November 15, 1988
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| NYK | 29 | 37 | 36 | 24 | 126 |
| HOU | 26 | 36 | 35 | 24 | 121 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Johnny Newman | 38 | 7 | 15 | .467 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| Patrick Ewing | 38 | 5 | 14 | .357 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |
| Gerald Wilkins | 34 | 14 | 18 | .778 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 30 |
| Mark Jackson | 33 | 6 | 15 | .400 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Charles Oakley | 23 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Trent Tucker | 21 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| Rod Strickland | 15 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | |
| Kenny Walker | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Sidney Green | 13 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Eddie Lee Wilkins | 10 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 52 | 101 | .515 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 15 | 24 | .625 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 126 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Otis Thorpe | 43 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Mike Woodson | 34 | 10 | 16 | .625 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 7 | .857 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 33 | 13 | 19 | .684 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 28 | |
| Buck Johnson | 29 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Sleepy Floyd | 29 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Tim McCormick | 20 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Derrick Chievous | 19 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Allen Leavell | 18 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| Bernard Thompson | 15 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 52 | 91 | .571 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 16 | 22 | .727 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 21 | 121 |
| Attendance: | 16,611 |