NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets110–97Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 5 April 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 65th meetingof 217 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Fat Lever	—	10–20	0–1	2–2	4	17	21	7	1	0	1	2	22
Jay Vincent	—	8–17	0–0	2–4	1	3	4	2	2	0	1	2	18
Alex English	—	7–19	0–0	2–2	2	5	7	2	1	0	6	2	16
Danny Schayes	—	4–9	0–0	8–9	6	10	16	1	0	2	4	4	16
Michael Adams	—	5–17	2–8	4–4	0	4	4	6	3	0	1	3	16
Blair Rasmussen	—	4–11	0–0	4–4	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	12
Bill Hanzlik	—	2–3	0–0	4–5	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	3	8
Wayne Cooper	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	4	4	8	0	0	1	1	2	2
T.R. Dunn	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	—	41–100	2–9	26–30	20	46	66	19	8	3	16	22	110

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Joe Barry Carroll	35:00	11–19	0–0	3–4	0	6	6	2	1	2	3	3	25
Sleepy Floyd	24:00	4–10	0–2	2–4	0	0	0	5	2	0	3	3	10
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	7–15	0–0	5–5	2	14	16	1	1	3	5	4	19
Rodney McCray	—	4–8	0–0	3–5	0	4	4	1	0	1	1	4	11
Purvis Short	—	4–10	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	2	9
World B. Free	—	3–8	0–1	3–3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	9
Allen Leavell	—	3–9	0–0	2–4	0	3	3	2	2	0	0	2	8
Cedric Maxwell	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	2
Jim Petersen	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	2
Robert Reid	—	1–6	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	2	2
Team totals	59:00	39–89	0–3	19–27	3	38	41	16	6	6	16	26	97

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Denver Nuggets 4 in NBA 1987-88.

1 Dec 1987Denver Nuggets 101–106 Houston Rockets
16 Dec 1987Houston Rockets 113–132 Denver Nuggets
19 Dec 1987Denver Nuggets 121–117 Houston Rockets
8 Mar 1988Houston Rockets 113–103 Denver Nuggets
5 Apr 1988110–97 this game
15 Apr 1988Houston Rockets 125–132 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 46–26
Houston Rockets: 41–29

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 112, Denver Nuggets 105.

8 Mar 1988Houston Rockets 113–103 Denver Nuggets
15 Apr 1988Houston Rockets 125–132 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.