W|L 52-24
127 - 117
W|L 34-42
Attendance: 16,021
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-1
Jan. 04 1997LAC@HOU95 - 91
Mar. 04 1997HOU@LAC113 - 109
Apr. 08 1997HOU@LAC127 - 117
Apr. 15 1997LAC@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 45 | 39.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.50 | .250 | .875 | 35 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 31 | 38.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.33 | .778 | .889 | 18 |
| 3. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 30 | 37.7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.38 | .000 | .167 | 17 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 17 | 30.7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .167 | .500 | 14 |
| 5. | Clyde Drexler | 30 | 29.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .250 | 18 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 20 | 21.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .571 | .000 | 11 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 12 | 18.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Othella Harrington | 14 | 18.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.33 | 5 |
| 4. | Matt Bullard | 7 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 5 |
| 5. | Randy Livingston | 2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Charles Jones | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Kevin Willis | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 209 | 240 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1.11 | .282 | .507 | 127 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Malik Sealy | 29 | 39.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | .353 | .176 | 26 |
| 2. | Loy Vaught | 31 | 33.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | .286 | 18 |
| 3. | Bo Outlaw | 15 | 27.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 3 |
| 4. | Darrick Martin | 15 | 23.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .417 | .000 | 5 |
| 5. | Rodney Rogers | 13 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .286 | .286 | 10 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Lorenzen Wright | 30 | 26.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.67 | .000 | .333 | 13 |
| 2. | Brent Barry | 26 | 24.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | .556 | .444 | 13 |
| 3. | Lamond Murray | 23 | 21.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .286 | 1.00 | 10 |
| 4. | Terry Dehere | 12 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .833 | .000 | 6 |
| 5. | Eric Piatkowski | 15 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .333 | 11 |
| 6. | Rich Manning | 11 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 2 |
| 7. | Pooh Richardson | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 221 | 240 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3.38 | .284 | .316 | 117 |