NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets101–93Miami Heat

Houston Rockets at Miami Heat

Date: Tuesday 27 December 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 3rd meetingof 78 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hakeem Olajuwon	6–16	0–0	10–14	3	4	7	1	3	4	2	4	22
Otis Thorpe	7–11	0–0	7–8	4	8	12	3	0	0	0	0	21
Buck Johnson	8–12	0–0	2–2	2	8	10	3	1	0	3	5	18
Sleepy Floyd	8–15	1–2	1–1	0	5	5	11	2	0	4	4	18
Mike Woodson	4–9	0–0	4–5	0	3	3	5	3	1	3	1	12
Allen Leavell	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2
Bernard Thompson	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Derrick Chievous	0–6	0–1	2–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	2
Frank Johnson	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	2
Tim McCormick	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	2
Purvis Short	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	37–82	1–3	26–32	11	33	44	26	10	6	16	21	101

Miami Heat

Miami Heat box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jon Sundvold	10–15	3–4	2–2	0	6	6	2	0	0	2	1	25
Sylvester Gray	6–8	0–0	1–1	2	3	5	1	0	2	4	4	13
Pat Cummings	5–12	0–0	0–0	2	5	7	1	0	0	4	4	10
Billy Thompson	3–7	0–0	3–4	1	7	8	1	4	2	3	4	9
Rory Sparrow	4–13	0–1	0–0	1	4	5	5	0	1	1	4	8
Grant Long	1–4	0–0	5–6	1	2	3	3	0	0	3	3	7
John Shasky	2–5	0–0	2–3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	6
Rony Seikaly	3–5	0–0	0–2	1	4	5	0	1	0	3	2	6
Kevin Edwards	2–7	0–0	1–1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	5
Pearl Washington	2–7	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	8	1	0	0	2	4
Team totals	38–83	3–6	14–19	9	32	41	22	6	6	21	28	93

This season

Miami Heat 2, Houston Rockets 4 in NBA 1988-89.

11 Nov 1988Houston Rockets 121–100 Miami Heat
17 Nov 1988Miami Heat 107–113 Houston Rockets
27 Dec 1988101–93 this game
24 Jan 1989Miami Heat 93–118 Houston Rockets
8 Apr 1989Houston Rockets 104–107 Miami Heat
22 Apr 1989Miami Heat 91–89 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 17–9
Miami Heat: 3–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Miami Heat 43, Houston Rockets 35.

17 Nov 1988Miami Heat 107–113 Houston Rockets
24 Jan 1989Miami Heat 93–118 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.