W|L 45-28-9
31 - 18
W|L 49-30-3
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 9-2-0
| 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 6-7-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-2-1
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA19 - 19
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU19 - 21
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU19 - 28
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA20 - 30
Playoff Match Up
W|L 2-1-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA23 - 20
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA23 - 25
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU31 - 18
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. | Bryon Russell | 4 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 5 |
| 2. | Greg Ostertag | 14 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .200 | 7 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 4 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .333 | 3 |
| 4. | Karl Malone | 7 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .250 | .000 | 9 |
| 5. | John Stockton | 7 | 6.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Howard Eisley | 4 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 5 |
| 2. | Antoine Carr | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 3. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Greg Foster | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Shandon Anderson | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 40 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 | .238 | .095 | 31 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 11 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 8 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 3 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 7 | 10.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 4. | Charles Barkley | 7 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 2 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 5 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 1 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Eddie Johnson | 3 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 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 | 39 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.83 | .294 | .118 | 18 | |