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 | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 50 | 42.7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.60 | .000 | .722 | 33 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 26 | 39.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.67 | .500 | .667 | 10 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 21 | 39.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .667 | .833 | 6 |
| 4. | Clyde Drexler | 31 | 36.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .333 | .400 | 15 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 17 | 34.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .667 | .000 | 14 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 12 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .571 | .143 | 4 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 16 | 13.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .400 | .400 | 9 |
| 3. | Kevin Willis | 12 | 12.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Othella Harrington | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Randy Livingston | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 186 | 240 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1.14 | .358 | .463 | 91 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 52 | 44.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.33 | .000 | .364 | 29 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 24 | 40.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .636 | .364 | 13 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 23 | 35.6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .222 | .556 | 11 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 20 | 32.8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.20 | .143 | .571 | 17 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 14 | 21.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Antoine Carr | 16 | 20.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .400 | 10 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 16 | 15.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .333 | .500 | 10 |
| 3. | Shandon Anderson | 7 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 10 | 9.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 5 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 187 | 240 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 22 | 1.06 | .188 | .406 | 96 | |