W|L 42-37-3
16 - 20
W|L 42-34-6
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 4-7-1
| 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 10-4-0
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 1-3-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA21 - 22
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA24 - 21
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU28 - 38
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU16 - 20
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .400 | 7 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 16 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .333 | 6 |
| 3. | Bryon Russell | 6 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 6 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 0 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 0 | 0.0 | 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 | 10 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .667 | 2 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 8 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Howard Eisley | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 55 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.00 | .238 | .429 | 16 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 20 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.33 | 10 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 3 | 10.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Charles Barkley | 10 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 4 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Mario Elie | 7 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 3 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 4 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Kevin Willis | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 48 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3.00 | .231 | .846 | 20 | |