W|L 37-40-5
16 - 23
W|L 38-39-5
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 1-3-1
| 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 3-1-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-3-0
Dec. 25 1997HOU@UTA23 - 22
Jan. 10 1998UTA@HOU26 - 22
Mar. 01 1998UTA@HOU25 - 22
Mar. 09 1998HOU@UTA15 - 26
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-3-1
Apr. 23 1998HOU@UTA24 - 32
Apr. 25 1998HOU@UTA30 - 26
Apr. 29 1998UTA@HOU16 - 16
May. 01 1998UTA@HOU28 - 10
May. 03 1998HOU@UTA16 - 23
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 13 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .400 | 3 |
| 2. | Kevin Willis | 12 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 5 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Clyde Drexler | 8 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| 5. | Mario Elie | 1 | 4.1 | 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 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Othella Harrington | 11 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .750 | 4 |
| 3. | Brent Price | 3 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Matt Bullard | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Rodrick Rhodes | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Charles Barkley | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 64 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.40 | .200 | .350 | 16 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 11 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .286 | .286 | 8 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 12 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 3 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 8 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 4.00 | 4 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 2 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 5 | 1.4 | 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. | Greg Ostertag | 16 | 10.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 6 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 2 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 3 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Jacque Vaughn | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 62 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | .143 | .667 | 23 | |