NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Charlotte Hornets104–108Houston Rockets

Charlotte Hornets at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 3 December 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: First meetingof 73 played

Charlotte Hornets

Charlotte Hornets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kelly Tripucka	39:00	11–20	2–2	6–7	1	4	5	3	2	0	6	3	30
Kurt Rambis	32:00	1–4	0–0	0–0	5	3	8	8	2	0	3	3	2
Robert Reid	30:00	12–18	0–0	0–0	0	7	7	1	2	0	3	6	24
Tim Kempton	27:00	4–7	0–0	3–4	1	8	9	4	0	0	2	3	11
Rex Chapman	27:00	3–15	0–1	2–5	1	2	3	3	0	2	2	3	8
Muggsy Bogues	24:00	3–7	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	7	2	0	3	6	6
Dave Hoppen	21:00	6–9	0–0	1–2	2	6	8	1	0	0	1	4	13
Michael Holton	18:00	2–5	0–2	0–1	0	1	1	5	1	1	4	4	4
Earl Cureton	16:00	3–4	0–0	0–0	0	6	6	0	1	0	2	5	6
Rickey Green	6:00	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	45–90	2–5	12–19	10	37	47	33	10	3	27	37	104

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Woodson	—	9–16	0–0	11–11	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	29
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	11–18	0–0	6–7	2	12	14	0	3	5	6	5	28
Sleepy Floyd	—	4–11	0–3	9–13	0	7	7	13	4	0	5	1	17
Otis Thorpe	—	4–10	0–0	8–10	1	8	9	3	3	0	3	2	16
Buck Johnson	—	4–10	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	4	10
Purvis Short	—	1–4	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	4
Tim McCormick	—	1–2	0–0	2–2	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	4
Allen Leavell	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derrick Chievous	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Tony Brown	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	—	34–75	0–3	40–47	5	30	35	22	12	5	22	21	108

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Charlotte Hornets 0 in NBA 1988-89.

3 Dec 1988104–108 this game
26 Dec 1988Houston Rockets 97–95 Charlotte Hornets

Records going in

Charlotte Hornets: 4–10
Houston Rockets: 9–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 52, Charlotte Hornets 21.

26 Dec 1988Houston Rockets 97–95 Charlotte Hornets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.