W|L 49-30-3
23 - 25
W|L 45-28-9
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 6-6-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 23 | 19 | 42 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 92 |
| UTA | 25 | 23 | 48 | 35 | 21 | 56 | 104 |
Playoff W|L 8-2-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-1-1
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA19 - 19
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU19 - 21
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU19 - 28
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA20 - 30
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-1-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA23 - 20
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA23 - 25
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. | Clyde Drexler | 5 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 11 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .429 | 10 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 3 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 8 | 9.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 5 |
| 5. | Charles Barkley | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 3 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 3 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Eddie Johnson | 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 | 39 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4.00 | .059 | .588 | 23 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 5 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 7 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.67 | .200 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 21 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .200 | 10 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 8 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 8 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Foster | 5 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Shandon Anderson | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 61 | 60 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1.20 | .154 | .077 | 25 | |