W|L 29-39
104 - 99
W|L 45-23
Attendance: 16,285
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-2
Nov. 02 1996HOU@PHO110 - 95
Nov. 21 1996PHO@HOU105 - 115
Mar. 22 1997PHO@HOU104 - 99
Apr. 02 1997HOU@PHO-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kevin Johnson | 43.0 | 8 | 17 | .471 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| 2. | Rex Chapman | 42.2 | 10 | 16 | .625 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| 3. | Hot Rod Williams | 40.9 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Jason Kidd | 36.6 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 5. | Wayman Tisdale | 26.9 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Danny Manning | 27.0 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 2. | Wesley Person | 18.5 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 3. | Horacio Llamas | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Ben Davis | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5. | Cedric Ceballos | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Mark Bryant | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Steve Nash | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 42 | 82 | .512 | 10 | 21 | .476 | 10 | 13 | .769 | 36 | 5 | 41 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 104 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 41.0 | 18 | 31 | .581 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 37.9 | 6 | 18 | .333 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 37.5 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 4. | Kevin Willis | 35.5 | 5 | 14 | .357 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 26.6 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Othella Harrington | 19.2 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2. | Eddie Johnson | 18.4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 18.1 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4. | Randy Livingston | 5.8 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5. | Charles Barkley | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Sam Mack | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 42 | 97 | .433 | 5 | 17 | .294 | 10 | 12 | .833 | 32 | 17 | 49 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 99 | |