NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets105–100Miami Heat

Houston Rockets at Miami Heat

Date: Monday 16 December 2002
Arena: AmericanAirlines Arena14,758 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: 32nd meetingof 78 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Steve Francis	41:07	7–17	1–2	6–9	3	3	6	6	2	0	4	2	21	+3
Yao Ming	41:00	5–6	0–0	5–6	8	4	12	0	0	5	4	4	15	+8
Kenny Thomas	24:00	3–8	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	0	0	0	3	3	6	-1
Moochie Norris	16:23	2–6	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	4	+8
Kelvin Cato	11:59	1–5	0–0	0–0	4	5	9	0	1	0	0	1	2	-1
Juaquin Hawkins	10:00	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	-4
Cuttino Mobley	—	9–20	3–6	6–6	0	5	5	1	2	0	1	5	27	+2
Eddie Griffin	—	5–14	1–5	4–6	2	6	8	0	1	4	1	1	15	+4
Glen Rice	—	6–8	2–4	1–1	0	8	8	2	0	0	4	2	15	+6
Team totals	144:29	38–85	7–17	22–28	20	34	54	12	9	9	18	21	105	—

Miami Heat

Miami Heat box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Malik Allen	43:41	5–13	0–0	0–0	3	2	5	1	1	1	1	2	10	+7
Travis Best	37:52	5–7	1–2	2–4	0	1	1	6	0	0	1	3	13	-6
Mike James	18:38	1–5	1–4	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	-5
Vladimir Stepania	17:20	3–8	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	3	6	-6
Rasual Butler	6:59	1–4	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	-7
LaPhonso Ellis	5:54	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
Eddie Jones	—	11–27	3–8	7–8	1	9	10	7	6	0	2	1	32	-8
Caron Butler	—	6–14	0–0	6–8	4	4	8	4	1	1	3	3	18	+2
Brian Grant	—	7–11	0–0	2–2	4	4	8	1	1	2	1	6	16	+4
Team totals	130:24	39–89	5–16	17–22	14	26	40	19	11	4	10	19	100	—

This season

Miami Heat 1, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 2002-03.

16 Dec 2002105–100 this game
14 Feb 2003Miami Heat 94–82 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 12–10
Miami Heat: 6–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Miami Heat 43, Houston Rockets 35.

9 Apr 2002Houston Rockets 117–120 Miami Heat
14 Feb 2003Miami Heat 94–82 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.