W|L 25-8
104 - 95
W|L 14-19
Attendance: 18,658
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-0
Nov. 19 1996MIN@HOU93 - 122
Dec. 10 1996HOU@MIN96 - 94
Jan. 07 1997HOU@MIN104 - 95
Mar. 25 1997MIN@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clyde Drexler | 43.0 | 11 | 17 | .647 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 10 | 10 | 1.00 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 37 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 39.8 | 8 | 23 | .348 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| 3. | Charles Barkley | 35.6 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 4. | Mario Elie | 28.3 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 26.5 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 20.6 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2. | Randy Livingston | 20.4 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3. | Sam Mack | 18.8 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 4. | Brent Price | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Othella Harrington | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Tracy Moore | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 32 | 76 | .421 | 9 | 19 | .474 | 31 | 35 | .886 | 34 | 15 | 49 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 104 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tom Gugliotta | 41.5 | 8 | 20 | .400 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| 2. | Kevin Garnett | 39.9 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3. | Stephon Marbury | 37.8 | 7 | 21 | .333 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 4. | Stojko Vranković | 26.5 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5. | Chris Carr | 25.7 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Terry Porter | 22.7 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2. | Cherokee Parks | 20.1 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 3. | Sam Mitchell | 14.6 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | James Robinson | 11.0 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 5. | Shane Heal | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Dean Garrett | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Doug West | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 37 | 91 | .407 | 9 | 26 | .346 | 12 | 13 | .923 | 26 | 15 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 95 | |