NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets101–91Detroit Pistons

Houston Rockets at Detroit Pistons

Date: Tuesday 29 December 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 81st meetingof 153 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sleepy Floyd	37:00	5–14	0–4	6–6	0	5	5	6	3	0	4	4	16
Joe Barry Carroll	36:00	10–19	0–0	5–6	5	8	13	1	1	0	1	0	25
Purvis Short	—	6–12	0–0	4–4	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	16
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	5–11	0–0	5–8	4	10	14	1	1	5	0	4	15
Allen Leavell	—	4–11	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	4	1	0	1	2	8
Jim Petersen	—	2–6	0–0	2–2	4	3	7	3	0	0	4	4	6
Rodney McCray	—	2–8	0–0	2–2	2	5	7	3	1	2	0	5	6
Cedric Maxwell	—	2–4	0–0	1–1	0	4	4	2	0	0	1	1	5
Buck Johnson	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	2
Robert Reid	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	73:00	38–90	0–5	25–29	18	38	56	24	7	7	12	22	101

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Adrian Dantley	—	6–15	0–0	6–8	1	4	5	2	0	0	2	2	18
Bill Laimbeer	—	6–12	1–2	1–1	2	13	15	1	1	0	4	5	14
William Bedford	—	6–8	0–0	2–2	6	4	10	0	1	0	0	2	14
Joe Dumars	—	3–16	0–0	7–8	0	3	3	3	1	0	2	5	13
John Salley	—	4–6	0–0	3–4	2	0	2	1	0	2	1	4	11
Dennis Rodman	—	4–8	0–0	0–0	5	8	13	2	3	0	1	2	8
Isiah Thomas	—	4–14	0–3	0–3	0	1	1	9	2	0	1	4	8
Vinnie Johnson	—	2–10	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	5
Team totals	—	35–89	1–5	20–28	17	34	51	18	8	2	11	25	91

This season

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

24 Nov 1987Detroit Pistons 97–83 Houston Rockets
29 Dec 1987101–91 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 12–12
Detroit Pistons: 17–5

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

24 Nov 1987Detroit Pistons 97–83 Houston Rockets
19 Nov 1988Detroit Pistons 98–109 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.