W|L 64-18
100 - 118
W|L 57-25
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 9-2
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 31 | 20 | 51 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 100 |
| HOU | 18 | 33 | 51 | 29 | 38 | 67 | 118 |
Playoff W|L 8-5
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 2-1
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA86 - 101
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA92 - 104
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU100 - 118
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 27 1997HOU@UTA-| - |-
May. 29 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 38.2 | 9 | 14 | .643 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 38.1 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 36.9 | 8 | 19 | .421 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 36.1 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 23.8 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 7 | 1.00 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Foster | 22.2 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 16.3 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 11.1 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 10.4 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Stephen Howard | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 39 | 82 | .476 | 6 | 16 | .375 | 16 | 20 | .800 | 21 | 9 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 100 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 43.2 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 37.2 | 12 | 19 | .632 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 27 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 36.3 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 4. | Mario Elie | 32.1 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 30.0 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 27.6 | 12 | 17 | .706 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 18.0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3. | Kevin Willis | 15.6 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 4. | Charles Jones | 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 | 240 | 44 | 75 | .587 | 12 | 25 | .480 | 18 | 22 | .818 | 28 | 10 | 38 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 118 | |