W|L 51-23-8
49 - 67
W|L 52-27-3
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 5-6-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 31 | 20 | 51 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 100 |
| HOU | 18 | 33 | 51 | 29 | 38 | 67 | 118 |
Playoff W|L 8-4-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-2-1
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 2-1-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA46 - 52
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA50 - 56
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU49 - 67
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 27 1997HOU@UTA-| - |-
May. 29 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 20.9 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 20.1 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3. | Bryon Russell | 19.6 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 18.0 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 10.4 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Foster | 11.7 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 8.3 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 6.0 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5. | Stephen Howard | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 120 | 17 | 43 | .395 | 1 | 9 | .111 | 14 | 18 | .778 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 49 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 22.0 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 18.9 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 3. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 18.5 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 16.0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5. | Mario Elie | 14.9 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 14.3 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 8.0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3. | Kevin Willis | 7.5 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4. | Charles Jones | 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 | 120 | 25 | 39 | .641 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 11 | 12 | .917 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 67 | |