Indiana 79, Houston 71

December 23, 2003

Regular Season

Toyota Center (Houston, Texas)

Attendance: 16,721

Officials: Troy Raymond, Ken Mauer, Nolan Fine

Team Rebounds: Indiana (4) Houston (5)

Technicals: Indiana (0) Houston (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
IND (21-8) 19 20 18 22 79
HOU (15-12) 14 14 21 22 71

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
IND 82 95.9 86.2
HOU 82 86.2 95.9

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
IND .399 0.121 0.234 0.270
HOU .380 0.170 0.265 0.239

Indiana Pacers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
13 Kenny Anderson Starter PG 05:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 1.5 1.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
91 Metta World Peace Starter SF 42:00 7-12 1-2 6-8 21.0 2.0 4 6 5 0 1 1 0 21
10 Jeff Foster Starter C 18:00 2-4 0-0 2-2 5.5 2.0 3 5 1 4 1 0 1 6
31 Reggie Miller Starter SG 33:00 1-5 1-4 3-3 8.1 0.0 4 4 4 0 1 0 1 6
7 Jermaine O'Neal Starter PF 39:00 7-20 0-0 7-7 16.4 0.0 14 14 3 5 2 1 1 21
2 Jamison Brewer Bench PG 04:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 -2.0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
44 Austin Croshere Bench PF 06:00 0-2 0-2 0-0 0.2 1.0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
32 Al Harrington Bench PF 31:00 3-8 0-0 2-2 2.0 2.0 3 5 2 5 0 0 3 8
8 Anthony Johnson Bench PG 39:00 6-13 1-2 0-0 7.0 0.0 3 3 3 3 2 0 2 13
20 Fred Jones Bench SG 08:00 0-2 0-1 0-2 0.5 0.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
62 Scot Pollard Bench C 15:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 0.8 3.0 2 5 0 5 0 0 1 2
  Team                   4         1  
        240 28-74 3-11 20-24 77.0 11 36 51 20 23 8 2 11 79
          37.8% 27.3% 83.3%                    

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 30:00 2-7 0-0 2-3 4.9 1.0 7 8 0 4 0 2 1 6
3 Steve Francis Starter PG 45:00 7-16 0-1 9-13 12.4 2.0 3 5 4 2 4 0 5 23
21 Jim Jackson Starter SF 40:00 6-13 2-6 0-0 9.5 1.0 7 8 5 4 0 0 4 14
11 Yao Ming Starter C 33:00 3-4 0-0 6-9 9.1 2.0 6 8 0 4 0 1 2 12
5 Cuttino Mobley Starter SG 35:00 2-13 0-5 0-0 0.8 2.0 2 4 3 2 1 0 0 4
25 Moochie Norris Bench PG 06:00 1-1 1-1 0-0 3.2 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
35 Scott Padgett Bench PF 03:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 4.0 1.0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2
52 Eric Piatkowski Bench SF 21:00 1-6 1-4 0-0 -1.8 0.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 3
2 Mo Taylor Bench PF 27:00 2-10 0-0 0-2 9.5 4.0 9 13 1 2 1 3 1 4
  Team                   5         2  
        240 25-71 4-17 17-27 65.6 13 36 54 15 20 6 7 16 71
          35.2% 23.5% 63.0%                    

Indiana Pacers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Kenny Anderson
6.5p, 2.2r, 3.1a		 Reggie Miller
9.3p, 2.2r, 3.3a		 Metta World Peace
17.8p, 5.8r, 4a		 Jermaine O'Neal
20.3p, 10.1r, 2.2a		 Jeff Foster
6p, 7.5r, 1a
Rotation Anthony Johnson
7.6p, 1.9r, 3a		  
 		  
 		 Al Harrington
12.4p, 6.8r, 2a		 Scot Pollard
1.6p, 2.6r, 0.2a
Lim PT Jamison Brewer
4p, 0.9r, 1.4a		 Fred Jones
3.3p, 1.2r, 1.9a		  
 		 Austin Croshere
5.2p, 3r, 0.3a		  
 

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Steve Francis
17.4p, 5.6r, 5.1a		 Cuttino Mobley
15.9p, 4.5r, 3a		 Jim Jackson
9.9p, 5.7r, 2.7a		 Kelvin Cato
6.1p, 8.2r, 0.8a		 Yao Ming
16p, 9.3r, 1.8a
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Eric Piatkowski
6p, 1.5r, 0.7a		 Mo Taylor
10.6p, 5r, 1.1a		  
 
Lim PT Moochie Norris
2.5p, 1.1r, 1.7a		  
 		  
 		 Scott Padgett
3.5p, 1.9r, 0.4a		  
 

Indiana Pacers Leaders

MPG Metta World Peace 38.3
FG% Jeff Foster .528
3P% Austin Croshere .404
FT% Austin Croshere .829
ORPG Jeff Foster 3.3
DRPG Jermaine O'Neal 7.2
RPG Jermaine O'Neal 10.1
SPG Metta World Peace 2.1
APG Metta World Peace 4.0
BPG Jermaine O'Neal 2.7
PPG Jermaine O'Neal 20.3

Houston Rockets Leaders

MPG Cuttino Mobley 39.6
FG% Alton Ford .600
3P% Scott Padgett .500
FT% Eric Piatkowski .923
ORPG Yao Ming 2.8
DRPG Yao Ming 6.4
RPG Yao Ming 9.3
SPG Steve Francis 1.4
APG Steve Francis 5.1
BPG Yao Ming 2.0
PPG Steve Francis 17.4

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