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1996-97 Houston Rockets

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57-25, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 100.6 points per game, Allowed 96.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 54-28)
Coached by Rudy Tomjanovich (57-25)

SRS: 3.85 (7th of 29)
Pace Factor: 91.6 (8th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 108.8 (7th of 29), Defensive Rating: 104.0 (9th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus Utah Jazz
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Seattle Supersonics
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Minnesota Timberwolves

1996-97 Statistics / Schedule / Game Log / Splits / Starting Lineups

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Team 82 19855 3037 6484 .468 671 1839 .365 1503 1992 .755 927 2565 3492 2013 685 347 1365 1610 8248
Opponent 82 19855 3030 6845 .443 519 1547 .335 1302 1785 .729 1029 2332 3361 1835 731 365 1172 1735 7881

Player Statistics

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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included (1961-62 season and before).

Totals

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Hakeem Olajuwon C 7-0 255 34 78 78 2852 727 1426 .510 5 16 .313 351 446 .787 173 543 716 236 117 173 281 249 1810
2 Clyde Drexler G-F 6-7 210 34 62 62 2271 397 899 .442 119 335 .355 201 268 .750 118 255 373 354 119 36 156 151 1114
3 Charles Barkley F 6-6 252 33 53 53 2009 335 692 .484 58 205 .283 288 415 .694 212 504 716 248 69 25 151 153 1016
4 Mario Elie G-F 6-5 210 33 78 77 2687 291 585 .497 120 286 .420 207 231 .896 60 175 235 310 92 12 135 200 909
5 Kevin Willis F-C 7-0 220 34 75 32 1964 350 728 .481 2 14 .143 140 202 .693 146 415 561 71 42 32 119 216 842
6 Matt Maloney G 6-3 192 25 82 82 2386 271 615 .441 154 381 .404 71 93 .763 19 141 160 303 82 1 122 125 767
7 Matt Bullard F 6-10 215 29 71 12 1025 114 284 .401 67 183 .366 25 34 .735 13 104 117 67 21 18 38 68 320
8 Sam Mack F-G 6-7 220 26 52 10 904 105 262 .401 47 142 .331 35 42 .833 20 86 106 58 29 6 42 67 292
9 Eddie Johnson F-G 6-7 215 37 24 2 607 101 226 .447 40 103 .388 35 41 .854 24 74 98 35 10 1 30 48 277
10 Othella Harrington F-C 6-9 235 23 57 1 860 112 204 .549 0 3 .000 49 81 .605 75 123 198 18 12 22 57 112 273
11 Randy Livingston G 6-4 209 21 64 0 981 100 229 .437 9 22 .409 42 65 .646 32 62 94 155 39 12 102 107 251
12 Brent Price G 6-1 165 28 25 0 390 44 105 .419 17 53 .321 21 21 1.000 10 19 29 65 17 0 32 34 126
13 Tracy Moore G-F 6-4 200 31 27 1 237 33 85 .388 11 43 .256 22 31 .710 11 15 26 20 5 0 14 19 99
14 Sedale Threatt G 6-2 175 35 21 0 334 28 74 .378 8 20 .400 6 8 .750 5 19 24 40 15 3 13 29 70
15 Emanual Davis G 6-4 195 28 13 0 230 24 54 .444 12 27 .444 5 8 .625 2 20 22 26 9 2 17 20 65
16 Elmer Bennett G 6-0 170 26 4 0 16 2 6 .333 1 3 .333 5 6 .833 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 1 10
17 Charles Jones F-C 6-9 215 39 12 0 93 2 5 .400 0 0 0 0 5 8 13 3 2 4 0 8 4
18 Joe Stephens F 6-7 210 24 2 0 9 1 5 .200 1 3 .333 0 0 2 1 3 0 3 0 3 3 3

Per Game

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Hakeem Olajuwon C 7-0 255 34 78 78 36.6 9.3 18.3 .510 0.1 0.2 .313 4.5 5.7 .787 2.2 7.0 9.2 3.0 1.5 2.2 3.6 3.2 23.2
2 Charles Barkley F 6-6 252 33 53 53 37.9 6.3 13.1 .484 1.1 3.9 .283 5.4 7.8 .694 4.0 9.5 13.5 4.7 1.3 0.5 2.8 2.9 19.2
3 Clyde Drexler G-F 6-7 210 34 62 62 36.6 6.4 14.5 .442 1.9 5.4 .355 3.2 4.3 .750 1.9 4.1 6.0 5.7 1.9 0.6 2.5 2.4 18.0
4 Mario Elie G-F 6-5 210 33 78 77 34.4 3.7 7.5 .497 1.5 3.7 .420 2.7 3.0 .896 0.8 2.2 3.0 4.0 1.2 0.2 1.7 2.6 11.7
5 Eddie Johnson F-G 6-7 215 37 24 2 25.3 4.2 9.4 .447 1.7 4.3 .388 1.5 1.7 .854 1.0 3.1 4.1 1.5 0.4 0.0 1.3 2.0 11.5
6 Kevin Willis F-C 7-0 220 34 75 32 26.2 4.7 9.7 .481 0.0 0.2 .143 1.9 2.7 .693 1.9 5.5 7.5 0.9 0.6 0.4 1.6 2.9 11.2
7 Matt Maloney G 6-3 192 25 82 82 29.1 3.3 7.5 .441 1.9 4.6 .404 0.9 1.1 .763 0.2 1.7 2.0 3.7 1.0 0.0 1.5 1.5 9.4
8 Sam Mack F-G 6-7 220 26 52 10 17.4 2.0 5.0 .401 0.9 2.7 .331 0.7 0.8 .833 0.4 1.7 2.0 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.3 5.6
9 Emanual Davis G 6-4 195 28 13 0 17.7 1.8 4.2 .444 0.9 2.1 .444 0.4 0.6 .625 0.2 1.5 1.7 2.0 0.7 0.2 1.3 1.5 5.0
10 Brent Price G 6-1 165 28 25 0 15.6 1.8 4.2 .419 0.7 2.1 .321 0.8 0.8 1.000 0.4 0.8 1.2 2.6 0.7 0.0 1.3 1.4 5.0
11 Othella Harrington F-C 6-9 235 23 57 1 15.1 2.0 3.6 .549 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.4 .605 1.3 2.2 3.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.0 2.0 4.8
12 Matt Bullard F 6-10 215 29 71 12 14.4 1.6 4.0 .401 0.9 2.6 .366 0.4 0.5 .735 0.2 1.5 1.6 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.5 1.0 4.5
13 Randy Livingston G 6-4 209 21 64 0 15.3 1.6 3.6 .437 0.1 0.3 .409 0.7 1.0 .646 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.4 0.6 0.2 1.6 1.7 3.9
14 Tracy Moore G-F 6-4 200 31 27 1 8.8 1.2 3.1 .388 0.4 1.6 .256 0.8 1.1 .710 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.7 3.7
15 Sedale Threatt G 6-2 175 35 21 0 15.9 1.3 3.5 .378 0.4 1.0 .400 0.3 0.4 .750 0.2 0.9 1.1 1.9 0.7 0.1 0.6 1.4 3.3
16 Elmer Bennett G 6-0 170 26 4 0 4.0 0.5 1.5 .333 0.3 0.8 .333 1.3 1.5 .833 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.5
17 Joe Stephens F 6-7 210 24 2 0 4.5 0.5 2.5 .200 0.5 1.5 .333 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 1.5 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.5
18 Charles Jones F-C 6-9 215 39 12 0 7.8 0.2 0.4 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.3

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Hakeem Olajuwon C 7-0 255 34 78 78 2852 9.2 18.0 .510 0.1 0.2 .313 4.4 5.6 .787 2.2 6.9 9.0 3.0 1.5 2.2 3.5 3.1 22.8
2 Elmer Bennett G 6-0 170 26 4 0 16 4.5 13.5 .333 2.3 6.8 .333 11.3 13.5 .833 0.0 2.3 2.3 9.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 2.3 22.5
3 Charles Barkley F 6-6 252 33 53 53 2009 6.0 12.4 .484 1.0 3.7 .283 5.2 7.4 .694 3.8 9.0 12.8 4.4 1.2 0.4 2.7 2.7 18.2
4 Clyde Drexler G-F 6-7 210 34 62 62 2271 6.3 14.3 .442 1.9 5.3 .355 3.2 4.2 .750 1.9 4.0 5.9 5.6 1.9 0.6 2.5 2.4 17.7
5 Eddie Johnson F-G 6-7 215 37 24 2 607 6.0 13.4 .447 2.4 6.1 .388 2.1 2.4 .854 1.4 4.4 5.8 2.1 0.6 0.1 1.8 2.8 16.4
6 Kevin Willis F-C 7-0 220 34 75 32 1964 6.4 13.3 .481 0.0 0.3 .143 2.6 3.7 .693 2.7 7.6 10.3 1.3 0.8 0.6 2.2 4.0 15.4
7 Tracy Moore G-F 6-4 200 31 27 1 237 5.0 12.9 .388 1.7 6.5 .256 3.3 4.7 .710 1.7 2.3 3.9 3.0 0.8 0.0 2.1 2.9 15.0
8 Mario Elie G-F 6-5 210 33 78 77 2687 3.9 7.8 .497 1.6 3.8 .420 2.8 3.1 .896 0.8 2.3 3.1 4.2 1.2 0.2 1.8 2.7 12.2
9 Joe Stephens F 6-7 210 24 2 0 9 4.0 20.0 .200 4.0 12.0 .333 0.0 0.0 8.0 4.0 12.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 12.0
10 Brent Price G 6-1 165 28 25 0 390 4.1 9.7 .419 1.6 4.9 .321 1.9 1.9 1.000 0.9 1.8 2.7 6.0 1.6 0.0 3.0 3.1 11.6
11 Sam Mack F-G 6-7 220 26 52 10 904 4.2 10.4 .401 1.9 5.7 .331 1.4 1.7 .833 0.8 3.4 4.2 2.3 1.2 0.2 1.7 2.7 11.6
12 Matt Maloney G 6-3 192 25 82 82 2386 4.1 9.3 .441 2.3 5.7 .404 1.1 1.4 .763 0.3 2.1 2.4 4.6 1.2 0.0 1.8 1.9 11.6
13 Othella Harrington F-C 6-9 235 23 57 1 860 4.7 8.5 .549 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 3.4 .605 3.1 5.1 8.3 0.8 0.5 0.9 2.4 4.7 11.4
14 Matt Bullard F 6-10 215 29 71 12 1025 4.0 10.0 .401 2.4 6.4 .366 0.9 1.2 .735 0.5 3.7 4.1 2.4 0.7 0.6 1.3 2.4 11.2
15 Emanual Davis G 6-4 195 28 13 0 230 3.8 8.5 .444 1.9 4.2 .444 0.8 1.3 .625 0.3 3.1 3.4 4.1 1.4 0.3 2.7 3.1 10.2
16 Randy Livingston G 6-4 209 21 64 0 981 3.7 8.4 .437 0.3 0.8 .409 1.5 2.4 .646 1.2 2.3 3.4 5.7 1.4 0.4 3.7 3.9 9.2
17 Sedale Threatt G 6-2 175 35 21 0 334 3.0 8.0 .378 0.9 2.2 .400 0.6 0.9 .750 0.5 2.0 2.6 4.3 1.6 0.3 1.4 3.1 7.5
18 Charles Jones F-C 6-9 215 39 12 0 93 0.8 1.9 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.1 5.0 1.2 0.8 1.5 0.0 3.1 1.5

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1 Charles Barkley F 6-6 252 33 53 2009 23.0 .581 .526 12.9 27.7 20.7 20.6 1.8 0.9 14.7 23.2 117 100 17.3 12.3 30 1 14.5
2 Hakeem Olajuwon C 7-0 255 34 78 2852 22.7 .558 .512 7.4 21.0 14.5 16.2 2.1 4.5 14.8 30.4 105 99 10.8 18.6 29 12 8.5
3 Mario Elie G-F 6-5 210 33 78 2687 14.3 .662 .600 2.7 7.2 5.1 17.6 1.8 0.3 16.4 13.9 125 107 19.3 8.5 28 7 10.5
4 Clyde Drexler G-F 6-7 210 34 62 2271 19.9 .548 .508 6.3 12.4 9.5 26.4 2.7 1.2 13.3 23.5 113 103 14.5 11.1 26 5 10.5
5 Matt Maloney G 6-3 192 25 82 2386 12.3 .585 .566 1.0 6.5 3.9 19.5 1.8 0.0 15.7 14.8 113 108 9.8 7.0 17 8 4.5
6 Kevin Willis F-C 7-0 220 34 75 1964 14.3 .515 .482 9.1 23.3 16.6 6.2 1.1 1.2 12.7 21.7 101 103 2.4 10.0 12 10 1.0
7 Othella Harrington F-C 6-9 235 23 57 860 10.8 .570 .549 10.6 15.8 13.3 3.3 0.7 1.9 19.2 15.7 103 105 1.2 3.4 5 4 0.5
8 Eddie Johnson F-G 6-7 215 37 24 607 14.2 .568 .535 4.8 13.5 9.4 9.6 0.9 0.1 10.9 20.5 111 107 2.7 1.9 5 3 1.0
9 Matt Bullard F 6-10 215 29 71 1025 10.3 .535 .519 1.5 11.2 6.6 10.0 1.1 1.3 11.3 15.0 106 107 2.1 3.4 5 5 0.0
10 Randy Livingston G 6-4 209 21 64 981 8.3 .487 .456 4.0 7.0 5.6 23.8 2.1 0.9 28.4 16.7 91 106 0.0 3.5 4 8 -2.0
11 Sam Mack F-G 6-7 220 26 52 904 10.2 .521 .490 2.7 10.5 6.8 9.9 1.7 0.5 13.0 16.2 103 106 1.1 3.2 4 5 -0.5
12 Brent Price G 6-1 165 28 25 390 12.0 .551 .500 3.1 5.4 4.3 25.6 2.3 0.0 21.9 17.1 106 107 1.1 1.3 2 2 0.0
13 Emanual Davis G 6-4 195 28 13 230 9.7 .565 .556 1.1 9.6 5.5 17.1 2.1 0.7 22.8 14.7 100 106 0.1 0.9 1 1 0.0
14 Charles Jones F-C 6-9 215 39 12 93 6.3 .400 .400 6.6 9.5 8.1 4.3 1.1 3.2 0.0 2.4 136 106 0.2 0.3 1 0 0.5
15 Sedale Threatt G 6-2 175 35 21 334 8.5 .451 .432 1.8 6.3 4.2 17.6 2.4 0.7 14.4 12.3 100 106 0.2 1.2 1 2 -0.5
16 Tracy Moore G-F 6-4 200 31 27 237 11.4 .502 .453 5.7 7.0 6.4 13.5 1.1 0.0 12.4 21.6 103 109 0.5 0.6 1 2 -0.5
17 Elmer Bennett G 6-0 170 26 4 16 32.1 .579 .417 0.0 6.9 3.6 39.1 6.5 0.0 0.0 24.6 144 98 0.3 0.1 0 0 0.0
18 Joe Stephens F 6-7 210 24 2 9 3.0 .300 .300 27.1 12.3 19.3 0.0 17.5 0.0 37.5 40.5 52 71 0.0 0.2 0 0 0.0

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Hakeem Olajuwon C 7-0 255 34 16 629 147 249 0 3 76 104 46 174 54 33 41 46 61 370 .590 .000 .731 39.3 23.1 10.9 3.4
2 Clyde Drexler G-F 6-7 210 34 16 623 105 241 38 102 42 54 25 89 77 26 7 36 52 290 .436 .373 .778 38.9 18.1 5.6 4.8
3 Charles Barkley F 6-6 252 33 16 605 86 198 11 38 103 134 64 192 54 19 7 43 52 286 .434 .289 .769 37.8 17.9 12.0 3.4
4 Mario Elie G-F 6-5 210 33 16 598 54 116 24 60 52 62 19 56 61 14 4 30 52 184 .466 .400 .839 37.4 11.5 3.5 3.8
5 Matt Maloney G 6-3 192 25 16 526 61 153 43 108 14 21 1 19 50 10 3 38 31 179 .399 .398 .667 32.9 11.2 1.2 3.1
6 Eddie Johnson F-G 6-7 215 37 16 284 48 117 14 47 23 24 15 36 10 5 0 7 17 133 .410 .298 .958 17.8 8.3 2.3 0.6
7 Kevin Willis F-C 7-0 220 34 16 295 38 95 0 1 26 38 22 75 11 9 4 22 47 102 .400 .000 .684 18.4 6.4 4.7 0.7
8 Sedale Threatt G 6-2 175 35 16 266 22 56 9 30 6 8 2 17 48 6 4 12 35 59 .393 .300 .750 16.6 3.7 1.1 3.0
9 Othella Harrington F-C 6-9 235 23 7 15 1 2 0 0 7 10 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 9 .500 .700 2.1 1.3 0.6 0.0
10 Matt Bullard F 6-10 215 29 2 7 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 1.000 1.000 3.5 3.0 1.0 0.0
11 Randy Livingston G 6-4 209 21 2 15 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 3 .250 1.000 7.5 1.5 0.0 2.0
12 Charles Jones F-C 6-9 215 39 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Hakeem Olajuwon $9,655,000
2 Clyde Drexler $5,500,000
3 Charles Barkley $4,695,000
4 Brent Price $1,600,000
5 Kevin Willis $1,500,000
6 Mario Elie $1,400,000
7 Eddie Johnson $1,200,000
8 Sedale Threatt *$247,500
9 Elmer Bennett *$247,500
10 Matt Bullard $247,500
11 Tracy Moore $247,500
12 Matt Maloney $247,500
13 Sam Mack $247,500
14 Charles Jones $247,500
15 Othella Harrington $247,500
16 Emanual Davis $220,000
17 Joe Stephens *$220,000
18 Randy Livingston $220,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)