NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets112–101Phoenix Suns

Houston Rockets at Phoenix Suns

Date: Friday 21 April 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 99th meetingof 244 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Berry	17:00	3–5	0–0	1–3	0	2	2	3	0	2	1	2	7
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	12–22	0–0	2–4	2	14	16	5	2	8	4	4	26
Sleepy Floyd	—	7–13	3–3	7–9	0	5	5	7	1	0	3	5	24
Otis Thorpe	—	6–9	0–0	6–8	3	3	6	3	0	2	5	1	18
Derrick Chievous	—	5–9	0–1	0–0	1	2	3	0	1	0	2	3	10
Buck Johnson	—	3–5	0–0	3–4	1	5	6	1	0	0	1	4	9
Mike Woodson	—	3–9	0–1	2–2	0	3	3	4	2	1	0	2	8
Frank Johnson	—	3–7	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	3	1	0	3	2	6
Purvis Short	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	2	4
Tim McCormick	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	0
Team totals	17:00	44–82	3–5	21–30	8	41	49	28	7	13	21	29	112

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Tom Chambers	—	7–18	0–0	10–12	4	5	9	2	0	0	4	0	24
Eddie Johnson	—	7–23	1–7	3–4	4	7	11	2	2	0	3	5	18
Jeff Hornacek	—	5–12	1–3	6–6	2	4	6	6	3	0	3	4	17
Kevin Johnson	—	5–15	0–0	2–3	0	3	3	13	0	0	4	2	12
Tyrone Corbin	—	3–8	0–0	4–4	5	5	10	1	1	0	0	3	10
Dan Majerle	—	3–7	1–3	2–2	0	1	1	3	3	1	1	2	9
Andrew Lang	—	3–3	0–0	1–3	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	3	7
Mark West	—	1–4	0–0	0–6	4	2	6	0	1	1	0	3	2
Tim Perry	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	2
Team totals	—	35–92	3–13	28–40	19	32	51	27	12	2	16	23	101

This season

Phoenix Suns 3, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1988-89.

29 Nov 1988Phoenix Suns 124–107 Houston Rockets
2 Dec 1988Houston Rockets 95–110 Phoenix Suns
13 Apr 1989Phoenix Suns 119–111 Houston Rockets
21 Apr 1989112–101 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 44–36
Phoenix Suns: 54–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 121, Houston Rockets 123.

13 Apr 1989Phoenix Suns 119–111 Houston Rockets
12 Dec 1989Phoenix Suns 83–105 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.