NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets109–126Boston Celtics

Houston Rockets at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 31 March 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 107th meetingof 178 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Berry	26:00	3–4	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	2	1	0	2	3	8
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	11–24	0–0	5–8	3	6	9	1	2	7	3	3	27
Otis Thorpe	—	11–21	0–0	4–4	4	4	8	3	1	1	3	5	26
Sleepy Floyd	—	7–20	2–4	3–4	3	3	6	13	3	0	4	2	19
Purvis Short	—	4–5	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	4	9
Derrick Chievous	—	2–4	0–0	3–3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	7
Mike Woodson	—	2–7	0–2	1–2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	5
Buck Johnson	—	2–5	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	2	4
Allen Leavell	—	0–3	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	2
Tim McCormick	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Chuck Nevitt	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	26:00	43–94	2–6	21–27	17	21	38	24	7	8	15	26	109

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin McHale	—	11–19	0–0	8–10	2	5	7	2	2	1	4	5	30
Dennis Johnson	—	11–17	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	1	22
Reggie Lewis	—	9–16	0–0	2–2	3	6	9	3	2	2	2	3	20
Joe Kleine	—	4–9	0–0	8–9	6	5	11	4	0	0	1	2	16
Ed Pinckney	—	3–10	0–0	9–9	4	4	8	2	1	0	0	4	15
Kelvin Upshaw	—	4–4	1–1	0–0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	9
Brian Shaw	—	3–11	0–0	2–2	1	5	6	10	2	1	1	1	8
Ron Grandison	—	0–2	0–0	4–6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	4
Otis Birdsong	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	—	46–89	1–2	33–38	17	31	48	30	9	4	10	20	126

This season

Boston Celtics 1, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1988-89.

14 Feb 1989Boston Celtics 123–137 Houston Rockets
31 Mar 1989109–126 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 39–30
Boston Celtics: 36–33

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 115, Houston Rockets 63.

14 Feb 1989Boston Celtics 123–137 Houston Rockets
22 Nov 1989Houston Rockets 97–109 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.