NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

New York Knicks95–109Houston Rockets

New York Knicks at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 23 January 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 85th meetingof 160 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Gerald Henderson	21:00	1–9	0–2	2–2	2	1	3	4	1	0	1	1	4
Gerald Wilkins	—	12–19	1–2	1–3	3	1	4	3	1	0	2	4	26
Patrick Ewing	—	9–24	0–0	4–8	1	5	6	0	2	1	5	5	22
Bill Cartwright	—	5–11	0–0	3–4	3	5	8	1	0	0	3	3	13
Trent Tucker	—	5–11	1–4	1–2	3	0	3	5	2	0	3	0	12
Jawann Oldham	—	3–7	0–0	0–2	2	8	10	1	1	2	0	4	6
Rory Sparrow	—	3–6	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	14	1	0	1	2	6
Kenny Walker	—	2–5	0–0	0–0	2	5	7	2	1	1	3	3	4
Chris McNealy	—	0–1	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	2	2
Team totals	21:00	40–93	2–9	13–23	16	30	46	30	10	4	18	24	95

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ralph Sampson	—	10–20	0–0	2–4	1	16	17	5	0	1	2	2	22
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	9–20	0–0	0–2	7	6	13	6	0	4	2	5	18
Robert Reid	—	8–13	0–2	0–1	0	3	3	3	1	0	1	4	16
Rodney McCray	—	4–7	0–0	4–6	1	10	11	9	0	0	3	0	12
Steve Harris	—	4–8	0–1	4–4	2	1	3	1	1	0	3	0	12
Jim Petersen	—	4–8	0–0	1–3	4	2	6	0	1	0	2	3	9
Cedric Maxwell	—	2–3	0–0	4–6	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	8
Dirk Minniefield	—	3–9	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	6	3	1	3	4	8
Allen Leavell	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4
Team totals	—	46–91	0–3	17–28	15	41	56	34	6	6	18	20	109

This season

Houston Rockets 1, New York Knicks 1 in NBA 1986-87.

25 Nov 1986Houston Rockets 93–102 New York Knicks
23 Jan 198795–109 this game

Records going in

New York Knicks: 13–26
Houston Rockets: 20–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

25 Nov 1986Houston Rockets 93–102 New York Knicks
24 Mar 1988New York Knicks 117–134 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.