W|L 33-17
85 - 105
W|L 34-15
Attendance: 17,072
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-1
Dec. 14 1996HOU@SEA109 - 100
Dec. 30 1996SEA@HOU91 - 99
Feb. 14 1997HOU@SEA85 - 105
Apr. 13 1997SEA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 35 | 35.2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.60 | .545 | .182 | 14 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 15 | 30.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.60 | .750 | .125 | 17 |
| 3. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 20 | 28.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | .000 | .286 | 6 |
| 4. | Matt Bullard | 15 | 28.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .600 | .000 | 12 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 12 | 18.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .600 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Brent Price | 23 | 26.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 | .600 | .400 | 11 |
| 2. | Sam Mack | 12 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .286 | .286 | 4 |
| 3. | Randy Livingston | 11 | 17.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 4 |
| 4. | Othella Harrington | 12 | 15.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 5. | Kevin Willis | 16 | 11.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | 1.00 | 8 |
| 6. | Tracy Moore | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 7. | Joe Stephens | 6 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 181 | 240 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0.95 | .451 | .254 | 85 |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gary Payton | 38 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | .200 | .000 | 23 |
| 2. | Detlef Schrempf | 25 | 32.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .077 | .462 | 20 |
| 3. | Hersey Hawkins | 25 | 32.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .556 | .222 | 8 |
| 4. | Shawn Kemp | 22 | 26.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | .444 | 17 |
| 5. | Jim McIlvaine | 19 | 22.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .143 | .000 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Sam Perkins | 19 | 22.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .429 | .571 | 11 |
| 2. | Terry Cummings | 19 | 21.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .125 | .000 | 8 |
| 3. | Nate McMillan | 10 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .400 | .000 | 6 |
| 4. | David Wingate | 7 | 15.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Eric Snow | 3 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| 6. | Craig Ehlo | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Larry Stewart | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 192 | 240 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3.00 | .226 | .190 | 105 |