NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets110–121Los Angeles Lakers

Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Monday 18 January 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 108th meetingof 285 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sleepy Floyd	28:00	6–13	1–1	2–3	1	5	6	7	0	0	2	3	15
Joe Barry Carroll	27:00	9–16	0–0	3–4	1	6	7	3	0	2	1	1	21
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	11–18	0–0	2–4	4	5	9	5	1	2	1	3	24
Buck Johnson	—	6–9	0–0	0–1	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	5	12
Purvis Short	—	5–14	1–1	0–0	1	3	4	3	1	0	2	3	11
Jim Petersen	—	4–8	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	9
Rodney McCray	—	3–6	0–0	0–2	5	2	7	2	1	0	2	2	6
Allen Leavell	—	2–8	0–2	0–0	1	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	4
Robert Reid	—	2–3	0–1	0–1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4
World B. Free	—	2–5	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4
Team totals	55:00	50–100	2–6	8–17	15	25	40	28	8	5	11	23	110

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Magic Johnson	—	15–20	0–0	9–10	0	5	5	17	2	0	5	2	39
Byron Scott	—	10–12	0–0	2–2	0	5	5	6	2	0	1	2	22
James Worthy	—	9–15	0–0	4–4	0	7	7	3	1	1	1	4	22
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	—	8–12	0–0	4–5	0	5	5	1	0	1	0	3	20
Mychal Thompson	—	5–9	0–0	0–3	3	0	3	1	0	0	2	4	10
A.C. Green	—	2–7	0–0	0–0	2	7	9	2	0	1	1	1	4
Michael Cooper	—	1–5	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	2
Mike Smrek	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	1	0	1	2
Kurt Rambis	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
Team totals	—	51–85	0–1	19–24	8	33	41	34	6	4	10	19	121

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 4, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1987-88.

8 Nov 1987Houston Rockets 92–101 Los Angeles Lakers
18 Jan 1988110–121 this game
18 Feb 1988Los Angeles Lakers 111–96 Houston Rockets
22 Mar 1988Houston Rockets 95–117 Los Angeles Lakers
17 Apr 1988Los Angeles Lakers 119–127 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 20–14
Los Angeles Lakers: 27–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 179, Houston Rockets 106.

8 Nov 1987Houston Rockets 92–101 Los Angeles Lakers
18 Feb 1988Los Angeles Lakers 111–96 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.