W|L 49-30-3
27 - 24
W|L 45-28-9
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 7-8-0
| 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 10-3-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-1-1
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 2-3-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA23 - 20
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA23 - 25
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU31 - 18
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU27 - 24
May. 27 1997HOU@UTA27 - 24
May. 29 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 6 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 6 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 8 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 5 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 4. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 18 | 8.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.20 | 10 |
| 5. | Mario Elie | 3 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 3 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 4 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 7 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .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 | 54 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.67 | .250 | .300 | 27 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 7 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | 1.33 | 9 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 5 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 11 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 4. | Greg Ostertag | 7 | 8.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 5. | John Stockton | 2 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Howard Eisley | 6 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .333 | 5 |
| 2. | Greg Foster | 3 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 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 | 41 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2.50 | .158 | .368 | 24 | |