W|L 40-42
95 - 112
W|L 57-25
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 0-1
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 25 | 23 | 48 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 95 |
| HOU | 31 | 30 | 61 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 112 |
Playoff W|L 1-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 0-4
Nov. 19 1996MIN@HOU93 - 122
Dec. 10 1996HOU@MIN96 - 94
Jan. 07 1997HOU@MIN104 - 95
Mar. 25 1997MIN@HOU103 - 112
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kevin Garnett | 39.7 | 10 | 21 | .476 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 2. | Tom Gugliotta | 38.6 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 3. | Stephon Marbury | 35.0 | 10 | 19 | .526 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| 4. | Dean Garrett | 30.8 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 5. | Doug West | 23.3 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | James Robinson | 19.3 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2. | Sam Mitchell | 16.1 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3. | Cherokee Parks | 11.4 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 4. | Terry Porter | 10.4 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5. | Chris Carr | 8.3 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Stojko Vranković | 5.8 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. | Shane Heal | 1.4 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Team Totals | 240 | 37 | 85 | .435 | 9 | 20 | .450 | 12 | 18 | .667 | 27 | 9 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 95 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 34.8 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 33.3 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 32.9 | 4 | 13 | .308 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 4. | Charles Barkley | 31.1 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 29.0 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 25.4 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 2. | Eddie Johnson | 25.1 | 5 | 15 | .333 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 3. | Randy Livingston | 10.6 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4. | Sedale Threatt | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 5. | Matt Bullard | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6. | Othella Harrington | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7. | Charles Jones | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 240 | 39 | 85 | .459 | 11 | 27 | .407 | 23 | 31 | .742 | 42 | 16 | 58 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 112 |