NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers105–106Houston Rockets

Cleveland Cavaliers at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 6 December 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 72nd meetingof 144 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hot Rod Williams	23:00	3–7	0–0	4–5	1	3	4	1	1	2	2	3	10
Ron Harper	—	8–14	1–1	5–10	2	4	6	1	2	0	0	1	22
Larry Nance	—	9–15	0–1	2–2	3	5	8	3	2	6	4	4	20
Brad Daugherty	—	8–22	0–0	2–2	2	6	8	1	0	0	2	1	18
Mark Price	—	6–12	0–1	2–2	0	3	3	13	3	0	2	1	14
Craig Ehlo	—	6–9	1–2	0–4	3	3	6	4	3	0	3	2	13
Mike Sanders	—	3–8	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	4	6
Tree Rollins	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2
Darnell Valentine	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	0
Team totals	23:00	44–90	2–5	15–25	12	29	41	25	13	8	16	18	105

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	13–21	0–0	4–6	3	12	15	1	3	3	1	5	30
Buck Johnson	—	9–15	0–0	2–2	2	3	5	0	0	2	4	1	20
Mike Woodson	—	8–16	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	17
Otis Thorpe	—	6–9	0–0	3–4	4	9	13	3	1	2	4	2	15
Sleepy Floyd	—	6–11	0–1	2–2	2	2	4	9	3	0	3	1	14
Derrick Chievous	—	2–6	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	4
Frank Johnson	—	1–6	0–1	0–0	1	3	4	3	1	0	2	1	2
Purvis Short	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
Tim McCormick	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	5	2
Allen Leavell	—	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0
Team totals	—	47–90	0–3	12–16	13	34	47	20	12	7	19	18	106

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1988-89.

6 Dec 1988105–106 this game
20 Feb 1989Houston Rockets 90–110 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 11–3
Houston Rockets: 10–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 93, Cleveland Cavaliers 51.

28 Jan 1988Cleveland Cavaliers 109–85 Houston Rockets
20 Feb 1989Houston Rockets 90–110 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.