W|L 27-20
101 - 121
W|L 25-20
Attendance: 15,497
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-2
Dec. 21 2002HOU@MIN86 - 98
Jan. 07 2003MIN@HOU86 - 94
Jan. 31 2003MIN@HOU101 - 121
Feb. 04 2003HOU@MIN-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Troy Hudson | 36 | 39.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.20 | .188 | .500 | 23 |
| 2. | Kevin Garnett | 34 | 36.7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.60 | .067 | .133 | 14 |
| 3. | Wally Szczerbiak | 31 | 35.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 | .063 | .125 | 20 |
| 4. | Rasho Nesterović | 20 | 27.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .222 | 9 |
| 5. | Joe Smith | 18 | 20.6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .400 | 6 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Anthony Peeler | 14 | 24.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 7 |
| 2. | Kendall Gill | 18 | 17.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 9 |
| 3. | Marc Jackson | 18 | 17.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 10 |
| 4. | Igor Rakočević | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 1 |
| 5. | Gary Trent | 6 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Loren Woods | 5 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 7. | Rod Strickland | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 209 | 240 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1.20 | .089 | .405 | 101 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cuttino Mobley | 25 | 41.8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | .357 | .357 | 22 |
| 2. | Steve Francis | 31 | 40.8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.33 | .133 | .200 | 27 |
| 3. | James Posey | 17 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .583 | .083 | 14 |
| 4. | Yao Ming | 40 | 36.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | .750 | 24 |
| 5. | Eddie Griffin | 18 | 17.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .143 | 6 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Maurice Taylor | 25 | 27.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 18 |
| 2. | Moochie Norris | 7 | 15.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Terence Morris | 8 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Kelvin Cato | 5 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Boštjan Nachbar | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Juaquin Hawkins | 7 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .000 | 4 |
| 7. | Jason Collier | 4 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 191 | 240 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 2.21 | .174 | .221 | 121 |