W|L 40-40-2
51 - 44
W|L 51-28-3
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 1-0-0
| 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 0-1-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1-0
Dec. 25 1997HOU@UTA50 - 49
Jan. 10 1998UTA@HOU51 - 40
Mar. 01 1998UTA@HOU46 - 53
Mar. 09 1998HOU@UTA57 - 47
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-0-0
Apr. 23 1998HOU@UTA51 - 44
Apr. 25 1998HOU@UTA-| - |-
Apr. 29 1998UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 01 1998UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 03 1998HOU@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 26 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .182 | 15 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 13 | 15.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .143 | .143 | 7 |
| 3. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 17 | 15.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 5 | 15.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 6 |
| 5. | Matt Bullard | 2 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Mario Elie | 9 | 14.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .333 | 5 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 8 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Brent Price | 6 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .800 | .000 | 9 |
| 4. | Eddie Johnson | 5 | 8.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .333 | .000 | 3 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Othella Harrington | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Rodrick Rhodes | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 91 | 120 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.86 | .268 | .098 | 51 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 17 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 10 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 9 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 4 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 11 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .167 | .000 | 7 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 12 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .400 | 8 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | 7 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 10 | 14.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .400 | .400 | 5 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 7 | 7.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Greg Ostertag | 3 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 6 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Antoine Carr | 5 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 6. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 87 | 120 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.20 | .071 | .143 | 44 | |