NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets99–106Los Angeles Lakers

Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Tuesday 18 February 2003
Arena: STAPLES Center18,997 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: 180th meetingof 285 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Steve Francis	53:13	4–19	2–5	7–8	3	5	8	6	2	0	2	4	17	-17
Maurice Taylor	41:26	6–14	0–0	4–6	5	4	9	5	1	0	1	4	16	+9
Yao Ming	39:43	9–19	0–0	6–6	8	6	14	3	0	1	4	6	24	+2
Kelvin Cato	18:09	3–4	0–0	1–4	3	3	6	2	0	1	1	2	7	-9
Juaquin Hawkins	6:52	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	+5
Moochie Norris	4:47	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	+10
Cuttino Mobley	—	5–15	1–4	5–8	1	7	8	1	2	0	1	5	16	-12
Glen Rice	—	2–8	1–4	0–0	0	5	5	2	0	0	1	3	5	+13
Eddie Griffin	—	2–7	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	4	-16
James Posey	—	1–5	0–2	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	2	2	-20
Team totals	164:10	36–97	4–16	23–32	21	35	56	20	6	4	15	27	99	—

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kobe Bryant	53:54	19–38	3–9	11–11	0	8	8	7	0	3	5	4	52	+13
Robert Horry	53:45	3–11	1–4	1–2	2	9	11	6	2	2	2	3	8	+11
Rick Fox	43:44	6–10	3–5	0–0	2	3	5	4	1	0	2	4	15	+12
Mark Madsen	28:35	4–6	0–0	1–1	3	2	5	2	0	4	0	5	9	+5
Samaki Walker	28:16	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	6	2	0
Kareem Rush	9:38	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	-6
Stanislav Medvedenko	4:34	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	-2
Derek Fisher	—	6–14	0–2	1–2	1	2	3	4	2	0	0	3	13	+13
Devean George	—	0–4	0–1	3–4	1	3	4	0	1	0	2	2	3	-5
Brian Shaw	—	0–2	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
Team totals	222:26	41–93	7–22	17–20	11	30	41	26	6	9	11	33	106	—

This season

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

17 Nov 2002Houston Rockets 93–89 Los Angeles Lakers
17 Jan 2003Los Angeles Lakers 104–108 Houston Rockets
18 Feb 200399–106 this game
26 Mar 2003Los Angeles Lakers 96–93 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 27–24
Los Angeles Lakers: 26–25

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

17 Jan 2003Los Angeles Lakers 104–108 Houston Rockets
26 Mar 2003Los Angeles Lakers 96–93 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.