W|L 52-27-3
47 - 49
W|L 51-23-8
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 9-5-1
| 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 6-7-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-1-1
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA45 - 35
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU42 - 49
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU48 - 48
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA44 - 52
Playoff Match Up
W|L 2-3-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA46 - 52
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA50 - 56
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU49 - 67
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU39 - 47
May. 27 1997HOU@UTA47 - 49
May. 29 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 23 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.67 | .000 | 1.00 | 15 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 16 | 20.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .333 | 1.33 | 4 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 8 | 19.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 11 |
| 4. | Clyde Drexler | 20 | 19.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .750 | 11 |
| 5. | Mario Elie | 9 | 18.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 3 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 6 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 5 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 3 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 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 | 90 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.86 | .484 | .645 | 47 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 29 | 22.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .545 | 19 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 13 | 22.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .800 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 16 | 21.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | .333 | .833 | 11 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 12 | 15.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.75 | .000 | 2.00 | 8 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 6 | 10.9 | 1 | 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. | Antoine Carr | 7 | 9.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 4 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 9 | 8.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .667 | 5 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 5 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Shandon Anderson | 3 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 100 | 120 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 0.78 | .226 | .613 | 49 | |