W|L 45-31-6
44 - 47
W|L 49-29-4
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 4-9-2
| 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 11-1-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 0-3-1
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA30 - 37
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU43 - 42
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU43 - 43
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA39 - 52
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-4-1
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA40 - 48
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA42 - 48
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU51 - 51
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU53 - 48
May. 27 1997HOU@UTA44 - 47
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 | 20.5 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 20.5 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3. | Charles Barkley | 19.0 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4. | Clyde Drexler | 17.7 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 15.1 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 9.8 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 9.0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3. | Kevin Willis | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Othella Harrington | 0.9 | 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 | 120 | 17 | 36 | .472 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 44 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 24.0 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 21.5 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 17.7 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 14.4 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 11.0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Antoine Carr | 10.8 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 9.6 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 6.3 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 4.7 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 0.0 | 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 | 120 | 19 | 38 | .500 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 47 | |