W|L 18-2
96 - 94
W|L 7-13
Attendance: 14,627
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-0
Nov. 19 1996MIN@HOU93 - 122
Dec. 10 1996HOU@MIN96 - 94
Jan. 07 1997HOU@MIN-| - |-
Mar. 25 1997MIN@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clyde Drexler | 41 | 43.6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8.00 | .200 | .450 | 36 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 20 | 41.6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3.50 | .500 | .000 | 7 |
| 3. | Charles Barkley | 31 | 39.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .364 | .182 | 7 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 17 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .571 | .286 | 9 |
| 5. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 48 | 37.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .600 | 29 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 25 | 19.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .333 | 5 |
| 2. | Randy Livingston | 11 | 10.6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | 1.00 | 3 |
| 3. | Matt Bullard | 3 | 7.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Tracy Moore | 5 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Elmer Bennett | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Othella Harrington | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Sam Mack | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 201 | 240 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1.64 | .234 | .377 | 96 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sam Mitchell | 46 | 44.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .316 | 28 |
| 2. | Tom Gugliotta | 33 | 37.4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.33 | .000 | .429 | 14 |
| 3. | Stephon Marbury | 33 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.00 | .278 | .000 | 18 |
| 4. | Doug West | 22 | 28.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .182 | 8 |
| 5. | Stojko Vranković | 11 | 15.8 | 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. | Dean Garrett | 20 | 32.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 2. | Chris Carr | 18 | 19.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .667 | .222 | 12 |
| 3. | Cherokee Parks | 11 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Terry Porter | 12 | 11.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .167 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | James Robinson | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Kevin Garnett | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 206 | 240 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2.30 | .129 | .172 | 94 | |