W|L 62-20
85 - 89
W|L 41-41
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 1-2
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 19 | 24 | 43 | 26 | 16 | 42 | 85 |
| HOU | 26 | 21 | 47 | 26 | 16 | 42 | 89 |
Playoff W|L 2-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 4-0
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 1-2
Apr. 23 1998HOU@UTA103 - 90
Apr. 25 1998HOU@UTA90 - 105
Apr. 29 1998UTA@HOU85 - 89
May. 01 1998UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 03 1998HOU@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 43.1 | 6 | 16 | .375 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 30.9 | 2 | 10 | .200 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 27.8 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 4. | Adam Keefe | 8.6 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 39.4 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 2. | Greg Ostertag | 37.2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 20.5 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 4. | Shandon Anderson | 17.1 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5. | Antoine Carr | 12.3 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 31 | 73 | .425 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 18 | 22 | .818 | 36 | 6 | 42 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 85 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 41.8 | 10 | 26 | .385 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 8 | 1.00 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 41.0 | 8 | 18 | .444 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 33.4 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 4. | Kevin Willis | 28.9 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5. | Matt Bullard | 14.9 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Mario Elie | 33.1 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 25.3 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3. | Brent Price | 14.6 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4. | Eddie Johnson | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Othella Harrington | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Rodrick Rhodes | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 31 | 77 | .403 | 6 | 22 | .273 | 21 | 27 | .778 | 36 | 8 | 44 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 89 | |