W|L 51-23-8
60 - 51
W|L 52-27-3
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 7-7-0
| 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 9-6-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-2-1
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA45 - 35
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU42 - 49
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU48 - 48
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA44 - 52
Playoff Match Up
W|L 4-2-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA46 - 52
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA50 - 56
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU49 - 67
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU39 - 47
May. 27 1997HOU@UTA47 - 49
May. 29 1997UTA@HOU60 - 51
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 26 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .333 | 14 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 7 | 22.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 10 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 15 | 21.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .111 | .222 | 11 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 17 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .400 | 21 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 16 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Howard Eisley | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 2 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 7 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 7 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 102 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.67 | .214 | .333 | 60 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 13 | 21.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 28 | 20.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.67 | .125 | 1.13 | 11 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 19 | 20.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 | .625 | .500 | 18 |
| 4. | Mario Elie | 8 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 5 |
| 5. | Matt Maloney | 3 | 6.6 | 0 | 1 | 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. | Sedale Threatt | 8 | 17.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Eddie Johnson | 10 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .000 | 9 |
| 3. | Kevin Willis | 4 | 5.7 | 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 | 93 | 120 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 2.00 | .351 | .351 | 51 | |