W|L 57-25
92 - 104
W|L 64-18
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 7-5
| 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 9-1
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 0-2
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA86 - 101
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA92 - 104
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 | 31 | 44.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.00 | .333 | .000 | 15 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 23 | 44.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 12 |
| 3. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 42 | 38.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .409 | 30 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 21 | 36.4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .333 | .333 | 8 |
| 5. | Charles Barkley | 40 | 33.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | .167 | .833 | 16 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 25 | 22.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .286 | 6 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 10 | 11.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Eddie Johnson | 4 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Othella Harrington | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Randy Livingston | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 200 | 240 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1.86 | .188 | .400 | 92 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | John Stockton | 40 | 40.9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.00 | .000 | .857 | 26 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 55 | 40.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .476 | 24 |
| 3. | Bryon Russell | 21 | 38.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .444 | .222 | 12 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 30 | 35.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.75 | .222 | .556 | 17 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 20 | 13.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .400 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Foster | 13 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .000 | 6 |
| 2. | Antoine Carr | 18 | 19.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 4 |
| 3. | Shandon Anderson | 9 | 15.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 10 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .667 | 7 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 11 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .167 | .000 | 4 |
| 6. | Stephen Howard | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 230 | 240 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 23 | 1.62 | .128 | .474 | 104 | |