NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets105–97Cleveland Cavaliers

Houston Rockets at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Thursday 19 November 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 70th meetingof 144 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ralph Sampson	28:00	5–10	0–0	2–4	2	6	8	1	2	2	3	6	12
Steve Harris	24:00	6–9	0–0	5–6	1	1	2	5	1	0	0	1	17
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	11–20	0–0	5–9	2	9	11	1	8	5	8	4	27
Rodney McCray	—	6–10	0–0	0–0	2	5	7	6	0	0	1	2	12
World B. Free	—	2–7	0–0	6–6	0	4	4	2	1	0	3	4	10
Purvis Short	—	3–7	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	8
Allen Leavell	—	2–5	0–1	2–2	0	2	2	5	0	0	2	1	6
Andre Turner	—	1–5	0–1	3–4	1	1	2	3	1	0	1	2	5
Cedric Maxwell	—	2–4	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	0	2	0	2	4	4
Lester Conner	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Richard Anderson	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	52:00	40–81	0–2	25–33	12	30	42	23	16	7	22	26	105

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Brad Daugherty	—	10–22	0–0	4–4	4	8	12	4	0	0	3	5	24
Dell Curry	—	4–9	0–1	6–6	2	2	4	3	2	0	5	4	14
Mark West	—	5–9	0–0	4–6	0	3	3	1	2	1	5	6	14
Kevin Johnson	—	4–8	0–1	3–4	1	2	3	5	3	0	1	3	11
Craig Ehlo	—	5–8	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	2	2	1	0	1	10
Mark Price	—	4–10	0–1	0–0	2	2	4	4	2	1	5	1	8
Phil Hubbard	—	2–5	0–0	4–4	1	2	3	1	2	0	1	3	8
Hot Rod Williams	—	1–6	0–0	2–7	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	2	4
Tyrone Corbin	—	1–1	0–0	2–2	2	6	8	1	3	0	1	3	4
Johnny Rogers	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	—	36–79	0–3	25–33	14	28	42	22	17	3	23	28	97

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 1, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1987-88.

19 Nov 1987105–97 this game
28 Jan 1988Cleveland Cavaliers 109–85 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 5–2
Cleveland Cavaliers: 2–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 51, Houston Rockets 93.

19 Jan 1987Houston Rockets 127–103 Cleveland Cavaliers
28 Jan 1988Cleveland Cavaliers 109–85 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.