December 27, 1988
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| HOU | 21 | 20 | 35 | 25 | 101 |
| MIA | 18 | 32 | 21 | 22 | 93 |
| 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 | 41 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Sleepy Floyd | 39 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| Buck Johnson | 39 | 8 | 12 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 | |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 32 | 6 | 16 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | .714 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 22 | |
| Mike Woodson | 30 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Tim McCormick | 20 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Derrick Chievous | 12 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Frank Johnson | 10 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Allen Leavell | 8 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bernard Thompson | 5 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Purvis Short | 4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 37 | 82 | .451 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 26 | 32 | .813 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 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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| Rory Sparrow | 30 | 4 | 13 | .308 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Grant Long | 26 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| Pat Cummings | 25 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Rony Seikaly | 19 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Kevin Edwards | 15 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Billy Thompson | 33 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Pearl Washington | 28 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Jon Sundvold | 25 | 10 | 15 | .667 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| John Shasky | 22 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Sylvester Gray | 17 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 38 | 83 | .458 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 14 | 19 | .737 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 28 | 93 |
| Attendance: | 15,008 |