W|L 51-22-9
42 - 42
W|L 43-37-2
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 1-1-1
| 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 1-1-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 4-0-0
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 1-1-1
Apr. 23 1998HOU@UTA52 - 46
Apr. 25 1998HOU@UTA48 - 58
Apr. 29 1998UTA@HOU42 - 42
May. 01 1998UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 03 1998HOU@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 29 | 23.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .111 | .778 | 11 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 13 | 18.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .667 | 8 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 20 | 15.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .125 | .500 | 9 |
| 4. | Adam Keefe | 2 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 0 | 1.8 | 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. | Greg Ostertag | 8 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 16 | 20.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .800 | .400 | 7 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 10 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | .200 | 5 |
| 4. | Shandon Anderson | 3 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Antoine Carr | 1 | 2.4 | 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 | 102 | 120 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1.17 | .243 | .486 | 42 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clyde Drexler | 20 | 21.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | .286 | .571 | 10 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 28 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .267 | 16 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 17 | 17.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 5 |
| 4. | Kevin Willis | 9 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Matt Bullard | 3 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Mario Elie | 5 | 16.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 0 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 13 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .500 | 5 |
| 3. | Brent Price | 7 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 2 |
| 4. | Eddie Johnson | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 102 | 120 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1.75 | .194 | .556 | 42 | |