W|L 42-37-3
24 - 20
W|L 46-29-7
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 1-0-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 27 | 24 | 51 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 103 |
| UTA | 24 | 20 | 44 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 90 |
Playoff W|L 0-1-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-2-1
Dec. 25 1997HOU@UTA25 - 29
Jan. 10 1998UTA@HOU29 - 23
Mar. 01 1998UTA@HOU29 - 29
Mar. 09 1998HOU@UTA32 - 28
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-0-0
Apr. 23 1998HOU@UTA24 - 20
Apr. 25 1998HOU@UTA-| - |-
Apr. 29 1998UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 01 1998UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 03 1998HOU@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 15 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .400 | 7 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 9 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Clyde Drexler | 4 | 3.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Matt Bullard | 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. | Mario Elie | 7 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .500 | 3 |
| 2. | Eddie Johnson | 5 | 8.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .333 | .000 | 3 |
| 3. | Brent Price | 5 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .800 | .000 | 9 |
| 4. | Charles Barkley | 5 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Othella Harrington | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Rodrick Rhodes | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 51 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.83 | .316 | .158 | 24 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | John Stockton | 3 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 11 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 7 | 4.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 5 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 5 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | 1 | 2.8 | 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. | Bryon Russell | 8 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .500 | 3 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 7 | 7.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Greg Ostertag | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 5 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Howard Eisley | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 47 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .150 | .200 | 20 | |