December 23, 2002
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| UTA | 20 | 16 | 31 | 29 | 96 |
| HOU | 23 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 91 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Karl Malone | 41 | 14 | 26 | .538 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 31 | |
| Matt Harpring | 40 | 9 | 14 | .643 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 |
| Calbert Cheaney | 34 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
| John Stockton | 30 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Greg Ostertag | 26 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Andrei Kirilenko | 25 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Mark Jackson | 18 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Tony Massenburg | 13 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Scott Padgett | 7 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Amaechi | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 38 | 74 | .514 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 18 | 20 | .900 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 96 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Steve Francis | 41 | 9 | 12 | .750 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
| Cuttino Mobley | 41 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Yao Ming | 34 | 6 | 12 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | |
| Eddie Griffin | 28 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | |
| Glen Rice | 25 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Moochie Norris | 21 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Maurice Taylor | 20 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| James Posey | 16 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Kelvin Cato | 14 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Team Totals | 240 | 35 | 65 | .538 | 4 | 15 | .267 | 17 | 17 | 1.000 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 91 |