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2002-2003 Houston Rockets Opening Day Roster

Player	Pos	HT	WT	Birth Date	Age	Pre-Draft Team	YOS	Draft Status
Kelvin Cato	C	6-11	255	Aug 26, 1974	28	Iowa State	5	1997 1st Rnd, #15, Dallas Mavericks
Jason Collier	F-C	7-0	260	Sep 8, 1977	25	Georgia Tech	2	2000 1st Rnd, #15, Milwaukee Bucks
Steve Francis	PG	6-3	195	Feb 21, 1977	25	Maryland	3	1999 1st Rnd, #2, Vancouver Grizzlies
Eddie Griffin	PF	6-10	220	May 30, 1982	20	Seton Hall	1	2001 1st Rnd, #7, New Jersey Nets
Juaquin Hawkins	SF	6-7	220	Jul 2, 1973	29	Long Beach State	2	1996 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Tito Maddox	SG	6-4	190	Jun 7, 1981	21	Fresno State	0	2002 2nd Rnd, #37, Houston Rockets
Pete Mickeal	SF	6-6	225	Feb 22, 1978	24	Cincinnati	1	2000 2nd Rnd, #58, Dallas Mavericks
Cuttino Mobley	SG	6-4	190	Sep 1, 1975	27	Rhode Island	4	1998 2nd Rnd, #41, Houston Rockets
Terence Morris	PF	6-9	221	Jan 11, 1979	23	Maryland	1	2001 2nd Rnd, #33, Atlanta Hawks
Bostjan Nachbar	PF	6-10	220	Jul 3, 1980	22	Universo De'Longhi Treviso (Italy)	0	2002 1st Rnd, #15, Houston Rockets
Moochie Norris	PG	6-1	175	Jul 27, 1973	29	West Florida	5	1996 2nd Rnd, #33, Milwaukee Bucks
Glen Rice	PF	6-8	228	May 28, 1967	35	Michigan	13	1989 1st Rnd, #4, Miami Heat
Mo Taylor	PF	6-9	265	Oct 30, 1976	26	Michigan	5	1997 1st Rnd, #14, Los Angeles Clippers
Kenny Thomas	SF	6-7	245	Jul 25, 1977	25	New Mexico	3	1999 1st Rnd, #22, Houston Rockets
Yao Ming	C	7-6	310	Sep 12, 1980	22	Shanghai Dongfang (China)	0	2002 1st Rnd, #1, Houston Rockets

Houston 82, Indiana 91

October 30, 2002

Regular Season

Gainbridge Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Indiana)

Attendance: N/A

Officials: Mike Callahan, Pat Fraher, Greg Willard

Team Rebounds: Houston (6) Indiana (13)

Technicals: Houston (0) Indiana (0)

	1	2	3	4	Final
HOU (0-1)	22	21	19	20	82
IND (1-0)	24	20	27	20	91

Advanced	Poss	ORtg	DRtg
HOU	92	88.7	98.5
IND	92	98.5	88.7

Four Factors	eFG%	TO%	OR%	FTR
HOU	.389	0.184	0.320	0.235
IND	.447	0.184	0.360	0.176

Houston Rockets

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
13	Kelvin Cato	Starter	C	32:00	2-8	0-0	5-7	17.4	7.0	10	17	1	3	2	3	2	9
3	Steve Francis	Starter	SG	39:00	13-28	1-3	12-14	18.8	4.0	4	8	4	4	1	1	5	39
33	Eddie Griffin	Starter	PF	36:00	1-11	0-1	0-2	-0.2	3.0	5	8	1	4	0	2	1	2
5	Cuttino Mobley	Starter	SF	43:00	10-21	1-2	1-1	7.6	0.0	3	3	1	3	0	2	2	22
12	Moochie Norris	Starter	PG	36:00	2-7	1-1	1-2	6.2	2.0	3	5	2	0	4	0	4	6
52	Jason Collier	Bench	C	10:00	0-2	0-0	0-0	-0.2	0.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
1	Juaquin Hawkins	Bench	SF	21:00	1-1	0-0	0-0	2.0	0.0	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	2
11	Yao Ming	Bench	C	11:00	0-1	0-0	0-0	-2.8	0.0	2	2	0	3	0	0	2	0
9	Bostjan Nachbar	Bench	SF	12:00	1-2	0-0	0-0	1.8	0.0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2
	Team										6					1
				240	30-81	3-7	19-26	68.5	16	34	56	9	21	8	8	18	82
					37.0%	42.9%	73.1%

Indiana Pacers

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
15	Metta World Peace	Starter	SG	38:00	8-13	2-2	2-4	16.8	2.0	4	6	5	6	4	0	3	20
3	Al Harrington	Starter	SF	27:00	3-9	0-0	3-6	3.5	3.0	4	7	2	5	0	0	2	9
52	Brad Miller	Starter	C	21:00	2-7	0-0	1-1	3.9	1.0	6	7	2	2	0	0	2	5
7	Jermaine O'Neal	Starter	PF	41:00	10-16	0-0	4-9	18.1	4.0	6	10	1	4	2	3	3	24
21	Erick Strickland	Starter	PG	41:00	6-17	2-6	5-7	10.9	2.0	5	7	4	3	3	0	4	19
24	Jonathan Bender	Bench	PF	15:00	1-3	0-0	0-0	3.5	2.0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	2
10	Jeff Foster	Bench	C	12:00	0-4	0-0	0-0	1.8	3.0	3	6	0	3	1	1	1	0
20	Fred Jones	Bench	SG	07:00	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2.2	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0
5	Ron Mercer	Bench	SG	38:00	6-15	0-0	0-0	9.5	1.0	3	4	4	3	2	1	0	12
	Team										13
				240	36-85	4-9	15-27	87.6	18	32	63	18	27	13	6	17	91
					42.4%	44.4%	55.6%

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Moochie Norris 6p, 5r, 2a	Steve Francis 39p, 8r, 4a	Cuttino Mobley 22p, 3r, 1a	Eddie Griffin 2p, 8r, 1a	Kelvin Cato 9p, 17r, 1a
Rotation			Juaquin Hawkins 2p, 3r, 0a		Yao Ming 0p, 2r, 0a
Rotation			Bostjan Nachbar 2p, 3r, 0a		Jason Collier 0p, 1r, 0a

Indiana Pacers Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Erick Strickland 19p, 7r, 4a	Metta World Peace 20p, 6r, 5a	Al Harrington 9p, 7r, 2a	Jermaine O'Neal 24p, 10r, 1a	Brad Miller 5p, 7r, 2a
Rotation		Ron Mercer 12p, 4r, 4a		Jonathan Bender 2p, 3r, 0a	Jeff Foster 0p, 6r, 0a
Lim PT		Fred Jones 0p, 0r, 0a