February 25, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| LAL | 21 | 22 | 22 | 31 | 96 |
| HOU | 36 | 24 | 17 | 23 | 100 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| LAL | 94.8 | .452 | 10.3 | 23.3 | .238 | 101.3 |
| HOU | 94.8 | .526 | 17.1 | 18.9 | .247 | 105.5 |
Los Angeles Lakers (38-17)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Elden Campbell | 19 | 9 | 2 | 45:00 | 8 | 19 | .421 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Eddie Jones | 18 | 7 | 3 | 43:00 | 6 | 16 | .375 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Nick Van Exel | 2 | 2 | 11 | 28:00 | 1 | 9 | .111 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Travis Knight | 2 | 3 | 0 | 25:00 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Jerome Kersey | 14 | 6 | 1 | 23:00 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Byron Scott | 18 | 5 | 2 | 23:00 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sean Rooks | 10 | 5 | 0 | 21:00 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Derek Fisher | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20:00 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| George McCloud | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12:00 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 96 | 40 | 22 | 240 | 36 | 84 | .429 | 4 | 23 | .174 | 20 | 26 | .769 | 10 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Elden Campbell | 45:00 | .439 | .421 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 22.7 | 100 | 107 |
| Eddie Jones | 43:00 | .507 | .438 | 2.6 | 18.1 | 9.8 | 11.4 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 21.8 | 96 | 104 |
| Nick Van Exel | 28:00 | .111 | .111 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 4.3 | 55.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.2 | 17.7 | 63 | 111 |
| Travis Knight | 25:00 | .200 | .200 | 4.5 | 10.4 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 10.8 | 46 | 110 |
| Jerome Kersey | 23:00 | .636 | .636 | 4.9 | 28.2 | 15.7 | 9.8 | 2.2 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 23.5 | 115 | 97 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Byron Scott | 23:00 | .694 | .500 | 9.7 | 16.9 | 13.0 | 15.1 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.4 | 156 | 105 |
| Sean Rooks | 21:00 | .644 | .667 | 0.0 | 30.9 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 21.0 | 95 | 107 |
| Derek Fisher | 20:00 | .633 | .600 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 25.0 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 141 | 97 |
| George McCloud | 12:00 | .625 | .625 | 0.0 | 21.6 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 18.8 | 90 | 109 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .503 | .452 | 23.3 | 81.1 | 50.0 | 61.1 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 10.3 | 100.0 | 101.3 | 105.5 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Mario Elie | 42:00 | .926 | .889 | 3.1 | 13.3 | 8.6 | 23.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 17.4 | 154 | 104 |
| Charles Barkley | 39:00 | .681 | .688 | 16.6 | 34.3 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 20.8 | 28.2 | 116 | 98 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 39:00 | .566 | .474 | 3.3 | 34.3 | 20.0 | 28.5 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 24.1 | 34.0 | 95 | 92 |
| Matt Maloney | 31:00 | .300 | .300 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.7 | 68 | 109 |
| Matt Bullard | 25:00 | .350 | .350 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 18.3 | 71 | 107 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Sam Mack | 26:00 | .300 | .300 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 72 | 106 |
| Kevin Willis | 17:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 3.5 | 18.0 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 20.0 | 13.4 | 91 | 92 |
| Randy Livingston | 12:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 129 | 110 |
| Brent Price | 9:00 | .750 | .750 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 20.3 | 83 | 110 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .574 | .526 | 18.9 | 76.7 | 50.0 | 67.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 17.1 | 100.0 | 105.5 | 101.3 |
Officials: Dan Crawford, Derrick Stafford, Mark Wunderlich
Attendance: 16,285