W|L 51-27-4
26 - 24
W|L 48-31-3
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 9-3-0
| 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 4-0-0
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA11 - 18
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU24 - 21
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU24 - 15
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA19 - 22
Playoff Match Up
W|L 3-1-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA17 - 28
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA19 - 23
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU20 - 33
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU26 - 24
May. 27 1997HOU@UTA-| - |-
May. 29 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | John Stockton | 8 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .750 | 9 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 12 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Greg Ostertag | 2 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Bryon Russell | 2 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Jeff Hornacek | 4 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 8 |
| 2. | Chris Morris | 6 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 6 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Howard Eisley | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 53 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .455 | 26 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 11 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .000 | 10 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 5 |
| 3. | Charles Barkley | 10 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 5 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Clyde Drexler | 5 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 7 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 3 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Kevin Willis | 3 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 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 | 52 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2.25 | .381 | .095 | 24 | |