W|L 41-41
90 - 105
W|L 62-20
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 1-1
| 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
Season Head To Head
W|L 0-4
Dec. 25 1997HOU@UTA103 - 107
Jan. 10 1998UTA@HOU111 - 84
Mar. 01 1998UTA@HOU106 - 100
Mar. 09 1998HOU@UTA93 - 100
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-1
Apr. 23 1998HOU@UTA103 - 90
Apr. 25 1998HOU@UTA90 - 105
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 | 37 | 30.9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .400 | 10 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 38 | 30.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.25 | .000 | .727 | 16 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 26 | 29.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | .545 | .455 | 14 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 14 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .333 | 4 |
| 5. | Matt Bullard | 13 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .429 | .286 | 5 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 22 | 31.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .286 | .857 | 10 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 31 | 26.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.33 | .143 | .857 | 8 |
| 3. | Brent Price | 19 | 20.7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.25 | .800 | .000 | 5 |
| 4. | Mario Elie | 14 | 17.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 2.00 | 6 |
| 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 | 232 | 240 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0.94 | .296 | .606 | 90 |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 52 | 37.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .842 | 29 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 27 | 34.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | .100 | .400 | 14 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 28 | 29.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.00 | .071 | .286 | 17 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 19 | 18.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .400 | 7 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | 4 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 3 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 22 | 29.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | 2.00 | 10 |
| 2. | Greg Ostertag | 28 | 25.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 3 |
| 3. | Shandon Anderson | 13 | 18.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .333 | .333 | 10 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 22 | 15.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | .125 | .500 | 7 |
| 5. | Antoine Carr | 11 | 14.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 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 | 232 | 240 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 1.77 | .123 | .630 | 105 | |