W|L 57-25
103 - 99
W|L 20-62
Attendance: 23,553
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1
Dec. 19 1996SA@HOU115 - 101
Feb. 23 1997SA@HOU85 - 95
Mar. 11 1997HOU@SA103 - 79
Apr. 20 1997HOU@SA103 - 99
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clyde Drexler | 41.2 | 7 | 19 | .368 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 39.4 | 8 | 19 | .421 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 37.6 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 4. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 36.8 | 9 | 16 | .562 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 9 | 9 | 1.00 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 27 |
| 5. | Eddie Johnson | 32.6 | 1 | 8 | .125 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Sedale Threatt | 21.1 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 19.0 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3. | Randy Livingston | 11.6 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4. | Othella Harrington | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Mario Elie | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 36 | 85 | .424 | 7 | 25 | .280 | 24 | 27 | .889 | 32 | 15 | 47 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 103 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vinny Del Negro | 42.3 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2. | Carl Herrera | 40.4 | 8 | 20 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| 3. | Dominique Wilkins | 34.8 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 4. | Greg Anderson | 23.6 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 5. | Avery Johnson | 22.9 | 8 | 13 | .615 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Cory Alexander | 32.2 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 0 | 8 | .000 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 2. | Will Perdue | 26.4 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 3. | Vernon Maxwell | 11.4 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4. | Jamie Feick | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5. | Charles Smith | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Monty Williams | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Sean Elliott | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 39 | 86 | .453 | 1 | 16 | .062 | 20 | 29 | .690 | 30 | 16 | 46 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 99 | |