W|L 48-31-3
19 - 23
W|L 51-27-4
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 5-7-0
| 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 8-2-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 0-4-0
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA11 - 18
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU24 - 21
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU24 - 15
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA19 - 22
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-2-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA17 - 28
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA19 - 23
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 | 6 | 10.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 10 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .000 | 3 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 7 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .667 | 5 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 3 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 4 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 4 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 13 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 6 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 5 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 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 | 56 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.00 | .208 | .250 | 19 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 6 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 13 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 6 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 10 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 1 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 8 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 3.00 | 4 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 2 | 2.3 | 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. | Antoine Carr | 9 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 4 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 4 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 4 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Stephen Howard | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .167 | .000 | 4 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Howard Eisley | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 70 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2.00 | .091 | .500 | 23 | |