January 17, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| HOU | 16 | 22 | 20 | 30 | 88 |
| DAL | 16 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 78 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| HOU | 89.7 | .446 | 13.3 | 27.9 | .169 | 98.1 |
| DAL | 89.7 | .447 | 17.2 | 18.2 | .147 | 87.0 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 40:00 | .498 | .435 | 2.8 | 30.0 | 16.6 | 21.8 | 2.7 | 14.0 | 7.1 | 32.1 | 105 | 73 |
| Clyde Drexler | 35:00 | .353 | .273 | 9.6 | 15.6 | 12.6 | 18.4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 23.9 | 21.9 | 75 | 91 |
| Kevin Willis | 29:00 | .505 | .455 | 11.5 | 30.1 | 20.9 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.4 | 21.9 | 99 | 91 |
| Mario Elie | 26:00 | .583 | .583 | 4.3 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 19.5 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 12.3 | 115 | 88 |
| Matt Maloney | 20:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 5.5 | 28.2 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 18.3 | 27 | 90 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Randy Livingston | 27:00 | .507 | .438 | 4.1 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 12.4 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 16.7 | 107 | 88 |
| Sam Mack | 26:00 | .722 | .722 | 0.0 | 16.8 | 8.5 | 14.9 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.8 | 149 | 89 |
| Othella Harrington | 24:00 | .554 | .600 | 14.0 | 4.5 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 24.0 | 15.9 | 92 | 92 |
| Brent Price | 10:00 | .625 | .625 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 5.5 | 19.7 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.3 | 134 | 84 |
| Charles Jones | 3:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 97 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .484 | .446 | 27.9 | 81.8 | 55.2 | 61.8 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 100.0 | 98.1 | 87.0 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Derek Harper | 16 | 3 | 4 | 45:00 | 5 | 15 | .333 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Jim Jackson | 16 | 5 | 0 | 43:00 | 7 | 14 | .500 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jamal Mashburn | 17 | 6 | 4 | 37:00 | 8 | 16 | .500 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| A.C. Green | 4 | 10 | 1 | 33:00 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Montross | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21:00 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Oliver Miller | 4 | 10 | 6 | 27:00 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Michael Finley | 11 | 2 | 1 | 23:00 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Chris Gatling | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11:00 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 78 | 39 | 17 | 240 | 31 | 75 | .413 | 5 | 15 | .333 | 11 | 16 | .688 | 8 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 18 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Derek Harper | 45:00 | .477 | .400 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 16.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 19.3 | 22.4 | 86 | 104 |
| Jim Jackson | 43:00 | .554 | .536 | 2.5 | 10.4 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 17.4 | 104 | 105 |
| Jamal Mashburn | 37:00 | .531 | .531 | 0.0 | 18.1 | 8.9 | 25.2 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 22.3 | 106 | 87 |
| A.C. Green | 33:00 | .278 | .200 | 6.6 | 27.1 | 16.7 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 78 | 99 |
| Eric Montross | 21:00 | .250 | .250 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 42.9 | 16.2 | 48 | 106 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Oliver Miller | 27:00 | .340 | .200 | 4.0 | 37.2 | 20.4 | 36.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 33.8 | 15.9 | 75 | 84 |
| Michael Finley | 23:00 | .611 | .611 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 10.1 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 18.2 | 23.2 | 98 | 102 |
| Chris Gatling | 11:00 | .457 | .429 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.5 | 51.8 | 64 | 105 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .475 | .447 | 18.2 | 72.1 | 44.8 | 54.8 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 17.2 | 100.0 | 87.0 | 98.1 |
Officials: Ed T. Rush, Bob Delaney, Jim Kinsey
Attendance: 18,042