NBA 1985-86Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets111–116Los Angeles Lakers

Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Sunday 16 March 1986
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1985-86Regular season
Meeting: 94th meetingof 285 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ralph Sampson	9–22	0–2	9–10	6	10	16	7	4	2	5	4	27
Hakeem Olajuwon	7–11	0–0	7–10	5	5	10	2	5	2	4	6	21
Robert Reid	9–14	1–1	2–3	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	21
Steve Harris	6–8	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	12
Rodney McCray	5–9	0–0	0–0	4	1	5	10	0	0	1	2	10
Allen Leavell	3–14	0–0	3–5	0	1	1	6	0	0	2	4	9
Lewis Lloyd	3–14	0–0	3–4	3	0	3	5	0	0	0	3	9
Jim Petersen	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	0	1	0	0	4	2
Mitchell Wiggins	0–4	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	43–98	1–3	24–32	20	24	44	32	10	4	14	28	111

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	16–24	0–0	11–16	3	4	7	3	2	1	4	4	43
Magic Johnson	7–12	0–0	5–6	2	10	12	12	2	0	6	1	19
James Worthy	7–12	0–0	3–5	3	4	7	3	0	1	4	3	17
Byron Scott	8–12	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	2	2	0	3	2	16
Michael Cooper	1–1	0–0	7–9	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	4	9
A.C. Green	2–5	0–0	3–4	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	4	7
Mike McGee	1–3	0–0	1–2	1	3	4	0	1	0	0	2	3
Larry Spriggs	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2
Kurt Rambis	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	2	0	1	2	4	0
Team totals	43–73	0–1	30–42	10	28	38	30	8	5	22	25	116

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 5, Houston Rockets 5 in NBA 1985-86.

6 Dec 1985Houston Rockets 112–120 Los Angeles Lakers
6 Feb 1986Los Angeles Lakers 117–95 Houston Rockets
16 Mar 1986111–116 this game
6 Apr 1986Los Angeles Lakers 103–109 Houston Rockets
10 Apr 1986Houston Rockets 113–117 Los Angeles Lakers
10 May 1986Houston Rockets 107–119 Los Angeles Lakers
13 May 1986Houston Rockets 112–102 Los Angeles Lakers
16 May 1986Los Angeles Lakers 109–117 Houston Rockets
18 May 1986Los Angeles Lakers 95–105 Houston Rockets
21 May 1986Houston Rockets 114–112 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 42–25
Los Angeles Lakers: 50–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 179, Houston Rockets 106.

6 Feb 1986Los Angeles Lakers 117–95 Houston Rockets
6 Apr 1986Los Angeles Lakers 103–109 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.