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 | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clyde Drexler | 46 | 87 | 133 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 46 | 69 | 115 | 2 | 5 | .400 | .500 | .500 | 10 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 0 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .347 | 4 |
| 3. | Charles Barkley | 13 | 41 | 54 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 8 | .500 | .444 | .519 | 13 |
| 4. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 74 | 62 | 136 | 74 | 62 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .615 | .615 | .639 | 20 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 26 | 44 | 70 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .375 | .375 | 3 |
| Bench | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 0 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .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 | 159 | 326 | 485 | 87 | 164 | 251 | 72 | 162 | 234 | 14 | 34 | .412 | .420 | .482 | 50 | |
| Starters | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 56 | 48 | 104 | 56 | 48 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .625 | .625 | .611 | 13 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 48 | 18 | 66 | 48 | 18 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .571 | .571 | .760 | 16 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 32 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1.17 | 1.16 | 9 |
| 4. | Bryon Russell | 0 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .250 | .307 | 3 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .347 | 2 |
| Bench | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
| 1. | Antoine Carr | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .532 | 2 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 4 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 43 | 0 | 43 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1.25 | 1.22 | 7 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 199 | 121 | 320 | 152 | 73 | 225 | 47 | 48 | 95 | 15 | 26 | .577 | .600 | .690 | 56 | |