December 30, 1996
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| SEA | 35 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 91 |
| HOU | 28 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 99 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| SEA | 86.6 | .500 | 15.9 | 26.8 | .197 | 105.0 |
| HOU | 86.6 | .532 | 11.2 | 25.0 | .205 | 114.3 |
Seattle SuperSonics (21-11)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Gary Payton | 21 | 5 | 8 | 43:00 | 10 | 22 | .455 | 1 | 10 | .100 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Shawn Kemp | 18 | 13 | 3 | 41:00 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Detlef Schrempf | 16 | 8 | 6 | 37:00 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Hersey Hawkins | 15 | 2 | 2 | 35:00 | 5 | 14 | .357 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jim McIlvaine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Sam Perkins | 4 | 9 | 2 | 29:00 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| David Wingate | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19:00 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Eric Snow | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16:00 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Larry Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 91 | 41 | 25 | 240 | 33 | 76 | .434 | 10 | 31 | .323 | 15 | 19 | .789 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 21 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Gary Payton | 43:00 | .477 | .477 | 5.4 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 40.9 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 26.7 | 107 | 118 |
| Shawn Kemp | 41:00 | .758 | .727 | 5.7 | 32.2 | 18.8 | 14.2 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 29.6 | 19.7 | 105 | 111 |
| Detlef Schrempf | 37:00 | .546 | .458 | 3.2 | 22.7 | 12.8 | 29.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.9 | 134 | 116 |
| Hersey Hawkins | 35:00 | .490 | .464 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 10.5 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 23.7 | 92 | 117 |
| Jim McIlvaine | 19:00 | .798 | 1.000 | 12.3 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 8.3 | 5.8 | 9.2 | 34.7 | 7.2 | 123 | 103 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Sam Perkins | 29:00 | .254 | .214 | 8.1 | 29.0 | 18.4 | 10.6 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 20.2 | 16.3 | 65 | 110 |
| David Wingate | 19:00 | .667 | .667 | 12.3 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 9.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 17.6 | 119 | 123 |
| Eric Snow | 16:00 | .630 | .333 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 38.7 | 23.2 | 89 | 115 |
| Larry Stewart | 1:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 123 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .539 | .500 | 26.8 | 75.0 | 50.6 | 75.8 | 8.1 | 4.4 | 15.9 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 114.3 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Charles Barkley | 42:00 | .783 | .750 | 17.1 | 22.3 | 19.8 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 21.0 | 150 | 103 |
| Clyde Drexler | 42:00 | .489 | .462 | 0.0 | 19.5 | 9.9 | 29.2 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 17.3 | 20.2 | 100 | 99 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 39:00 | .496 | .455 | 3.1 | 27.0 | 15.2 | 19.9 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 30.5 | 113 | 105 |
| Matt Maloney | 39:00 | .751 | .700 | 6.2 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 23.9 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 16.8 | 139 | 109 |
| Mario Elie | 33:00 | .417 | .417 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.9 | 101 | 109 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Kevin Willis | 15:00 | .600 | .600 | 8.0 | 15.6 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 19.6 | 99 | 103 |
| Randy Livingston | 15:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 4.0 | 35.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 26.2 | 87 | 105 |
| Matt Bullard | 7:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 111 |
| Brent Price | 5:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 29.4 | 76 | 115 |
| Sam Mack | 3:00 | | | 0.0 | 39.0 | 19.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 103 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .570 | .532 | 25.0 | 73.2 | 49.4 | 73.0 | 12.7 | 3.6 | 11.2 | 100.0 | 114.3 | 105.0 |
Officials: Joe Forte, Bernie Fryer, Monty McCutchen
Attendance: 16,285