Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Steve Francis and Vitaly Potapenko

This is the detail of NBA games in which Steve Francis and Vitaly Potapenko played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 12 times in NBA games. Vitaly Potapenko has a 7-5 winning record over Steve Francis. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Steve Francis:
1999-00 to 2007-08
Vitaly Potapenko:
1996-97 to 2006-07
12 Games played
12 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Steve Francis
5
5
0
Vitaly Potapenko
7
7
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Steve Francis 17.2 6.8 5.6 1.40.3
Vitaly Potapenko 4.8 3.5 0.40.30.1
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Steve Francis 35 15 10 31
Vitaly Potapenko 17 8 2 21
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Steve Francis 10

games
6

games
12

games
10

games
4

games
Vitaly Potapenko 2

games
4

games
0

games
0

games
1

game
Both had same stat 0

games
2

games
0

games
2

games
7

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1999-00 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 10, 1999
1. Rockets 96   Steve Francis 10 2 5 1 0 8 2 30 5-12 .417 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Celtics 100   Vitaly Potapenko 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 18 3-6 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Dec. 18, 1999
2. Rockets 100   Steve Francis 15 6 4 1 1 4 5 36 3-8 .375 0-0 - 9-10 .900
Celtics 94   Vitaly Potapenko 8 6 1 0 0 2 3 30 3-8 .375 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
2000-01 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 22, 2000
3. Rockets 81   Steve Francis 6 6 4 1 0 2 4 27 2-7 .286 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000
Celtics 96   Vitaly Potapenko 9 8 1 1 0 3 1 17 4-6 .667 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Feb. 20, 2001
4. Rockets 101   Steve Francis 19 10 8 3 0 4 1 39 7-17 .412 1-5 .200 4-6 .667
Celtics 84   Vitaly Potapenko 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 26 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
2001-02 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 18, 2002
5. Rockets 104   Steve Francis 26 15 10 1 0 5 3 45 7-20 .350 2-5 .400 10-13 .769
Celtics 101   Vitaly Potapenko 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 16 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 23, 2002
6. Rockets 99   Steve Francis 11 9 8 3 0 7 2 38 3-15 .200 0-3 .000 5-6 .833
Celtics 89   Vitaly Potapenko 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 20 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
2003-04 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 29, 2003
7. Rockets 88   Steve Francis 28 6 1 2 0 2 5 43 8-17 .471 1-7 .143 11-14 .786
Supersonics 95   Vitaly Potapenko 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 24 2-5 .400 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Dec. 29, 2003
8. Rockets 86   Steve Francis 12 6 6 2 1 5 5 37 4-12 .333 2-3 .667 2-4 .500
Supersonics 87   Vitaly Potapenko 4 2 0 0 0 0 5 13 2-3 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 29, 2004
9. Rockets 80   Steve Francis 15 5 7 1 1 3 4 40 4-18 .222 1-7 .143 6-6 1.000
Supersonics 97   Vitaly Potapenko 17 6 2 0 0 3 5 27 6-11 .545 0-0 - 5-7 .714
2004-05 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 05, 2005
10. Magic 105   Steve Francis 35 11 6 1 1 8 3 39 14-24 .583 3-3 1.000 4-4 1.000
Supersonics 87   Vitaly Potapenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 18, 2005
11. Magic 90   Steve Francis 19 4 5 0 0 1 2 40 8-20 .400 2-4 .500 1-3 .333
Supersonics 98   Vitaly Potapenko 6 7 0 0 0 0 4 16 3-4 .750 0-0 - 0-0 -
2005-06 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 11, 2006
12. Magic 104   Steve Francis 10 1 3 1 0 6 2 27 4-6 .667 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Supersonics 113   Vitaly Potapenko 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 02 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -