November 12, 1996
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| LAL | 30 | 19 | 29 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 126 |
| HOU | 23 | 26 | 21 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 115 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Nick Van Exel | 54 | 10 | 27 | .370 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Cedric Ceballos | 46 | 9 | 20 | .450 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
| Elden Campbell | 43 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 42 | 15 | 24 | .625 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 34 | |
| Eddie Jones | 36 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Byron Scott | 40 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Sean Rooks | 17 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Kobe Bryant | 5 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Derek Fisher | 4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Travis Knight | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Team Totals | 290 | 46 | 100 | .460 | 10 | 27 | .370 | 24 | 31 | .774 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 126 |
| 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 | 58 | 10 | 18 | .556 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 10 | 13 | .769 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 33 |
| Mario Elie | 36 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 32 | 12 | 22 | .545 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 31 | |
| Clyde Drexler | 29 | 1 | 9 | .111 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Matt Maloney | 21 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Emanual Davis | 37 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| Tracy Moore | 25 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Matt Bullard | 22 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Kevin Willis | 19 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Charles Jones | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sam Mack | 4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 290 | 42 | 98 | .429 | 11 | 37 | .297 | 20 | 27 | .741 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 32 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 115 |
| Attendance: | 16,285 |