December 26, 1988
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| HOU | 29 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 97 |
| CHH | 29 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 95 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Buck Johnson | 43 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 38 | 10 | 17 | .588 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 23 | |
| Sleepy Floyd | 34 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Otis Thorpe | 32 | 6 | 12 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |
| Mike Woodson | 26 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Tim McCormick | 21 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bernard Thompson | 17 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Frank Johnson | 13 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Derrick Chievous | 6 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Purvis Short | 5 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Chuck Nevitt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 240 | 33 | 72 | .458 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 30 | 35 | .857 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 29 | 23 | 97 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Earl Cureton | 35 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Robert Reid | 32 | 11 | 22 | .500 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| Kelly Tripucka | 30 | 9 | 21 | .429 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| Kurt Rambis | 29 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Mike Holton | 25 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Tim Kempton | 25 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| Dell Curry | 22 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
| Muggsy Bogues | 16 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rickey Green | 11 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ralph Lewis | 8 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Tolbert | 7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 42 | 91 | .462 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 10 | 14 | .714 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 26 | 95 |
| Attendance: | 23,388 |