W|L 48-24-3
44 - 42
W|L 17-59-1
Attendance: 17,356
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-0-0
Dec. 17 1996HOU@VAN53 - 46
Feb. 11 1997VAN@HOU39 - 47
Apr. 06 1997HOU@VAN44 - 42
Apr. 10 1997VAN@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 27 | 20.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .100 | .600 | 15 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 12 | 18.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .571 | .000 | 3 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 8 | 17.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 12 |
| 4. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 13 | 15.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 5. | Mario Elie | 4 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 15 | 15.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .250 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Charles Jones | 6 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 6 | 6.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Matt Bullard | 5 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .500 | 3 |
| 5. | Kevin Willis | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Othella Harrington | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Randy Livingston | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 96 | 120 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1.71 | .282 | .205 | 44 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lee Mayberry | 5 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | .000 | 8 |
| 2. | Shareef Abdur-Rahim | 31 | 24.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .556 | 7 |
| 3. | Bryant Reeves | 27 | 22.9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .500 | 18 |
| 4. | Chris Robinson | 14 | 21.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .500 | .000 | 7 |
| 5. | Roy Rogers | 13 | 17.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Aaron Williams | 6 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Lawrence Moten | 3 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Eric Leckner | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Anthony Peeler | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Blue Edwards | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Greg Anthony | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Pete Chilcutt | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 100 | 120 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.00 | .186 | .279 | 42 | |