December 8, 1989
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| NJN | 26 | 34 | 19 | 20 | 99 |
| HOU | 25 | 17 | 28 | 24 | 94 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Chris Morris | 43 | 7 | 14 | .500 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| Sam Bowie | 39 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17 | |
| Dennis Hopson | 36 | 3 | 12 | .250 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Lester Conner | 35 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Charles Shackleford | 30 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Roy Hinson | 27 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |
| Mookie Blaylock | 25 | 7 | 14 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | |
| Purvis Short | 5 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 39 | 83 | .470 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 19 | 24 | .792 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 99 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Hakeem Olajuwon | 44 | 12 | 21 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 26 | |
| Otis Thorpe | 44 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| Sleepy Floyd | 37 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| Buck Johnson | 35 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | |
| John Lucas | 33 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Derrick Chievous | 13 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Byron Dinkins | 12 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Woodson | 10 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Larry Smith | 8 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Anthony Bowie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 240 | 38 | 83 | .458 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 14 | 19 | .737 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 94 |
| Attendance: | 15,105 |