W|L 42-20
88 - 83
W|L 19-41
Attendance: 18,502
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-0
Jan. 17 1997HOU@DAL88 - 78
Mar. 01 1997DAL@HOU80 - 89
Mar. 09 1997HOU@DAL88 - 83
Apr. 18 1997DAL@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mario Elie | 39.8 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 39.3 | 8 | 16 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| 3. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 38.4 | 5 | 17 | .294 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 33.9 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 5. | Matt Bullard | 17.8 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 30.2 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 2. | Othella Harrington | 18.3 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 3. | Randy Livingston | 14.2 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 4. | Sam Mack | 8.2 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5. | Charles Barkley | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Clyde Drexler | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Sedale Threatt | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 32 | 79 | .405 | 11 | 24 | .458 | 13 | 16 | .812 | 29 | 9 | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 88 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Michael Finley | 47.6 | 7 | 20 | .350 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| 2. | Shawn Bradley | 42.6 | 9 | 14 | .643 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 3. | Khalid Reeves | 41.0 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 4. | Erick Strickland | 40.3 | 6 | 16 | .375 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 5. | A.C. Green | 39.3 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Martin Müürsepp | 15.1 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2. | Samaki Walker | 12.6 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3. | Greg Dreiling | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Derek Harper | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5. | Ed O'Bannon | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Robert Pack | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 29 | 75 | .387 | 6 | 16 | .375 | 19 | 20 | .950 | 34 | 12 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 83 | |