NBA 2003-04Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets99–87Los Angeles Lakers

Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Thursday 25 December 2003
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 2003-04Regular season
Meeting: 182nd 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	41:11	7–18	0–4	8–10	2	7	9	7	2	0	2	4	22	+13
Cuttino Mobley	40:04	5–13	2–3	3–4	0	3	3	4	0	0	2	3	15	+14
Jim Jackson	36:00	6–12	2–2	4–4	0	6	6	1	1	1	0	3	18	+2
Kelvin Cato	35:10	2–4	0–0	1–2	1	7	8	1	1	3	3	4	5	+4
Yao Ming	28:52	8–14	0–0	2–2	5	3	8	2	0	2	3	5	18	+8
Maurice Taylor	27:38	6–11	0–0	2–2	1	7	8	1	1	1	1	3	14	+9
Eric Piatkowski	15:03	1–5	1–4	1–1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	4	-2
Moochie Norris	11:42	1–3	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	+9
Alton Ford	3:33	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+2
Scott Padgett	0:47	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1
Team totals	240:00	36–81	6–14	21–25	10	35	45	18	6	8	12	24	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	43:18	9–26	1–2	4–6	3	5	8	6	2	0	3	4	23	-7
Shaquille O'Neal	41:31	5–12	0–0	12–18	5	5	10	2	0	3	2	3	22	-15
Gary Payton	40:29	5–11	0–1	3–4	2	2	4	7	4	0	2	4	13	-13
Horace Grant	30:11	1–4	0–0	0–0	2	9	11	2	1	0	0	2	2	-15
Devean George	29:27	5–13	1–4	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	4	11	-16
Stanislav Medvedenko	23:12	5–11	0–0	0–0	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	1	10	+8
Derek Fisher	15:38	1–7	0–3	1–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	-3
Bryon Russell	12:24	1–1	1–1	0–0	2	1	3	2	0	0	2	3	3	+6
Kareem Rush	2:44	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
Luke Walton	1:06	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Team totals	240:00	32–85	3–11	20–30	16	28	44	23	7	3	10	22	87	—

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 6, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 2003-04.

25 Dec 200399–87 this game
11 Feb 2004Los Angeles Lakers 87–102 Houston Rockets
3 Mar 2004Los Angeles Lakers 96–93 Houston Rockets
1 Apr 2004Houston Rockets 85–93 Los Angeles Lakers
17 Apr 2004Houston Rockets 71–72 Los Angeles Lakers
19 Apr 2004Houston Rockets 84–98 Los Angeles Lakers
23 Apr 2004Los Angeles Lakers 91–102 Houston Rockets
25 Apr 2004Los Angeles Lakers 92–88 Houston Rockets
28 Apr 2004Houston Rockets 78–97 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 15–12
Los Angeles Lakers: 20–6

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

26 Mar 2003Los Angeles Lakers 96–93 Houston Rockets
11 Feb 2004Los Angeles Lakers 87–102 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.