NY
@
IND
108
-
125
Denver Nuggets
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Houston Rockets
W|L 19-51
105 - 120
W|L 48-23
Final
Mar. 29 1997
Attendance: 16,285
Q1 Q2 1H Q3 Q4 2H FNL
DEN 18 36 54 24 27 51 105
HOU 28 25 53 40 27 67 120
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-2

Nov. 07 1996HOU@DEN110 - 108

Jan. 30 1997DEN@HOU113 - 109

Mar. 29 1997DEN@HOU105 - 120

Apr. 01 1997HOU@DEN-| - |-

Denver
Starters MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% DRB ORB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1. LaPhonso Ellis 47.3 9 21 .429 3 9 .333 3 4 .750 13 3 16 3 1 0 3 3 24
2. Antonio McDyess 46.2 7 19 .368 0 1 .000 7 9 .778 9 1 10 2 2 1 1 2 21
3. Dale Ellis 36.5 7 12 .583 3 7 .429 0 1 .000 1 1 2 3 0 0 2 3 17
4. Ervin Johnson 19.7 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 8 0 8 0 0 1 0 6 4
5. Anthony Goldwire 16.2 0 5 .000 0 1 .000 4 4 1.00 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 4
Bench MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% DRB ORB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1. Kenny Smith 31.8 5 10 .500 3 5 .600 5 7 .714 1 0 1 8 0 0 2 0 18
2. Jerome Allen 16.6 2 5 .400 0 2 .000 3 5 .600 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 7
3. Tom Hammonds 15.9 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 3 4
4. George Zídek 9.9 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
5. Bryant Stith Player Did Not Play
6. Brooks Thompson Player Did Not Play
7. Vincent Askew Player Did Not Play
Team Totals 240 36 82 .439 9 25 .360 24 34 .706 38 7 45 22 4 2 11 22 105
Houston
Starters MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% DRB ORB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1. Mario Elie 39.7 6 10 .600 4 7 .571 2 2 1.00 5 0 5 6 4 0 0 3 18
2. Hakeem Olajuwon 39.1 14 24 .583 1 1 1.00 16 17 .941 10 1 11 4 0 2 2 5 45
3. Clyde Drexler 35.9 7 16 .438 0 5 .000 4 6 .667 6 2 8 7 0 0 1 3 18
4. Matt Maloney 30.2 4 5 .800 3 3 1.00 0 0 .000 2 0 2 12 1 0 3 1 11
5. Kevin Willis 4.8 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bench MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% DRB ORB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1. Othella Harrington 33.6 4 4 1.00 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9
2. Eddie Johnson 20.9 4 11 .364 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 9
3. Sedale Threatt 18.5 1 5 .200 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 2
4. Matt Bullard 17.3 3 7 .429 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 8
5. Charles Barkley Player Did Not Play
6. Randy Livingston Player Did Not Play
7. Sam Mack Player Did Not Play
Team Totals 240 43 84 .512 11 26 .423 23 27 .852 32 4 36 36 5 2 8 22 120