NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets113–124Los Angeles Lakers

Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Monday 16 January 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 112th meetingof 285 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Woodson	10–24	1–5	3–4	1	4	5	10	2	2	0	4	24
Purvis Short	8–17	2–2	5–6	3	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	23
Otis Thorpe	9–15	0–0	2–2	5	4	9	2	0	0	3	2	20
Hakeem Olajuwon	7–18	0–0	5–6	7	3	10	4	5	0	0	4	19
Derrick Chievous	4–9	0–1	2–2	5	1	6	2	1	0	1	2	10
Frank Johnson	3–8	0–0	2–3	0	1	1	5	0	0	2	3	8
Sleepy Floyd	3–6	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	3	7
Tony Brown	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2
Tim McCormick	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	3	0
Team totals	45–103	4–10	19–23	22	16	38	32	12	2	6	24	113

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
James Worthy	8–11	0–0	10–10	1	4	5	4	1	2	4	3	26
Byron Scott	8–14	2–2	6–6	0	2	2	7	0	0	4	1	24
Mychal Thompson	8–10	0–0	5–8	2	5	7	1	0	0	2	2	21
Magic Johnson	6–12	0–3	5–6	3	10	13	18	0	0	3	2	17
A.C. Green	7–10	0–0	1–1	1	10	11	2	1	2	1	4	15
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	6–8	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	2	2	3	12
Michael Cooper	2–2	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	5
David Rivers	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Tony Campbell	0–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	47–72	2–5	28–33	9	34	43	35	2	6	19	19	124

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 3, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1988-89.

16 Jan 1989113–124 this game
31 Jan 1989Los Angeles Lakers 125–114 Houston Rockets
5 Mar 1989Los Angeles Lakers 83–88 Houston Rockets
13 Mar 1989Houston Rockets 96–97 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 22–12
Los Angeles Lakers: 24–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 179, Houston Rockets 106.

17 Apr 1988Los Angeles Lakers 119–127 Houston Rockets
31 Jan 1989Los Angeles Lakers 125–114 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.