NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets98–104New York Knicks

Houston Rockets at New York Knicks

Date: Saturday 2 April 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 87th meetingof 160 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Joe Barry Carroll	28:00	8–16	0–0	2–2	4	4	8	0	3	2	3	5	18
Sleepy Floyd	20:00	3–8	0–3	0–0	0	2	2	4	4	0	2	1	6
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	8–15	0–0	7–11	8	8	16	2	6	2	2	4	23
Robert Reid	—	6–12	1–1	2–2	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	2	15
Allen Leavell	—	3–9	0–5	8–8	1	0	1	6	1	0	1	3	14
Purvis Short	—	5–14	0–1	1–2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	11
Rodney McCray	—	2–8	0–0	1–2	4	4	8	4	0	1	3	1	5
Jim Petersen	—	1–3	0–0	2–2	1	5	6	2	0	0	1	1	4
Cedric Maxwell	—	1–5	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	2
Buck Johnson	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	1	3	2	0
Team totals	48:00	37–92	1–10	23–29	22	25	47	23	16	7	17	22	98

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Patrick Ewing	—	14–20	0–0	8–9	3	9	12	2	3	3	2	4	36
Gerald Wilkins	—	8–15	1–2	0–1	2	3	5	4	0	0	5	2	17
Mark Jackson	—	4–8	1–2	6–6	1	3	4	17	3	0	6	3	15
Kenny Walker	—	6–12	0–0	1–2	1	2	3	3	1	2	1	4	13
Bill Cartwright	—	4–8	0–0	1–3	1	6	7	0	0	0	0	3	9
Johnny Newman	—	2–6	1–1	2–2	2	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	7
Sidney Green	—	0–5	0–0	5–6	5	3	8	0	0	1	1	3	5
Trent Tucker	—	1–6	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	1	1	0	1	2	2
Louis Orr	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Cummings	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Sedric Toney	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Team totals	—	39–82	3–5	23–29	15	33	48	29	8	6	20	24	104

This season

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

24 Mar 1988New York Knicks 117–134 Houston Rockets
2 Apr 198898–104 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 41–28
New York Knicks: 31–40

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

24 Mar 1988New York Knicks 117–134 Houston Rockets
15 Nov 1988New York Knicks 126–121 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.