NBA 1989-90Regular season

Final/OT

Denver Nuggets128–127Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Thursday 9 November 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1989-90Regular season
Meeting: 73rd meetingof 217 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Danny Schayes	7–12	0–0	7–9	3	3	6	0	1	0	2	5	21
Fat Lever	7–14	1–2	4–5	4	10	14	10	2	0	2	3	19
Blair Rasmussen	7–16	0–0	4–5	6	10	16	2	2	2	2	6	18
Michael Adams	7–14	1–4	2–2	0	4	4	8	0	0	1	1	17
Bill Hanzlik	7–10	1–1	1–2	1	3	4	4	4	0	1	6	16
Walter Davis	7–16	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	2	1	0	1	3	14
Alex English	3–11	0–0	4–6	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	10
Tim Kempton	3–8	0–0	1–3	1	2	3	3	1	0	3	1	7
Todd Lichti	2–5	0–0	2–4	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	6
Eddie Hughes	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	50–107	3–8	25–36	15	42	57	32	12	2	14	29	128

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hakeem Olajuwon	15–26	0–0	3–6	2	11	13	5	2	6	3	2	33
Otis Thorpe	14–20	0–0	5–8	2	7	9	2	0	0	4	3	33
Mitchell Wiggins	8–16	0–0	3–4	0	6	6	5	1	0	1	5	19
Buck Johnson	6–12	0–0	3–4	1	2	3	2	2	0	1	5	15
Sleepy Floyd	5–10	2–4	3–3	1	7	8	14	2	0	6	4	15
Anthony Bowie	1–5	0–1	6–8	2	2	4	4	1	0	1	3	8
John Lucas	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	3	2	2
Larry Smith	0–2	0–0	2–2	1	5	6	2	0	0	0	4	2
Adrian Caldwell	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0
Derrick Chievous	0–2	0–1	0–2	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0
Team totals	50–97	2–6	25–37	11	44	55	38	8	7	21	31	127

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Denver Nuggets 4 in NBA 1989-90.

9 Nov 1989128–127 this game
18 Nov 1989Houston Rockets 111–141 Denver Nuggets
22 Jan 1990Denver Nuggets 104–116 Houston Rockets
13 Mar 1990Houston Rockets 114–117 Denver Nuggets
19 Apr 1990Denver Nuggets 130–127 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 2–1
Houston Rockets: 2–1

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 112, Denver Nuggets 105.

21 Mar 1989Denver Nuggets 112–110 Houston Rockets
18 Nov 1989Houston Rockets 111–141 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.