W|L 57-25
91 - 96
W|L 64-18
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 9-6
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 27 | 17 | 44 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 91 |
| UTA | 24 | 23 | 47 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 96 |
Playoff W|L 10-3
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 2-3
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA86 - 101
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA92 - 104
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU100 - 118
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU92 - 95
May. 27 1997HOU@UTA91 - 96
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. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 42.7 | 11 | 18 | .611 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 11 | 13 | .846 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 33 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 39.6 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 39.2 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4. | Clyde Drexler | 36.8 | 5 | 15 | .333 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 34.2 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 20.0 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 13.8 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3. | Kevin Willis | 12.7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 4. | Othella Harrington | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Randy Livingston | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 30 | 67 | .448 | 7 | 24 | .292 | 24 | 31 | .774 | 22 | 10 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 91 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 44.2 | 11 | 22 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 29 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 40.3 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 35.6 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 32.8 | 6 | 7 | .857 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 21.9 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Antoine Carr | 20.4 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 15.2 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 3. | Shandon Anderson | 14.2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 9.5 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 34 | 69 | .493 | 3 | 13 | .231 | 25 | 28 | .893 | 26 | 9 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 96 | |