W|L 64-18
103 - 100
W|L 57-25
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 11-3
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 23 | 20 | 43 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 103 |
| HOU | 21 | 28 | 49 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 100 |
Playoff W|L 9-7
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 4-2
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@HOU103 - 100
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 44.3 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 43.4 | 11 | 24 | .458 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 37.9 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 25 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 37.8 | 7 | 15 | .467 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 37.7 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 11.9 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 10.2 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 8.4 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 6.5 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 40 | 82 | .488 | 8 | 16 | .500 | 15 | 18 | .833 | 28 | 11 | 39 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 103 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 42.3 | 8 | 12 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 39.1 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10 | 13 | .769 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 38.2 | 10 | 15 | .667 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 8 | 8 | 1.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 |
| 4. | Mario Elie | 34.5 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 24.1 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Sedale Threatt | 23.9 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2. | Eddie Johnson | 23.4 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 3. | Kevin Willis | 14.6 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 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 | 240 | 36 | 72 | .500 | 8 | 23 | .348 | 20 | 23 | .870 | 27 | 8 | 35 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 100 | |