NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers111–96Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

Date: Thursday 18 February 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 109th meetingof 285 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Byron Scott	—	10–21	2–3	5–6	1	6	7	5	3	0	4	1	27
Magic Johnson	—	10–17	1–2	5–6	0	5	5	7	1	0	2	2	26
James Worthy	—	8–10	0–0	1–1	1	4	5	4	1	0	1	4	17
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	—	8–11	0–0	0–0	2	6	8	2	0	2	5	1	16
A.C. Green	—	4–9	0–0	0–0	1	9	10	1	0	0	4	3	8
Michael Cooper	—	2–5	0–2	0–0	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	2	4
Ray Tolbert	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Kurt Rambis	—	0–1	0–0	3–4	1	6	7	0	0	0	1	2	3
Mike Smrek	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	6	2
Milt Wagner	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Wes Matthews	—	0–2	0–0	2–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	—	46–84	3–7	16–21	7	39	46	20	6	4	19	22	111

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sleepy Floyd	30:00	4–12	0–3	4–4	0	1	1	6	2	0	1	4	12
Joe Barry Carroll	19:00	2–7	0–0	1–2	0	3	3	1	1	1	0	1	5
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	7–19	0–0	6–7	5	15	20	0	3	1	4	4	20
Purvis Short	—	6–13	0–0	5–6	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	0	17
Allen Leavell	—	5–8	0–0	3–3	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	13
Jim Petersen	—	4–5	0–0	4–4	0	7	7	1	2	0	1	1	12
Robert Reid	—	2–8	0–2	0–0	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	2	4
Rodney McCray	—	1–6	0–0	2–4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	4
World B. Free	—	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4
Cedric Maxwell	—	1–1	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3
Lester Conner	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Buck Johnson	—	0–4	0–1	0–0	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	49:00	35–88	0–6	26–32	14	30	44	15	12	4	11	18	96

This season

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

8 Nov 1987Houston Rockets 92–101 Los Angeles Lakers
18 Jan 1988Houston Rockets 110–121 Los Angeles Lakers
18 Feb 1988111–96 this game
22 Mar 1988Houston Rockets 95–117 Los Angeles Lakers
17 Apr 1988Los Angeles Lakers 119–127 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 39–9
Houston Rockets: 29–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

18 Jan 1988Houston Rockets 110–121 Los Angeles Lakers
22 Mar 1988Houston Rockets 95–117 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.