NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns106–102Houston Rockets

Phoenix Suns at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 16 December 1986
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 87th meetingof 244 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Davis	8–15	0–0	8–11	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	24
Alvan Adams	8–15	0–0	4–6	7	1	8	6	2	1	0	4	20
Jay Humphries	7–11	0–0	5–5	0	3	3	4	3	0	2	3	19
Kenny Gattison	5–10	0–0	2–2	0	6	6	0	0	1	0	3	12
Grant Gondrezick	2–4	0–0	3–4	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	7
Rafael Addison	2–7	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6
William Bedford	3–6	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	0	1	2	1	1	6
Jeff Hornacek	2–3	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	5	2	0	3	0	5
Mike Sanders	2–8	0–0	1–2	1	4	5	1	6	1	1	2	5
Ed Pinckney	1–5	0–0	0–0	3	5	8	1	0	0	3	3	2
Team totals	40–84	0–0	26–34	14	23	37	19	15	5	16	23	106

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hakeem Olajuwon	8–16	0–0	8–15	10	11	21	1	0	0	3	3	24
Ralph Sampson	10–20	0–0	2–2	3	10	13	7	1	1	5	4	22
Steve Harris	7–16	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	3	1	0	3	5	14
Dirk Minniefield	5–13	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	5	4	0	2	2	10
Rodney McCray	4–8	0–1	2–3	3	2	5	5	1	0	4	1	10
Lewis Lloyd	3–5	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	8
Mitchell Wiggins	4–9	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	4	1	0	2	6	8
Buck Johnson	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	1	4
Jim Petersen	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	2
Team totals	44–92	0–1	14–22	21	28	49	34	8	3	22	26	102

This season

Houston Rockets 3, Phoenix Suns 2 in NBA 1986-87.

10 Dec 1986Houston Rockets 117–109 Phoenix Suns
16 Dec 1986106–102 this game
13 Jan 1987Phoenix Suns 100–118 Houston Rockets
18 Mar 1987Houston Rockets 113–91 Phoenix Suns
1 Apr 1987Houston Rockets 104–117 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 11–11
Houston Rockets: 9–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 123, Phoenix Suns 121.

10 Dec 1986Houston Rockets 117–109 Phoenix Suns
13 Jan 1987Phoenix Suns 100–118 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.