NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

Minnesota Timberwolves101–121Houston Rockets

Minnesota Timberwolves at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 31 January 2003
Arena: Compaq Center15,497 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: 63rd meetingof 151 played

Minnesota Timberwolves

Minnesota Timberwolves box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Troy Hudson	39:00	7–16	2–3	7–8	2	0	2	6	3	0	5	3	23	-18
Kevin Garnett	36:42	6–15	0–1	2–2	2	5	7	3	0	0	5	2	14	-10
Wally Szczerbiak	35:38	9–16	0–1	2–2	2	4	6	3	0	0	2	3	20	-15
Rasho Nesterović	27:24	4–9	0–0	1–2	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	4	9	-15
Joe Smith	20:33	2–5	0–0	2–2	3	2	5	1	0	0	1	2	6	-9
Kendall Gill	17:37	1–4	0–0	7–8	0	3	3	2	2	0	1	0	9	-7
Marc Jackson	17:08	3–4	0–0	4–4	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	4	10	-7
Igor Rakočević	9:00	0–2	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	-2
Loren Woods	3:28	0–0	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	+2
Anthony Peeler	—	3–6	1–2	0–0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	2	7	-9
Gary Trent	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-10
Team totals	206:30	35–79	3–7	28–32	13	24	37	18	6	0	15	21	101	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Steve Francis	40:48	12–15	0–2	3–3	2	1	3	8	0	2	6	3	27	+12
Yao Ming	36:20	8–12	0–0	8–9	5	8	13	3	1	3	1	1	24	+9
Maurice Taylor	27:37	9–15	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	3	18	+21
Moochie Norris	15:28	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	2	0	+7
Terence Morris	7:01	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	2	-7
Kelvin Cato	4:24	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	+14
Juaquin Hawkins	2:59	2–4	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	-3
Boštjan Nachbar	2:59	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-3
Cuttino Mobley	—	8–14	2–5	4–5	0	5	5	6	0	0	1	0	22	+27
James Posey	—	5–12	3–7	1–1	0	3	3	4	1	0	0	0	14	+20
Eddie Griffin	—	3–7	0–0	0–1	2	3	5	1	2	1	0	4	6	+4
Jason Collier	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	-1
Team totals	137:36	50–86	5–15	16–19	11	26	37	30	9	6	14	18	121	—

This season

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

21 Dec 2002Houston Rockets 86–98 Minnesota Timberwolves
7 Jan 2003Minnesota Timberwolves 86–94 Houston Rockets
31 Jan 2003101–121 this game
4 Feb 2003Houston Rockets 89–103 Minnesota Timberwolves

Records going in

Minnesota Timberwolves: 27–19
Houston Rockets: 24–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

7 Jan 2003Minnesota Timberwolves 86–94 Houston Rockets
4 Feb 2003Houston Rockets 89–103 Minnesota Timberwolves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.