NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets86–98Minnesota Timberwolves

Houston Rockets at Minnesota Timberwolves

Date: Saturday 21 December 2002
Arena: Target Center16,329 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: 61st meetingof 151 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Steve Francis	40:05	8–19	1–1	7–9	4	6	10	3	1	0	0	3	24	-3
Yao Ming	35:20	4–9	0–0	4–4	2	10	12	4	1	3	6	0	12	-4
Maurice Taylor	20:03	5–8	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	11	-6
Terence Morris	19:41	1–4	0–2	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	-1
Moochie Norris	15:43	3–6	0–1	0–0	0	3	3	4	1	0	0	0	6	-1
Kelvin Cato	12:41	2–3	0–0	0–0	3	4	7	1	1	0	0	3	4	-8
Juaquin Hawkins	1:59	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Boštjan Nachbar	1:12	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cuttino Mobley	—	5–13	0–6	2–2	1	2	3	4	1	0	1	1	12	-20
Glen Rice	—	4–12	1–6	1–3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	-11
Eddie Griffin	—	2–6	0–1	1–2	2	3	5	0	1	2	5	3	5	-6
James Posey	—	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	146:44	34–82	2–19	16–22	13	32	45	19	6	6	12	14	86	—

Minnesota Timberwolves

Minnesota Timberwolves box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kevin Garnett	41:23	10–20	0–1	7–7	1	10	11	5	0	1	1	2	27	+17
Rod Strickland	28:32	5–11	0–1	4–6	0	3	3	7	2	0	1	1	14	+7
Rasho Nesterović	26:00	5–9	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	2	2	0	5	10	+6
Kendall Gill	22:14	3–8	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	3	2	0	4	3	6	+6
Troy Hudson	21:05	5–9	5–8	0–0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	2	15	+7
Marc Jackson	20:23	4–10	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	10	+4
Joe Smith	18:20	2–4	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	2	2	0	1	4	+1
Gary Trent	—	6–10	0–0	0–0	5	8	13	3	1	1	1	3	12	+4
Anthony Peeler	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	+8
Team totals	177:57	40–84	5–10	13–15	8	31	39	28	9	6	8	22	98	—

This season

Minnesota Timberwolves 2, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 2002-03.

21 Dec 200286–98 this game
7 Jan 2003Minnesota Timberwolves 86–94 Houston Rockets
31 Jan 2003Minnesota Timberwolves 101–121 Houston Rockets
4 Feb 2003Houston Rockets 89–103 Minnesota Timberwolves

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 15–10
Minnesota Timberwolves: 14–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Minnesota Timberwolves 58, Houston Rockets 93.

13 Mar 2002Houston Rockets 96–95 Minnesota Timberwolves
7 Jan 2003Minnesota Timberwolves 86–94 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.