W|L 57-25
86 - 101
W|L 64-18
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 7-4
| 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
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-2
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA75 - 72
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU85 - 91
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU105 - 100
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA83 - 104
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA86 - 101
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. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 53 | 36.9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.25 | .000 | 1.21 | 30 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 29 | 36.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.00 | .200 | .600 | 12 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 30 | 36.5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.67 | .444 | .556 | 10 |
| 4. | Clyde Drexler | 23 | 36.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | .615 | .000 | 13 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 18 | 30.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .778 | .222 | 6 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 10 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 7 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 22 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 3 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 5 | 13.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Othella Harrington | 9 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 5. | Matt Bullard | 3 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 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 | 205 | 240 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0.94 | .338 | .479 | 86 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 49 | 38.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.40 | .000 | .688 | 21 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 15 | 34.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .400 | .000 | 6 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 30 | 33.9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.50 | .154 | .385 | 16 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 31 | 31.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | .250 | .583 | 19 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 25 | 22.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 8 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 20 | 22.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.50 | .143 | .000 | 11 |
| 2. | Antoine Carr | 20 | 19.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .400 | 5 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 18 | 14.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .400 | .400 | 9 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 12 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .286 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 3 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 6. | Stephen Howard | 3 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 226 | 240 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 19 | 1.60 | .167 | .321 | 101 | |