January 22, 1998
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| HOU | 30 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 86 |
| CHH | 23 | 28 | 16 | 26 | 93 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| HOU | 84.9 | .514 | 16.7 | 21.6 | .151 | 101.3 |
| CHH | 84.9 | .500 | 12.5 | 29.7 | .224 | 109.5 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Clyde Drexler | 39:00 | .495 | .472 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 29.4 | 5.8 | 1.8 | 12.9 | 29.7 | 99 | 104 |
| Matt Maloney | 37:00 | 1.277 | 1.286 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 10.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 28.7 | 14.1 | 155 | 108 |
| Kevin Willis | 35:00 | .394 | .375 | 7.4 | 33.4 | 20.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.1 | 18.4 | 62 | 109 |
| Charles Barkley | 33:00 | .388 | .333 | 7.9 | 27.5 | 17.7 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 25.4 | 94 | 109 |
| Rodrick Rhodes | 33:00 | .484 | .444 | 7.9 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.9 | 21.7 | 83 | 118 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Othella Harrington | 28:00 | .750 | .750 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 4.6 | 13.9 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 153 | 114 |
| Eddie Johnson | 24:00 | .336 | .286 | 5.4 | 16.2 | 10.8 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 17.6 | 74 | 109 |
| Brent Price | 6:00 | | | 0.0 | 21.6 | 10.8 | 45.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 8.3 | 70 | 113 |
| Emanual Davis | 4:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 32.4 | 16.2 | 68.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 83 | 109 |
| Matt Bullard | 1:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 118 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .537 | .514 | 21.6 | 70.3 | 45.9 | 57.1 | 9.4 | 5.1 | 16.7 | 100.0 | 101.3 | 109.5 |
Charlotte Hornets (24-17)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| David Wesley | 28 | 3 | 6 | 44:00 | 9 | 19 | .474 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Glen Rice | 19 | 4 | 4 | 42:00 | 8 | 17 | .471 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Anthony Mason | 10 | 13 | 8 | 42:00 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Matt Geiger | 13 | 16 | 2 | 33:00 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 4 | .750 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Corey Beck | 8 | 0 | 3 | 27:00 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Donald Royal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23:00 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| J.R. Reid | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21:00 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| B.J. Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Travis Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 93 | 40 | 25 | 240 | 37 | 76 | .487 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 17 | 19 | .895 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 17 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| David Wesley | 44:00 | .622 | .526 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 24.1 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 21.0 | 32.3 | 108 | 104 |
| Glen Rice | 42:00 | .506 | .471 | 9.3 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 16.4 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 23.4 | 114 | 100 |
| Anthony Mason | 42:00 | .635 | .571 | 3.1 | 37.1 | 20.1 | 28.2 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 138 | 99 |
| Matt Geiger | 33:00 | .553 | .500 | 23.6 | 39.3 | 31.4 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 14.5 | 20.8 | 117 | 99 |
| Corey Beck | 27:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.8 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 20.0 | 18.4 | 89 | 98 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Donald Royal | 23:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 104 | 100 |
| J.R. Reid | 21:00 | .415 | .375 | 0.0 | 18.5 | 9.3 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 96 | 105 |
| B.J. Armstrong | 5:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 201 | 109 |
| Travis Williams | 3:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.2 | 101 | 110 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .551 | .500 | 29.7 | 78.4 | 54.1 | 67.6 | 9.4 | 5.7 | 12.5 | 100.0 | 109.5 | 101.3 |
Officials: Ron Garretson, Ed Middleton, Bennie Adams
Attendance: 23,603