W|L 45-28-9
27 - 24
W|L 49-30-3
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 10-2-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 27 | 26 | 53 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 92 |
| HOU | 24 | 24 | 48 | 27 | 20 | 47 | 95 |
Playoff W|L 6-8-0
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 3-1-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA23 - 20
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA23 - 25
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU31 - 18
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU27 - 24
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 | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 8 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .750 | 7 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 10 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 8 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 4 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 5 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Foster | 6 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 4 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 5 | 4.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Shandon Anderson | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 44 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.25 | .000 | .150 | 27 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 16 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | 2.33 | 8 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .286 | .286 | 8 |
| 3. | Mario Elie | 5 | 9.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 4 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 9 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 6 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Eddie Johnson | 1 | 2.5 | 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 | 54 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0.60 | .211 | .579 | 24 | |