W|L 44-32-6
20 - 24
W|L 58-20-4
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 8-6-1
| 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 6-6-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-1-2
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA26 - 26
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU22 - 20
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU20 - 20
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA28 - 27
Playoff Match Up
W|L 2-3-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA25 - 30
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA26 - 35
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU21 - 29
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU23 - 27
May. 27 1997HOU@UTA20 - 24
May. 29 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 7 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | 2.00 | 3 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 6 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 3 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 5 | 10.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 8 |
| 4. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 6 | 10.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Clyde Drexler | 10 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .500 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 3 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 4 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 1 | 1.4 | 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 | 42 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.60 | .429 | .500 | 20 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 6 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 10 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | 1.33 | 6 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .286 | 11 |
| 4. | Greg Ostertag | 6 | 10.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | John Stockton | 3 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Howard Eisley | 9 | 8.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .667 | 5 |
| 2. | Greg Foster | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 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 | 47 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1.00 | .176 | .471 | 24 | |