W|L 51-27-4
20 - 33
W|L 48-31-3
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 8-3-0
| 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 4-0-0
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 2-1-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA17 - 28
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA19 - 23
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU20 - 33
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 | 9 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | .000 | 8 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 4 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 4 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 4 | 1.5 | 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. | 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. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Howard Eisley | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 45 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.80 | .111 | .000 | 20 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 7 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 3 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 9 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 7 |
| 4. | Mario Elie | 2 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 4 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 11 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .625 | .125 | 14 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 4 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 6 |
| 3. | Kevin Willis | 6 | 5.3 | 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 | 46 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3.33 | .474 | .421 | 33 | |