NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets117–120Denver Nuggets

Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets

Date: Friday 4 November 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 67th meetingof 217 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hakeem Olajuwon	14–23	0–0	11–17	6	13	19	0	3	0	4	5	39
Otis Thorpe	11–15	0–0	6–6	5	2	7	1	2	0	3	2	28
Mike Woodson	6–15	0–1	4–4	0	3	3	4	2	0	4	3	16
Sleepy Floyd	7–14	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	8	2	0	6	2	16
Derrick Chievous	4–7	0–0	1–2	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	9
Buck Johnson	1–8	0–0	3–4	2	2	4	2	1	0	5	4	5
Bernard Thompson	0–3	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	2
Allen Leavell	0–4	0–2	1–3	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1
Tim McCormick	0–2	0–0	1–2	0	4	4	0	1	0	2	5	1
Chuck Nevitt	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	43–92	0–3	31–42	17	32	49	17	11	0	28	26	117

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	18–31	0–0	3–3	2	3	5	3	1	0	6	5	39
Fat Lever	10–18	0–0	7–7	3	7	10	9	4	0	4	3	27
Michael Adams	6–13	3–7	0–0	2	3	5	7	2	0	2	0	15
Danny Schayes	4–7	0–0	6–8	1	3	4	0	1	0	2	5	14
Walter Davis	4–11	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	10
Wayne Cooper	4–7	0–0	0–0	4	7	11	0	0	0	2	5	8
Wayne Engelstad	1–1	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3
Blair Rasmussen	1–6	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	0	1	0	0	1	2
Jerome Lane	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	4	2
Eddie Hughes	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Elston Turner	0–7	0–0	0–0	6	2	8	1	0	0	0	5	0
Team totals	49–103	3–7	19–22	19	31	50	22	10	0	21	32	120

This season

Denver Nuggets 4, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1988-89.

4 Nov 1988117–120 this game
13 Dec 1988Houston Rockets 101–126 Denver Nuggets
5 Feb 1989Denver Nuggets 112–124 Houston Rockets
17 Feb 1989Denver Nuggets 111–121 Houston Rockets
2 Mar 1989Houston Rockets 103–113 Denver Nuggets
21 Mar 1989Denver Nuggets 112–110 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 0–0
Denver Nuggets: 0–0

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

15 Apr 1988Houston Rockets 125–132 Denver Nuggets
13 Dec 1988Houston Rockets 101–126 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.