NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets96–97Los Angeles Lakers

Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Monday 13 March 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 115th meetingof 285 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Berry	18:00	2–7	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	2	1	1	0	3	4
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	11–22	0–0	8–10	6	5	11	1	2	6	0	6	30
Otis Thorpe	—	7–12	0–0	5–6	1	7	8	4	1	1	1	1	19
Mike Woodson	—	7–14	1–2	2–2	2	4	6	6	0	0	1	2	17
Sleepy Floyd	—	1–10	0–4	7–9	1	3	4	10	1	0	5	3	9
Buck Johnson	—	2–6	0–0	2–2	1	3	4	2	1	0	1	6	6
Tim McCormick	—	2–7	0–0	1–2	2	2	4	1	0	0	1	3	5
Derrick Chievous	—	2–5	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4
Purvis Short	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2
Allen Leavell	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Frank Johnson	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	1	0
Team totals	18:00	35–86	1–6	25–31	14	29	43	31	7	8	12	28	96

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	—	8–15	0–0	5–8	8	5	13	1	0	2	2	4	21
A.C. Green	—	9–14	0–0	1–2	4	7	11	1	0	1	0	1	19
Magic Johnson	—	4–23	1–4	10–10	4	8	12	11	1	1	5	4	19
Byron Scott	—	7–19	0–3	2–2	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	4	16
James Worthy	—	6–14	0–1	3–3	1	2	3	2	0	1	1	4	15
Mychal Thompson	—	2–5	0–0	0–0	3	3	6	1	1	1	2	2	4
Michael Cooper	—	1–5	1–4	0–0	0	1	1	3	2	1	0	4	3
Team totals	—	37–95	2–12	21–25	22	28	50	21	5	7	10	23	97

This season

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

16 Jan 1989Houston Rockets 113–124 Los Angeles Lakers
31 Jan 1989Los Angeles Lakers 125–114 Houston Rockets
5 Mar 1989Los Angeles Lakers 83–88 Houston Rockets
13 Mar 198996–97 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 34–26
Los Angeles Lakers: 43–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

5 Mar 1989Los Angeles Lakers 83–88 Houston Rockets
28 Nov 1989Los Angeles Lakers 104–110 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.