W|L 42-34-6
24 - 21
W|L 42-37-3
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 8-4-0
| 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 4-5-1
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 1-1-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA21 - 22
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA24 - 21
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 | 8 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 20 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .857 | 14 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 8 | 10.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 3 |
| 5. | Charles Barkley | 12 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | 1.00 | 6 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 0 | 2.0 | 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 | 56 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1.00 | .316 | .526 | 24 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | John Stockton | 13 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | .000 | 1.50 | 10 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 14 | 9.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .800 | 6 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 3 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Bryon Russell | 6 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 1 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 0 | 0.0 | 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. | Antoine Carr | 9 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 4 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Howard Eisley | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 50 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1.00 | .071 | .000 | 21 | |