NBA 1985-86Regular season

Final

New York Knicks95–104Houston Rockets

New York Knicks at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 18 January 1986
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1985-86Regular season
Meeting: 82nd meetingof 160 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Patrick Ewing	11–22	0–0	3–4	2	6	8	2	0	1	4	5	25
Darrell Walker	7–13	0–2	1–2	0	3	3	1	2	0	5	5	15
Rory Sparrow	7–14	0–0	1–1	1	2	3	5	4	0	5	4	15
Gerald Wilkins	5–10	0–0	2–6	3	2	5	5	1	0	4	3	12
Ken Bannister	4–5	0–0	2–2	1	4	5	1	0	0	4	4	10
Louis Orr	3–10	0–0	4–4	3	2	5	3	0	1	0	2	10
James Bailey	3–6	0–0	2–2	3	7	10	1	0	2	2	5	8
Bob Thornton	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Ernie Grunfeld	0–2	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	40–82	0–3	15–21	13	26	39	23	8	4	24	30	95

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ralph Sampson	11–20	0–1	4–6	3	7	10	8	2	1	3	6	26
Hakeem Olajuwon	10–18	0–0	4–7	1	5	6	0	6	2	1	6	24
Mitchell Wiggins	4–7	0–0	7–9	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	15
Robert Reid	5–7	0–0	1–3	0	5	5	2	1	0	2	2	11
Lewis Lloyd	5–12	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	1	0	3	1	10
Rodney McCray	3–6	0–0	4–5	5	3	8	8	1	0	2	2	10
Jim Petersen	2–4	0–0	1–2	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	5
John Lucas	1–3	0–0	1–2	0	3	3	8	0	0	3	3	3
Allen Leavell	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	41–78	0–1	22–34	9	27	36	36	11	3	15	22	104

This season

Houston Rockets 2, New York Knicks 0 in NBA 1985-86.

18 Jan 198695–104 this game
22 Mar 1986Houston Rockets 114–99 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 14–25
Houston Rockets: 26–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 79, New York Knicks 81.

14 Feb 1985Houston Rockets 113–105 New York Knicks
22 Mar 1986Houston Rockets 114–99 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.