W|L 56-24-2
31 - 30
W|L 49-30-3
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 10-2-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA | 31 | 19 | 50 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 91 |
| HOU | 30 | 25 | 55 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 96 |
Playoff W|L 5-5-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-2-0
Dec. 14 1996HOU@SEA32 - 22
Dec. 30 1996SEA@HOU35 - 28
Feb. 14 1997HOU@SEA23 - 24
Apr. 13 1997SEA@HOU20 - 31
Playoff Match Up
W|L 5-2-0
May. 05 1997SEA@HOU25 - 35
May. 07 1997SEA@HOU32 - 30
May. 09 1997HOU@SEA29 - 21
May. 11 1997HOU@SEA23 - 25
May. 13 1997SEA@HOU27 - 19
May. 15 1997HOU@SEA13 - 30
May. 17 1997SEA@HOU31 - 30
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gary Payton | 14 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .333 | .333 | 11 |
| 2. | Hersey Hawkins | 7 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Shawn Kemp | 17 | 12.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .167 | .500 | 11 |
| 4. | Sam Perkins | 3 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Detlef Schrempf | 3 | 3.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | David Wingate | 8 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .000 | 7 |
| 2. | Terry Cummings | 3 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Eric Snow | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Greg Graham | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Jim McIlvaine | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Larry Stewart | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Nate McMillan | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 55 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.40 | .261 | .217 | 31 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .600 | 5 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 5 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .333 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 6 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 4.00 | 6 |
| 4. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 9 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .167 | 8 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 6 | 8.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .667 | .667 | 7 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 4 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Eddie Johnson | 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 | 44 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2.33 | .150 | .500 | 30 | |