NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets99–122Boston Celtics

Houston Rockets at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 18 January 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 102nd meetingof 178 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hakeem Olajuwon	8–13	0–0	4–6	1	8	9	0	1	0	3	4	20
Robert Reid	8–18	2–4	2–2	0	1	1	4	1	0	4	3	20
Steve Harris	7–12	0–0	4–5	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	18
Rodney McCray	5–10	0–1	2–3	3	1	4	3	2	1	3	4	12
Jim Petersen	1–3	0–0	5–6	1	5	6	1	1	0	3	2	7
Ralph Sampson	1–8	0–0	4–4	2	4	6	3	0	1	3	4	6
Cedric Maxwell	2–4	0–0	1–3	0	3	3	3	0	1	0	3	5
Allen Leavell	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	3	4
Richard Anderson	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	1	1	1	4
Dirk Minniefield	1–7	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	1	2
Dave Feitl	0–0	0–0	1–2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
Team totals	37–81	2–5	23–31	9	28	37	22	6	4	22	28	99

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	10–20	2–5	10–11	2	7	9	9	5	1	5	3	32
Kevin McHale	7–15	0–0	5–6	3	6	9	1	2	0	0	3	19
Robert Parish	7–17	0–0	4–5	2	5	7	1	1	1	3	3	18
Dennis Johnson	4–7	0–0	6–6	0	3	3	9	3	0	2	3	14
Jerry Sichting	5–8	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	10
Darren Daye	3–3	0–0	1–1	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	1	7
Sam Vincent	3–6	0–0	1–1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	7
Greg Kite	2–3	0–0	2–3	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	5	6
Danny Ainge	2–8	1–2	0–0	2	2	4	3	3	0	2	3	5
Conner Henry	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Rick Carlisle	0–3	0–0	2–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Fred Roberts	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	44–93	3–7	31–35	11	33	44	30	16	2	14	25	122

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Houston Rockets 0 in NBA 1986-87.

18 Jan 198799–122 this game
19 Feb 1987Boston Celtics 99–92 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 18–18
Boston Celtics: 26–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 115, Houston Rockets 63.

8 Jun 1986Houston Rockets 97–114 Boston Celtics
19 Feb 1987Boston Celtics 99–92 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.