Game Stats: Rockets vs. Hornets, 97-95 in the 1989 NBA Regular Season

Box score from the NBA basketball game played between the Houston Rockets and the Charlotte Hornets on December 26, 1988 with final result, scoring by period, game leaders and statistics by team and by player.

NBA Box Scores:

Game Result

97

Houston Rockets
- 95

Charlotte Hornets

Scoring by Period

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
HOU 29 27 24 17 97
CHH 29 28 21 17 95

Game Leaders

Rockets Hornets

Points

23 -
H.
Hakeem
Olajuwon
25 -
R.
Robert
Reid

Rebounds

15 -
H.
Hakeem
Olajuwon
10 -
E.
Earl
Cureton

Assists

5 -
B.
Buck
Johnson
9 -
M.
Mike
Holton

Steals

4 -
H.
Hakeem
Olajuwon
4 -
T.
Tim
Kempton

Blocks

1 -
2 players
1 -
2 players

Game Data

Date: December 26, 1988

Home Team: Charlotte Hornets

Game Box Score

Houston Rockets

97
  Shooting Rebounds

Players

  Min
FG
3P
FT
O D Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
Reserves
 
Hakeem Olajuwon 38:00 10-17 0-0 3-4 3 12 15 2 4 1 7 423
Mike Woodson 26:00 8-15 1-2 5-7 1 2 3 0 2 0 3 122
Otis Thorpe 32:00 6-12 0-0 4-5 4 4 8 1 0 1 6 416
Sleepy Floyd 34:00 2-6 0-1 7-8 0 3 3 4 3 0 3 211
Buck Johnson 43:00 4-9 0-0 2-2 0 4 4 5 1 0 1 310
Reserves
 
Bernard Thompson 17:00 2-4 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 36
Purvis Short 05:00 1-3 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 24
Frank Johnson 13:00 0-1 0-0 3-3 2 1 3 2 0 0 3 03
Tim McCormick 21:00 0-2 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 12
Derrick Chievous 06:00 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
Chuck Nevitt 05:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20

Totals:

  240 33-72 1-3 30-35 13 31 44 14 12 2 29 23 97
Percentages: .458 .333 .857

Charlotte Hornets

95
  Shooting Rebounds

Players

  Min
FG
3P
FT
O D Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
Reserves
 
Robert Reid 32:00 11-22 0-2 3-4 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 225
Kelly Tripucka 30:00 9-21 1-2 0-1 2 4 6 2 0 0 5 419
Earl Cureton 35:00 6-8 0-0 0-0 3 7 10 2 2 1 1 312
Mike Holton 25:00 4-9 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 9 2 0 2 28
Kurt Rambis 29:00 2-7 0-0 0-0 4 3 7 3 2 0 3 54
Reserves
 
Dell Curry 22:00 5-11 0-0 2-3 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 312
Tim Kempton 25:00 3-5 0-0 5-6 1 3 4 1 4 0 5 311
Rickey Green 11:00 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 04
Muggsy Bogues 16:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 00
Ralph Lewis 08:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 10
Tom Tolbert 07:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 30

Totals:

  240 42-91 1-4 10-14 15 24 39 28 13 2 20 26 95
Percentages: .462 .250 .714