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 | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 48 | 40.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.67 | .000 | .071 | 22 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 23 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .083 | .417 | 22 |
| 3. | Bryon Russell | 16 | 37.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .833 | .333 | 9 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 25 | 34.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.00 | .000 | .417 | 14 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 13 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Foster | 21 | 27.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .167 | .333 | 4 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 20 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .143 | .571 | 8 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 8 | 10.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 11 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 6 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 192 | 240 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3.13 | .096 | .301 | 92 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clyde Drexler | 28 | 41.6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.00 | .267 | .267 | 16 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 46 | 40.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .091 | 1.00 | 20 |
| 3. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 50 | 38.7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .667 | 27 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 13 | 33.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | .750 | .000 | 8 |
| 5. | Mario Elie | 27 | 30.4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.50 | .500 | .000 | 11 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 12 | 24.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .600 | .200 | 7 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 12 | 16.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 4 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 192 | 240 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 1.67 | .264 | .389 | 95 | |