W|L 43-37-2
48 - 58
W|L 51-22-9
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 1-1-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 19 | 23 | 42 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 90 |
| UTA | 29 | 18 | 47 | 32 | 26 | 58 | 105 |
Playoff W|L 1-1-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 0-4-0
Dec. 25 1997HOU@UTA53 - 58
Jan. 10 1998UTA@HOU60 - 44
Mar. 01 1998UTA@HOU60 - 47
Mar. 09 1998HOU@UTA36 - 53
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-1-0
Apr. 23 1998HOU@UTA52 - 46
Apr. 25 1998HOU@UTA48 - 58
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 | 17 | 15.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | .000 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 10 | 13.6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .500 | .167 | 5 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 6 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 4 |
| 4. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 19 | 11.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 8 |
| 5. | Matt Bullard | 8 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .500 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 15 | 17.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .400 | 1.00 | 7 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 19 | 11.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.50 | .333 | 1.33 | 5 |
| 3. | Brent Price | 8 | 10.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 4. | Mario Elie | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Othella Harrington | 7 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .667 | 6 |
| 6. | Charles Jones | 5 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 7. | Rodrick Rhodes | 6 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 121 | 120 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0.89 | .286 | .743 | 48 |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 27 | 18.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.50 | 20 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 15 | 17.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .400 | 5 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 10 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .333 | 10 |
| 4. | Adam Keefe | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 3 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 9 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 14 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | 1.00 | 9 |
| 2. | Greg Ostertag | 13 | 15.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 1 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 8 | 8.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 6 | 7.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Shandon Anderson | 3 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| 6. | Jacque Vaughn | 6 | 2.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 5 |
| 7. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 114 | 120 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1.71 | .129 | .903 | 58 | |