W|L 64-18
92 - 95
W|L 57-25
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 9-3
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 27 | 26 | 53 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 92 |
| HOU | 24 | 24 | 48 | 27 | 20 | 47 | 95 |
Playoff W|L 9-5
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 2-2
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA86 - 101
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA92 - 104
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU100 - 118
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU92 - 95
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 | 40.5 | 10 | 28 | .357 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 37.5 | 9 | 12 | .750 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| 3. | Bryon Russell | 37.1 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 34.4 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 17.5 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Foster | 27.9 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 18.5 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 10.5 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 10.0 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 35 | 83 | .422 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 20 | 25 | .800 | 28 | 12 | 40 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 92 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clyde Drexler | 41.6 | 6 | 15 | .400 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 40.7 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10 | 11 | .909 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| 3. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 38.7 | 9 | 18 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 9 | 12 | .750 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 27 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 33.9 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 5. | Mario Elie | 30.4 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 24.1 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 16.6 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 14.1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 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 | 33 | 72 | .458 | 6 | 19 | .316 | 23 | 28 | .821 | 34 | 9 | 43 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 95 | |