December 29, 1987
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| HOU | 24 | 22 | 30 | 25 | 101 |
| DET | 27 | 30 | 10 | 24 | 91 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Sleepy Floyd | 37 | 5 | 14 | .357 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| Allen Leavell | 32 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Rodney McCray | 30 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 26 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | |
| Jim Petersen | 26 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Joe Barry Carroll | 36 | 10 | 19 | .526 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | |
| Purvis Short | 22 | 6 | 12 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | |
| Cedric Maxwell | 19 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Buck Johnson | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Robert Reid | 5 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 38 | 90 | .422 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 25 | 29 | .862 | 18 | 38 | 56 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 101 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Bill Laimbeer | 44 | 6 | 12 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| Isiah Thomas | 41 | 4 | 14 | .286 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Adrian Dantley | 36 | 6 | 15 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | |
| Joe Dumars | 32 | 3 | 16 | .188 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |
| John Salley | 28 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Dennis Rodman | 25 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| William Bedford | 18 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | |
| Vinnie Johnson | 16 | 2 | 10 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 35 | 89 | .393 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 20 | 28 | .714 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 91 |
| Attendance: | 26,498 |