W|L 42-37-3
19 - 18
W|L 46-29-7
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 1-2-1
Dec. 25 1997HOU@UTA25 - 29
Jan. 10 1998UTA@HOU29 - 23
Mar. 01 1998UTA@HOU29 - 29
Mar. 09 1998HOU@UTA32 - 28
Playoff Match Up
W|L 3-2-0
Apr. 23 1998HOU@UTA24 - 20
Apr. 25 1998HOU@UTA23 - 18
Apr. 29 1998UTA@HOU24 - 21
May. 01 1998UTA@HOU26 - 21
May. 03 1998HOU@UTA19 - 18
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 11 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .333 | 4 |
| 2. | Matt Maloney | 3 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 8 | 6.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 3 |
| 4. | Kevin Willis | 8 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Mario Elie | 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. | 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. | Brent Price | 3 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Othella Harrington | 2 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 50 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.50 | .063 | .500 | 19 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 5 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 18 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .833 | 8 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 5 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 5 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Jeff Hornacek | 2 | 2.9 | 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. | Shandon Anderson | 3 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Greg Ostertag | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 4 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 1 | 3.4 | 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 | 47 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.50 | .056 | .278 | 18 | |