November 9, 1996
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| UTA | 19 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 85 |
| HOU | 21 | 21 | 20 | 29 | 91 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| UTA | 90.8 | .422 | 12.5 | 18.6 | .260 | 93.6 |
| HOU | 90.8 | .401 | 13.5 | 39.1 | .321 | 100.2 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| John Stockton | 40:00 | .703 | .654 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 32.1 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 20.4 | 22.7 | 115 | 106 |
| Karl Malone | 39:00 | .630 | .619 | 2.9 | 26.8 | 15.2 | 38.5 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 10.6 | 33.7 | 115 | 95 |
| Bryon Russell | 38:00 | .222 | .222 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 12.2 | 51 | 99 |
| Jeff Hornacek | 34:00 | .365 | .273 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 3.2 | 20.3 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 19.5 | 75 | 104 |
| Greg Ostertag | 25:00 | .400 | .286 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 16.2 | 99 | 105 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Adam Keefe | 16:00 | .399 | .500 | 7.0 | 19.6 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 34.7 | 16.7 | 57 | 89 |
| Antoine Carr | 16:00 | .085 | .000 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 31 | 110 |
| Greg Foster | 14:00 | .667 | .667 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 9.9 | 128 | 107 |
| Chris Morris | 10:00 | .255 | .200 | 11.2 | 20.9 | 16.2 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 31.9 | 54 | 91 |
| Howard Eisley | 8:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 26.1 | 13.5 | 56.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 87 | 99 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .469 | .422 | 18.6 | 60.9 | 40.4 | 59.4 | 13.2 | 4.5 | 12.5 | 100.0 | 93.6 | 100.2 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Charles Barkley | 8 | 18 | 2 | 40:00 | 3 | 12 | .250 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Mario Elie | 13 | 2 | 5 | 38:00 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Clyde Drexler | 13 | 10 | 0 | 34:00 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 38 | 9 | 2 | 33:00 | 14 | 27 | .519 | 0 | 0 | | 10 | 12 | .833 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Matt Maloney | 5 | 2 | 7 | 27:00 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Kevin Willis | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21:00 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | | 5 | 7 | .714 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Emanual Davis | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21:00 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Bullard | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19:00 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Tracy Moore | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7:00 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 91 | 53 | 22 | 240 | 30 | 81 | .370 | 5 | 22 | .227 | 26 | 34 | .765 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Charles Barkley | 40:00 | .291 | .250 | 15.7 | 33.5 | 24.3 | 9.1 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 6.8 | 16.0 | 86 | 86 |
| Mario Elie | 38:00 | .574 | .550 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 25.3 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 14.0 | 126 | 96 |
| Clyde Drexler | 34:00 | .553 | .450 | 12.3 | 19.7 | 15.9 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 25.4 | 20.1 | 94 | 88 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 33:00 | .589 | .519 | 12.6 | 16.9 | 14.7 | 30.2 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 43.6 | 131 | 93 |
| Matt Maloney | 27:00 | .363 | .333 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 4.0 | 47.1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 22.5 | 14.2 | 88 | 96 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Kevin Willis | 21:00 | .494 | .250 | 14.9 | 21.3 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 29.8 | 20.8 | 86 | 94 |
| Emanual Davis | 21:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 30.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 10.3 | 41 | 101 |
| Matt Bullard | 19:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 5.7 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 28.6 | 15.9 | 75 | 96 |
| Tracy Moore | 7:00 | .258 | .000 | 14.9 | 15.9 | 15.4 | 22.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.0 | 93 | 98 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .474 | .401 | 39.1 | 81.4 | 59.6 | 73.3 | 8.8 | 11.9 | 13.5 | 100.0 | 100.2 | 93.6 |
Officials: Mike Mathis, Woody Mayfield, Greg Willard
Attendance: 16,285