W|L 57-25
96 - 99
W|L 57-25
Attendance: 17,072
Playoff W|L 6-3
| 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 6-5
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1
Dec. 14 1996HOU@SEA109 - 100
Dec. 30 1996SEA@HOU91 - 99
Feb. 14 1997HOU@SEA85 - 105
Apr. 13 1997SEA@HOU73 - 113
Playoff Match Up
W|L 3-3
May. 05 1997SEA@HOU102 - 112
May. 07 1997SEA@HOU106 - 101
May. 09 1997HOU@SEA97 - 93
May. 11 1997HOU@SEA110 - 106
May. 13 1997SEA@HOU100 - 94
May. 15 1997HOU@SEA96 - 99
May. 17 1997SEA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clyde Drexler | 20 | 189 | 209 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 6 | 157 | 163 | 2 | 6 | .333 | .250 | .302 | 9 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 59 | 26 | 85 | 34 | 3 | 37 | 31 | 23 | 54 | 5 | 6 | .833 | .889 | .872 | 18 |
| 3. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 61 | 66 | 127 | 61 | 43 | 104 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 20 | .600 | .571 | .623 | 30 |
| 4. | Charles Barkley | 53 | 74 | 127 | 41 | 29 | 70 | 24 | 45 | 69 | 6 | 14 | .429 | .441 | .498 | 20 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 27 | 87 | 114 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 27 | 69 | 96 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .300 | .340 | 4 |
| Bench | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
| 1. | Sedale Threatt | 42 | 40 | 82 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .500 | .595 | 7 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 0 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .286 | .286 | .457 | 8 |
| 3. | Eddie Johnson | 0 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 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 | 262 | 559 | 821 | 174 | 187 | 361 | 112 | 384 | 496 | 28 | 58 | .483 | .457 | .517 | 96 | |
| Starters | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gary Payton | 66 | 111 | 177 | 41 | 45 | 86 | 25 | 66 | 91 | 6 | 12 | .500 | .469 | .522 | 19 |
| 2. | Detlef Schrempf | 9 | 60 | 69 | 9 | 72 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .417 | .417 | .509 | 14 |
| 3. | Shawn Kemp | 32 | 36 | 68 | 32 | 13 | 45 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 13 | .462 | .429 | .546 | 22 |
| 4. | Hersey Hawkins | 54 | 118 | 172 | 29 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 114 | 139 | 3 | 5 | .600 | .450 | .592 | 16 |
| 5. | Sam Perkins | 48 | 20 | 68 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .600 | .600 | 6 |
| Bench | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
| 1. | Terry Cummings | 56 | 47 | 103 | 62 | 59 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .462 | .462 | .504 | 14 |
| 2. | David Wingate | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | .750 | .750 | 6 |
| 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 | 304 | 398 | 702 | 212 | 225 | 437 | 98 | 203 | 301 | 30 | 64 | .469 | .474 | .547 | 99 | |