January 3, 1989
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| UTA | 23 | 28 | 23 | 28 | 102 |
| HOU | 21 | 31 | 28 | 24 | 104 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| UTA | 94.6 | .571 | 19.1 | 22.6 | .182 | 107.8 |
| HOU | 94.6 | .435 | 13.3 | 46.0 | .261 | 109.9 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| John Stockton | 26 | 1 | 24 | 45:00 | 12 | 16 | .750 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mark Eaton | 4 | 15 | 0 | 44:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Karl Malone | 35 | 10 | 0 | 43:00 | 13 | 22 | .591 | 0 | 0 | | 9 | 12 | .750 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Darrell Griffith | 16 | 2 | 2 | 37:00 | 7 | 15 | .467 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Marc Iavaroni | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23:00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Thurl Bailey | 21 | 3 | 0 | 37:00 | 10 | 20 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Les | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Leckner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 102 | 34 | 27 | 240 | 43 | 77 | .558 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 14 | 17 | .824 | 7 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 18 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| John Stockton | 45:00 | .770 | .750 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 84.8 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 18.3 | 167 | 108 |
| Mark Eaton | 44:00 | .694 | .500 | 10.6 | 26.2 | 20.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 51.0 | 6.1 | 89 | 103 |
| Karl Malone | 43:00 | .641 | .591 | 7.2 | 17.9 | 13.8 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 9.9 | 32.4 | 118 | 102 |
| Darrell Griffith | 37:00 | .533 | .533 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 7.6 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 24.8 | 79 | 114 |
| Marc Iavaroni | 23:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 115 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Thurl Bailey | 37:00 | .514 | .500 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.7 | 31.6 | 81 | 119 |
| Mike Brown | 5:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 0 | 122 |
| Jim Les | 4:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 205 | 122 |
| Eric Leckner | 2:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 122 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .604 | .571 | 22.6 | 54.0 | 42.0 | 62.8 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 19.1 | 100.0 | 107.8 | 109.9 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Otis Thorpe | 45:00 | .600 | .600 | 14.9 | 27.5 | 19.8 | 15.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 28.6 | 12.4 | 108 | 110 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 39:00 | .553 | .500 | 12.3 | 31.8 | 19.8 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 26.1 | 122 | 86 |
| Sleepy Floyd | 39:00 | .400 | .333 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 3.0 | 24.6 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 15.1 | 109 | 111 |
| Buck Johnson | 28:00 | .506 | .500 | 6.9 | 11.1 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 15.5 | 18.4 | 103 | 112 |
| Mike Woodson | 16:00 | .415 | .143 | 12.0 | 9.7 | 11.1 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.0 | 126 | 116 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Derrick Chievous | 32:00 | .421 | .286 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 19.4 | 25.7 | 88 | 115 |
| Purvis Short | 20:00 | .543 | .500 | 4.8 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 28.1 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 29.7 | 114 | 106 |
| Tim McCormick | 11:00 | .600 | .600 | 26.2 | 0.0 | 16.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.1 | 146 | 117 |
| Frank Johnson | 10:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 31.0 | 11.9 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 12.0 | 105 | 113 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .498 | .435 | 46.0 | 77.4 | 58.0 | 55.0 | 13.7 | 8.0 | 13.3 | 100.0 | 109.9 | 107.8 |
Officials: Joe Crawford, Dan Crawford, Greg Willard
Attendance: 16,611