November 13, 1988
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| SAC | 35 | 32 | 26 | 34 | 127 |
| HOU | 26 | 30 | 34 | 39 | 129 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| SAC | 105.8 | .576 | 13.0 | 38.1 | .228 | 120.0 |
| HOU | 105.8 | .590 | 13.7 | 25.0 | .373 | 121.9 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Kenny Smith | 21 | 2 | 11 | 46:00 | 8 | 16 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Rodney McCray | 29 | 12 | 7 | 40:00 | 11 | 20 | .550 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Harold Pressley | 13 | 6 | 1 | 37:00 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| LaSalle Thompson | 24 | 11 | 0 | 34:00 | 9 | 11 | .818 | 0 | 0 | | 6 | 10 | .600 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Derek Smith | 22 | 3 | 3 | 34:00 | 10 | 16 | .625 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Randy Wittman | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24:00 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Pinckney | 11 | 11 | 1 | 23:00 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Vinny Del Negro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 127 | 46 | 25 | 240 | 52 | 92 | .565 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 21 | 34 | .618 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 33 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Kenny Smith | 46:00 | .563 | .500 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 26.3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 17.5 | 130 | 122 |
| Rodney McCray | 40:00 | .616 | .575 | 8.6 | 27.0 | 17.6 | 21.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 24.9 | 136 | 122 |
| Harold Pressley | 37:00 | .547 | .591 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.2 | 16.8 | 92 | 127 |
| LaSalle Thompson | 34:00 | .779 | .818 | 13.4 | 24.7 | 18.9 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 20.6 | 22.3 | 126 | 118 |
| Derek Smith | 34:00 | .619 | .625 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 5.2 | 11.2 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 14.5 | 23.8 | 114 | 117 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Randy Wittman | 24:00 | .363 | .333 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.2 | 101 | 128 |
| Ed Pinckney | 23:00 | .506 | .500 | 24.8 | 31.3 | 28.0 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 20.2 | 120 | 116 |
| Vinny Del Negro | 2:00 | .500 | .500 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 29.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.0 | 128 | 126 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .594 | .576 | 38.1 | 75.0 | 56.1 | 48.1 | 10.4 | 2.4 | 13.0 | 100.0 | 120.0 | 121.9 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Otis Thorpe | 44:00 | .527 | .500 | 10.9 | 36.4 | 23.9 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 17.8 | 111 | 110 |
| Mike Woodson | 43:00 | .630 | .556 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 11.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 21.6 | 125 | 125 |
| Sleepy Floyd | 40:00 | .660 | .636 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 44.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 16.0 | 138 | 126 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 32:00 | .700 | .632 | 7.5 | 25.0 | 16.5 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 7.1 | 11.0 | 35.0 | 128 | 107 |
| Buck Johnson | 19:00 | .579 | .333 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 31.6 | 13.6 | 94 | 123 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Derrick Chievous | 29:00 | .763 | .750 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.9 | 23.7 | 123 | 127 |
| Tim McCormick | 17:00 | .753 | 1.000 | 14.1 | 20.2 | 17.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 159 | 119 |
| Frank Johnson | 8:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 10.3 | 65 | 128 |
| Allen Leavell | 5:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 24.6 | 62 | 128 |
| Bernard Thompson | 3:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 0 | 125 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .638 | .590 | 25.0 | 61.9 | 43.9 | 55.1 | 8.5 | 6.1 | 13.7 | 100.0 | 121.9 | 120.0 |
Officials: Jake O'Donnell, Blane Reichelt, Luis Grillo
Attendance: 16,611