NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers104–108Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 17 January 2003
Arena: Compaq Center16,285 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: 179th meetingof 285 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kobe Bryant	49:05	5–21	2–6	10–12	2	9	11	9	3	0	4	5	22	-8
Shaquille O'Neal	47:18	13–26	0–0	5–6	4	9	13	4	0	0	2	4	31	-4
Robert Horry	39:13	2–5	0–1	2–2	1	2	3	6	3	2	1	2	6	+6
Rick Fox	32:11	5–11	3–8	0–0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	6	13	-10
Kareem Rush	23:29	5–8	0–1	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	10	-9
Samaki Walker	19:29	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	2	-10
Derek Fisher	—	6–12	0–3	2–2	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	4	14	+11
Devean George	—	3–9	0–4	0–0	2	3	5	1	1	1	0	2	6	+4
Brian Shaw	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	210:45	40–94	5–23	19–22	12	31	43	26	10	4	8	26	104	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Steve Francis	48:57	12–21	6–8	14–17	0	6	6	11	2	0	7	3	44	+2
Yao Ming	37:49	5–14	0–0	0–0	1	9	10	3	0	6	1	5	10	+7
Maurice Taylor	29:48	2–6	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	1	0	1	1	3	4	+5
Kelvin Cato	15:11	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	5	5	1	0	0	1	3	4	-3
Moochie Norris	7:05	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	+2
Terence Morris	7:05	1–4	0–0	0–0	4	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	+2
Cuttino Mobley	—	8–17	3–4	10–10	0	4	4	4	3	0	3	4	29	+4
James Posey	—	3–7	1–2	2–2	1	5	6	1	0	1	2	2	9	+2
Eddie Griffin	—	1–5	0–1	2–2	1	6	7	1	1	1	2	0	4	-1
Team totals	145:55	35–79	10–15	28–31	10	40	50	23	6	9	17	20	108	—

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Los Angeles Lakers 2 in NBA 2002-03.

17 Nov 2002Houston Rockets 93–89 Los Angeles Lakers
17 Jan 2003104–108 this game
18 Feb 2003Houston Rockets 99–106 Los Angeles Lakers
26 Mar 2003Los Angeles Lakers 96–93 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 18–20
Houston Rockets: 22–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 106, Los Angeles Lakers 179.

17 Nov 2002Houston Rockets 93–89 Los Angeles Lakers
18 Feb 2003Houston Rockets 99–106 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.