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 | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kevin Garnett | 35 | 39.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .048 | .000 | 21 |
| 2. | Tom Gugliotta | 24 | 38.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | .000 | .167 | 11 |
| 3. | Stephon Marbury | 33 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .474 | .316 | 28 |
| 4. | Dean Garrett | 22 | 30.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .429 | 8 |
| 5. | Doug West | 12 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | James Robinson | 13 | 19.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .800 | .000 | 3 |
| 2. | Sam Mitchell | 20 | 16.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 7 |
| 3. | Cherokee Parks | 14 | 11.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Terry Porter | 5 | 10.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .667 | .000 | 3 |
| 5. | Chris Carr | 7 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Stojko Vranković | 4 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Shane Heal | 3 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 6 |
| Team Totals | 192 | 240 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4.00 | .235 | .212 | 95 |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 37 | 34.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.25 | .000 | .385 | 18 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 26 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .538 | .231 | 21 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 26 | 32.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.00 | .308 | .000 | 8 |
| 4. | Charles Barkley | 36 | 31.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .143 | 1.43 | 15 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 16 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .636 | .000 | 14 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 35 | 25.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .889 | 15 |
| 2. | Eddie Johnson | 28 | 25.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .333 | .200 | 13 |
| 3. | Randy Livingston | 7 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .500 | .000 | 3 |
| 4. | Sedale Threatt | 8 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Matt Bullard | 4 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 6. | Othella Harrington | 5 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 7. | Charles Jones | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 229 | 240 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 2.00 | .318 | .365 | 112 |