W|L 40-42
84 - 96
W|L 57-25
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 0-2
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 20 | 23 | 43 | 22 | 19 | 41 | 84 |
| HOU | 24 | 17 | 41 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 96 |
Playoff W|L 2-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 0-4
Nov. 19 1996MIN@HOU93 - 122
Dec. 10 1996HOU@MIN96 - 94
Jan. 07 1997HOU@MIN104 - 95
Mar. 25 1997MIN@HOU103 - 112
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-2
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kevin Garnett | 33 | 45.7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | .000 | .000 | 14 |
| 2. | Stephon Marbury | 42 | 45.2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.86 | .280 | .080 | 22 |
| 3. | Tom Gugliotta | 32 | 42.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.00 | .000 | .095 | 17 |
| 4. | Dean Garrett | 26 | 41.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | .400 | 4 |
| 5. | Doug West | 19 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 | .200 | .100 | 13 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Terry Porter | 17 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | .500 | 13 |
| 2. | Sam Mitchell | 13 | 11.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 1 |
| 3. | Shane Heal | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Chris Carr | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Cherokee Parks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | James Robinson | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stojko Vranković | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 183 | 240 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1.69 | .176 | .153 | 84 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clyde Drexler | 30 | 40.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7.00 | .647 | .000 | 17 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 31 | 40.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.67 | .083 | .000 | 18 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 21 | 38.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.00 | .000 | 2.67 | 12 |
| 4. | Charles Barkley | 49 | 37.2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .077 | 1.00 | 20 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 20 | 31.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | .750 | .500 | 12 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 20 | 18.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .500 | 9 |
| 2. | Eddie Johnson | 17 | 17.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 | .333 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 10 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .833 | .000 | 8 |
| 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 | 198 | 240 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 1.63 | .356 | .397 | 96 | |