Houston 83, Detroit 95

December 30, 1988

Regular Season

The Palace of Auburn Hills (Auburn Hills, Michigan)

Attendance: 21,454

Officials: Eddie Rush, Ted Bernhardt, Paul Mihalak

Team Rebounds: Houston (0) Detroit (0)

Technicals: Houston (0) Detroit (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (18-11) 22 19 27 15 83
DET (20-7) 23 32 19 21 95

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 99 83.7 95.8
DET 99 95.8 83.7

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .394 0.212 0.244 0.250
DET .462 0.232 0.286 0.278

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
21 Sleepy Floyd Starter PG 21:00 6-11 3-5 1-1 11.9 0 4 4 3 1 1 0 2 16
1 Buck Johnson Starter SF 34:00 4-13 0-1 2-2 6.2 3 7 10 1 5 1 0 1 10
34 Hakeem Olajuwon Starter C 31:00 5-10 0-0 4-6 10.8 2 2 4 3 6 0 6 3 14
33 Otis Thorpe Starter PF 40:00 2-9 0-0 1-2 7.0 2 8 10 4 5 3 1 4 5
42 Mike Woodson Starter SG 18:00 0-6 0-0 0-0 -2.2 0 3 3 3 2 0 0 2 0
3 Derrick Chievous Bench SF 30:00 5-12 0-0 6-6 6.0 2 1 3 2 3 1 0 3 16
15 Frank Johnson Bench PG 27:00 2-6 0-0 3-3 5.9 1 0 1 5 1 2 0 3 7
40 Tim McCormick Bench C 21:00 4-6 0-0 1-2 2.8 0 4 4 1 4 0 0 3 9
10 Purvis Short Bench SF 18:00 2-7 0-0 2-2 0.5 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 6
  Team                                
        240 30-80 3-6 20-24 76.8 10 31 41 22 29 8 7 21 83
          37.5% 50.0% 83.3%                    

Detroit Pistons

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
45 Adrian Dantley Starter SF 36:00 0-6 0-0 8-10 2.2 0 0 0 5 3 2 0 3 8
4 Joe Dumars Starter SG 38:00 12-19 1-1 3-4 16.0 2 3 5 3 1 0 0 3 28
40 Bill Laimbeer Starter C 36:00 5-13 0-1 0-0 14.2 1 12 13 5 0 0 1 2 10
44 Rick Mahorn Starter PF 33:00 3-5 0-0 2-2 12.5 5 8 13 1 4 1 0 2 8
11 Isiah Thomas Starter PG 45:00 11-22 0-0 3-4 14.0 1 4 5 5 0 3 1 6 25
53 James Edwards Bench C 12:00 0-0 0-0 0-1 1.1 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 0
15 Vinnie Johnson Bench PG 13:00 2-8 0-0 3-4 -1.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 7
10 Dennis Rodman Bench PF 16:00 2-3 0-0 1-3 5.4 2 5 7 1 2 1 1 4 5
22 John Salley Bench C 11:00 1-3 0-0 2-2 5.2 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 4
  Team                                
        240 36-79 1-2 22-30 105.8 14 35 49 23 16 8 5 23 95
          45.6% 50.0% 73.3%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Sleepy Floyd
13.6p, 3.9r, 8.1a
Mike Woodson
14.6p, 2.1r, 2.3a
Buck Johnson
11.8p, 5.5r, 2.4a
Otis Thorpe
15.6p, 10.9r, 2.2a
Hakeem Olajuwon
24.1p, 13.8r, 1.7a
Rotation Frank Johnson
4.5p, 1.2r, 3.1a
 
 
Derrick Chievous
11.2p, 2.8r, 0.8a
 
 
Tim McCormick
6.1p, 3.7r, 0.9a
Rotation  
 
 
 
Purvis Short
6.1p, 2.1r, 0.9a
 
 
 
 

Detroit Pistons Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Isiah Thomas
18.3p, 3.6r, 8.5a
Joe Dumars
16.8p, 2.4r, 4.9a
Adrian Dantley
18.1p, 3.9r, 2a
Rick Mahorn
7.6p, 7.7r, 1.2a
Bill Laimbeer
11.7p, 9.1r, 2.7a
Rotation Vinnie Johnson
10.3p, 2.6r, 2.8a
 
 
 
 
Dennis Rodman
8.1p, 7.6r, 1a
James Edwards
6.8p, 2.6r, 0.5a
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Salley
7.1p, 4.8r, 1a

Today's Games

Charlotte Hornets (1988) 122
New York Knicks 111

Cleveland Cavaliers 127
Washington Wizards 110

Denver Nuggets 109
Miami Heat 83

Detroit Pistons 95
Houston Rockets 83

Indiana Pacers 85
Chicago Bulls 101

Los Angeles Lakers 124
Los Angeles Clippers 109

Milwaukee Bucks 113
Atlanta Hawks 117

New Jersey Nets 109
Phoenix Suns 116

San Antonio Spurs 99
Boston Celtics 112

Utah Jazz 102
Philadelphia Sixers 95