W|L 41-41
103 - 90
W|L 62-20
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 1-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 27 | 24 | 51 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 103 |
| UTA | 24 | 20 | 44 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 90 |
Playoff W|L 0-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 0-4
Dec. 25 1997HOU@UTA103 - 107
Jan. 10 1998UTA@HOU111 - 84
Mar. 01 1998UTA@HOU106 - 100
Mar. 09 1998HOU@UTA93 - 100
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-0
Apr. 23 1998HOU@UTA103 - 90
Apr. 25 1998HOU@UTA-| - |-
Apr. 29 1998UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 01 1998UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 03 1998HOU@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 36.8 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 36.4 | 6 | 15 | .400 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 8 | 11 | .727 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 34.0 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4. | Kevin Willis | 31.4 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| 5. | Matt Bullard | 14.4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Mario Elie | 30.6 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 27.3 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 3. | Eddie Johnson | 14.6 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4. | Brent Price | 14.1 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Othella Harrington | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Rodrick Rhodes | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 33 | 71 | .465 | 10 | 22 | .455 | 27 | 36 | .750 | 35 | 9 | 44 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 103 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 41.5 | 10 | 23 | .435 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 25 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 33.0 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 32.5 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 17.9 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | 16.4 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 34.5 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 15.5 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3. | Greg Ostertag | 15.3 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 15.0 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5. | Antoine Carr | 14.1 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 6. | Chris Morris | 4.4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 34 | 78 | .436 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 20 | 32 | .625 | 28 | 12 | 40 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 90 | |