W|L 45-28-9
27 - 24
W|L 49-30-3
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 10-2-0
| 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 6-8-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-2-1
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA19 - 19
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU19 - 21
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU19 - 28
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA20 - 30
Playoff Match Up
W|L 3-1-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA23 - 20
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA23 - 25
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU31 - 18
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU27 - 24
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. | Bryon Russell | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 12.0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 7.6 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 6.9 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 5.7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Foster | 6.4 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 5.1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 4.4 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Shandon Anderson | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 12 | 20 | .600 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 3 | .000 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 27 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 12.0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 7 | .857 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 12.0 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 9.5 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 9.0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 2.7 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 9.3 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. | Eddie Johnson | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 60 | 7 | 19 | .368 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 9 | 11 | .818 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 24 | |