November 1, 1996
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| SAC | 24 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 85 |
| HOU | 31 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 96 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Corliss Williamson | 37 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Mitch Richmond | 32 | 6 | 12 | .500 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| Olden Polynice | 32 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf | 29 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| Brian Grant | 25 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Tyus Edney | 26 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| Michael Smith | 25 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Lionel Simmons | 18 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Duane Causwell | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 32 | 72 | .444 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 17 | 23 | .739 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 85 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Clyde Drexler | 42 | 8 | 21 | .381 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 25 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 39 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 | |
| Kevin Willis | 39 | 3 | 12 | .250 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Mario Elie | 32 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| Matt Maloney | 32 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Othella Harrington | 18 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Matt Bullard | 14 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Randy Livingston | 14 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Sam Mack | 5 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tracy Moore | 3 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emanual Davis | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 34 | 87 | .391 | 8 | 25 | .320 | 20 | 31 | .645 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 96 |
| Attendance: | 16,285 |