W|L 59-20-3
29 - 19
W|L 39-38-5
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 2-1-1
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 10 | 26 | 36 | 29 | 28 | 57 | 93 |
| HOU | 21 | 21 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 71 |
Playoff W|L 1-2-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 4-0-0
Dec. 25 1997HOU@UTA30 - 36
Jan. 10 1998UTA@HOU34 - 22
Mar. 01 1998UTA@HOU35 - 25
Mar. 09 1998HOU@UTA21 - 27
Playoff Match Up
W|L 2-1-1
Apr. 23 1998HOU@UTA28 - 14
Apr. 25 1998HOU@UTA18 - 32
Apr. 29 1998UTA@HOU26 - 26
May. 01 1998UTA@HOU29 - 19
May. 03 1998HOU@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 19 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .571 | 10 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 4 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 4 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 6 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 8 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | 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. | Bryon Russell | 12 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .750 | 8 |
| 2. | Greg Ostertag | 4 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 3 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Chris Morris | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Shandon Anderson | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Antoine Carr | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1.50 | .000 | .647 | 29 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 9 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .500 | 3 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 19 | 11.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .100 | 9 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 5 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .500 | 3 |
| 4. | Clyde Drexler | 5 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Matt Bullard | 1 | 4.0 | 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 | 4 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0 |
| 2. | Eddie Johnson | 4 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Brent Price | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Charles Barkley | 1 | 0.4 | 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 | 49 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1.00 | .190 | .238 | 19 | |