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| Date | March 31, 2004 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Ford Center, Oklahoma City, OK | ||||||||||
| MVP | Dwight Howard, J.R. Smith | ||||||||||
| Referees | 1 2 3 | ||||||||||
| Attendance | 14,402 | ||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||
| McDonald's All-American | |||||||||||
The 2004 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an all-star basketball game played on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the future home of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder (then the Seattle SuperSonics). The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2004. The game was the 27th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.
The 48 players were selected from 2,500 nominees by a committee of basketball experts. They were chosen not only for their on-court skills, but for their performances off the court as well. Coach Morgan Wootten, who had more than 1,200 wins as head basketball coach at DeMatha High School, was chairman of the selection committee. Legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, who has been involved in the McDonald's All American Games since its inception, served as chairman of the Games and as an advisor to the selection committee.
Proceeds from the 2004 McDonald's All American High School Basketball Games went to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Oklahoma and its Ronald McDonald House program.