NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers96–93Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 26 March 2003
Arena: Compaq Center16,285 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: 181st 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	+/−
Shaquille O'Neal	44:29	16–26	0–0	7–8	4	1	5	2	1	3	3	3	39	+3
Kobe Bryant	44:16	10–22	0–1	11–12	1	8	9	5	1	0	5	2	31	+7
Rick Fox	32:30	3–7	3–6	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	9	+8
Robert Horry	31:25	2–3	0–1	0–0	1	5	6	3	0	0	2	5	4	+8
Mark Madsen	16:35	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	-5
Kareem Rush	10:01	0–2	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	-7
Samaki Walker	3:31	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Fisher	—	4–10	0–1	2–2	0	2	2	4	5	0	2	1	10	+4
Devean George	—	0–1	0–1	1–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	-5
Brian Shaw	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2
Team totals	182:47	36–74	3–11	21–24	9	21	30	17	9	4	14	15	96	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Steve Francis	43:37	7–17	1–3	4–4	4	6	10	8	4	0	3	5	19	-1
Yao Ming	30:24	3–13	0–0	0–0	3	7	10	2	0	2	2	5	6	+1
Maurice Taylor	27:23	4–7	0–0	7–7	3	2	5	0	0	0	3	4	15	-7
Kelvin Cato	17:36	3–6	0–0	0–2	3	1	4	0	1	1	0	3	6	-4
Terence Morris	12:42	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	-3
Moochie Norris	4:23	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-2
James Posey	—	7–13	3–6	2–2	2	5	7	2	1	0	1	3	19	0
Cuttino Mobley	—	5–14	2–6	3–3	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	3	15	-2
Glen Rice	—	4–8	2–5	1–1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	-4
Eddie Griffin	—	0–2	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	+7
Team totals	136:05	34–85	8–22	17–19	17	26	43	15	10	4	12	24	93	—

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Los Angeles Lakers 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 2003Houston Rockets 99–106 Los Angeles Lakers
26 Mar 200396–93 this game

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 40–30
Houston Rockets: 37–33

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

18 Feb 2003Houston Rockets 99–106 Los Angeles Lakers
25 Dec 2003Houston Rockets 99–87 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.