W|L 21-2
99 - 89
W|L 13-11
Attendance: 21,318
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-0
Nov. 26 1996POR@HOU101 - 102
Dec. 15 1996HOU@POR99 - 89
Jan. 02 1997POR@HOU-| - |-
Feb. 15 1997HOU@POR-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 40.7 | 9 | 20 | .450 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 8 | 1.00 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 38.6 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 38.2 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 33.4 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 5. | Kevin Willis | 32.4 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Matt Bullard | 19.3 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2. | Othella Harrington | 18.8 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 3. | Randy Livingston | 14.6 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4. | Charles Jones | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Charles Barkley | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Elmer Bennett | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Tracy Moore | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 34 | 66 | .515 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 25 | 28 | .893 | 36 | 3 | 39 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 99 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kenny Anderson | 44.0 | 10 | 24 | .417 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 26 |
| 2. | Rasheed Wallace | 40.1 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 3. | Clifford Robinson | 39.4 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 4. | Arvydas Sabonis | 32.0 | 6 | 12 | .500 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6 | 7 | .857 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 5. | Isaiah Rider | 31.0 | 4 | 13 | .308 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Aaron McKie | 17.0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2. | Chris Dudley | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3. | Mitchell Butler | 8.6 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4. | Gary Trent | 7.9 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Aleksandar Djordjevic | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Jermaine O'Neal | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Randolph Childress | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 32 | 84 | .381 | 6 | 22 | .273 | 19 | 26 | .731 | 23 | 10 | 33 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 89 | |