March 12, 1998
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| NJN | 26 | 20 | 33 | 25 | 104 |
| HOU | 30 | 22 | 32 | 31 | 115 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| NJN | 95.8 | .489 | 10.8 | 29.2 | .152 | 108.6 |
| HOU | 95.8 | .535 | 16.9 | 41.9 | .282 | 120.0 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Sam Cassell | 42:00 | .524 | .444 | 4.8 | 10.6 | 7.5 | 56.6 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 33.3 | 123 | 116 |
| Kerry Kittles | 39:00 | .602 | .591 | 2.6 | 17.2 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 27.0 | 114 | 113 |
| Michael Cage | 35:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 11.4 | 28.7 | 19.6 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 2.5 | 145 | 109 |
| Chris Gatling | 30:00 | .506 | .500 | 6.7 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 9.4 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 17.1 | 107 | 123 |
| Kendall Gill | 25:00 | .327 | .250 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 15.9 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 23.7 | 89 | 131 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| David Vaughn | 26:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 11.5 | 21.5 | 16.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 66.7 | 9.9 | 69 | 118 |
| Brian Evans | 19:00 | .611 | .611 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.8 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 10.0 | 22.7 | 118 | 131 |
| Lucious Harris | 10:00 | .410 | .375 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 12.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.0 | 107 | 132 |
| Sherman Douglas | 10:00 | .667 | .667 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.9 | 132 | 132 |
| Don MacLean | 4:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 32.3 | 0 | 131 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .523 | .489 | 29.2 | 58.1 | 42.9 | 64.3 | 13.6 | 6.3 | 10.8 | 100.0 | 108.6 | 120.0 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Matt Maloney | 15 | 5 | 6 | 41:00 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 16 | 17 | 3 | 39:00 | 5 | 15 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 6 | 8 | .750 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Clyde Drexler | 33 | 3 | 1 | 37:00 | 12 | 19 | .632 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Mario Elie | 17 | 5 | 11 | 37:00 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Willis | 9 | 4 | 0 | 22:00 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 3 | .333 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Charles Barkley | 13 | 16 | 5 | 35:00 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Eddie Johnson | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19:00 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Brent Price | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10:00 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 115 | 52 | 27 | 240 | 39 | 85 | .459 | 13 | 26 | .500 | 24 | 30 | .800 | 18 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Matt Maloney | 41:00 | .682 | .682 | 2.7 | 9.8 | 6.4 | 22.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.3 | 15.8 | 107 | 114 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 39:00 | .432 | .333 | 14.3 | 30.8 | 23.0 | 11.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 13.9 | 22.4 | 104 | 94 |
| Clyde Drexler | 37:00 | .795 | .763 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 12.6 | 26.1 | 141 | 111 |
| Mario Elie | 37:00 | .666 | .591 | 3.0 | 10.8 | 7.1 | 43.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 15.1 | 163 | 114 |
| Kevin Willis | 22:00 | .436 | .444 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 16.2 | 22.7 | 85 | 102 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Charles Barkley | 35:00 | .593 | .429 | 25.5 | 22.9 | 24.1 | 19.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.5 | 16.2 | 131 | 109 |
| Eddie Johnson | 19:00 | .394 | .313 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 5.6 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.4 | 23.3 | 82 | 114 |
| Brent Price | 10:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 24.4 | 88 | 117 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .586 | .535 | 41.9 | 70.8 | 57.1 | 69.2 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 16.9 | 100.0 | 120.0 | 108.6 |
Officials: Joe Crawford, Nolan Fine, Joe Borgia
Attendance: 16,285