NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets114–111Denver Nuggets

Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets

Date: Friday 2 January 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 55th meetingof 217 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hakeem Olajuwon	10–24	0–0	12–17	4	9	13	0	0	3	4	4	32
Lewis Lloyd	9–13	0–0	1–3	0	0	0	4	2	0	4	2	19
Robert Reid	5–14	0–3	4–5	0	3	3	4	1	0	0	4	14
Rodney McCray	4–4	0–0	6–7	0	8	8	3	2	3	3	2	14
Jim Petersen	4–9	0–0	4–4	3	8	11	1	1	0	2	4	12
Ralph Sampson	4–9	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	0	0	1	1	6	10
Dirk Minniefield	4–6	0–0	1–3	1	3	4	5	1	0	4	3	9
Mitchell Wiggins	1–4	0–0	2–2	3	3	6	1	0	0	1	2	4
Team totals	41–83	0–3	32–43	11	37	48	18	7	7	19	27	114

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	9–27	0–0	7–9	4	3	7	6	2	0	5	2	25
Fat Lever	9–17	0–2	5–5	4	7	11	12	1	1	3	5	23
Danny Schayes	8–15	0–0	6–8	3	11	14	2	1	1	1	5	22
Bill Hanzlik	5–16	0–1	5–7	0	2	2	4	3	0	2	5	15
Mike Evans	3–6	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	8
Wayne Cooper	4–9	0–0	0–0	3	3	6	0	0	1	1	4	8
T.R. Dunn	2–4	0–0	2–2	1	3	4	3	0	0	0	2	6
Blair Rasmussen	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Mark Alarie	0–1	0–0	2–2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Darrell Walker	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Maurice Martin	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0
Team totals	41–98	0–3	29–35	17	32	49	28	8	4	16	28	111

This season

Denver Nuggets 3, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1986-87.

2 Jan 1987114–111 this game
3 Feb 1987Denver Nuggets 107–105 Houston Rockets
23 Feb 1987Denver Nuggets 108–124 Houston Rockets
24 Feb 1987Houston Rockets 105–134 Denver Nuggets
11 Apr 1987Denver Nuggets 103–113 Houston Rockets
18 Apr 1987Houston Rockets 117–126 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 11–17
Denver Nuggets: 13–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 105, Houston Rockets 112.

8 May 1986Houston Rockets 126–122 Denver Nuggets
3 Feb 1987Denver Nuggets 107–105 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.