December 30, 1988
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| HOU | 22 | 19 | 27 | 15 | 83 |
| DET | 23 | 32 | 19 | 21 | 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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| Otis Thorpe | 40 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| Buck Johnson | 34 | 4 | 13 | .308 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 31 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | |
| Sleepy Floyd | 21 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Mike Woodson | 18 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Derrick Chievous | 30 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | |
| Frank Johnson | 27 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Tim McCormick | 21 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Purvis Short | 18 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 30 | 80 | .375 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 20 | 24 | .833 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 83 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Isiah Thomas | 45 | 11 | 22 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 25 | |
| Joe Dumars | 38 | 12 | 19 | .632 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 28 |
| Bill Laimbeer | 36 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Adrian Dantley | 36 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Rick Mahorn | 33 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Dennis Rodman | 16 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |
| Vinnie Johnson | 13 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| James Edwards | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Salley | 11 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 36 | 79 | .456 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 22 | 30 | .733 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 95 |
| Attendance: | 21,454 |