Minnesota 101, Houston 121

January 31, 2003

Regular Season

Compaq Center (Houston, Texas)

Attendance: 15,497

Officials: Rodney Mott, Sean Corbin, Joe Forte

Team Rebounds: Minnesota (6) Houston (7)

Technicals: Minnesota (1 (Bench)) Houston (2 (Bench))

  1 2 3 4 Final
MIN (27-20) 27 24 23 27 101
HOU (25-20) 25 33 32 31 121

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MIN 93 108.3 129.7
HOU 93 129.7 108.3

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MIN .462 0.161 0.351 0.354
HOU .610 0.150 0.297 0.186

Minnesota Timberwolves

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
21 Kevin Garnett Starter PF 37:00 6-15 0-1 2-2 4.8 2 5 7 3 2 0 0 5 14
16 Troy Hudson Starter PG 39:00 7-16 2-3 7-8 12.5 2 0 2 6 3 3 0 5 23
8 Rasho Nesterovic Starter C 27:00 4-9 0-0 1-2 3.8 0 3 3 1 4 1 0 0 9
32 Joe Smith Starter SF 20:00 2-5 0-0 2-2 5.0 3 2 5 1 2 0 0 1 6
10 Wally Szczerbiak Starter SG 36:00 9-16 0-1 2-2 11.8 2 4 6 3 3 0 0 2 20
9 Kendall Gill Bench SG 18:00 1-4 0-0 7-8 8.2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 9
25 Marc Jackson Bench C 17:00 3-4 0-0 4-4 7.2 3 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 10
44 Anthony Peeler Bench SG 25:00 3-6 1-2 0-0 5.5 0 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 7
36 Igor Rakocevic Bench SG 09:00 0-2 0-0 1-2 1.5 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
20 Gary Trent Bench PF 09:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Loren Woods Bench C 03:00 0-0 0-0 2-2 -0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
  Team                   6            
        240 35-79 3-7 28-32 89.2 13 24 43 18 21 6 0 15 101
          44.3% 42.9% 87.5%                    

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
3 Steve Francis Starter PG 41:00 12-15 0-2 3-3 19.9 2 1 3 8 3 0 2 6 27
33 Eddie Griffin Starter PF 18:00 3-7 0-0 0-1 6.6 2 3 5 1 4 2 1 0 6
11 Yao Ming Starter C 36:00 8-12 0-0 8-9 28.1 5 8 13 3 1 1 3 1 24
5 Cuttino Mobley Starter SG 42:00 8-14 2-5 4-5 18.4 0 5 5 6 0 0 0 1 22
55 James Posey Starter SF 40:00 5-12 3-7 1-1 11.9 0 3 3 4 0 1 0 0 14
13 Kelvin Cato Bench C 04:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 4.0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 2
52 Jason Collier Bench C 03:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 3.8 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
1 Juaquin Hawkins Bench SF 03:00 2-4 0-1 0-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4
44 Terence Morris Bench PF 07:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 -1.5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 2
9 Bostjan Nachbar Bench SF 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
25 Moochie Norris Bench PG 15:00 0-3 0-0 0-0 2.8 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 1 0
2 Mo Taylor Bench PF 28:00 9-15 0-0 0-0 8.0 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 2 18
  Team                   7            
        240 50-86 5-15 16-19 117.9 11 26 44 30 18 9 6 14 121
          58.1% 33.3% 84.2%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Troy Hudson
14.2p, 2r, 5a
Wally Szczerbiak
14.5p, 3.2r, 1.9a
Joe Smith
8.7p, 5.6r, 0.8a
Kevin Garnett
21.9p, 12.8r, 5.7a
Rasho Nesterovic
11p, 6.2r, 1.4a
Rotation  
 
Anthony Peeler
6.6p, 2.8r, 2.5a
 
 
 
 
Marc Jackson
5.4p, 2.4r, 0.4a
Rotation  
 
Kendall Gill
10p, 3.4r, 2.1a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
Igor Rakocevic
1.7p, 0.5r, 0.8a
 
 
Gary Trent
6.4p, 4.3r, 1a
Loren Woods
2.8p, 3.4r, 0.6a

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Steve Francis
22.7p, 6.1r, 6.1a
Cuttino Mobley
18.2p, 4.2r, 3.1a
James Posey
11.4p, 5.3r, 2.2a
Eddie Griffin
8.3p, 6.1r, 1.1a
Yao Ming
12.8p, 8.1r, 1.4a
Rotation Moochie Norris
4.8p, 2r, 2.6a
 
 
 
 
Mo Taylor
6.9p, 3.2r, 1a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Bostjan Nachbar
2.3p, 1r, 0.3a
Terence Morris
3.8p, 2.7r, 0.4a
Kelvin Cato
4.4p, 6.6r, 0.3a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Juaquin Hawkins
3.1p, 1.8r, 1.2a
 
 
Jason Collier
3.4p, 2.6r, 0.1a

Today's Games

Atlanta Hawks 96
Cleveland Cavaliers 91

Boston Celtics 66
Detroit Pistons 118

Houston Rockets 121
Minnesota Timberwolves 101

Los Angeles Clippers 92
Phoenix Suns 98

Memphis Grizzlies 102
New York Knicks 108

New Jersey Nets 89
New Orleans Pelicans 72

Orlando Magic 108
San Antonio Spurs 109

Philadelphia Sixers 104
Miami Heat 99

Portland Trail Blazers 107
Chicago Bulls 94

Sacramento Kings 113
Los Angeles Lakers 124

Toronto Raptors 102
Indiana Pacers 90

Utah Jazz 102
Golden State Warriors 94