W|L 40-40-2
33 - 39
W|L 51-28-3
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 3-2-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 14 | 19 | 33 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 70 |
| UTA | 21 | 18 | 39 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 84 |
Playoff W|L 2-3-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1-0
Dec. 25 1997HOU@UTA50 - 49
Jan. 10 1998UTA@HOU51 - 40
Mar. 01 1998UTA@HOU46 - 53
Mar. 09 1998HOU@UTA57 - 47
Playoff Match Up
W|L 3-2-0
Apr. 23 1998HOU@UTA51 - 44
Apr. 25 1998HOU@UTA42 - 47
Apr. 29 1998UTA@HOU43 - 47
May. 01 1998UTA@HOU36 - 42
May. 03 1998HOU@UTA33 - 39
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 17 | 21.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .286 | 6 |
| 2. | Matt Maloney | 6 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 21 | 18.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .375 | 1.00 | 5 |
| 4. | Kevin Willis | 17 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .400 | 8 |
| 5. | Mario Elie | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 8 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .167 | .000 | 6 |
| 2. | Matt Bullard | 2 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Othella Harrington | 6 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Brent Price | 3 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | 5 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Charles Barkley | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Rodrick Rhodes | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 88 | 120 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1.20 | .147 | .353 | 33 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 9 | 24.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 32 | 17.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .385 | 16 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 11 | 15.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 9 | 14.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 9 |
| 5. | John Stockton | 6 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Howard Eisley | 8 | 11.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .000 | 6 |
| 2. | Greg Ostertag | 2 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Shandon Anderson | 3 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 4 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 88 | 120 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2.80 | .132 | .132 | 39 | |