NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets103–112Chicago Bulls

Houston Rockets at Chicago Bulls

Date: Saturday 12 December 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 79th meetingof 151 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ralph Sampson	40:00	7–15	0–0	6–7	5	7	12	3	0	1	2	3	20
Steve Harris	1:00	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	12–25	0–0	7–10	1	7	8	1	1	1	1	4	31
World B. Free	—	6–11	0–1	4–4	2	0	2	1	2	0	4	3	16
Allen Leavell	—	6–15	1–3	2–3	0	2	2	15	1	0	2	3	15
Buck Johnson	—	2–6	0–0	2–3	1	2	3	4	2	1	0	2	6
Purvis Short	—	3–8	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	2	6
Rodney McCray	—	1–3	0–0	3–4	4	4	8	2	0	0	4	2	5
Jim Petersen	—	2–4	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	1	2	2	2	4
Lester Conner	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Robert Reid	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	0
Team totals	41:00	39–90	1–4	24–31	16	28	44	28	7	6	17	23	103

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sedale Threatt	5:00	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Jordan	—	16–28	0–0	12–12	0	3	3	9	5	5	3	3	44
Charles Oakley	—	8–15	0–0	3–4	4	10	14	8	1	0	4	3	19
John Paxson	—	6–11	2–3	0–0	0	1	1	9	1	0	0	1	14
Scottie Pippen	—	5–8	0–0	2–4	0	1	1	2	2	0	4	3	12
Horace Grant	—	4–5	0–0	3–3	2	6	8	2	0	1	3	5	11
Artis Gilmore	—	1–2	0–0	2–6	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	4	4
Dave Corzine	—	2–6	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	4
Brad Sellers	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	2
Rory Sparrow	—	0–1	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	5:00	43–82	2–3	24–31	9	27	36	33	11	7	14	23	112

This season

Chicago Bulls 2, Houston Rockets 0 in NBA 1987-88.

28 Nov 1987Chicago Bulls 98–86 Houston Rockets
12 Dec 1987103–112 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 11–7
Chicago Bulls: 13–6

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 74, Houston Rockets 77.

28 Nov 1987Chicago Bulls 98–86 Houston Rockets
3 Feb 1989Chicago Bulls 98–105 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.