NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons97–83Houston Rockets

Detroit Pistons at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 24 November 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 80th meetingof 153 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Vinnie Johnson	—	9–20	0–0	8–10	1	4	5	4	2	1	2	2	26
Joe Dumars	—	6–12	0–0	4–7	2	6	8	9	1	0	4	3	16
Dennis Rodman	—	6–11	0–0	2–2	4	6	10	1	2	0	1	3	14
Rick Mahorn	—	5–7	0–1	3–4	3	3	6	1	1	0	4	4	13
Bill Laimbeer	—	3–10	0–1	2–2	0	7	7	1	2	1	0	3	8
John Salley	—	4–6	0–0	0–2	4	3	7	2	0	3	0	4	8
Adrian Dantley	—	1–10	0–0	4–4	0	3	3	3	0	0	4	2	6
Isiah Thomas	—	3–5	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	1	1	0	1	1	6
William Bedford	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	—	37–81	0–2	23–31	14	36	50	22	9	5	16	22	97

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ralph Sampson	43:00	3–13	0–0	2–4	3	4	7	1	1	0	4	2	8
Steve Harris	12:00	0–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	10–16	0–0	1–4	5	10	15	2	0	3	6	4	21
Allen Leavell	—	6–14	3–6	2–3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	17
Rodney McCray	—	5–9	0–0	2–2	4	6	10	3	0	1	1	5	12
Purvis Short	—	1–7	0–0	6–8	0	1	1	5	1	0	1	2	8
Cedric Maxwell	—	1–3	0–0	4–4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	6
World B. Free	—	2–6	0–2	1–2	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	3	5
Richard Anderson	—	1–6	1–6	1–2	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	4
Lester Conner	—	1–5	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	3	1	0	3	0	2
Andre Turner	—	0–1	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Buck Johnson	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	55:00	30–84	4–16	19–29	19	26	45	16	4	4	18	24	83

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Detroit Pistons 1 in NBA 1987-88.

24 Nov 198797–83 this game
29 Dec 1987Houston Rockets 101–91 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 5–3
Houston Rockets: 6–3

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 76, Detroit Pistons 77.

23 Mar 1987Detroit Pistons 114–110 Houston Rockets
29 Dec 1987Houston Rockets 101–91 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.