W|L 45-28-9
23 - 21
W|L 49-30-3
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 11-3-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 23 | 20 | 43 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 103 |
| HOU | 21 | 28 | 49 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 100 |
Playoff W|L 7-9-0
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 4-2-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA23 - 20
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA23 - 25
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU31 - 18
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU27 - 24
May. 27 1997HOU@UTA27 - 24
May. 29 1997UTA@HOU23 - 21
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 5 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 5 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 8 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 9 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 4. | Greg Ostertag | 8 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 5. | John Stockton | 5 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Howard Eisley | 5 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Greg Foster | 2 | 2.0 | 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 | 42 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.67 | .136 | .000 | 23 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Barkley | 11 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | 1.33 | 5 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 8 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 10 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 3 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 8 | 8.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Mario Elie | 5 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 4 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 2 | 0.9 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0.60 | .154 | .615 | 21 | |