January 8, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| HOU | 20 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 81 |
| CLE | 13 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 78 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| HOU | 82.6 | .444 | 22.3 | 36.1 | .397 | 98.0 |
| CLE | 82.6 | .455 | 18.1 | 23.1 | .254 | 94.4 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Charles Barkley | 42:00 | .291 | .208 | 19.0 | 17.6 | 18.3 | 10.5 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 17.9 | 19.4 | 77 | 95 |
| Mario Elie | 41:00 | 1.076 | 1.056 | 3.3 | 9.0 | 6.2 | 16.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 19.9 | 17.9 | 160 | 101 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 41:00 | .567 | .467 | 9.8 | 15.0 | 12.5 | 14.8 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 29.2 | 32.5 | 88 | 97 |
| Clyde Drexler | 37:00 | .344 | .250 | 7.2 | 23.3 | 15.6 | 36.4 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 23.4 | 22.5 | 80 | 86 |
| Matt Maloney | 32:00 | .563 | .563 | 4.2 | 19.2 | 12.0 | 38.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.2 | 145 | 97 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Randy Livingston | 15:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 24.6 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 9.7 | 17 | 90 |
| Sam Mack | 14:00 | .436 | .333 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 12.4 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 125 | 75 |
| Kevin Willis | 10:00 | .258 | .000 | 0.0 | 12.3 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 23.7 | 52 | 103 |
| Brent Price | 8:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 18.2 | 61 | 106 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .528 | .444 | 36.1 | 76.9 | 57.3 | 83.3 | 15.7 | 5.6 | 22.3 | 100.0 | 98.0 | 94.4 |
Cleveland Cavaliers (21-12)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Chris Mills | 7 | 14 | 2 | 45:00 | 1 | 8 | .125 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Terrell Brandon | 26 | 2 | 7 | 38:00 | 9 | 21 | .429 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bobby Phills | 23 | 4 | 3 | 38:00 | 9 | 18 | .500 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Danny Ferry | 8 | 4 | 3 | 35:00 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Mark West | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31:00 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Bob Sura | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23:00 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Donny Marshall | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15:00 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vitaly Potapenko | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14:00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Antonio Lang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 78 | 32 | 19 | 240 | 27 | 67 | .403 | 7 | 20 | .350 | 17 | 22 | .773 | 9 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 22 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Chris Mills | 45:00 | .329 | .125 | 5.5 | 35.6 | 19.9 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 76 | 87 |
| Terrell Brandon | 38:00 | .560 | .500 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 3.4 | 56.6 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 17.7 | 38.0 | 101 | 93 |
| Bobby Phills | 38:00 | .569 | .528 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 24.2 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 16.5 | 32.6 | 100 | 104 |
| Danny Ferry | 35:00 | .581 | .583 | 0.0 | 15.2 | 7.3 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 129 | 105 |
| Mark West | 31:00 | .000 | .000 | 7.9 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 33.3 | 5.0 | 37 | 102 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Bob Sura | 23:00 | .515 | .500 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 2.8 | 40.3 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 21.7 | 95 | 99 |
| Donny Marshall | 15:00 | .600 | .600 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 20.5 | 89 | 96 |
| Vitaly Potapenko | 14:00 | .000 | .000 | 26.4 | 9.5 | 18.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 11.0 | 48 | 109 |
| Antonio Lang | 1:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 111 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .509 | .455 | 23.1 | 63.9 | 42.7 | 70.4 | 19.4 | 6.4 | 18.1 | 100.0 | 94.4 | 98.0 |
Officials: Ron Garretson, Ted Bernhardt, Sean Corbin
Attendance: 20,562