MIA
@
ATL
123
-
114
DAL
@
MEM
106
-
120
Houston Rockets
@
New Jersey Nets
W|L 44-22
97 - 89
W|L 20-45
Final
Mar. 18 1997
Attendance: 20,049
Q1 Q2 1H Q3 Q4 2H FNL
HOU 18 29 47 18 32 50 97
NJ 26 15 41 25 23 48 89
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-0

Jan. 23 1997NJ@HOU104 - 111

Mar. 18 1997HOU@NJ97 - 89

Houston
Starters MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% DRB ORB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1. Kevin Willis 39.9 6 14 .429 0 1 .000 2 2 1.00 7 1 8 4 3 1 3 2 14
2. Hakeem Olajuwon 37.2 7 15 .467 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 11 4 15 2 2 0 3 5 14
3. Clyde Drexler 36.1 9 16 .562 4 7 .571 1 2 .500 3 1 4 12 2 2 2 2 23
4. Mario Elie 35.9 1 7 .143 0 3 .000 4 5 .800 2 0 2 6 1 0 1 2 6
5. Matt Maloney 21.3 1 7 .143 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 3 1 4 1 2 0 2 2 3
Bench MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% DRB ORB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1. Eddie Johnson 24.0 6 12 .500 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 5 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 16
2. Sedale Threatt 22.6 6 8 .750 2 2 1.00 1 2 .500 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 15
3. Othella Harrington 18.9 3 5 .600 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
4. Randy Livingston 4.1 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
5. Charles Barkley Player Did Not Play
6. Matt Bullard Player Did Not Play
7. Sam Mack Player Did Not Play
Team Totals 240 39 87 .448 11 27 .407 8 11 .727 34 8 42 31 15 3 13 15 97
New Jersey
Starters MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% DRB ORB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1. Sam Cassell 38.8 5 17 .294 1 6 .167 2 2 1.00 3 3 6 6 2 1 7 2 13
2. Jim Jackson 36.5 7 15 .467 2 6 .333 4 4 1.00 4 1 5 4 1 2 3 1 20
3. Kendall Gill 34.0 7 17 .412 1 3 .333 5 5 1.00 2 1 3 3 2 0 5 0 20
4. Eric Montross 33.6 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 12 6 18 3 0 3 0 5 6
5. Tony Massenburg 26.0 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 8 1 9 0 2 0 1 0 8
Bench MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% DRB ORB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1. Kerry Kittles 25.5 2 10 .200 0 2 .000 3 4 .750 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 7
2. Xavier McDaniel 22.0 1 6 .167 0 0 .000 1 1 1.00 5 2 7 1 0 0 1 4 3
3. Joe Kleine 14.4 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 2 4
4. Kevin Edwards 9.2 3 5 .600 2 2 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8
5. Chris Gatling Player Did Not Play
6. Jack Haley Player Did Not Play
7. Yinka Dare Player Did Not Play
Team Totals 240 33 87 .379 6 19 .316 17 20 .850 36 19 55 19 8 6 20 15 89