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Here is the Houston Rockets 2003–04 Roster and Regular Season Player Statistics:
Houston Rockets 2003–04 Roster
| NO. | PLAYER NAME | POS | HT | WT | DOB | COLLEGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alton Ford | PF | 6-9 | 275 | May 29, 1981 | Houston |
| 2 | Maurice Taylor | PF | 6-9 | 260 | October 30, 1976 | Michigan |
| 3 | Steve Francis | PG | 6-3 | 195 | February 21, 1977 | San Jacinto College; Allegany College of Maryland; Maryland |
| 5 | Cuttino Mobley | SG | 6-4 | 190 | September 1, 1975 | Rhode Island |
| 7 | Adrian Griffin | SG | 6-5 | 217 | July 4, 1974 | Seton Hall |
| 9 | Boštjan Nachbar | SF | 6-9 | 221 | July 3, 1980 | — |
| 11 | Yao Ming | C | 7-6 | 310 | September 12, 1980 | — |
| 12 | Moochie Norris | PG | 6-1 | 175 | July 27, 1973 | Auburn; University of West Florida |
| 13 | Kelvin Cato | PF | 6-11 | 255 | August 26, 1974 | University of South Alabama; Iowa State |
| 21 | Jim Jackson | SF | 6-6 | 220 | October 14, 1970 | Ohio State |
| 29 | Mike Wilks | PG | 5-10 | 185 | May 7, 1979 | Rice University |
| 30 | Clarence Weatherspoon | PF | 6-7 | 240 | September 8, 1970 | Southern Miss |
| 31 | Mark Jackson | PG | 6-3 | 192 | April 1, 1965 | St. John’s |
| 32 | Torraye Braggs | PF | 6-8 | 245 | May 15, 1976 | Xavier |
| 33 | Charles Oakley | PF | 6-9 | 225 | December 18, 1963 | Virginia Union University |
| 35 | Scott Padgett | PF | 6-9 | 240 | April 19, 1976 | Kentucky |
| 52 | Eric Piatkowski | SF | 6-7 | 215 | September 30, 1970 | Nebraska |
Regular Season Per Game
| PLR | POS | AGE | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FGA | FGM | FG% | 3PA | 3PM | 3P% | FTA | FTM | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Francis | PG | 26 | 79 | 79 | 40.4 | 16.6 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 14.1 | 5.7 | .403 | 3.2 | 0.9 | .292 | 5.5 | 4.3 | .775 |
| Cuttino Mobley | SG | 28 | 80 | 80 | 40.4 | 15.8 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 13.5 | 5.8 | .426 | 5.3 | 2.1 | .390 | 2.7 | 2.2 | .811 |
| Yao Ming | C | 23 | 82 | 82 | 32.8 | 17.5 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 12.5 | 6.5 | .522 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 5.4 | 4.4 | .809 |
| Maurice Taylor | PF | 27 | 75 | 10 | 27.7 | 11.5 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 10.2 | 4.9 | .480 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.3 | 1.7 | .736 |
| Jim Jackson | SF | 33 | 80 | 80 | 39.0 | 12.9 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 11.3 | 4.8 | .424 | 5.1 | 2.0 | .400 | 1.6 | 1.3 | .843 |
| Kelvin Cato | PF | 29 | 69 | 67 | 25.3 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 5.2 | 2.3 | .447 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.1 | 1.4 | .676 |
| Clarence Weatherspoon | PF | 33 | 37 | 0 | 17.6 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 2.3 | .503 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.4 | 0.9 | .660 |
| Eric Piatkowski | SF | 33 | 49 | 0 | 14.3 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 1.5 | .377 | 2.5 | 0.9 | .352 | 0.3 | 0.3 | .875 |
| Scott Padgett | PF | 27 | 58 | 5 | 9.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 1.3 | .443 | 1.1 | 0.5 | .431 | 0.6 | 0.4 | .750 |
| Torraye Braggs | PF | 27 | 11 | 0 | 12.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 1.2 | .464 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.1 | 0.7 | .667 |
| Boštjan Nachbar | SF | 23 | 45 | 3 | 11.5 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 1.0 | .356 | 1.4 | 0.5 | .365 | 0.6 | 0.5 | .724 |
| Mark Jackson | PG | 38 | 42 | 3 | 13.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 | .340 | 1.0 | 0.2 | .171 | 0.9 | 0.7 | .718 |
| Moochie Norris | PG | 30 | 30 | 0 | 13.4 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 0.9 | .310 | 0.8 | 0.3 | .348 | 0.8 | 0.6 | .750 |
| Adrian Griffin | SG | 29 | 19 | 1 | 7.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | .278 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .500 | 0.2 | 0.0 | .000 |
| Mike Wilks | PG | 24 | 26 | 0 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | .472 | 0.4 | 0.2 | .600 | 0.5 | 0.4 | .833 |
| Alton Ford | PF | 22 | 9 | 0 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | .545 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.7 | 0.3 | .500 |
| Charles Oakley | PF | 40 | 7 | 0 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | .333 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.9 | 0.7 | .833 |
| TEAM TOTALS | — | — | 82 | 82 | 243.0 | 89.8 | 42.6 | 19.3 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 6.3 | .442 | 17.1 | 6.3 | .366 | 21.6 | 16.7 | .773 |
Playoff Per Game
| PLR | POS | AGE | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FGA | FGM | FG% | 3PA | 3PM | 3P% | FTA | FTM | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Francis | PG | 26 | 5 | 5 | 44.4 | 19.2 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 14.0 | 6.0 | .429 | 3.4 | 1.4 | .412 | 8.0 | 5.8 | .725 |
| Yao Ming | C | 23 | 5 | 5 | 37.0 | 15.0 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 13.6 | 6.2 | .456 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 3.4 | 2.6 | .765 |
| Jim Jackson | SF | 33 | 5 | 5 | 44.2 | 14.8 | 10.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 14.6 | 5.8 | .397 | 5.8 | 1.6 | .276 | 2.4 | 1.6 | .667 |
| Cuttino Mobley | SG | 28 | 5 | 5 | 42.0 | 14.4 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 15.0 | 5.8 | .387 | 4.2 | 1.2 | .286 | 2.0 | 1.6 | .800 |
| Kelvin Cato | PF | 29 | 5 | 5 | 29.6 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 2.6 | .591 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.4 | 0.6 | .429 |
| Maurice Taylor | PF | 27 | 5 | 0 | 23.0 | 9.8 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 7.6 | 3.6 | .474 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 3.4 | 2.6 | .765 |
| Clarence Weatherspoon | PF | 33 | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 3.0 | 1.5 | .500 |
| Boštjan Nachbar | SF | 23 | 5 | 0 | 8.2 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 0.8 | .444 | 0.6 | 0.2 | .333 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.000 |
| Scott Padgett | PF | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | .400 | 0.8 | 0.3 | .333 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 |
| Mark Jackson | PG | 38 | 5 | 0 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | .167 | 0.6 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 |
| Eric Piatkowski | SF | 33 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | .000 |
| Mike Wilks | PG | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 |
| TEAM TOTALS | — | — | 5 | 5 | 245.0 | 84.6 | 44.4 | 17.2 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 16.8 | 15.2 | 4.6 | .427 | 15.2 | 4.6 | .303 | 22.8 | 16.4 | .719 |
Regular Season Team Impact Spotlight
| PLAYER NAME | ROLE TIER | MPG | USAGE TIER | PPG | RPG | APG | STK (SPG+BPG) | IMPACT INDEX* | NOTES | AWARDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yao Ming | Franchise Anchor / Interior Hub | 32.8 | High | 17.5 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 15.1 | Offensive focal point through post-ups and high-usage interior touches; elite rim protection and efficiency made him the team’s structural backbone on both ends. | All-Star; All-NBA Third Team; MVP Voting (2003–04) |
| Steve Francis | Primary Creator / Lead Guard | 40.4 | Very High | 16.6 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 15.3 | Engine of Houston’s perimeter offense; high ball-dominance with heavy scoring and playmaking load, thriving in transition and isolation. | All-Star |
| Cuttino Mobley | Secondary Scorer / Floor Spacer | 40.4 | High | 15.8 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 12.6 | Elite off-ball shooter who complemented Francis with movement shooting and clutch perimeter scoring; key spacing piece. | |
| Jim Jackson | Two-Way Wing Stabilizer | 39.0 | Medium | 12.9 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 11.6 | Veteran wing who provided lineup stability, secondary scoring, and physical defense across multiple matchups. | |
| Maurice Taylor | Sixth-Man Scoring Big | 27.7 | Medium | 11.5 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 9.6 | Offensive-minded reserve big who supplied bench scoring and mid-range spacing; limited defensively but valuable offensively. | Sixth Man of the Year Voting (2003–04) |
| Kelvin Cato | Defensive Big / Rim Runner | 25.3 | Low | 6.1 | 6.8 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 8.1 | Defense-first big relied on for rebounding and shot-blocking; low offensive involvement but strong interior presence. | |
| Clarence Weatherspoon | Energy Reserve Forward | 17.6 | Low | 5.6 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 5.7 | Veteran depth forward providing physicality, rebounding, and interior toughness in limited minutes. | |
| Eric Piatkowski | Spot-Up Shooting Wing | 14.3 | Low | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 3.3 | Bench shooter used primarily for floor spacing; offensive value tied almost entirely to perimeter shooting. | |
| Scott Padgett | Stretch Reserve Forward | 9.4 | Low | 3.4 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.3 | Low-minute stretch forward used to pull bigs away from the paint; minimal usage role. | |
| Boštjan Nachbar | Developmental Wing Scorer | 11.5 | Low | 3.1 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.0 | Young forward experimenting with perimeter scoring at the NBA level; inconsistent but flashed shooting potential. | |
| Torraye Braggs | Physical Depth Big | 12.0 | Low | 3.1 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 3.7 | End-of-rotation big providing size and rebounding in spot minutes; minimal offensive role. | |
| Moochie Norris | Backup Ballhandler | 13.4 | Low | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 3.0 | Change-of-pace guard responsible for basic ball movement and pressure defense off the bench. | |
| Mark Jackson | Veteran Playmaking Guard | 13.7 | Low | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 3.7 | Late-career floor general relied upon for organizing second units and decision-making. | |
| Mike Wilks | Depth Combo Guard | 5.6 | Very Low | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.7 | Emergency guard minutes focused on energy and ball pressure rather than scoring. | |
| Alton Ford | Developmental Big | 4.6 | Very Low | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.7 | Young reserve big used sparingly; developmental role with limited on-court impact. | |
| Charles Oakley | Veteran Enforcer | 3.6 | Very Low | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.2 | Locker-room presence and situational toughness; on-court role was symbolic and physical. | |
| Adrian Griffin | Defensive Depth Wing | 7.0 | Very Low | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.3 | Defense-first wing used situationally for perimeter defense and hustle plays. |
Playoff Team Impact Spotlight
| PLAYER NAME | ROLE TIER | MPG | USAGE TIER | PPG | RPG | APG | STK (SPG+BPG) | IMPACT INDEX* | NOTES | AWARDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Francis | Primary Creation Engine | 44.4 | Ultra-High | 19.2 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 1.6 | High | Led Rockets in playmaking and scoring in this 2004 playoff sample with MVP-caliber usage; aggressive in transition and isolation, facilitating offense and attacking closeouts; his handle and athleticism defined the team’s offense. | — |
| Jim Jackson | Two-Way Veteran Facilitator | 44.2 | High | 14.8 | 10.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | Medium-High | Seasoned wing who contributed excellent rebounding and spacing from the SF spot; provided secondary creation and strong positional defense in key matchups. | — |
| Yao Ming | Interior Focal Point | 37.0 | High | 15.0 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 1.8 | High | Anchored offense with post touches and rim scoring; rim protection and rebound gravity were central to team’s structure; consistent double-figure scoring and elite finishing efficiency. | — |
| Cuttino Mobley | Secondary Scoring Wing | 42.0 | High | 14.4 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 1.4 | Medium | Provided constant off-ball motion and perimeter scoring; capable of creating own shot but mostly functioned as complementary shooter and cutter. | — |
| Kelvin Cato | Paint Protector & Rebounder | 29.6 | Low-Medium | 5.8 | 6.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | Moderate | Big assigned to rim protection and rebounding in limited offensive role; efficient finishing around the rim and structural interior defense. | — |
| Maurice Taylor | Bench Big Scorer | 23.0 | Low | 9.8 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | Lower | Provided instant size and mid-range scoring off bench; limited usage role focused on spot offense and occasional rebounding. | — |
| Clarence Weatherspoon | Energy Reserve | 11.0 | Very Low | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | NA | Low | Veteran reserve forward delivering hustle rebounds and physicality in brief stints. | — |
| Boštjan Nachbar | Developmental Low-Usage Wing | 8.2 | Very Low | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | Low | Minimal minute scoring option, gaining experience and spacing ability in brief shifts. | — |
| Scott Padgett | Depth Forward | 3.5 | Very Low | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.6 | Very Low | End-of-rotation forward with brief playing time; short bursts of role execution. | — |
| Mark Jackson | Veteran Spot Creator | 7.6 | Very Low | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | Very Low | Experienced guard used situationally for ball distribution and game management. | — |
| Eric Piatkowski | Spot Shooting Depth | 4.0 | Very Low | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Very Low | Played single game minimal minutes; floor spacing specialist in rotation. | — |
| Mike Wilks | Emergency Reserve Guard | 2.5 | Very Low | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | Very Low | Brief appearances with limited statistical contribution. | — |