W|L 45-31-6
40 - 48
W|L 49-29-4
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 4-6-1
| 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 8-1-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 0-3-1
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA30 - 37
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU43 - 42
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU43 - 43
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA39 - 52
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA40 - 48
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA-| - |-
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 27 1997HOU@UTA-| - |-
May. 29 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 13 | 19.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .143 | .286 | 6 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 12 | 19.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .500 | .500 | 3 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 11 | 19.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .429 | .000 | 7 |
| 4. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 32 | 19.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | .000 | .800 | 18 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 9 | 17.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .667 | 1 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 12 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Eddie Johnson | 4 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 3 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Othella Harrington | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Randy Livingston | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 97 | 120 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.70 | .294 | .382 | 40 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 8 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .400 | .000 | 4 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 21 | 18.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .200 | .300 | 12 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 22 | 16.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | 1.20 | 8 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 14 | 16.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .143 | .000 | 6 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 14 | 12.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Foster | 13 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .500 | 8 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 5 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 3 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 5 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 5 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Stephen Howard | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Chris Morris | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 7. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 110 | 120 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 1.25 | .238 | .310 | 48 | |