W|L 42-37-3
28 - 38
W|L 42-34-6
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 4-6-1
| 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 9-4-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-2-1
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA19 - 9
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU20 - 29
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU28 - 28
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA16 - 25
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-2-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA21 - 22
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA24 - 21
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU28 - 38
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 | 7 | 10.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | .500 | .250 | 5 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 15 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .833 | 8 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 3 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Bryon Russell | 2 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 14 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 3.00 | 6 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 4 | 8.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Antoine Carr | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 3 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 3 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 5. | Stephen Howard | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 57 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.33 | .316 | .737 | 28 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 15 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .500 | 7 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 8 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 8 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 7 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 5 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 2 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Mario Elie | 2 | 5.2 | 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. | Eddie Johnson | 10 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .286 | .143 | 14 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 4 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Kevin Willis | 8 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 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 | 56 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3.50 | .238 | .381 | 38 | |