Houston Rockets beat Philadelphia 76ers 115–100 for the NBA belt (Jan 4, 1986)

Philadelphia 76ers had held it since December 21, 1985, with 4 defenses over 14 days.

Houston Rockets held it for 10 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to Utah Jazz on January 14, 1986.

1,573Reign number

33Team's reign

3Defenses

10Days held

Box score

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Lewis Lloyd	40	21	2	6	1	0	9-20	0-0	3-3
Hakeem Olajuwon	34	19	7	0	5	4	6-17	0-0	7-8
Ralph Sampson	38	19	7	5	1	0	9-13	0-0	1-2
Rodney McCray	35	18	6	4	0	1	8-10	0-0	2-2
John Lucas	38	17	3	8	1	0	8-12	0-1	1-2
Robert Reid	14	6	3	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	2-2
Jim Petersen	21	6	6	1	0	0	3-7	0-1	0-0
Allen Leavell	9	5	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	5-6
Mitchell Wiggins	8	4	1	1	1	0	2-4	0-0	0-0
Craig Ehlo	1	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0
Granville Waiters	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0
Steve Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Charles Barkley	35	19	9	3	2	0	7-10	1-1	4-4
Maurice Cheeks	41	18	6	9	0	1	8-15	0-0	2-3
Moses Malone	38	17	9	0	0	0	6-14	0-0	5-12
Julius Erving	36	16	7	5	0	2	7-16	1-2	1-1
Sedale Threatt	28	12	2	1	2	0	6-10	0-0	0-0
Terry Catledge	9	8	0	0	1	0	4-5	0-0	0-1
Bobby Jones	26	5	1	2	0	1	2-5	0-0	1-1
Clemon Johnson	16	4	1	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0
Perry Moss	11	1	2	2	0	0	0-3	0-1	1-2

Houston Rockets take the belt