W|L 62-20
93 - 71
W|L 41-41
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 2-2
| 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 2-2
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 2-2
Apr. 23 1998HOU@UTA103 - 90
Apr. 25 1998HOU@UTA90 - 105
Apr. 29 1998UTA@HOU85 - 89
May. 01 1998UTA@HOU93 - 71
May. 03 1998HOU@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 52 | 38.4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .364 | 29 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 18 | 29.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.00 | .250 | .250 | 14 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 11 | 23.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 | .000 | .400 | 6 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 19 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | 4 | 7.6 | 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 | 23 | 28.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .556 | 15 |
| 2. | Greg Ostertag | 19 | 25.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 5 |
| 3. | Shandon Anderson | 28 | 24.7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .889 | 15 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 13 | 17.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Antoine Carr | 12 | 12.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 6. | Chris Morris | 10 | 12.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 1 |
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | 2 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 211 | 240 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1.46 | .070 | .408 | 93 |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 35 | 43.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .077 | .308 | 8 |
| 2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 62 | 39.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.33 | .000 | .310 | 27 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 34 | 38.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.25 | .273 | .636 | 11 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 11 | 32.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | .500 | .250 | 5 |
| 5. | Matt Bullard | 9 | 18.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | .000 | 3 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Mario Elie | 12 | 24.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .600 | .200 | 2 |
| 2. | Brent Price | 5 | 15.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Eddie Johnson | 15 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .429 | .000 | 5 |
| 4. | Charles Barkley | 11 | 8.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 8 |
| 5. | Othella Harrington | 3 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Charles Jones | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Rodrick Rhodes | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 202 | 240 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0.92 | .188 | .300 | 71 |