W|L 44-32-6
26 - 35
W|L 58-20-4
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 6-5-1
| 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 5-4-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-1-2
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA26 - 26
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU22 - 20
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU20 - 20
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA28 - 27
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-2-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA25 - 30
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA26 - 35
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 | 16 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .833 | 7 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 8 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .500 | .000 | 10 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 10 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | 1.00 | 3 |
| 4. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 7 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 2 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 4 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 2 | 3.9 | 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 | 49 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.00 | .160 | .320 | 26 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 4 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 10 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 7 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 7 | 11.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 7 |
| 4. | Greg Ostertag | 10 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 5. | John Stockton | 6 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 6 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Howard Eisley | 8 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 7 |
| 2. | Greg Foster | 3 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Shandon Anderson | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 49 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2.67 | .188 | .625 | 35 | |