November 9, 1996
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| UTA | 19 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 85 |
| HOU | 21 | 21 | 20 | 29 | 91 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| John Stockton | 40 | 8 | 13 | .615 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| Karl Malone | 39 | 13 | 21 | .619 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 32 |
| Bryon Russell | 38 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Jeff Hornacek | 34 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Greg Ostertag | 25 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Adam Keefe | 16 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Antoine Carr | 16 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Greg Foster | 14 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Chris Morris | 10 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Howard Eisley | 8 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 32 | 77 | .416 | 1 | 10 | .100 | 20 | 31 | .645 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 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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| Charles Barkley | 40 | 3 | 12 | .250 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Mario Elie | 38 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Clyde Drexler | 34 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 33 | 14 | 27 | .519 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .833 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 38 | |
| Matt Maloney | 27 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Kevin Willis | 21 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| Emanual Davis | 21 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Matt Bullard | 19 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tracy Moore | 7 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 240 | 30 | 81 | .370 | 5 | 22 | .227 | 26 | 34 | .765 | 18 | 35 | 53 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 91 |
| Attendance: | 16,285 |