W|L 52-27-3
46 - 52
W|L 51-23-8
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 7-3-1
| 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 4-5-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-1-1
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA45 - 35
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU42 - 49
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU48 - 48
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA44 - 52
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA46 - 52
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. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 21 | 17.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | .000 | 2.25 | 12 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 16 | 17.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .333 | 1.33 | 6 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 18 | 16.9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 | .429 | .571 | 7 |
| 4. | Clyde Drexler | 12 | 16.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .833 | .000 | 6 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 9 | 12.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 5 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 6 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 10 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 1 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 2 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Matt Bullard | 3 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 5. | Othella Harrington | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 6. | Randy Livingston | 3 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 108 | 120 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1.25 | .378 | .568 | 46 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 27 | 21.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .455 | 13 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 17 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .400 | 1.40 | 13 |
| 3. | Bryon Russell | 7 | 17.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .400 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 9 | 15.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 4 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 11 | 9.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 15 | 13.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 8 |
| 2. | Antoine Carr | 15 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 7 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 5 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Stephen Howard | 2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Chris Morris | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 116 | 120 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 2.00 | .095 | .333 | 52 | |