W|L 45-31-6
42 - 48
W|L 49-29-4
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 4-7-1
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 23 | 19 | 42 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 92 |
| UTA | 25 | 23 | 48 | 35 | 21 | 56 | 104 |
Playoff W|L 9-1-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 0-3-1
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA30 - 37
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU43 - 42
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU43 - 43
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA39 - 52
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-2-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA40 - 48
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA42 - 48
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 | 15 | 20.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .125 | .000 | 5 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 10 | 20.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 8 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 11 | 18.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .200 | .600 | 5 |
| 4. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 15 | 18.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .333 | 10 |
| 5. | Charles Barkley | 12 | 13.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .667 | 3 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 16 | 14.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 6 |
| 2. | Eddie Johnson | 4 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 8 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Othella Harrington | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Randy Livingston | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 95 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3.00 | .146 | .390 | 42 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 11 | 24.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .400 | .000 | 9 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 21 | 20.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .571 | 10 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 31 | 19.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .308 | 11 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 20 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 | .167 | .500 | 8 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 10 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Foster | 9 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Antoine Carr | 9 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 4 |
| 3. | Shandon Anderson | 4 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Stephen Howard | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Chris Morris | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .167 | .000 | 4 |
| 7. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 131 | 120 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 1.43 | .125 | .271 | 48 | |