NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Utah Jazz98–97Denver Nuggets

Utah Jazz at Denver Nuggets

Date: Tuesday 29 December 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 72nd meetingof 244 played

Utah Jazz

Utah Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Karl Malone	40:00	14–21	0–0	9–11	1	12	13	2	1	0	4	4	37
Mark Eaton	38:00	3–9	0–0	2–4	3	7	10	0	2	4	4	6	8
John Stockton	37:00	9–11	0–0	3–5	0	2	2	8	6	1	4	5	21
Thurl Bailey	35:00	3–11	0–0	4–4	1	2	3	4	1	2	6	1	10
Kelly Tripucka	30:00	2–5	0–2	5–6	0	2	2	6	0	0	1	0	9
Carey Scurry	14:00	2–5	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	0	3	3	4
Rickey Green	14:00	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	0
Darrell Griffith	11:00	3–7	0–0	1–1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	7
Marc Iavaroni	9:00	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	1	3	4	0
Melvin Turpin	8:00	1–5	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Hansen	4:00	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	37–78	0–2	24–31	7	33	40	25	12	8	26	28	98

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Danny Schayes	—	8–13	0–0	11–12	6	5	11	1	1	2	2	4	27
Alex English	—	9–21	0–0	6–7	5	6	11	2	2	0	7	4	24
Jay Vincent	—	4–16	0–0	6–8	2	6	8	2	1	1	2	5	14
Fat Lever	—	4–11	0–0	2–6	2	9	11	6	3	0	4	4	10
Mike Evans	—	2–11	0–0	4–4	0	2	2	3	3	0	1	1	8
Blair Rasmussen	—	2–7	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
T.R. Dunn	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	4
Wayne Cooper	—	2–8	0–0	0–0	3	6	9	3	3	2	4	4	4
Michael Adams	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Bill Hanzlik	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	0
Team totals	—	34–91	0–0	29–37	18	36	54	17	15	5	23	28	97

This season

Denver Nuggets 2, Utah Jazz 4 in NBA 1987-88.

17 Nov 1987Denver Nuggets 110–120 Utah Jazz
29 Dec 198798–97 this game
14 Feb 1988Utah Jazz 93–107 Denver Nuggets
24 Feb 1988Denver Nuggets 123–120 Utah Jazz
14 Mar 1988Utah Jazz 116–115 Denver Nuggets
18 Mar 1988Denver Nuggets 111–118 Utah Jazz

Records going in

Utah Jazz: 12–14
Denver Nuggets: 16–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 109, Utah Jazz 135.

17 Nov 1987Denver Nuggets 110–120 Utah Jazz
14 Feb 1988Utah Jazz 93–107 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.