W|L 42-34-6
24 - 21
W|L 43-35-4
Attendance: 17,072
Playoff W|L 5-2-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | OT:1 | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 23 | 24 | 47 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 12 | 110 |
| SEA | 25 | 28 | 53 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 8 | 106 |
Playoff W|L 3-6-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1-0
Dec. 14 1996HOU@SEA32 - 30
Dec. 30 1996SEA@HOU18 - 20
Feb. 14 1997HOU@SEA21 - 25
Apr. 13 1997SEA@HOU18 - 34
Playoff Match Up
W|L 3-1-0
May. 05 1997SEA@HOU31 - 16
May. 07 1997SEA@HOU24 - 31
May. 09 1997HOU@SEA25 - 14
May. 11 1997HOU@SEA24 - 21
May. 13 1997SEA@HOU-| - |-
May. 15 1997HOU@SEA-| - |-
May. 17 1997SEA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 5 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .500 | .500 | .451 | 7 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 26 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .750 | .750 | 3 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 26 | 47 | 73 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 32 | 24 | 56 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .600 | .600 | 6 |
| 4. | Clyde Drexler | 28 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .750 | .750 | 3 |
| 5. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .452 | 3 |
| Bench | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 7 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 2 |
| 2. | Eddie Johnson | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | Othella Harrington | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Randy Livingston | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Sedale Threatt | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 96 | 83 | 179 | 16 | 59 | 75 | 86 | 24 | 110 | 5 | 15 | .333 | .550 | .520 | 24 | |
| Starters | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gary Payton | 5 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 4 | .500 | .400 | .592 | 8 |
| 2. | Hersey Hawkins | 56 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 8 |
| 3. | Detlef Schrempf | 11 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | 2 |
| 4. | Sam Perkins | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Shawn Kemp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .266 | 1 |
| Bench | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
| 1. | Terry Cummings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | David Wingate | 20 | 22 | 42 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | .500 | .500 | 2 |
| 3. | Jim McIlvaine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Eric Snow | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | Greg Graham | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Larry Stewart | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Nate McMillan | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 92 | 72 | 164 | 43 | 2 | 45 | 49 | 70 | 119 | 5 | 13 | .385 | .444 | .509 | 21 | |