much time with his knee injury before. He does seem to realize how tough it really is to win in this league and I think he’ll be fine.”

    Jamal is another young player who does not have a ton of pre-NBA basketball experience. Do you feel like he still has a long ways to go before he reaches his potential?
    “I don’t know that he has a long ways to go. I think he’s already a quality NBA player. For him to be in the upper echelon of NBA guards, there are certainly areas he needs to improve in. He doesn’t have a complete basketball background to draw from when it comes to a lot of different situations that can occur on the court. We think Jamal is improving all the time, though, and have no reason to think that he won’t continue to.”

    2003.04 Season Notes:
    Appeared in career-high tying 80 games for the second straight year and started 73 games … set career bests in: minutes played (2,811), field goals (509), field goal attempts (1,318), three-point field goals (165), three-point field goal attempts (521), free throws (200), free throw attempts (240), rebounds (283), assists (405), steals (111), blocks (29) and points (1,383) … reached double figures in scoring in 55 of the final 69 games and started the last 67 contests … posted career bests with a team-leading 17.3 ppg, 5.1 apg, 3.5 rpg and 1.39 spg; also averaged a career-high 35.1 mpg … named the CDW/HP Player of the Month for December (19.5 ppg, 6.0 apg, 3.8 rpg, 2.20 spg and 39.2 mpg) and March (16.8 ppg, 4.6 apg, 3.5 rpg, 1.44 spg and 35.1 mpg) … broke the Bulls’ franchise record for three-pointers made in a season with 165 3FG (prev. Scottie Pippen with 156 in 1996-97) … his 165 three-point field goals made ranked fifth in the NBA … made six three-point field goals on 4 occasions: at New Orleans (03/03), vs. New Jersey (03/23), at Orlando (03/31) and at Toronto (04/11) … scored 20+ points on 28 occasions, including eight times with 30+ points, 40+ points once and 50 + points once … led the team in scoring 36 times and in assists 29 times … posted two double-doubles … averaged 20.7 ppg, 4.3 apg, 3.4 rpg, 1.29 spg and 37.7 mpg in seven games during the month of April.

    Scored 29 points, had 8 assists and 6 rebounds at Orlando (11/05) … tallied 30 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals against Milwaukee (12/01) … tied his career high with 5 steals at Detroit (12/17) … scored a career-high 42 points and added 6 assists, 4 rebounds, 4 steals and tied his career best with 2 blocks versus Washington (12/27) … set a career high with 12 assists against Miami (12/29) and then tied that mark with 12 assists against the LA Clippers (04/02) … finished with 28 points, 6 boards and 6 assists at New York (01/02) … recorded a double-double with 25 points and a career-best 11 rebounds against Toronto (02/17) … scored 34 points and added 6 assists and 4 rebounds at New Orleans (03/03) … finished with 25 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds against New York (03/20) … had 27 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds at Orlando (03/31) … posted his second double-double of the season with 24 points and a career-best tying 12 assists versus the LA Clippers (04/02) … became the third player in Bulls franchise history to score 50+ points when he poured in 50 points (18-34 FG, 6-11 3FG) in a career-best 51 minutes played at Toronto (04/11) … missed two games (11/15, 11/18) with a sprained neck after a nasty fall against Minnesota (11/13).

    Crawford's Season Highs:
    Points: 50 at Toronto (04/11/04)
    Rebounds: 11 vs. Toronto (02/17/04)
    Assists: 12 (two times)
    Steals: 5 at Detroit (12/17/03)
    Blocks: 2 (three times)

    At His Best:
    Crawford scored 28 of his career-high 50 points in the fourth quarter and overtime as the visiting Bulls posted a 114-108 victory over the Toronto Raptors on April 11. Crawford surpassed his previous career best of 42 versus Washington on Dec. 27, and became the first Bull to score 50 points since Michael Jordan had 55 in a playoff game against Washington on April 27, 1997. He shot 18-of-34 from the field, including 6-of-11 3-pointers, and added seven boards, two assists and two steals.

    "I just tried to put two halves together," Crawford said. "I had it going and my teammates did a great job of finding me. But more importantly, we won. You don't want to take bad shots and alienate your teammates."

    Career Notes:
    In four NBA seasons with the Bulls, has appeared in 144 games, making 118 starts and averaging 11.2 ppg, 3.8 apg, 2.4 rpg and 1.02 spg, while shooting .397 from the floor and .339 from three-point range … became the third Bulls player to score 50+ points in a game when he finished with 50 points at Toronto (04/11/04) … scored 20+ points 39 times, including 28 occasions in 2003-04 and recorded double-figure assists six times (four times in 2003-04) … has posted six career double-doubles (Bulls are 5-1) … enters 2004-05 having made at least one 3FG in 41 of the last 44 games.

    Contract Year:
    “It’s definitely a possibility," Coach Skiles said about re-signing Crawford, who is a restricted free agent. "It will depend on if he goes out and gets an offer from another team. Then it will be up to us if we want to match it or not, which will obviously depend on what kind of offer it is."

    "We’re high on Jamal," Skiles continued. "So it’s not a situation where we are looking at it like we’re going to lose him. We’re going into this thinking that Jamal is going to be on our team. We’ll take it as it comes and just hope that everything works out.”

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