December 25, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| HOU | 25 | 25 | 30 | 23 | 103 |
| UTA | 20 | 29 | 36 | 22 | 107 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| HOU | 87.0 | .500 | 10.8 | 31.6 | .373 | 118.4 |
| UTA | 87.0 | .588 | 16.0 | 31.0 | .270 | 123.0 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Clyde Drexler | 15 | 2 | 5 | 40:00 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Charles Barkley | 11 | 7 | 3 | 40:00 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Kevin Willis | 25 | 8 | 1 | 37:00 | 10 | 15 | .667 | 0 | 0 | | 5 | 6 | .833 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Mario Elie | 15 | 4 | 2 | 28:00 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Maloney | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22:00 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
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| Matt Bullard | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23:00 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Eddie Johnson | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23:00 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Brent Price | 9 | 2 | 5 | 21:00 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Emanual Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:00 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 103 | 32 | 23 | 240 | 33 | 75 | .440 | 9 | 24 | .375 | 28 | 35 | .800 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 20 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Clyde Drexler | 40:00 | .483 | .375 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 3.6 | 21.3 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 20.7 | 106 | 117 |
| Charles Barkley | 40:00 | .435 | .300 | 6.3 | 20.7 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 16.1 | 108 | 121 |
| Kevin Willis | 37:00 | .709 | .667 | 17.1 | 13.4 | 15.5 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 26.4 | 129 | 125 |
| Mario Elie | 28:00 | .768 | .688 | 4.5 | 17.7 | 10.2 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 18.2 | 149 | 127 |
| Matt Maloney | 22:00 | .765 | .800 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 6.5 | 33.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 168 | 127 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
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| Matt Bullard | 23:00 | .563 | .500 | 11.0 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 20.3 | 119 | 123 |
| Eddie Johnson | 23:00 | .424 | .389 | 11.0 | 7.2 | 9.3 | 15.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.5 | 23.5 | 91 | 129 |
| Brent Price | 21:00 | .580 | .500 | 0.0 | 15.8 | 6.8 | 40.2 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 19.7 | 129 | 122 |
| Emanual Davis | 6:00 | .174 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.7 | 44 | 111 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .570 | .500 | 31.6 | 69.0 | 47.8 | 69.7 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 10.8 | 100.0 | 118.4 | 123.0 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
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| Karl Malone | 42:00 | .667 | .667 | 11.8 | 21.1 | 17.1 | 23.2 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 21.1 | 21.7 | 119 | 115 |
| Jeff Hornacek | 39:00 | .720 | .692 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 34.2 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 18.3 | 154 | 120 |
| John Stockton | 27:00 | .676 | .656 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 23.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 36.9 | 120 | 122 |
| Adam Keefe | 23:00 | .975 | 1.000 | 7.2 | 16.5 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 205 | 122 |
| Antoine Carr | 22:00 | .621 | .333 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26.2 | 16.6 | 109 | 126 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
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| Bryon Russell | 28:00 | .515 | .333 | 5.9 | 27.1 | 17.9 | 8.7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 8.4 | 114 | 114 |
| Howard Eisley | 21:00 | .466 | .417 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.9 | 36.3 | 95 | 128 |
| Greg Ostertag | 15:00 | 1.025 | 1.000 | 11.0 | 33.7 | 23.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 212 | 109 |
| Shandon Anderson | 15:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 16.8 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 16.0 | 79 | 114 |
| Greg Foster | 8:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 128 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .636 | .588 | 31.0 | 68.4 | 52.2 | 63.4 | 8.0 | 3.2 | 16.0 | 100.0 | 123.0 | 118.4 |
Officials: Hue Hollins, Greg Willard, Bruce Alexander
Attendance: 19,911