W|L 44-32-6
25 - 30
W|L 58-20-4
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 6-4-1
| 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 4-4-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-1-2
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA26 - 26
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU22 - 20
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU20 - 20
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA28 - 27
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA25 - 30
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. | Clyde Drexler | 9 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | .000 | 3 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 16 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.25 | 12 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 11 | 12.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.33 | .667 | 1.33 | 7 |
| 4. | Charles Barkley | 5 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 6 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | .000 | 3 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 1 | 3.0 | 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 | 51 | 60 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.80 | .500 | .813 | 25 | |
| 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 | .667 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 15 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 9 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 12 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | 1.67 | 11 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 2 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 7 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .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 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Greg Foster | 5 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 4 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Shandon Anderson | 4 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 58 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2.00 | .158 | .526 | 30 | |