W|L 52-27-3
59 - 48
W|L 49-29-4
Attendance: 17,072
Playoff W|L 7-2-0
| 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 4-7-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-2-0
Dec. 14 1996HOU@SEA52 - 53
Dec. 30 1996SEA@HOU38 - 42
Feb. 14 1997HOU@SEA40 - 52
Apr. 13 1997SEA@HOU35 - 57
Playoff Match Up
W|L 4-2-0
May. 05 1997SEA@HOU47 - 48
May. 07 1997SEA@HOU41 - 54
May. 09 1997HOU@SEA42 - 49
May. 11 1997HOU@SEA51 - 45
May. 13 1997SEA@HOU43 - 42
May. 15 1997HOU@SEA59 - 48
May. 17 1997SEA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clyde Drexler | 20 | 127 | 147 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 6 | 112 | 118 | 2 | 4 | .500 | .350 | .350 | 7 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 47 | 0 | 47 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1.25 | 1.13 | 12 |
| 3. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 35 | 15 | 50 | 35 | 15 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .700 | .700 | .765 | 20 |
| 4. | Charles Barkley | 53 | 41 | 94 | 35 | 18 | 53 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 4 | 6 | .667 | .688 | .697 | 13 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 0 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
| 1. | Sedale Threatt | 24 | 17 | 41 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .750 | .750 | 3 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 0 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .410 | 4 |
| 3. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Eddie Johnson | 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 | 179 | 268 | 447 | 112 | 87 | 199 | 85 | 181 | 266 | 16 | 27 | .593 | .588 | .633 | 59 | |
| Starters | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gary Payton | 17 | 33 | 50 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .600 | .600 | .680 | 8 |
| 2. | Shawn Kemp | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .400 | .400 | .532 | 10 |
| 3. | Detlef Schrempf | 0 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .444 | .444 | .558 | 12 |
| 4. | Hersey Hawkins | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .576 | 7 |
| 5. | Sam Perkins | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 3 |
| Bench | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
| 1. | Terry Cummings | 30 | 34 | 64 | 30 | 34 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .400 | .400 | .510 | 6 |
| 2. | David Wingate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 2 |
| 3. | Eric Snow | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Greg Graham | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | Jim McIlvaine | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Larry Stewart | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Nate McMillan | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 76 | 154 | 230 | 52 | 143 | 195 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 12 | 28 | .429 | .450 | .585 | 48 | |