December 28, 1990
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| HOU | 28 | 20 | 30 | 23 | 101 |
| NJN | 27 | 25 | 21 | 26 | 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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| Buck Johnson | 43 | 8 | 21 | .381 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| Otis Thorpe | 40 | 9 | 17 | .529 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 | |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 37 | 6 | 17 | .353 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |
| Kenny Smith | 36 | 8 | 17 | .471 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| Vernon Maxwell | 34 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Sleepy Floyd | 20 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Larry Smith | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Dave Feitl | 7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kennard Winchester | 6 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| David Wood | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 240 | 43 | 97 | .443 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 13 | 20 | .650 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 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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| Reggie Theus | 41 | 6 | 18 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| Mookie Blaylock | 39 | 7 | 19 | .368 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Sam Bowie | 39 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| Derrick Gervin | 30 | 7 | 20 | .350 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | |
| Jack Haley | 25 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Chris Dudley | 27 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| Chris Morris | 22 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Lester Conner | 7 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Kurk Lee | 5 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tate George | 5 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 40 | 107 | .374 | 3 | 12 | .250 | 16 | 24 | .667 | 24 | 41 | 65 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 99 |
| Attendance: | 12,328 |