NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers119–127Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

Date: Sunday 17 April 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 111th 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	—	9–17	1–3	3–4	1	4	5	3	1	0	3	3	22
Mychal Thompson	—	8–11	0–0	6–6	2	3	5	1	0	1	1	4	22
Magic Johnson	—	7–14	0–0	5–6	3	7	10	12	1	0	5	4	19
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	—	6–13	0–0	5–5	1	5	6	1	1	2	2	2	17
Tony Campbell	—	6–7	0–0	1–1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	13
James Worthy	—	6–20	0–1	0–1	3	0	3	5	0	0	5	3	12
A.C. Green	—	3–6	0–0	4–4	3	5	8	0	0	0	0	3	10
Michael Cooper	—	1–5	1–2	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	3
Mike Smrek	—	0–0	0–0	1–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Kurt Rambis	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	1	2	0	0	1	0
Team totals	—	46–94	2–6	25–29	17	29	46	25	5	3	18	26	119

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sleepy Floyd	36:00	7–13	0–1	5–6	1	2	3	9	2	0	2	2	19
Joe Barry Carroll	36:00	5–12	0–0	1–2	1	9	10	3	0	1	3	3	11
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	17–26	0–0	4–6	3	4	7	5	1	3	3	6	38
Robert Reid	—	9–14	1–1	0–0	2	5	7	0	2	0	1	5	19
Allen Leavell	—	3–5	0–1	5–7	0	2	2	1	3	0	0	1	11
Rodney McCray	—	3–4	0–0	5–6	0	5	5	8	0	0	1	1	11
Purvis Short	—	4–8	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
Buck Johnson	—	1–3	0–0	2–4	2	1	3	0	2	0	0	1	4
Cedric Maxwell	—	0–1	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Petersen	—	1–5	0–0	0–0	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	4	2
Lester Conner	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	72:00	51–92	1–3	24–33	12	30	42	28	10	4	10	23	127

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 1988Los Angeles Lakers 111–96 Houston Rockets
22 Mar 1988Houston Rockets 95–117 Los Angeles Lakers
17 Apr 1988119–127 this game

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 58–19
Houston Rockets: 44–33

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

22 Mar 1988Houston Rockets 95–117 Los Angeles Lakers
16 Jan 1989Houston Rockets 113–124 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.