NBA 1985-86Regular season

Final

Dallas Mavericks120–123Houston Rockets

Dallas Mavericks at Houston Rockets

Date: Thursday 12 December 1985
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1985-86Regular season
Meeting: 33rd meetingof 221 played

Dallas Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sam Perkins	11–16	0–0	9–12	4	16	20	7	1	1	3	5	31
Jay Vincent	11–20	0–0	3–4	1	5	6	3	0	0	4	4	25
Rolando Blackman	7–19	0–2	7–8	1	3	4	0	1	1	5	4	21
James Donaldson	5–6	0–0	6–6	2	5	7	3	0	0	0	2	16
Brad Davis	5–8	0–1	3–3	0	2	2	8	1	0	2	0	13
Derek Harper	4–9	0–1	0–0	1	5	6	1	2	1	4	5	8
Dale Ellis	2–3	1–1	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6
Uwe Blab	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	3	0
Team totals	45–82	1–5	29–35	9	37	46	23	5	3	22	24	120

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hakeem Olajuwon	12–25	0–0	3–5	7	8	15	0	3	1	1	4	27
Ralph Sampson	8–23	0–0	0–2	4	7	11	8	2	1	4	5	16
Lewis Lloyd	6–13	0–0	3–3	3	2	5	7	2	1	1	3	15
John Lucas	6–12	1–1	0–0	1	1	2	4	0	0	1	2	13
Robert Reid	5–8	0–0	3–3	0	3	3	2	1	0	2	2	13
Rodney McCray	5–9	0–0	3–5	1	4	5	2	0	2	0	2	13
Allen Leavell	6–9	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	2	12
Jim Petersen	2–3	0–0	3–3	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	3	7
Mitchell Wiggins	1–3	0–0	5–6	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	7
Team totals	51–105	1–1	20–27	17	25	42	31	10	6	11	26	123

This season

Houston Rockets 5, Dallas Mavericks 1 in NBA 1985-86.

9 Nov 1985Houston Rockets 115–110 Dallas Mavericks
16 Nov 1985Dallas Mavericks 117–122 Houston Rockets
12 Dec 1985120–123 this game
19 Jan 1986Houston Rockets 96–131 Dallas Mavericks
21 Feb 1986Houston Rockets 111–104 Dallas Mavericks
24 Feb 1986Dallas Mavericks 105–110 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Dallas Mavericks: 11–10
Houston Rockets: 16–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 115, Dallas Mavericks 106.

16 Nov 1985Dallas Mavericks 117–122 Houston Rockets
19 Jan 1986Houston Rockets 96–131 Dallas Mavericks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.