W|L 49-29-4
51 - 51
W|L 45-31-6
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 9-1-1
| 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 4-7-2
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-0-1
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 2-0-1
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA40 - 48
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA42 - 48
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU51 - 51
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. | John Stockton | 16 | 18.9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | .000 | 10 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 8 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | .000 | 8 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 11 | 17.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .200 | .000 | 9 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 6 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .250 | 5 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 18 | 13.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .167 | 7 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Foster | 7 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 3 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 5 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Chris Morris | 2 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Howard Eisley | 4 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 5 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 85 | 120 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1.56 | .179 | .051 | 51 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 14 | 21.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .200 | .400 | 6 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 20 | 18.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .182 | 15 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 10 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 4. | Mario Elie | 5 | 17.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 3 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 6 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 14 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .556 | .111 | 14 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 5 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 6 |
| 3. | Kevin Willis | 11 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.50 | 4 |
| 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 | 85 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1.67 | .389 | .278 | 51 | |