Houston Rockets 88, Dallas Mavericks 83  at Dallas  (March 9)

          1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final   2FG  3FG  FG%  FT%
Houston    24  20  21  23 -   88   .382 .458 .405 .813
Dallas     13  13  30  27 -   83   .390 .375 .387 .950

Halftime: Houston 44-26
3rd Q: Houston 65-56
Dallas' only lead: 9-8 6:30 1st
Technicals: none
Refs: Jess Kersey, Don Vaden, Mike Smith
Attendance: 18,042  (sellout)


Houston Rockets                                        REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Kevin Willis           39   8-16    0-0     3-3    19  3-10  4  2  4   0   0 
Matt Bullard           18   2-7     1-5     0-0     5  1-2   1  3  1   0   0 
Hakeem Olajuwon        39   5-17    0-0     2-3    12  3-12  4  1  4   2   4 
Matt Maloney           34   5-10    3-7     2-2    15  0-0   7  1  2   2   0 
Mario Elie             40   5-9     3-7     0-0    13  1-7   4  3  2   1   0 
Othella Harrington     18   0-2     0-0     2-2     2  1-3   0  3  1   0   1 
Eddie Johnson          30   5-12    3-4     4-6    17  0-3   2  1  2   1   1 
Randy Livingston       14   1-4     0-0     0-0     2  0-0   2  0  4   1   1 
Sam Mack                8   1-2     1-1     0-0     3  0-1   0  0  0   0   0 
Totals                 48  32-79   11-24   13-16   88  9-38 24 16 20   7   7 

Dallas Mavericks                                       REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Michael Finley         47   7-20    4-6     6-6    24  0-9   3  7  2   1   0 
A.C. Green             39   2-7     0-1     2-2     6  5-11  1  0  1   1   0 
Shawn Bradley          43   9-14    0-0     1-2    19  4-11  1  2  2   1   2 
Khalid Reeves          41   3-10    1-3     4-4    11  1-3   5  3  4   1   0 
Erick Strickland       40   6-16    1-5     6-6    19  1-4   4  2  6   0   0 
Samaki Walker          13   2-5     0-0     0-0     4  1-8   0  3  1   0   0 
Martin Muursepp        15   0-3     0-1     0-0     0  0-0   0  0  2   0   2 
Greg Dreiling           2   0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0-0   0  0  0   1   0 
Totals                 48  29-75    6-16   19-20   83 12-46 14 18 18   5   4