Indiana Pacers Opening Day Rosters

2002-2003 Indiana Pacers Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Metta World Peace SF 6-7 260 Nov 13, 1979 22 St. John's 3 1999 1st Rnd, #16, Chicago Bulls
Jonathan Bender PF 6-11 202 Jan 30, 1981 21 Picayune High School (Mississippi) 3 1999 1st Rnd, #5, Toronto Raptors
Jamison Brewer PG 6-4 180 Nov 19, 1980 21 Auburn 1 2001 2nd Rnd, #40, Indiana Pacers
Primoz Brezec C 7-2 252 Oct 2, 1979 23 Union Olimpija (Slovenia) 1 2000 1st Rnd, #27, Indiana Pacers
Austin Croshere PF 6-9 235 May 1, 1975 27 Providence 5 1997 1st Rnd, #12, Indiana Pacers
Jeff Foster C 6-11 236 Jan 16, 1977 25 Texas State 3 1999 1st Rnd, #21, Golden State Warriors
Al Harrington PF/SF 6-9 245 Feb 17, 1980 22 St. Patrick High School (New Jersey) 4 1998 1st Rnd, #25, Indiana Pacers
Fred Jones SG 6-4 210 Mar 11, 1979 23 Oregon 0 2002 1st Rnd, #14, Indiana Pacers
Ron Mercer G-F 6-7 210 May 18, 1976 26 Kentucky 5 1997 1st Rnd, #6, Boston Celtics
Brad Miller C 7-0 261 Apr 12, 1976 26 Purdue 4 1998 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Reggie Miller SG 6-7 185 Aug 24, 1965 37 UCLA 15 1987 1st Rnd, #11, Indiana Pacers
Jermaine O'Neal C/PF 6-11 235 Oct 13, 1978 24 Eau Claire High School (South Carolina) 6 1996 1st Rnd, #17, Portland Trail Blazers
Erick Strickland PG 6-3 210 Nov 25, 1973 28 Nebraska 6 1996 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Jamaal Tinsley PG 6-3 188 Feb 28, 1978 24 Iowa State 1 2001 1st Rnd, #27, Vancouver Grizzlies

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