W|L 48-31-3
17 - 28
W|L 51-27-4
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 5-6-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 23 | 17 | 40 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 86 |
| UTA | 20 | 28 | 48 | 30 | 22 | 52 | 100 |
Playoff W|L 7-2-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 0-4-0
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA11 - 18
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU24 - 21
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU24 - 15
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA19 - 22
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA17 - 28
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA-| - |-
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 27 1997HOU@UTA-| - |-
May. 29 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 11.5 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 2. | Matt Maloney | 8.4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3. | Charles Barkley | 7.6 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Mario Elie | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Clyde Drexler | 7.4 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 9.0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 4.7 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Othella Harrington | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Randy Livingston | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | John Stockton | 12.0 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 11.5 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 4.9 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 4.1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 3.6 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 8.4 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2. | Greg Foster | 7.9 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4. | Stephen Howard | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Howard Eisley | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 9 | 20 | .450 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 28 | |