NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets111–114New Jersey Nets

Houston Rockets at New Jersey Nets

Date: Tuesday 17 November 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 33rd meetingof 108 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ralph Sampson	31:00	12–22	0–1	2–2	4	6	10	2	1	2	1	4	26
Steve Harris	8:00	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2
World B. Free	—	6–13	0–2	5–7	1	3	4	1	2	1	0	0	17
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	6–11	0–0	3–5	4	2	6	1	1	4	2	5	15
Allen Leavell	—	6–13	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	4	13
Cedric Maxwell	—	4–10	0–0	4–6	1	4	5	0	1	0	1	4	12
Rodney McCray	—	4–10	0–0	2–2	3	3	6	1	2	0	1	4	10
Andre Turner	—	1–4	1–1	2–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	5
Lester Conner	—	1–2	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	4
Purvis Short	—	2–6	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	4
Richard Anderson	—	1–1	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Buck Johnson	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
Team totals	39:00	44–95	3–7	20–26	13	23	36	13	10	9	8	28	111

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Buck Williams	41:00	6–12	0–0	5–9	3	10	13	6	1	0	4	2	17
Orlando Woolridge	38:00	10–16	0–0	9–10	4	5	9	4	0	2	2	4	29
Mike Gminski	30:00	3–10	0–0	6–10	3	9	12	0	0	0	4	2	12
Pearl Washington	30:00	4–6	0–0	3–3	0	0	0	7	1	0	2	1	11
Otis Birdsong	26:00	2–6	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	4
Ben Coleman	25:00	9–14	0–0	0–1	2	6	8	2	0	2	2	2	18
Dennis Hopson	22:00	4–5	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	8
John Bagley	18:00	4–5	1–1	2–2	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	11
Adrian Branch	10:00	1–3	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	4
Team totals	240:00	43–77	1–1	27–37	12	35	47	24	5	5	18	19	114

This season

Brooklyn Nets 1, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1987-88.

17 Nov 1987111–114 this game
4 Feb 1988New Jersey Nets 87–115 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 5–1
New Jersey Nets: 0–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Brooklyn Nets 40, Houston Rockets 68.

12 Feb 1987Houston Rockets 121–99 New Jersey Nets
4 Feb 1988New Jersey Nets 87–115 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.