W|L 57-25
100 - 94
W|L 57-25
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 5-5
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA | 27 | 30 | 57 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 100 |
| HOU | 19 | 33 | 52 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 94 |
Playoff W|L 6-2
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-3
Dec. 14 1996HOU@SEA109 - 100
Dec. 30 1996SEA@HOU91 - 99
Feb. 14 1997HOU@SEA85 - 105
Apr. 13 1997SEA@HOU73 - 113
Playoff Match Up
W|L 2-3
May. 05 1997SEA@HOU102 - 112
May. 07 1997SEA@HOU106 - 101
May. 09 1997HOU@SEA97 - 93
May. 11 1997HOU@SEA110 - 106
May. 13 1997SEA@HOU100 - 94
May. 15 1997HOU@SEA-| - |-
May. 17 1997SEA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gary Payton | 39 | 45.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.50 | .059 | .471 | 21 |
| 2. | Hersey Hawkins | 26 | 44.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .467 | .200 | 23 |
| 3. | Detlef Schrempf | 25 | 38.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.67 | .182 | .455 | 15 |
| 4. | Sam Perkins | 23 | 35.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | 1.00 | 8 |
| 5. | Shawn Kemp | 40 | 32.9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .267 | 20 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Terry Cummings | 15 | 16.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 4.00 | 5 |
| 2. | David Wingate | 8 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | .250 | 3 |
| 3. | Jim McIlvaine | 4 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Larry Stewart | 5 | 5.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 5 |
| 5. | Eric Snow | 4 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Greg Graham | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Nate McMillan | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 189 | 240 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2.33 | .247 | .425 | 100 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clyde Drexler | 37 | 42.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.33 | .438 | .500 | 26 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 50 | 42.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 | .056 | .556 | 31 |
| 3. | Charles Barkley | 49 | 39.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .222 | .333 | 17 |
| 4. | Mario Elie | 18 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .625 | .375 | 2 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 17 | 26.2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.50 | .857 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Sedale Threatt | 11 | 21.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Eddie Johnson | 17 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .600 | 1.80 | 15 |
| 3. | Kevin Willis | 13 | 14.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .667 | 1 |
| 4. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Othella Harrington | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Randy Livingston | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 212 | 240 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 1.55 | .346 | .487 | 94 | |