NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

San Antonio Spurs117–116Houston Rockets

San Antonio Spurs at Houston Rockets

Date: Thursday 21 April 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 76th meetingof 245 played

San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alvin Robertson	31:00	10–16	0–0	4–5	3	1	4	7	0	0	1	4	24
Greg Anderson	30:00	4–11	0–0	4–4	4	5	9	3	3	3	3	3	12
Ricky Wilson	30:00	3–7	1–2	3–4	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	10
Jon Sundvold	27:00	1–6	0–2	0–0	2	1	3	5	0	0	3	2	2
Frank Brickowski	25:00	8–12	0–0	3–4	2	8	10	4	1	0	1	2	19
Mike Mitchell	25:00	6–11	0–0	2–2	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	14
Pétur Guðmundsson	21:00	5–10	0–0	3–5	5	6	11	0	0	1	2	5	13
Walter Berry	20:00	4–9	0–0	2–4	1	1	2	0	0	0	5	5	10
Kurt Nimphius	13:00	1–4	0–0	1–2	1	2	3	0	1	1	2	2	3
Phil Zevenbergen	9:00	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	1	4
Richard Rellford	8:00	2–3	0–0	2–2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	6
Ed Nealy	1:00	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	46–93	1–4	24–32	21	32	53	24	5	5	20	27	117

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Joe Barry Carroll	23:00	5–11	0–0	2–2	3	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	12
Sleepy Floyd	19:00	1–4	0–0	3–3	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	1	5
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	15–25	0–0	8–8	0	10	10	4	5	10	1	4	38
Purvis Short	—	7–12	0–0	4–4	0	3	3	1	1	0	2	2	18
World B. Free	—	5–8	0–0	3–7	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	13
Allen Leavell	—	4–6	0–0	3–4	0	3	3	5	2	0	3	2	11
Buck Johnson	—	4–12	0–0	3–4	4	5	9	1	3	1	0	5	11
Jim Petersen	—	1–6	0–1	4–6	2	4	6	4	2	1	1	3	6
Robert Reid	—	1–6	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	2
Team totals	42:00	43–90	0–1	30–38	10	26	36	24	15	13	10	22	116

This season

Houston Rockets 2, San Antonio Spurs 4 in NBA 1987-88.

6 Nov 1987San Antonio Spurs 102–108 Houston Rockets
2 Dec 1987Houston Rockets 93–97 San Antonio Spurs
26 Feb 1988Houston Rockets 107–111 San Antonio Spurs
28 Feb 1988San Antonio Spurs 95–108 Houston Rockets
12 Apr 1988Houston Rockets 119–127 San Antonio Spurs
21 Apr 1988117–116 this game

Records going in

San Antonio Spurs: 30–49
Houston Rockets: 45–34

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 113, San Antonio Spurs 132.

12 Apr 1988Houston Rockets 119–127 San Antonio Spurs
8 Nov 1988San Antonio Spurs 102–120 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.