San Antonio Spurs beat Houston Rockets 97–93 for the NBA belt (Dec 2, 1987)

Houston Rockets had held it since December 1, 1987, with 0 defenses over 1 days.

San Antonio Spurs held it for 13 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to Brooklyn Nets on December 15, 1987.

1,662Reign number

21Team's reign

3Defenses

13Days held

Box score

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Hakeem Olajuwon	31	23	13	2	1	1	10-15	0-0	3-4
Ralph Sampson	41	17	11	1	0	2	6-13	1-2	4-8
World Free	19	14	0	1	0	0	4-9	0-0	6-8
Jim Petersen	22	10	7	0	0	1	4-6	0-0	2-4
Rodney McCray	37	9	6	3	3	3	1-4	0-0	7-10
Allen Leavell	37	9	1	9	0	0	4-12	0-1	1-2
Purvis Short	31	7	6	4	0	0	2-12	0-2	3-4
Lester Conner	11	2	1	4	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0
Cedric Maxwell	9	2	1	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0
Richard Anderson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Johnny Dawkins	38	20	2	9	2	0	5-14	0-0	10-10
Alvin Robertson	30	18	5	7	4	1	8-17	0-1	2-2
Walter Berry	24	13	5	1	0	0	6-13	0-0	1-5
Frank Brickowski	35	11	15	2	1	1	3-7	0-0	5-6
Mike Mitchell	19	8	2	2	0	0	4-8	0-0	0-0
Kurt Nimphius	19	7	1	1	1	0	3-3	0-0	1-2
Charlie Davis	16	6	1	3	0	0	3-8	0-1	0-0
David Greenwood	26	4	6	1	0	0	2-8	0-0	0-2
Greg Anderson	14	4	5	1	0	1	2-6	0-0	0-1
Leon Wood	13	4	0	3	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0
Petur Gudmundsson	6	2	2	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0

San Antonio Spurs take the belt