NBA 1989-90Regular season

Final

New Jersey Nets99–94Houston Rockets

New Jersey Nets at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 8 December 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1989-90Regular season
Meeting: 37th meetingof 108 played

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Chris Morris	43:00	7–14	0–2	6–9	1	5	6	1	2	2	5	3	20
Sam Bowie	39:00	6–9	0–0	5–6	4	6	10	2	0	0	2	4	17
Dennis Hopson	36:00	3–12	1–4	4–4	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	11
Lester Conner	35:00	4–11	0–0	1–2	0	3	3	8	4	0	2	3	9
Charles Shackleford	30:00	6–11	0–0	0–0	3	9	12	0	1	0	1	5	12
Roy Hinson	27:00	5–10	0–0	3–3	1	3	4	1	0	2	1	2	13
Mookie Blaylock	25:00	7–14	1–1	0–0	3	3	6	3	2	0	0	1	15
Purvis Short	5:00	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	240:00	39–83	2–7	19–24	14	30	44	15	11	4	13	21	99

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	12–21	0–0	2–6	3	8	11	4	5	2	9	4	26
Buck Johnson	—	7–13	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	16
John Lucas	—	5–13	3–7	3–4	0	5	5	10	1	0	3	3	16
Otis Thorpe	—	6–13	0–1	3–3	5	8	13	2	1	1	1	5	15
Derrick Chievous	—	1–5	0–0	4–4	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	6
Mike Woodson	—	2–4	1–2	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5
Byron Dinkins	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	4
Sleepy Floyd	—	2–9	0–1	0–0	1	3	4	6	0	0	4	2	4
Larry Smith	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	—	38–83	4–11	14–19	13	26	39	26	9	3	18	20	94

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Brooklyn Nets 1 in NBA 1989-90.

8 Dec 198999–94 this game
23 Feb 1990Houston Rockets 125–115 New Jersey Nets

Records going in

New Jersey Nets: 4–12
Houston Rockets: 9–8

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 68, Brooklyn Nets 40.

30 Mar 1989Houston Rockets 109–101 New Jersey Nets
23 Feb 1990Houston Rockets 125–115 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.