W|L 43-35-4
24 - 22
W|L 42-34-6
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 4-8-0
| 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 7-3-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-3-0
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 2-5-0
May. 05 1997SEA@HOU31 - 16
May. 07 1997SEA@HOU24 - 31
May. 09 1997HOU@SEA25 - 14
May. 11 1997HOU@SEA24 - 21
May. 13 1997SEA@HOU21 - 23
May. 15 1997HOU@SEA35 - 21
May. 17 1997SEA@HOU24 - 22
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gary Payton | 9 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | 1.00 | 4 |
| 2. | Shawn Kemp | 13 | 10.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.67 | 6 |
| 3. | Detlef Schrempf | 11 | 10.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .333 | .000 | 5 |
| 4. | Hersey Hawkins | 10 | 9.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .250 | 6 |
| 5. | Sam Perkins | 6 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Terry Cummings | 9 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 3 |
| 2. | Greg Graham | 2 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | David Wingate | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Eric Snow | 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 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.00 | .111 | .667 | 24 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mario Elie | 6 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 11 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 18 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 8 |
| 4. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 14 | 9.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 8 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 5 | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 3 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Sedale Threatt | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 3 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Eddie Johnson | 2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 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 | 59 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1.20 | .368 | .421 | 22 | |