January 7, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| HOU | 24 | 22 | 21 | 37 | 104 |
| MIN | 30 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 95 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| HOU | 88.6 | .480 | 14.1 | 36.6 | .408 | 117.3 |
| MIN | 88.6 | .456 | 10.2 | 30.6 | .132 | 107.2 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Clyde Drexler | 37 | 5 | 3 | 43:00 | 11 | 17 | .647 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 10 | 10 | 1.000 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 22 | 12 | 2 | 40:00 | 8 | 23 | .348 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Charles Barkley | 11 | 14 | 2 | 36:00 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 0 | 0 | | 5 | 8 | .625 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mario Elie | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28:00 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Matt Maloney | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26:00 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Kevin Willis | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21:00 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Randy Livingston | 2 | 1 | 6 | 20:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Sam Mack | 9 | 4 | 0 | 19:00 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Price | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 104 | 49 | 18 | 240 | 32 | 76 | .421 | 9 | 19 | .474 | 31 | 35 | .886 | 15 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 13 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Clyde Drexler | 43:00 | .864 | .794 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 6.2 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 24.5 | 167 | 113 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 40:00 | .429 | .370 | 8.8 | 22.0 | 16.0 | 10.7 | 4.1 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 32.3 | 96 | 93 |
| Charles Barkley | 36:00 | .379 | .273 | 19.5 | 21.8 | 20.7 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 6.4 | 19.4 | 106 | 107 |
| Mario Elie | 28:00 | .489 | .286 | 4.2 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 17.9 | 18.0 | 100 | 107 |
| Matt Maloney | 26:00 | .800 | .800 | 9.0 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 27.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 12.1 | 133 | 113 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Kevin Willis | 21:00 | .381 | .286 | 5.6 | 14.0 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 20.2 | 21.2 | 75 | 109 |
| Randy Livingston | 20:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 48.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 9.0 | 99 | 116 |
| Sam Mack | 19:00 | .945 | .833 | 6.2 | 15.5 | 11.2 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 17.4 | 13.7 | 162 | 105 |
| Brent Price | 7:00 | .000 | .000 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 66 | 119 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .569 | .480 | 36.6 | 69.4 | 54.4 | 56.3 | 6.8 | 12.3 | 14.1 | 100.0 | 117.3 | 107.2 |
Minnesota Timberwolves (14-19)
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Tom Gugliotta | 41:00 | .486 | .425 | 7.2 | 14.3 | 10.4 | 12.7 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 18.1 | 30.0 | 94 | 109 |
| Kevin Garnett | 40:00 | .364 | .364 | 4.9 | 20.5 | 12.0 | 18.6 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 12.3 | 107 | 118 |
| Stephon Marbury | 38:00 | .486 | .405 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 26.9 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 27.7 | 121 | 124 |
| Chris Carr | 26:00 | .558 | .538 | 3.8 | 18.0 | 10.3 | 7.7 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 26.5 | 105 | 117 |
| Stojko Vrankovic | 26:00 | .571 | .571 | 15.1 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 12.5 | 13.7 | 118 | 119 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Terry Porter | 23:00 | .438 | .438 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.5 | 98 | 128 |
| Cherokee Parks | 20:00 | .000 | .000 | 24.5 | 11.7 | 18.7 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 25.0 | 8.9 | 71 | 110 |
| Sam Mitchell | 14:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 12.7 | 0 | 122 |
| James Robinson | 11:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.3 | 189 | 114 |
| Shane Heal | 1:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 130 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .491 | .456 | 30.6 | 63.4 | 45.6 | 43.2 | 10.2 | 13.8 | 10.2 | 100.0 | 107.2 | 117.3 |
Officials: Ed T. Rush, Joe DeRosa, Scott Wall
Attendance: 18,658