W|L 45-27-3
25 - 23
W|L 25-48-4
Attendance: 17,356
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-1-0
Dec. 17 1996HOU@VAN10 - 25
Feb. 11 1997VAN@HOU31 - 32
Apr. 06 1997HOU@VAN25 - 23
Apr. 10 1997VAN@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 13 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .800 | .400 | 6 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 8 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .286 | .000 | 12 |
| 3. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 9 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Mario Elie | 8 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | .667 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 4 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Charles Jones | 2 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Kevin Willis | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Othella Harrington | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Randy Livingston | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 47 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 | .500 | .083 | 25 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryant Reeves | 8 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Chris Robinson | 5 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .500 | .000 | 5 |
| 3. | Shareef Abdur-Rahim | 13 | 11.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 4. | Lee Mayberry | 8 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .600 | .000 | 8 |
| 5. | Roy Rogers | 5 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Aaron Williams | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Lawrence Moten | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Pete Chilcutt | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Anthony Peeler | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Blue Edwards | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Eric Leckner | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Greg Anthony | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 44 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.33 | .238 | .095 | 23 | |