December 27, 1989
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| HOU | 25 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 91 |
| MIN | 33 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 108 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| HOU | 90.3 | .453 | 17.0 | 40.0 | .165 | 100.8 |
| MIN | 90.3 | .551 | 14.5 | 47.1 | .112 | 119.6 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 43:00 | .554 | .536 | 5.0 | 19.7 | 11.3 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 30.8 | 114 | 113 |
| Buck Johnson | 43:00 | .372 | .385 | 14.9 | 9.8 | 12.7 | 13.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 27.1 | 18.4 | 76 | 122 |
| Otis Thorpe | 40:00 | .487 | .455 | 21.3 | 7.1 | 15.2 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 16.9 | 31.8 | 96 | 122 |
| Sleepy Floyd | 36:00 | .202 | .143 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 32.7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 10.1 | 88 | 123 |
| Mike Woodson | 32:00 | .564 | .500 | 3.3 | 8.8 | 5.7 | 18.8 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 15.8 | 111 | 121 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| John Lucas | 14:00 | .868 | .750 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 4.3 | 49.6 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 41.0 | 14.9 | 122 | 116 |
| Anthony Bowie | 14:00 | | | 7.6 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 3.1 | 78 | 124 |
| Derrick Chievous | 13:00 | .510 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.4 | 127 | 127 |
| Larry Smith | 5:00 | | | 0.0 | 56.5 | 24.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 8.6 | 0 | 108 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .490 | .453 | 40.0 | 52.9 | 45.6 | 71.1 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 17.0 | 100.0 | 100.8 | 119.6 |
Minnesota Timberwolves (6-21)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Sidney Lowe | 22 | 8 | 13 | 48:00 | 10 | 14 | .714 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Pooh Richardson | 18 | 5 | 7 | 48:00 | 9 | 17 | .529 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Sam Mitchell | 17 | 10 | 3 | 31:00 | 8 | 11 | .727 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Tyrone Corbin | 18 | 2 | 3 | 26:00 | 9 | 11 | .818 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Tony Campbell | 13 | 2 | 2 | 23:00 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Tod Murphy | 8 | 11 | 1 | 27:00 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 3 | .667 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scott Roth | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20:00 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 7 | .857 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Donald Royal | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11:00 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brad Lohaus | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6:00 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 108 | 43 | 37 | 240 | 48 | 89 | .539 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 10 | 13 | .769 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 19 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Sidney Lowe | 48:00 | .786 | .786 | 5.9 | 13.3 | 10.1 | 34.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 156 | 100 |
| Pooh Richardson | 48:00 | .529 | .529 | 8.8 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 17.9 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 22.7 | 19.9 | 102 | 106 |
| Sam Mitchell | 31:00 | .715 | .727 | 13.7 | 24.1 | 19.6 | 13.0 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 33.6 | 25.0 | 96 | 95 |
| Tyrone Corbin | 26:00 | .818 | .818 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 17.6 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 18.3 | 173 | 102 |
| Tony Campbell | 23:00 | .623 | .600 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 5.3 | 11.8 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 8.7 | 21.6 | 128 | 104 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Tod Murphy | 27:00 | .325 | .273 | 31.4 | 19.8 | 24.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.8 | 111 | 93 |
| Scott Roth | 20:00 | .397 | .143 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 6.1 | 21.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 24.0 | 112 | 105 |
| Donald Royal | 11:00 | .000 | .000 | 12.8 | 19.4 | 16.6 | 18.2 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 70 | 91 |
| Brad Lohaus | 6:00 | .400 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 43.4 | 92 | 109 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .570 | .551 | 47.1 | 60.0 | 54.4 | 77.1 | 8.9 | 3.5 | 14.5 | 100.0 | 119.6 | 100.8 |
Officials: Terry Durham, Hue Hollins, Blane Reichelt
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