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 | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clyde Drexler | 0 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 46 | 15 | 61 | 46 | 15 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .714 | .714 | .726 | 14 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .347 | 1 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 26 | 44 | 70 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .500 | 3 |
| 5. | Charles Barkley | 13 | 23 | 36 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | .667 | .694 | 6 |
| Bench | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .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 | 85 | 186 | 271 | 59 | 70 | 129 | 26 | 116 | 142 | 7 | 13 | .538 | .447 | .513 | 24 | |
| Starters | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | John Stockton | 31 | 18 | 49 | 31 | 18 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | .500 | .753 | 10 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 20 | 48 | 68 | 20 | 48 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .400 | .400 | .444 | 6 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 4. | Bryon Russell | 0 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .174 | 1 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .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 | 51 | 95 | 146 | 51 | 70 | 121 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 13 | .385 | .357 | .521 | 21 | |