January 30, 1997
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| DEN | 33 | 31 | 23 | 26 | 113 |
| HOU | 30 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 109 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Mark Jackson | 40 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| LaPhonso Ellis | 38 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| Ervin Johnson | 34 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| Ricky Pierce | 32 | 11 | 18 | .611 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| Antonio McDyess | 30 | 4 | 13 | .308 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Dale Ellis | 31 | 8 | 12 | .667 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Kenny Smith | 18 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Tom Hammonds | 10 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Brooks Thompson | 6 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Darvin Ham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 240 | 46 | 89 | .517 | 9 | 24 | .375 | 12 | 15 | .800 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 29 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 113 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Hakeem Olajuwon | 43 | 24 | 40 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 48 | ||
| Mario Elie | 42 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Sam Mack | 35 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | |
| Kevin Willis | 33 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | |
| Matt Maloney | 27 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Randy Livingston | 21 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Othella Harrington | 17 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| Brent Price | 15 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Matt Bullard | 6 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 240 | 49 | 102 | .480 | 5 | 15 | .333 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 109 |
| Attendance: | 16,285 |