Houston 96, L.A. Lakers 97

March 13, 1989

Regular Season

The Forum (Inglewood, California)

Attendance: 17,505

Officials: Joe Crawford, Steve Javie, Don Vaden

Team Rebounds: Houston (0) Los Angeles (0)

Technicals: Houston (0) Los Angeles (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (34-27) 32 23 21 20 96
LAL (44-18) 24 23 28 22 97

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 90 106.4 107.5
LAL 90 107.5 106.4

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .413 0.133 0.326 0.291
LAL .400 0.111 0.440 0.221

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
6 Walter Berry Starter SF 18:00 2-7 0-0 0-0 3.5 0 3 3 2 3 1 1 0 4
21 Sleepy Floyd Starter PG 39:00 1-10 0-4 7-9 5.9 1 3 4 10 3 1 0 5 9
34 Hakeem Olajuwon Starter C 37:00 11-22 0-0 8-10 25.5 6 5 11 1 6 2 6 0 30
33 Otis Thorpe Starter PF 45:00 7-12 0-0 5-6 18.5 1 7 8 4 1 1 1 1 19
42 Mike Woodson Starter SG 38:00 7-14 1-2 2-2 14.8 2 4 6 6 2 0 0 1 17
3 Derrick Chievous Bench SF 10:00 2-5 0-0 0-0 1.8 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
1 Buck Johnson Bench SF 28:00 2-6 0-0 2-2 3.0 1 3 4 2 6 1 0 1 6
15 Frank Johnson Bench PG 06:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 3.2 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 2 0
30 Allen Leavell Bench PG 03:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
40 Tim McCormick Bench C 12:00 2-7 0-0 1-2 1.0 2 2 4 1 3 0 0 1 5
10 Purvis Short Bench SF 04:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 0.2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
  Team                                
        240 35-86 1-6 25-31 83.6 14 29 43 31 28 7 8 12 96
          40.7% 16.7% 80.6%                    

Los Angeles Lakers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Starter C 33:00 8-15 0-0 5-8 17.5 8 5 13 1 4 0 2 2 21
45 A.C. Green Starter PF 36:00 9-14 0-0 1-2 18.5 4 7 11 1 1 0 1 0 19
32 Magic Johnson Starter PG 43:00 4-23 1-4 10-10 14.0 4 8 12 11 4 1 1 5 19
4 Byron Scott Starter SG 42:00 7-19 0-3 2-2 5.5 2 2 4 2 4 1 0 0 16
42 James Worthy Starter SF 41:00 6-14 0-1 3-3 5.9 1 2 3 2 4 0 1 1 15
21 Michael Cooper Bench SG 23:00 1-5 1-4 0-0 4.0 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 3
43 Mychal Thompson Bench C 22:00 2-5 0-0 0-0 5.5 3 3 6 1 2 1 1 2 4
  Team                                
        240 37-95 2-12 21-25 76.9 22 28 50 21 23 5 7 10 97
          38.9% 16.7% 84.0%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Sleepy Floyd
14.7p, 3.7r, 8.2a
Mike Woodson
14p, 2.4r, 2.6a
Walter Berry
8.4p, 3.8r, 0.9a
Otis Thorpe
15.9p, 9.8r, 2.3a
Hakeem Olajuwon
24p, 13.3r, 1.7a
Rotation  
 
 
 
Buck Johnson
9.7p, 4.6r, 2.1a
 
 
Tim McCormick
6.1p, 3.7r, 0.7a
Rotation  
 
 
 
Derrick Chievous
9.7p, 3.2r, 0.8a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT Frank Johnson
4.4p, 1.1r, 2.8a
 
 
Purvis Short
8.5p, 3.1r, 1.8a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT Allen Leavell
2.8p, 0.7r, 2a
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Los Angeles Lakers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Magic Johnson
22.3p, 7.7r, 12.7a
Byron Scott
19.9p, 4.1r, 3.3a
James Worthy
20.3p, 5.9r, 3.4a
A.C. Green
12.7p, 8.8r, 1.1a
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
10.6p, 4.5r, 1.1a
Rotation  
 
Michael Cooper
7.5p, 2.4r, 3.9a
 
 
 
 
Mychal Thompson
9.2p, 6.1r, 0.6a

Today's Games

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Chicago Bulls 122
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Dallas Mavericks 95
Milwaukee Bucks 111

Los Angeles Lakers 97
Houston Rockets 96

Miami Heat 104
Phoenix Suns 112

San Antonio Spurs 103
Los Angeles Clippers 115

Utah Jazz 98
Cleveland Cavaliers 83

Washington Wizards 106
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