W|L 45-31-6
37 - 51
W|L 60-19-3
Attendance: 17,072
Playoff W|L 3-5-1
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 13 | 24 | 37 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 96 |
| SEA | 30 | 21 | 51 | 27 | 21 | 48 | 99 |
Playoff W|L 8-3-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1-0
Dec. 14 1996HOU@SEA57 - 47
Dec. 30 1996SEA@HOU53 - 57
Feb. 14 1997HOU@SEA45 - 53
Apr. 13 1997SEA@HOU38 - 56
Playoff Match Up
W|L 2-4-0
May. 05 1997SEA@HOU55 - 64
May. 07 1997SEA@HOU65 - 47
May. 09 1997HOU@SEA55 - 44
May. 11 1997HOU@SEA47 - 53
May. 13 1997SEA@HOU57 - 52
May. 15 1997HOU@SEA37 - 51
May. 17 1997SEA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 0 | 33 | 33 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 8 | .250 | .222 | .325 | 7 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 26 | 51 | 77 | 26 | 28 | 54 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 10 | .500 | .455 | .455 | 10 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 12 | 26 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 4 | .750 | .600 | .600 | 6 |
| 4. | Clyde Drexler | 0 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .205 | 2 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 27 | 41 | 68 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .515 | 4 |
| Bench | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
| 1. | Sedale Threatt | 18 | 23 | 41 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .333 | .515 | 4 |
| 2. | Eddie Johnson | 0 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Kevin Willis | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .515 | 4 |
| 4. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Othella Harrington | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Randy Livingston | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 83 | 291 | 374 | 62 | 100 | 162 | 27 | 203 | 230 | 12 | 31 | .387 | .329 | .400 | 37 | |
| Starters | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gary Payton | 49 | 78 | 127 | 24 | 12 | 36 | 25 | 66 | 91 | 3 | 7 | .429 | .409 | .446 | 11 |
| 2. | Detlef Schrempf | 9 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | 2 |
| 3. | Hersey Hawkins | 54 | 91 | 145 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 25 | 91 | 116 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | .643 | .605 | 9 |
| 4. | Shawn Kemp | 27 | 23 | 50 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 8 | .500 | .444 | .558 | 12 |
| 5. | Sam Perkins | 24 | 20 | 44 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .375 | .375 | 3 |
| Bench | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
| 1. | Terry Cummings | 26 | 13 | 39 | 32 | 25 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 8 |
| 2. | David Wingate | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 4 |
| 3. | Eric Snow | 20 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 2 |
| 4. | Larry Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Greg Graham | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Jim McIlvaine | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Nate McMillan | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 228 | 244 | 472 | 160 | 82 | 242 | 74 | 180 | 254 | 18 | 36 | .500 | .489 | .515 | 51 | |