NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets96–98New Orleans Hornets

Houston Rockets at New Orleans Hornets

Date: Friday 6 December 2002
Arena: New Orleans Arena13,869 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: First meetingof 90 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Steve Francis	50:33	10–28	1–3	3–5	2	2	4	4	3	0	5	3	24	-2
Moochie Norris	42:03	4–10	2–3	0–0	0	4	4	5	0	0	4	2	10	+10
Kenny Thomas	37:32	12–22	0–0	5–6	5	5	10	5	2	0	2	5	29	+1
Yao Ming	35:10	7–19	0–0	2–4	6	7	13	0	0	3	2	5	16	-9
Terence Morris	16:28	1–1	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Maurice Taylor	14:01	0–5	0–0	0–0	1	5	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	-1
Juaquin Hawkins	10:59	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	4	-14
Kelvin Cato	10:30	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	+6
Tito Maddox	2:29	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Glen Rice	—	1–5	0–1	6–6	1	3	4	5	3	0	1	4	8	0
Eddie Griffin	—	1–4	1–2	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	+1
Team totals	219:45	38–97	4–9	16–21	18	33	51	21	8	3	18	26	96	—

New Orleans Hornets

New Orleans Hornets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
P.J. Brown	42:46	2–5	0–0	5–6	1	9	10	5	2	2	2	3	9	+8
Stacey Augmon	6:12	0–0	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
Jamal Mashburn	—	9–25	0–4	7–7	0	4	4	5	1	0	4	2	25	+2
David Wesley	—	8–15	2–6	1–1	0	1	1	6	3	0	0	2	19	+8
Jamaal Magloire	—	4–8	0–0	8–10	6	11	17	0	1	3	3	5	16	-1
Baron Davis	—	6–12	0–3	2–4	1	4	5	9	0	0	4	3	14	+1
Courtney Alexander	—	3–7	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	7	-3
Elden Campbell	—	2–5	0–0	1–2	2	3	5	1	0	1	3	6	5	+1
George Lynch	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	-6
Team totals	48:58	35–79	3–15	25–32	11	36	47	27	9	6	17	26	98	—

This season

New Orleans Pelicans 1, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 2002-03.

6 Dec 200296–98 this game
29 Dec 2002New Orleans Hornets 85–97 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 10–7
New Orleans Hornets: 13–6

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New Orleans Pelicans 39, Houston Rockets 51.

29 Dec 2002New Orleans Hornets 85–97 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.