NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets121–117Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 19 December 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 63rd meetingof 217 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	—	11–25	0–0	5–6	1	2	3	3	3	0	4	2	27
Jay Vincent	—	8–17	0–1	6–7	3	4	7	3	3	1	0	1	22
Fat Lever	—	9–19	0–0	3–5	2	7	9	6	6	0	7	4	21
Michael Adams	—	5–9	2–4	4–4	1	2	3	9	3	0	1	2	16
Mike Evans	—	7–9	1–3	0–0	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	2	15
Wayne Cooper	—	5–11	0–0	0–0	3	6	9	0	0	1	2	6	10
Danny Schayes	—	2–6	0–0	2–2	1	4	5	1	1	0	1	6	6
Blair Rasmussen	—	1–5	0–0	2–2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4
T.R. Dunn	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	—	48–101	3–8	22–26	15	26	41	28	16	2	15	24	121

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sleepy Floyd	43:00	9–24	0–1	5–7	6	7	13	10	1	1	6	3	23
Joe Barry Carroll	18:00	5–11	0–0	5–5	3	1	4	2	2	1	1	0	15
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	8–16	0–0	7–8	7	6	13	2	4	4	6	5	23
Purvis Short	—	8–16	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	18
Jim Petersen	—	6–9	1–1	4–4	4	9	13	2	0	2	4	2	17
Rodney McCray	—	5–10	0–0	2–2	1	7	8	2	1	1	1	1	12
Allen Leavell	—	4–7	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	4	1	1	4	2	8
Robert Reid	—	0–2	0–1	1–2	2	3	5	1	0	0	1	4	1
Team totals	61:00	45–95	1–3	26–30	23	37	60	24	9	10	24	21	117

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Denver Nuggets 4 in NBA 1987-88.

1 Dec 1987Denver Nuggets 101–106 Houston Rockets
16 Dec 1987Houston Rockets 113–132 Denver Nuggets
19 Dec 1987121–117 this game
8 Mar 1988Houston Rockets 113–103 Denver Nuggets
5 Apr 1988Denver Nuggets 110–97 Houston Rockets
15 Apr 1988Houston Rockets 125–132 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 13–8
Houston Rockets: 11–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 112, Denver Nuggets 105.

16 Dec 1987Houston Rockets 113–132 Denver Nuggets
8 Mar 1988Houston Rockets 113–103 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.