December 26, 1996
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| HOU | 34 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 101 |
| MIL | 27 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 90 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| HOU | 87.4 | .638 | 19.3 | 16.0 | .277 | 115.6 |
| MIL | 87.4 | .514 | 16.6 | 20.6 | .257 | 103.0 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Charles Barkley | 20 | 16 | 3 | 44:00 | 7 | 17 | .412 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Clyde Drexler | 20 | 1 | 8 | 40:00 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Mario Elie | 2 | 2 | 3 | 38:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 29 | 6 | 0 | 37:00 | 14 | 18 | .778 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Matt Maloney | 19 | 1 | 5 | 31:00 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Sam Mack | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18:00 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Randy Livingston | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17:00 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Kevin Willis | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15:00 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 101 | 31 | 23 | 240 | 39 | 65 | .600 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 18 | 23 | .783 | 4 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 23 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Charles Barkley | 44:00 | .498 | .441 | 4.4 | 48.1 | 29.6 | 10.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 16.6 | 28.2 | 92 | 99 |
| Clyde Drexler | 40:00 | .740 | .700 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 30.2 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 12.9 | 20.0 | 142 | 107 |
| Mario Elie | 38:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 10.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 4.1 | 105 | 107 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 37:00 | .786 | .778 | 5.2 | 19.1 | 13.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 17.8 | 31.3 | 119 | 101 |
| Matt Maloney | 31:00 | .931 | .875 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 26.1 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 192 | 102 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Sam Mack | 18:00 | .600 | .600 | 10.7 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 17.2 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 17.2 | 115 | 104 |
| Randy Livingston | 17:00 | .512 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38.1 | 23.9 | 66 | 111 |
| Kevin Willis | 15:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 37.6 | 21.7 | 8.2 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 50.0 | 13.7 | 17 | 91 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .672 | .638 | 16.0 | 79.4 | 52.5 | 59.0 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 19.3 | 100.0 | 115.6 | 103.0 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Vin Baker | 23 | 10 | 2 | 41:00 | 7 | 14 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 8 | 10 | .800 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Ray Allen | 15 | 1 | 1 | 34:00 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sherman Douglas | 16 | 2 | 8 | 27:00 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Andrew Lang | 6 | 4 | 0 | 26:00 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Johnny Newman | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21:00 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Glenn Robinson | 11 | 2 | 7 | 40:00 | 5 | 14 | .357 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Armen Gilliam | 5 | 4 | 0 | 27:00 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Elliot Perry | 9 | 3 | 4 | 21:00 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chucky Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 90 | 28 | 22 | 240 | 33 | 70 | .471 | 6 | 15 | .400 | 18 | 23 | .783 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 18 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Vin Baker | 41:00 | .625 | .536 | 10.3 | 32.8 | 19.8 | 9.4 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 9.8 | 24.8 | 123 | 108 |
| Ray Allen | 34:00 | .689 | .650 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 16.0 | 138 | 117 |
| Sherman Douglas | 27:00 | .601 | .583 | 5.2 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 69.2 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 26.5 | 131 | 116 |
| Andrew Lang | 26:00 | .600 | .600 | 5.4 | 22.2 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 13.4 | 83 | 113 |
| Johnny Newman | 21:00 | .417 | .417 | 0.0 | 18.3 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 14.3 | 16.6 | 70 | 113 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Glenn Robinson | 40:00 | .370 | .357 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 31.1 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 28.7 | 26.1 | 71 | 115 |
| Armen Gilliam | 27:00 | .525 | .333 | 5.2 | 21.3 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.6 | 12.5 | 83 | 122 |
| Elliot Perry | 21:00 | .654 | .583 | 0.0 | 27.4 | 11.6 | 35.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.5 | 21.1 | 113 | 122 |
| Chucky Brown | 3:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 123 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .562 | .514 | 20.6 | 84.0 | 47.5 | 66.7 | 12.6 | 9.1 | 16.6 | 100.0 | 103.0 | 115.6 |
Officials: Dick Bavetta, Ken Mauer, Mike Callahan
Attendance: 18,717