April 15, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| LAC | 28 | 28 | 23 | 40 | 119 |
| HOU | 39 | 32 | 25 | 27 | 123 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| LAC | 96.6 | .596 | 13.5 | 30.0 | .146 | 123.1 |
| HOU | 96.6 | .604 | 14.4 | 31.7 | .293 | 127.3 |
Los Angeles Clippers (36-44)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Rodney Rogers | 34 | 5 | 1 | 43:00 | 13 | 18 | .722 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Loy Vaught | 22 | 11 | 3 | 41:00 | 10 | 18 | .556 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Malik Sealy | 7 | 2 | 4 | 28:00 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Darrick Martin | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20:00 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rich Manning | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Bo Outlaw | 7 | 5 | 5 | 30:00 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Brent Barry | 13 | 3 | 9 | 28:00 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lamond Murray | 18 | 9 | 1 | 24:00 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Eric Piatkowski | 10 | 1 | 1 | 13:00 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Terry Dehere | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7:00 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 119 | 40 | 31 | 240 | 48 | 89 | .539 | 10 | 29 | .345 | 13 | 16 | .813 | 12 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 26 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Rodney Rogers | 43:00 | .860 | .833 | 2.8 | 10.9 | 6.9 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 16.8 | 23.9 | 136 | 128 |
| Loy Vaught | 41:00 | .583 | .556 | 11.7 | 20.0 | 15.9 | 9.7 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 21.0 | 129 | 129 |
| Malik Sealy | 28:00 | .306 | .318 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 4.2 | 16.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 14.9 | 20.7 | 73 | 131 |
| Darrick Martin | 20:00 | .286 | .286 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 38.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 17.3 | 97 | 136 |
| Rich Manning | 6:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 39.0 | 19.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.4 | 105 | 125 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Bo Outlaw | 30:00 | .717 | .750 | 8.0 | 11.7 | 9.9 | 18.5 | 6.6 | 3.1 | 29.1 | 9.9 | 128 | 117 |
| Brent Barry | 28:00 | .650 | .650 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 6.3 | 39.1 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 23.1 | 20.1 | 121 | 130 |
| Lamond Murray | 24:00 | .712 | .650 | 25.0 | 19.5 | 22.2 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 26.4 | 138 | 122 |
| Eric Piatkowski | 13:00 | .776 | .750 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 4.6 | 11.1 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.4 | 160 | 126 |
| Terry Dehere | 7:00 | .333 | .333 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.5 | 75 | 132 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .620 | .596 | 30.0 | 68.3 | 49.4 | 64.6 | 12.4 | 3.3 | 13.5 | 100.0 | 123.1 | 127.3 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 37:00 | .629 | .563 | 3.2 | 25.9 | 14.4 | 12.8 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 9.5 | 24.7 | 126 | 119 |
| Charles Barkley | 37:00 | .593 | .500 | 22.1 | 22.7 | 22.4 | 23.6 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 28.6 | 121 | 120 |
| Matt Maloney | 35:00 | .679 | .679 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 12.7 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 18.6 | 132 | 117 |
| Clyde Drexler | 27:00 | .517 | .375 | 8.7 | 17.8 | 13.2 | 19.4 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 18.7 | 127 | 123 |
| Mario Elie | 25:00 | .595 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 33.8 | 15.4 | 99 | 127 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Eddie Johnson | 30:00 | .893 | .875 | 3.9 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 20.1 | 162 | 129 |
| Kevin Willis | 22:00 | .425 | .400 | 5.3 | 16.4 | 10.8 | 23.2 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 111 | 125 |
| Matt Bullard | 14:00 | .750 | .750 | 8.4 | 17.1 | 12.7 | 19.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.4 | 171 | 127 |
| Sedale Threatt | 13:00 | .833 | .833 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 16.7 | 110 | 131 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .649 | .604 | 31.7 | 70.0 | 50.6 | 73.8 | 9.3 | 5.8 | 14.4 | 100.0 | 127.3 | 123.1 |
Officials: Ron Garretson, Ted Bernhardt, Tim Donaghy
Attendance: 16,285