NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

New York Knicks126–121Houston Rockets

New York Knicks at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 15 November 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 88th meetingof 160 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Gerald Wilkins	14–18	1–1	1–4	0	2	2	6	2	0	3	2	30
Johnny Newman	7–15	2–4	5–8	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	3	21
Mark Jackson	6–15	1–3	1–2	1	2	3	5	3	0	4	0	14
Patrick Ewing	5–14	0–0	4–6	1	6	7	0	1	2	6	5	14
Trent Tucker	5–7	3–5	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	3	13
Rod Strickland	5–8	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	4	4	0	0	3	12
Charles Oakley	5–11	0–0	0–0	5	6	11	1	1	0	3	3	10
Sidney Green	3–9	0–0	0–0	7	1	8	2	1	1	3	2	6
Eddie Lee Wilkins	1–3	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	2	4
Kenny Walker	1–1	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	2
Team totals	52–101	7–13	15–24	18	22	40	22	15	5	24	23	126

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hakeem Olajuwon	13–19	0–0	2–4	5	11	16	1	5	1	7	5	28
Mike Woodson	10–16	0–1	6–7	0	2	2	4	1	0	3	3	26
Derrick Chievous	6–13	1–1	2–3	3	0	3	0	1	0	2	2	15
Otis Thorpe	7–11	0–0	0–0	3	7	10	6	1	0	4	1	14
Allen Leavell	4–8	0–1	4–6	0	2	2	5	0	0	4	2	12
Buck Johnson	5–7	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	0	10
Sleepy Floyd	4–8	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	7	1	0	4	3	8
Tim McCormick	2–5	0–0	2–2	1	3	4	4	1	0	1	3	6
Bernard Thompson	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	2
Team totals	52–91	1–4	16–22	13	29	42	32	10	1	28	21	121

This season

Houston Rockets 0, New York Knicks 2 in NBA 1988-89.

15 Nov 1988126–121 this game
21 Feb 1989Houston Rockets 115–120 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 4–2
Houston Rockets: 4–2

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

2 Apr 1988Houston Rockets 98–104 New York Knicks
21 Feb 1989Houston Rockets 115–120 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.