W|L 49-30-3
23 - 20
W|L 45-28-9
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 6-5-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 23 | 17 | 40 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 86 |
| UTA | 20 | 28 | 48 | 30 | 22 | 52 | 100 |
Playoff W|L 7-2-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-1-1
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA19 - 19
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU19 - 21
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU19 - 28
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA20 - 30
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-0-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA23 - 20
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA-| - |-
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 27 1997HOU@UTA-| - |-
May. 29 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 8 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .400 | 6 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 6 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .000 | 7 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 10 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .500 | .500 | 3 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 3 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 13 | 7.6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .400 | 7 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 3 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 2 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 45 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.20 | .250 | .250 | 23 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 4 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 4 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 10 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .200 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 11 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .500 | 6 |
| 4. | Greg Ostertag | 8 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | John Stockton | 7 | 6.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Howard Eisley | 5 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Greg Foster | 2 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Shandon Anderson | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 47 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | .227 | .091 | 20 | |