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NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

New York Knicks117–134Houston Rockets

New York Knicks at Houston Rockets

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting
86th meetingof 160 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
PlayerMINFG3PFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPTS
Gerald Wilkins—10–260–10–12243301020
Johnny Newman—8–160–12–43250202318
Patrick Ewing—8–140–02–64151033218
Mark Jackson—6–111–13–33258302516
Bill Cartwright—6–90–02–25380002214
Sidney Green—5–150–01–25382202511
Kenny Walker—4–70–02–23140110510
Sedric Toney—2–40–11–1101630125
Trent Tucker—1–81–40–0000100113
Pat Cummings—1–20–00–0000010012
Team totals—51–1122–813–21261440211541426117

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
PlayerMINFG3PFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPTS
Sleepy Floyd29:004–81–11–103310008210
Joe Barry Carroll20:005–60–00–01342023510
Purvis Short—14–230–05–51122002233
Hakeem Olajuwon—12–180–02–2510152133326
Robert Reid—9–180–12–21341101420
Jim Petersen—5–90–02–24590035212
Rodney McCray—3–50–02–2358601008
World B. Free—2–20–02–2000000006
Allen Leavell—2–30–11–2033920215
Cedric Maxwell—0–00–02–2033200112
Lester Conner—1–10–00–0000100002
Team totals49:0057–931–319–2015365135492520134

This season

Houston Rockets 1, New York Knicks 1 in NBA 1987-88.

Records going in

New York Knicks
29–37
Houston Rockets
38–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 79, New York Knicks 81.

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.