W|L 42-34-6
34 - 29
W|L 37-41-4
Attendance: 19,006
Playoff W|L 2-1-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 32 | 27 | 59 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 125 |
| MIN | 29 | 30 | 59 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 120 |
Playoff W|L 1-2-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-2-0
Nov. 19 1996MIN@HOU29 - 25
Dec. 10 1996HOU@MIN19 - 13
Jan. 07 1997HOU@MIN37 - 20
Mar. 25 1997MIN@HOU31 - 29
Playoff Match Up
W|L 2-1-0
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 10 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 10 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 3.50 | 10 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 6 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Charles Barkley | 9 | 5.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 5 |
| 5. | Clyde Drexler | 3 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 6 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | .000 | 8 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 6 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 3 |
| 3. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Othella Harrington | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Randy Livingston | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Sedale Threatt | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 50 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.67 | .286 | .214 | 34 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stephon Marbury | 13 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .375 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Dean Garrett | 8 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Kevin Garnett | 9 | 9.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Tom Gugliotta | 11 | 9.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .500 | .000 | 10 |
| 5. | Doug West | 3 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Terry Porter | 1 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Sam Mitchell | 5 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .333 | 5 |
| 3. | James Robinson | 6 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 6 |
| 4. | Chris Carr | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Cherokee Parks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Shane Heal | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stojko Vranković | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 56 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2.50 | .321 | .036 | 29 | |