W|L 42-34-6
21 - 22
W|L 42-37-3
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 7-4-0
| 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 4-4-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-1-1
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA19 - 9
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU20 - 29
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU28 - 28
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA16 - 25
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA21 - 22
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 | 11 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .500 | 2.00 | 6 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 5 | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 7 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .250 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Clyde Drexler | 3 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 3 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 6 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 7 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 1 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 1 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Matt Bullard | 3 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 5. | Othella Harrington | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 6. | Randy Livingston | 3 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 57 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | .286 | .381 | 21 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | John Stockton | 7 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 4 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 12 | 9.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 5 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 4. | Bryon Russell | 3 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 4 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 11 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 2. | Antoine Carr | 11 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 2 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Stephen Howard | 2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Greg Foster | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 58 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2.00 | .043 | .174 | 22 | |