NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers86–94Houston Rockets

Cleveland Cavaliers at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 31 October 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 90th meetingof 144 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Brevin Knight	5–9	0–0	8–10	1	1	2	2	3	0	1	5	18	0
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	5–13	0–0	6–10	8	8	16	0	0	2	4	4	16	-3
Bob Sura	5–20	0–4	1–2	1	1	2	6	5	0	2	5	11	+3
Cedric Henderson	4–7	0–0	2–6	4	0	4	0	1	0	1	2	10	-5
Wesley Person	5–14	0–7	0–0	2	5	7	1	2	0	2	1	10	-12
Danny Ferry	3–9	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	6	-7
Derek Anderson	1–7	0–0	4–4	1	2	3	0	1	1	2	3	6	-2
Shawnelle Scott	2–2	0–0	1–4	5	2	7	0	0	0	2	2	5	-11
Mitchell Butler	2–5	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	4	-3
Team totals	32–86	0–13	22–36	22	21	43	11	14	3	17	27	86	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kevin Willis	10–12	0–0	0–0	1	7	8	2	1	1	4	4	20	+15
Clyde Drexler	5–12	0–3	7–8	1	6	7	9	1	2	7	4	17	+18
Hakeem Olajuwon	5–10	0–0	0–0	2	6	8	2	3	3	3	5	10	-3
Matt Maloney	3–6	2–5	2–2	0	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	10	+12
Eddie Johnson	3–5	1–1	2–4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	9	-5
Brent Price	1–5	0–2	6–8	1	2	3	4	1	0	2	4	8	-4
Rodrick Rhodes	2–7	0–0	3–5	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	3	7	-2
Charles Barkley	2–4	0–0	2–5	3	5	8	0	0	1	2	4	6	-1
Mario Elie	1–3	0–1	2–2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	4	+5
Matt Bullard	1–3	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	+5
Team totals	33–67	4–15	24–34	9	33	42	26	9	8	24	29	94	—

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1997-98.

31 Oct 199786–94 this game
6 Jan 1998Houston Rockets 70–100 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 0–0
Houston Rockets: 0–0

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 93, Cleveland Cavaliers 51.

27 Mar 1997Cleveland Cavaliers 89–107 Houston Rockets
6 Jan 1998Houston Rockets 70–100 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.