W|L 49-29-4
43 - 49
W|L 45-31-6
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 11-2-1
| 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 5-9-2
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-0-1
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 4-1-1
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@HOU43 - 49
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 7 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | .000 | 5 |
| 2. | Greg Ostertag | 16 | 20.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 12 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 17 | 19.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 10 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 14 | 18.9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .200 | .400 | 4 |
| 5. | Jeff Hornacek | 10 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .333 | .000 | 7 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 7 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 3 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 5 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 6 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 4 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 89 | 120 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1.38 | .175 | .100 | 43 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 15 | 20.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 10 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 15 | 18.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 | .000 | .800 | 9 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 8 | 17.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Clyde Drexler | 13 | 17.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .286 | .571 | 15 |
| 5. | Mario Elie | 10 | 17.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .400 | .000 | 6 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 8 | 13.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 5 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 12 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .500 | 4 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 5 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 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 | 86 | 120 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 1.57 | .286 | .286 | 49 | |