W|L 45-31-6
44 - 47
W|L 49-29-4
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 4-9-2
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 27 | 17 | 44 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 91 |
| UTA | 24 | 23 | 47 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 96 |
Playoff W|L 11-1-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 0-3-1
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 0-4-1
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA40 - 48
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA42 - 48
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU51 - 51
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU53 - 48
May. 27 1997HOU@UTA44 - 47
May. 29 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 27 | 20.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .545 | 18 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 12 | 20.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .500 | .500 | 3 |
| 3. | Charles Barkley | 10 | 19.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | .667 | .000 | 6 |
| 4. | Clyde Drexler | 11 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .143 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 9 | 15.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .667 | .000 | 3 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 6 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .250 | 4 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 13 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .250 | .500 | 6 |
| 3. | Kevin Willis | 7 | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Othella Harrington | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Randy Livingston | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 96 | 120 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1.43 | .250 | .306 | 44 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 11 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .667 | 13 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 23 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | .182 | 10 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 8 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | .200 | .000 | 9 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 7 | 14.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 8 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Antoine Carr | 9 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 4 | 9.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 7 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .333 | 5 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 5 | 4.7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 87 | 120 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | .158 | .237 | 47 | |