W|L 41-41
70 - 84
W|L 62-20
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 2-3
| 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 3-2
Season Head To Head
W|L 0-4
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 2-3
Apr. 23 1998HOU@UTA103 - 90
Apr. 25 1998HOU@UTA90 - 105
Apr. 29 1998UTA@HOU85 - 89
May. 01 1998UTA@HOU93 - 71
May. 03 1998HOU@UTA70 - 84
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 43 | 42.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.40 | .000 | .211 | 15 |
| 2. | Matt Maloney | 13 | 38.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .571 | .000 | 7 |
| 3. | Clyde Drexler | 35 | 37.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 | .308 | .769 | 6 |
| 4. | Kevin Willis | 37 | 34.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .154 | 16 |
| 5. | Mario Elie | 11 | 28.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .143 | .000 | 6 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 16 | 21.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .400 | .000 | 8 |
| 2. | Othella Harrington | 21 | 14.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .375 | 10 |
| 3. | Brent Price | 6 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Matt Bullard | 3 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | 5 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Rodrick Rhodes | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Charles Barkley | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 192 | 240 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1.00 | .167 | .244 | 70 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 24 | 45.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .364 | .182 | 10 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 54 | 39.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.50 | .000 | .409 | 31 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 18 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.33 | .222 | .000 | 15 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 17 | 26.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | .000 | .800 | 4 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 21 | 23.7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Ostertag | 19 | 24.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 6 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 15 | 21.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .200 | .000 | 8 |
| 3. | Shandon Anderson | 4 | 16.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 7 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 4 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 6. | Jacque Vaughn | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Adam Keefe | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 185 | 240 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2.17 | .123 | .288 | 84 |