December 21, 1996
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| MIA | 25 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 86 |
| HOU | 19 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 66 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Alonzo Mourning | 39 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | |
| Tim Hardaway | 39 | 7 | 23 | .304 | 2 | 10 | .200 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| P.J. Brown | 29 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |
| Keith Askins | 28 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Sasha Danilovic | 26 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Voshon Lenard | 38 | 7 | 15 | .467 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| Kurt Thomas | 20 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| Isaac Austin | 9 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Gary Grant | 7 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| James Scott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mark Strickland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Martin Muursepp | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 31 | 77 | .403 | 11 | 31 | .355 | 13 | 16 | .813 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 86 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Mario Elie | 46 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 42 | 6 | 17 | .353 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Kevin Willis | 36 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| Tracy Moore | 32 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Matt Maloney | 26 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Randy Livingston | 24 | 1 | 8 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Othella Harrington | 18 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Sam Mack | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matt Bullard | 7 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 23 | 71 | .324 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 16 | 27 | .593 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 66 |
| Attendance: | 16,285 |