Houston Rockets Opening Day Rosters

2003-2004 Houston Rockets Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
John Amaechi C-F 6-10 270 Nov 26, 1970 32 Penn State 5 1995 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Torraye Braggs PF 6-8 245 May 15, 1976 27 Xavier 3 1998 2nd Rnd, #57, Utah Jazz
Kelvin Cato C 6-11 255 Aug 26, 1974 29 Iowa State 6 1997 1st Rnd, #15, Dallas Mavericks
Ben Davis FC 6-9 240 Dec 26, 1972 30 Arizona 5 1996 2nd Rnd, #43, Phoenix Suns
Steve Francis PG 6-3 195 Feb 21, 1977 26 Maryland 4 1999 1st Rnd, #2, Vancouver Grizzlies
Adrian Griffin G-F 6-5 217 Jul 4, 1974 29 Seton Hall 5 1996 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Eddie Griffin PF 6-10 220 May 30, 1982 21 Seton Hall 2 2001 1st Rnd, #7, New Jersey Nets
Jim Jackson SG 6-6 220 Oct 14, 1970 33 Ohio State 11 1992 1st Rnd, #4, Dallas Mavericks
Cuttino Mobley SG 6-4 190 Sep 1, 1975 28 Rhode Island 5 1998 2nd Rnd, #41, Houston Rockets
Bostjan Nachbar PF 6-10 220 Jul 3, 1980 23 Universo De'Longhi Treviso (Italy) 1 2002 1st Rnd, #15, Houston Rockets
Moochie Norris PG 6-1 175 Jul 27, 1973 30 West Florida 6 1996 2nd Rnd, #33, Milwaukee Bucks
Scott Padgett PF 6-9 240 Apr 19, 1976 27 Kentucky 4 1999 1st Rnd, #28, Utah Jazz
Eric Piatkowski G-F 6-7 210 Sep 30, 1970 33 Nebraska 9 1994 1st Rnd, #15, Indiana Pacers
Mo Taylor PF 6-9 265 Oct 30, 1976 27 Michigan 6 1997 1st Rnd, #14, Los Angeles Clippers
Mike Wilks PG 5-10 185 May 7, 1979 24 Rice 2 2001 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Yao Ming C 7-6 310 Sep 12, 1980 23 Shanghai Dongfang (China) 1 2002 1st Rnd, #1, Houston Rockets

Denver 85, Houston 102

October 30, 2003

Regular Season

Toyota Center (Houston) (Houston, Texas)

Attendance: 18,189

Officials: Derrick Stafford, Kevin Fehr, Steve Javie

Team Rebounds: Denver (10) Houston (9)

Technicals: Denver (0) Houston (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
DEN (1-1) 20 22 18 25 85
HOU (1-0) 22 26 24 30 102

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DEN 92 92.1 110.5
HOU 92 110.5 92.1

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DEN .384 0.238 0.395 0.397
HOU .513 0.206 0.318 0.316

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
15 Carmelo Anthony Starter SF 37:00 5-14 1-3 7-10 3.8 3.0 6 9 2 3 0 0 8 18
23 Marcus Camby Starter PF 22:00 2-7 0-0 0-0 2.2 2.0 2 4 0 4 2 2 2 4
31 Maybyner Nene Starter C 31:00 4-5 0-0 5-6 12.0 2.0 2 4 1 5 3 2 2 13
1 Voshon Lenard Starter SG 27:00 1-8 0-2 3-3 -1.6 2.0 2 4 0 2 0 0 2 5
24 Andre Miller Starter PG 34:00 6-13 1-3 6-7 7.1 0.0 2 2 3 4 1 0 3 19
12 Chris Andersen Bench PF 16:00 1-4 0-0 2-3 4.1 1.0 3 4 0 2 1 3 2 4
20 Jon Barry Bench SG 18:00 3-6 1-3 0-0 3.5 0.0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 7
32 Ryan Bowen Bench SF 08:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.0 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Earl Boykins Bench PG 19:00 2-8 1-2 4-5 3.9 1.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 9
56 Francisco Elson Bench C 09:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 3.8 0.0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 2
22 Nikoloz Tskitishvili Bench SF 16:00 1-6 0-0 2-2 3.0 3.0 3 6 0 2 0 1 1 4
7 Rodney White Bench SF 03:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Team                   10         1  
        240 26-73 4-13 29-36 70.0 15 23 48 10 26 10 8 23 85
          35.6% 30.8% 80.6%                    

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 PF 38:00 4-8 0-0 2-2 15.0 6.0 7 13 2 3 1 0 1 10
3 Steve Francis Starter PG 36:00 5-11 1-1 6-11 11.1 2.0 2 4 6 2 2 0 4 17
21 Jim Jackson Starter SF 30:00 5-12 0-2 0-0 7.5 2.0 2 4 3 4 3 0 1 10
11 Yao Ming Starter C 20:00 6-8 0-0 7-8 12.8 0.0 3 3 2 5 1 3 3 19
5 Cuttino Mobley Starter SG 42:00 6-16 2-3 7-8 13.5 0.0 8 8 2 1 3 0 3 21
32 Torraye Braggs Bench PF 16:00 2-5 0-0 2-3 5.9 3.0 3 6 1 3 0 0 0 6
9 Bostjan Nachbar Bench SF 20:00 2-2 1-1 0-0 1.5 0.0 2 2 0 5 0 0 1 5
12 Moochie Norris Bench PG 15:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 -1.5 0.0 0 0 4 2 0 0 5 2
35 Scott Padgett Bench PF 03:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 1.2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2 Mo Taylor Bench PF 19:00 5-11 0-0 0-0 5.0 1.0 3 4 1 4 1 1 1 10
29 Mike Wilks Bench PG 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   9            
        240 37-76 4-7 24-32 102.0 14 30 53 21 29 11 4 19 102
          48.7% 57.1% 75.0%                    

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Andre Miller
17.5p, 3.5r, 2a
Voshon Lenard
6p, 4r, 1a
Carmelo Anthony
15p, 8r, 2.5a
Marcus Camby
3.5p, 12r, 0.5a
Maybyner Nene
12.5p, 7.5r, 1.5a
Rotation Earl Boykins
11p, 1.5r, 1.5a
Jon Barry
7.5p, 1.5r, 1a
Nikoloz Tskitishvili
5p, 4r, 1a
Chris Andersen
3p, 4r, 0.5a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Ryan Bowen
0p, 4r, 0.5a
 
 
Francisco Elson
1.5p, 2r, 1a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Rodney White
0p, 0r, 1a
 
 
 
 

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Steve Francis
17p, 4r, 6a
Cuttino Mobley
21p, 8r, 2a
Jim Jackson
10p, 4r, 3a
Kelvin Cato
10p, 13r, 2a
Yao Ming
19p, 3r, 2a
Rotation Moochie Norris
2p, 0r, 4a
 
 
Bostjan Nachbar
5p, 2r, 0a
Mo Taylor
10p, 4r, 1a
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
Torraye Braggs
6p, 6r, 1a
 
 
Lim PT Mike Wilks
0p, 0r, 0a
 
 
 
 
Scott Padgett
2p, 0r, 0a