W|L 43-37-2
37 - 45
W|L 51-22-9
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 1-3-1
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 14 | 19 | 33 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 70 |
| UTA | 21 | 18 | 39 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 84 |
Playoff W|L 3-1-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 0-4-0
Dec. 25 1997HOU@UTA53 - 58
Jan. 10 1998UTA@HOU60 - 44
Mar. 01 1998UTA@HOU60 - 47
Mar. 09 1998HOU@UTA36 - 53
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-3-1
Apr. 23 1998HOU@UTA52 - 46
Apr. 25 1998HOU@UTA48 - 58
Apr. 29 1998UTA@HOU42 - 42
May. 01 1998UTA@HOU57 - 29
May. 03 1998HOU@UTA37 - 45
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 26 | 21.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.67 | .000 | .167 | 9 |
| 2. | Matt Maloney | 7 | 19.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .600 | .000 | 7 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 14 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .200 | .400 | 1 |
| 4. | Kevin Willis | 20 | 18.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 8 |
| 5. | Mario Elie | 8 | 16.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .000 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 8 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Othella Harrington | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .600 | 6 |
| 3. | Brent Price | 3 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Matt Bullard | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Rodrick Rhodes | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Charles Barkley | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 104 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0.88 | .182 | .159 | 37 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 15 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .286 | .286 | 8 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 22 | 21.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .444 | 15 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 9 | 16.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 11 | 13.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 4 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 10 | 8.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Ostertag | 17 | 15.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 6 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 7 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .200 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Shandon Anderson | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 3 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Jacque Vaughn | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 97 | 120 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1.71 | .114 | .457 | 45 | |