NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers83–88Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

Date: Sunday 5 March 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 114th meetingof 285 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
James Worthy	—	9–16	0–1	1–2	0	2	2	3	1	1	1	3	19
Byron Scott	—	6–13	2–3	0–0	0	5	5	1	1	0	2	4	14
Mychal Thompson	—	6–11	0–0	0–1	0	8	8	0	0	1	0	1	12
Magic Johnson	—	4–15	1–3	2–5	2	5	7	15	5	0	3	4	11
A.C. Green	—	4–9	0–0	0–0	4	5	9	0	1	1	7	3	8
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	—	3–6	0–0	1–2	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	7
Orlando Woolridge	—	2–7	0–0	3–5	1	2	3	2	0	1	2	0	7
Michael Cooper	—	2–3	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	5
Team totals	—	36–80	4–9	7–15	8	30	38	21	8	4	17	19	83

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Berry	29:00	5–11	0–0	0–2	3	4	7	1	0	3	0	4	10
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	9–20	0–0	4–6	4	13	17	3	4	3	2	3	22
Sleepy Floyd	—	8–16	2–6	4–4	3	6	9	6	2	1	5	2	22
Mike Woodson	—	6–18	0–1	2–4	2	0	2	4	1	0	2	2	14
Otis Thorpe	—	5–14	0–0	2–4	8	6	14	0	1	0	3	3	12
Derrick Chievous	—	1–4	0–0	2–2	3	0	3	2	0	0	2	1	4
Frank Johnson	—	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Buck Johnson	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Purvis Short	—	0–3	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Tim McCormick	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0
Team totals	29:00	36–93	2–8	14–22	23	32	55	18	9	7	15	20	88

This season

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

16 Jan 1989Houston Rockets 113–124 Los Angeles Lakers
31 Jan 1989Los Angeles Lakers 125–114 Houston Rockets
5 Mar 198983–88 this game
13 Mar 1989Houston Rockets 96–97 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 39–17
Houston Rockets: 31–25

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

31 Jan 1989Los Angeles Lakers 125–114 Houston Rockets
13 Mar 1989Houston Rockets 96–97 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.