January 3, 1989
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| UTA | 23 | 28 | 23 | 28 | 102 |
| HOU | 21 | 31 | 28 | 24 | 104 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| John Stockton | 45 | 12 | 16 | .750 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
| Mark Eaton | 44 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| Karl Malone | 43 | 13 | 22 | .591 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .750 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 35 | |
| Darrell Griffith | 37 | 7 | 15 | .467 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |
| Marc Iavaroni | 23 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Thurl Bailey | 37 | 10 | 20 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | |
| Mike Brown | 5 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Les | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eric Leckner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 240 | 43 | 77 | .558 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 14 | 17 | .824 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 102 |
| 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 | 45 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 39 | 10 | 20 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 26 | |
| Sleepy Floyd | 39 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Derrick Chievous | 32 | 4 | 14 | .286 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| Mike Woodson | 16 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Buck Johnson | 28 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Purvis Short | 20 | 6 | 12 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |
| Tim McCormick | 11 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Frank Johnson | 10 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 40 | 92 | .435 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 24 | 28 | .857 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 104 |
| Attendance: | 16,611 |