W|L 49-29-4
41 - 41
W|L 52-27-3
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 4-7-1
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA | 31 | 19 | 50 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 91 |
| HOU | 30 | 25 | 55 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 96 |
Playoff W|L 7-2-1
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 2-4-1
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@HOU41 - 41
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gary Payton | 20 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .182 | .364 | 10 |
| 2. | Hersey Hawkins | 14 | 21.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .600 | 8 |
| 3. | Shawn Kemp | 25 | 20.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | .000 | .714 | 6 |
| 4. | Detlef Schrempf | 18 | 20.6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .333 | .333 | 12 |
| 5. | Sam Perkins | 12 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Terry Cummings | 13 | 9.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 3 |
| 2. | David Wingate | 4 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Greg Graham | 2 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Eric Snow | 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 | 108 | 120 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1.43 | .125 | .400 | 41 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 22 | 23.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .500 | 6 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 31 | 22.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .455 | .636 | 15 |
| 3. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 22 | 20.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 14 |
| 4. | Mario Elie | 9 | 19.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.50 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 12 | 19.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .750 | .500 | 3 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Sedale Threatt | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 4 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Eddie Johnson | 2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .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 | 104 | 120 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 0.71 | .353 | .324 | 41 | |