W|L 40-42
84 - 96
W|L 57-25
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 0-2
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 20 | 23 | 43 | 22 | 19 | 41 | 84 |
| HOU | 24 | 17 | 41 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 96 |
Playoff W|L 2-0
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 0-2
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kevin Garnett | 45.7 | 7 | 14 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 2. | Stephon Marbury | 45.2 | 10 | 25 | .400 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 3. | Tom Gugliotta | 42.2 | 8 | 21 | .381 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 4. | Dean Garrett | 41.8 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 5. | Doug West | 35.0 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Terry Porter | 18.5 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 2. | Sam Mitchell | 11.6 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 3. | Shane Heal | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Chris Carr | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5. | Cherokee Parks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | James Robinson | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Stojko Vranković | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 36 | 85 | .424 | 4 | 15 | .267 | 8 | 13 | .615 | 24 | 15 | 39 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 84 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clyde Drexler | 40.8 | 6 | 17 | .353 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 40.2 | 9 | 12 | .750 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 38.0 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 8 | 1.00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 4. | Charles Barkley | 37.2 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 13 | .615 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 31.3 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 18.6 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2. | Eddie Johnson | 17.3 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 16.7 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 4. | Charles Jones | 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 | 240 | 32 | 73 | .438 | 9 | 26 | .346 | 23 | 29 | .793 | 31 | 13 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 96 | |