W|L 52-27-3
50 - 56
W|L 51-23-8
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 7-4-1
| 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 5-5-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-1-1
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA45 - 35
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU42 - 49
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU48 - 48
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA44 - 52
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-2-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA46 - 52
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA50 - 56
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 | 16 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .500 | .000 | 10 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 13 | 24.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 4 |
| 3. | Charles Barkley | 28 | 20.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .111 | .889 | 13 |
| 4. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 27 | 20.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .462 | 20 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 10 | 18.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .500 | .000 | 3 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 9 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 2 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 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 | 105 | 120 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1.40 | .227 | .409 | 50 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 24 | 21.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .750 | 13 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 19 | 20.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | 1.14 | 16 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 10 | 19.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .667 | 9 |
| 4. | Bryon Russell | 10 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .500 | .500 | 3 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 10 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Antoine Carr | 9 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 4 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 8 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 7 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 99 | 120 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 1.83 | .133 | .800 | 56 | |