NBA 1985-86Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets98–94Cleveland Cavaliers

Houston Rockets at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday 17 December 1985
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1985-86Regular season
Meeting: 66th meetingof 144 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Lewis Lloyd	15–23	0–0	8–9	2	1	3	4	1	2	2	2	38
Hakeem Olajuwon	6–16	0–0	5–7	4	5	9	1	1	3	2	5	17
Rodney McCray	5–12	0–0	3–3	2	5	7	3	1	2	0	0	13
Ralph Sampson	5–14	0–0	2–3	5	9	14	5	1	5	4	4	12
John Lucas	3–11	0–2	1–2	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	7
Robert Reid	3–11	0–0	1–4	3	2	5	1	5	0	2	3	7
Jim Petersen	2–2	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	2	0	0	1	0	4
Allen Leavell	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0
Mitchell Wiggins	0–4	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	39–94	0–2	20–28	20	26	46	20	11	12	12	17	98

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Roy Hinson	12–18	0–0	0–0	0	7	7	0	0	3	1	2	24
World B. Free	8–23	2–5	5–6	2	4	6	8	2	0	3	3	23
Mark West	5–5	0–0	2–2	4	6	10	0	0	1	1	5	12
Melvin Turpin	6–9	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	2	1	0	1	3	12
John Bagley	3–9	0–0	0–0	1	5	6	11	1	0	3	3	6
Lonnie Shelton	3–6	0–0	0–0	3	2	5	2	0	0	3	4	6
Dirk Minniefield	2–6	0–0	1–1	1	3	4	3	1	0	1	1	5
Ben Poquette	2–5	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	4	4
Keith Lee	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	2
Johnny Davis	0–5	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0
Team totals	42–90	2–7	8–9	13	32	45	26	6	5	18	28	94

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 0, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1985-86.

17 Dec 198598–94 this game
28 Jan 1986Cleveland Cavaliers 109–116 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 17–8
Cleveland Cavaliers: 11–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 51, Houston Rockets 93.

16 Feb 1985Houston Rockets 122–115 Cleveland Cavaliers
28 Jan 1986Cleveland Cavaliers 109–116 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.