NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final/OT

Houston Rockets104–107Miami Heat

Houston Rockets at Miami Heat

Date: Saturday 8 April 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 5th meetingof 78 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Berry	40:00	8–16	0–0	2–2	5	5	10	2	2	2	3	4	18
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	15–29	0–0	13–19	4	9	13	1	8	5	7	4	43
Allen Leavell	—	6–12	0–0	5–5	0	4	4	7	3	1	3	2	17
Otis Thorpe	—	6–13	0–0	1–3	3	3	6	2	2	0	5	6	13
Buck Johnson	—	2–2	0–0	2–2	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	4	6
Sleepy Floyd	—	1–4	1–4	0–0	0	2	2	9	1	0	5	4	3
Chuck Nevitt	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2
Derrick Chievous	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Tim McCormick	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team totals	40:00	40–82	1–4	23–31	14	23	37	22	17	10	27	27	104

Miami Heat

Miami Heat box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Grant Long	—	9–15	0–0	12–13	5	8	13	2	1	1	2	6	30
Rory Sparrow	—	9–20	0–0	1–1	3	0	3	6	3	1	2	3	19
Kevin Edwards	—	8–15	0–0	1–2	3	3	6	9	2	0	5	1	17
Rony Seikaly	—	5–11	0–0	4–8	3	7	10	0	2	0	3	6	14
Billy Thompson	—	6–12	0–0	1–3	3	6	9	1	2	0	5	3	13
Sylvester Gray	—	2–7	0–1	3–6	4	4	8	5	0	2	3	1	7
Pearl Washington	—	2–6	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	4
Scott Hastings	—	1–6	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	2	2	1	2	5	2
John Shasky	—	0–0	0–0	1–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
Team totals	—	42–92	0–2	23–35	22	30	52	27	13	5	26	27	107

This season

Miami Heat 2, Houston Rockets 4 in NBA 1988-89.

11 Nov 1988Houston Rockets 121–100 Miami Heat
17 Nov 1988Miami Heat 107–113 Houston Rockets
27 Dec 1988Houston Rockets 101–93 Miami Heat
24 Jan 1989Miami Heat 93–118 Houston Rockets
8 Apr 1989104–107 this game
22 Apr 1989Miami Heat 91–89 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 40–33
Miami Heat: 13–60

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Miami Heat 43, Houston Rockets 35.

24 Jan 1989Miami Heat 93–118 Houston Rockets
22 Apr 1989Miami Heat 91–89 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.