W|L 57-25
125 - 120
W|L 40-42
Attendance: 19,006
Playoff W|L 3-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 32 | 27 | 59 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 125 |
| MIN | 29 | 30 | 59 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 120 |
Playoff W|L 0-3
Season Head To Head
W|L 4-0
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 3-0
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mario Elie | 24 | 43.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | .625 | .875 | 21 |
| 2. | Matt Maloney | 21 | 38.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .727 | .273 | 26 |
| 3. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 34 | 38.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.00 | .000 | .133 | 19 |
| 4. | Charles Barkley | 35 | 34.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | .222 | 1.22 | 20 |
| 5. | Clyde Drexler | 25 | 31.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.50 | .364 | .455 | 17 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 20 | 22.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .333 | 5 |
| 2. | Eddie Johnson | 16 | 21.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .667 | .000 | 12 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 5 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | .000 | 5 |
| 4. | Othella Harrington | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Randy Livingston | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 181 | 240 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3.00 | .384 | .411 | 125 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dean Garrett | 42 | 44.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .294 | 26 |
| 2. | Tom Gugliotta | 46 | 40.5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | .211 | .316 | 27 |
| 3. | Kevin Garnett | 33 | 39.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.00 | .000 | .188 | 17 |
| 4. | Stephon Marbury | 36 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6.50 | .190 | .095 | 14 |
| 5. | Doug West | 22 | 29.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .750 | 16 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Sam Mitchell | 11 | 19.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .167 | 9 |
| 2. | Terry Porter | 5 | 17.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | James Robinson | 13 | 11.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .857 | .000 | 11 |
| 4. | Chris Carr | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Cherokee Parks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Shane Heal | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stojko Vranković | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 208 | 240 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 3.75 | .156 | .240 | 120 | |