NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets83–95Detroit Pistons

Houston Rockets at Detroit Pistons

Date: Friday 30 December 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 83rd meetingof 153 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Derrick Chievous	5–12	0–0	6–6	2	1	3	2	1	0	3	3	16
Sleepy Floyd	6–11	3–5	1–1	0	4	4	3	1	0	2	1	16
Hakeem Olajuwon	5–10	0–0	4–6	2	2	4	3	0	6	3	6	14
Buck Johnson	4–13	0–1	2–2	3	7	10	1	1	0	1	5	10
Tim McCormick	4–6	0–0	1–2	0	4	4	1	0	0	3	4	9
Frank Johnson	2–6	0–0	3–3	1	0	1	5	2	0	3	1	7
Purvis Short	2–7	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	6
Otis Thorpe	2–9	0–0	1–2	2	8	10	4	3	1	4	5	5
Mike Woodson	0–6	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	3	0	0	2	2	0
Team totals	30–80	3–6	20–24	10	31	41	22	8	7	21	29	83

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Joe Dumars	12–19	1–1	3–4	2	3	5	3	0	0	3	1	28
Isiah Thomas	11–22	0–0	3–4	1	4	5	5	3	1	6	0	25
Bill Laimbeer	5–13	0–1	0–0	1	12	13	5	0	1	2	0	10
Adrian Dantley	0–6	0–0	8–10	0	0	0	5	2	0	3	3	8
Rick Mahorn	3–5	0–0	2–2	5	8	13	1	1	0	2	4	8
Vinnie Johnson	2–8	0–0	3–4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	7
Dennis Rodman	2–3	0–0	1–3	2	5	7	1	1	1	4	2	5
John Salley	1–3	0–0	2–2	3	1	4	1	1	1	2	1	4
James Edwards	0–0	0–0	0–1	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	2	0
Team totals	36–79	1–2	22–30	14	35	49	23	8	5	23	16	95

This season

Detroit Pistons 1, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1988-89.

19 Nov 1988Detroit Pistons 98–109 Houston Rockets
30 Dec 198883–95 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 18–10
Detroit Pistons: 19–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 77, Houston Rockets 76.

19 Nov 1988Detroit Pistons 98–109 Houston Rockets
27 Feb 1990Houston Rockets 102–106 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.