1996-97 Houston Rockets Game Log

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Record: 57-25, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Rudy Tomjanovich (57-25)

Executive: Carroll Dawson

PTS/G: 100.6 (6th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 96.1 (13th of 29)

SRS: 3.85 (7th of 29) Pace: 91.6 (8th of 29)

Off Rtg: 108.8 (7th of 29) Def Rtg: 104.0 (10th of 29) Net Rtg: +4.8 (7th of 29)

Expected W-L: 54-28 (7th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +800, Over-Under 53.5

Arena: The Summit Attendance: 667,685 (19th of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Minnesota Timberwolves (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (2-4) versus Utah Jazz (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Turnovers do not include team turnovers

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1996-11-01		SAC	W	96	85	34	87	.391	8	25	.320	20	31	.645	17	45	25	20	1	21	19	32	72	.444	4	12	.333	17	23	.739	8	40	18	11	8	27	24
2	2	1996-11-02	@	PHO	W	110	95	39	84	.464	13	32	.406	19	27	.704	19	58	30	3	4	17	24	35	87	.402	6	20	.300	19	26	.731	8	30	18	8	4	5	18
3	3	1996-11-04	@	UTA	W	75	72	24	62	.387	5	17	.294	22	32	.688	9	46	15	12	5	22	18	31	79	.392	2	12	.167	8	11	.727	11	40	16	8	5	16	24
4	4	1996-11-05	@	SAC	W	102	80	36	79	.456	7	18	.389	23	33	.697	13	38	23	19	4	21	23	33	78	.423	1	4	.250	13	28	.464	18	48	16	8	4	29	32
5	5	1996-11-07	@	DEN	W	110	108	38	89	.427	9	22	.409	25	34	.735	13	42	23	5	4	14	17	38	97	.392	11	23	.478	21	25	.840	21	56	24	6	8	17	28
6	6	1996-11-09		UTA	W	91	85	30	81	.370	5	22	.227	26	34	.765	18	53	22	8	7	15	23	32	77	.416	1	10	.100	20	31	.645	8	36	19	12	3	13	23
7	7	1996-11-12		LAL	L	115	126	42	98	.429	11	37	.297	20	27	.741	18	46	32	6	10	17	20	46	100	.460	10	27	.370	24	31	.774	18	48	20	5	6	14	27
8	8	1996-11-14		IND	W	90	88	29	70	.414	6	22	.273	26	37	.703	12	40	22	7	7	20	24	33	77	.429	3	13	.231	19	29	.655	12	43	19	9	3	18	33
9	9	1996-11-16		GSW	W	115	103	43	74	.581	10	21	.476	19	23	.826	10	44	28	11	5	28	15	43	95	.453	3	15	.200	14	18	.778	19	39	24	17	3	17	18
10	10	1996-11-19		MIN	W	122	93	45	81	.556	10	20	.500	22	30	.733	10	50	31	8	3	15	15	38	94	.404	7	21	.333	10	17	.588	14	41	29	8	6	12	19
11	11	1996-11-21		PHO	W	115	105	40	77	.519	7	26	.269	28	37	.757	13	45	21	9	4	18	16	44	89	.494	8	19	.421	9	12	.750	10	32	26	11	3	14	25
12	12	1996-11-23	@	GSW	W	120	115	38	89	.427	9	30	.300	35	47	.745	18	46	27	14	2	13	25	44	75	.587	11	17	.647	16	20	.800	2	34	32	6	5	20	31
13	13	1996-11-24	@	LAL	W	90	85	28	67	.418	10	27	.370	24	31	.774	12	37	19	4	1	17	23	31	74	.419	9	21	.429	14	25	.560	11	36	20	8	2	13	23
14	14	1996-11-26		POR	W	102	101	35	79	.443	4	14	.286	28	38	.737	10	36	19	12	5	17	14	40	81	.494	9	24	.375	12	14	.857	12	44	28	11	8	22	28
15	15	1996-11-29	@	BOS	W	120	94	45	80	.563	12	22	.545	18	25	.720	14	51	30	5	3	19	16	39	91	.429	4	13	.308	12	17	.706	12	33	18	9	2	9	21
16	16	1996-11-30	@	WSB	W	103	99	43	75	.573	5	16	.313	12	14	.857	5	39	22	8	1	17	16	43	84	.512	5	18	.278	8	13	.615	5	28	25	6	4	9	14
17	17	1996-12-02	@	TOR	L	89	100	30	76	.395	5	28	.179	24	31	.774	11	37	20	8	1	15	24	36	79	.456	9	24	.375	19	29	.655	13	47	26	4	3	14	27
18	18	1996-12-04		BOS	W	94	89	33	75	.440	5	21	.238	23	29	.793	11	51	22	6	8	25	21	34	98	.347	6	15	.400	15	17	.882	17	44	21	14	6	15	26
19	19	1996-12-07		PHI	W	123	108	44	82	.537	16	26	.615	19	29	.655	8	45	33	8	2	14	23	35	92	.380	12	28	.429	26	36	.722	21	50	19	9	7	14	22
20	20	1996-12-10	@	MIN	W	96	94	36	77	.468	3	18	.167	21	29	.724	8	41	23	7	8	14	21	39	93	.419	6	12	.500	10	16	.625	15	43	23	5	7	10	25
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1996-12-12		DET	W	115	96	42	74	.568	14	28	.500	17	21	.810	6	34	32	6	0	12	22	37	80	.463	6	17	.353	16	24	.667	13	35	20	8	5	12	22
22	22	1996-12-14	@	SEA	W	109	100	36	68	.529	12	25	.480	25	37	.676	13	39	24	10	4	17	25	35	77	.455	7	20	.350	23	30	.767	15	37	22	10	5	16	24
23	23	1996-12-15	@	POR	W	99	89	34	66	.515	6	10	.600	25	28	.893	3	39	23	9	3	17	26	32	84	.381	6	22	.273	19	26	.731	10	33	21	8	4	11	26
24	24	1996-12-17	@	VAN	L	92	93	35	71	.493	8	22	.364	14	19	.737	14	41	29	7	2	17	21	35	76	.461	6	19	.316	17	20	.850	11	34	29	12	4	10	20
25	25	1996-12-19		SAS	L	101	115	36	81	.444	11	31	.355	18	26	.692	15	40	27	8	4	15	20	45	80	.563	9	17	.529	16	28	.571	11	38	29	7	2	14	20
26	26	1996-12-21		MIA	L	66	86	23	71	.324	4	12	.333	16	27	.593	15	40	12	8	4	15	17	31	77	.403	11	31	.355	13	16	.813	15	51	19	7	10	15	25
27	27	1996-12-23		MIL	L	76	81	35	89	.393	2	18	.111	4	8	.500	15	52	23	5	7	11	15	34	74	.459	4	9	.444	9	15	.600	5	42	18	7	5	10	14
28	28	1996-12-26	@	MIL	W	101	90	39	65	.600	5	13	.385	18	23	.783	4	31	23	7	4	18	23	33	70	.471	6	15	.400	18	23	.783	7	28	22	11	5	16	18
29	29	1996-12-28		GSW	W	104	95	40	86	.465	7	25	.280	17	22	.773	17	45	26	10	5	14	15	38	93	.409	5	20	.250	14	20	.700	16	41	22	9	3	14	20
30	30	1996-12-30		SEA	W	99	91	37	78	.474	9	23	.391	16	20	.800	10	40	27	11	2	11	19	33	76	.434	10	31	.323	15	19	.789	11	41	25	7	2	16	21
31	31	1997-01-02		POR	L	96	112	36	86	.419	6	27	.222	18	30	.600	21	46	19	7	3	18	26	39	77	.506	7	19	.368	27	31	.871	10	37	22	6	6	12	24
32	32	1997-01-04		LAC	L	91	95	35	80	.438	7	19	.368	14	22	.636	15	46	23	10	5	18	19	37	82	.451	9	19	.474	12	17	.706	13	42	22	11	6	15	22
33	33	1997-01-07	@	MIN	W	104	95	32	76	.421	9	19	.474	31	35	.886	15	49	18	6	7	15	13	37	91	.407	9	26	.346	12	13	.923	15	41	16	9	9	11	24
34	34	1997-01-08	@	CLE	W	81	78	24	63	.381	8	27	.296	25	31	.806	13	43	20	13	2	22	21	27	67	.403	7	20	.350	17	22	.773	9	32	19	16	3	17	22
35	35	1997-01-10	@	PHI	W	120	99	51	94	.543	13	23	.565	5	11	.455	11	57	38	11	5	21	24	37	95	.389	6	23	.261	19	27	.704	11	40	26	11	1	13	15
36	36	1997-01-11	@	CHI	L	86	110	28	75	.373	5	18	.278	25	29	.862	6	35	20	6	4	12	15	45	92	.489	11	22	.500	9	14	.643	14	53	29	7	5	8	20
37	37	1997-01-14		NYK	W	106	86	38	72	.528	9	23	.391	21	24	.875	7	49	26	10	6	21	20	35	81	.432	6	21	.286	10	13	.769	7	29	19	12	4	16	17
38	38	1997-01-16		SAC	W	89	80	33	75	.440	6	18	.333	17	24	.708	7	37	24	14	3	13	17	33	86	.384	5	12	.417	9	14	.643	20	55	20	6	8	20	19
39	39	1997-01-17	@	DAL	W	88	78	34	83	.410	6	23	.261	14	18	.778	12	48	21	11	7	14	21	31	75	.413	5	15	.333	11	16	.688	8	39	17	9	2	17	18
40	40	1997-01-19		CHI	W	102	86	43	86	.500	10	19	.526	6	12	.500	11	45	33	7	5	12	18	33	91	.363	4	23	.174	16	18	.889	19	50	21	7	5	12	18
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1997-01-21	@	CHH	L	108	114	41	76	.539	8	18	.444	18	19	.947	7	31	18	6	4	17	31	38	76	.500	6	17	.353	32	42	.762	11	36	32	9	1	12	23
42	42	1997-01-23		NJN	W	111	104	46	84	.548	6	18	.333	13	19	.684	11	49	34	3	7	14	18	40	95	.421	9	23	.391	15	19	.789	14	43	21	6	1	8	22
43	43	1997-01-25		UTA	L	100	105	35	83	.422	11	28	.393	19	24	.792	11	45	28	8	7	19	23	39	90	.433	7	15	.467	20	27	.741	14	48	25	13	5	12	22
44	44	1997-01-30		DEN	L	109	113	49	102	.480	5	15	.333	6	9	.667	14	41	33	9	4	8	13	46	89	.517	9	24	.375	12	15	.800	13	47	29	5	14	14	12
45	45	1997-01-31	@	IND	L	74	100	29	78	.372	9	23	.391	7	16	.438	9	34	15	12	3	19	20	41	82	.500	6	20	.300	12	21	.571	18	54	21	7	5	18	18
46	46	1997-02-02	@	ORL	L	90	103	39	86	.453	6	23	.261	6	11	.545	13	49	18	5	5	19	22	39	90	.433	6	23	.261	19	25	.760	11	42	29	11	6	10	16
47	47	1997-02-04	@	NYK	L	95	99	32	70	.457	8	16	.500	23	28	.821	7	32	24	11	1	23	24	36	78	.462	5	21	.238	22	27	.815	13	38	22	9	2	16	26
48	48	1997-02-06	@	DET	L	87	96	29	71	.408	6	19	.316	23	26	.885	9	34	19	4	3	16	12	41	82	.500	6	17	.353	8	12	.667	10	42	26	10	4	13	20
49	49	1997-02-11		VAN	W	106	97	41	78	.526	6	24	.250	18	25	.720	14	33	29	14	6	14	17	38	70	.543	5	12	.417	16	23	.696	11	35	21	10	2	21	22
50	50	1997-02-14	@	SEA	L	85	105	32	71	.451	10	32	.313	11	18	.611	8	34	20	7	2	21	21	43	84	.512	4	19	.211	15	16	.938	12	39	30	16	6	10	20
51	51	1997-02-15	@	POR	L	105	109	35	73	.479	7	19	.368	28	33	.848	3	35	21	5	7	11	24	41	83	.494	11	20	.550	16	30	.533	13	43	14	9	4	12	26
52	52	1997-02-17		ATL	W	127	98	46	78	.590	13	23	.565	22	27	.815	14	47	29	10	2	22	20	37	82	.451	7	20	.350	17	20	.850	8	24	20	12	3	15	20
53	53	1997-02-20		TOR	W	107	97	41	78	.526	10	31	.323	15	20	.750	4	40	31	7	4	18	19	35	85	.412	8	25	.320	19	20	.950	9	34	23	14	4	13	19
54	54	1997-02-21	@	ATL	L	74	76	27	73	.370	7	20	.350	13	19	.684	14	52	14	6	6	18	17	30	82	.366	5	25	.200	11	16	.688	11	38	15	8	10	8	14
55	55	1997-02-23		SAS	W	95	85	38	77	.494	9	20	.450	10	18	.556	8	35	28	9	7	6	18	33	77	.429	1	6	.167	18	25	.720	17	51	21	6	1	10	19
56	56	1997-02-25		LAL	W	100	96	37	77	.481	7	22	.318	19	23	.826	7	40	25	7	4	18	22	36	84	.429	4	23	.174	20	26	.769	10	40	22	6	5	11	21
57	57	1997-02-27		CHH	L	95	106	35	79	.443	5	26	.192	20	28	.714	16	46	23	3	2	16	16	43	83	.518	6	18	.333	14	16	.875	7	34	27	12	2	7	20
58	58	1997-03-01		DAL	W	89	80	37	76	.487	5	16	.313	10	11	.909	9	37	27	13	3	15	17	31	70	.443	5	15	.333	13	16	.813	5	29	21	3	2	16	16
59	59	1997-03-04	@	LAC	W	113	109	43	73	.589	11	20	.550	16	18	.889	10	40	26	6	5	25	22	41	84	.488	7	21	.333	20	32	.625	14	33	18	14	2	12	19
60	60	1997-03-05	@	GSW	W	90	85	34	71	.479	3	18	.167	19	24	.792	7	35	27	12	5	16	22	31	78	.397	4	15	.267	19	23	.826	15	46	16	4	1	20	23
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1997-03-07	@	LAL	W	111	90	44	82	.537	9	18	.500	14	16	.875	14	47	31	6	7	18	25	34	84	.405	4	19	.211	18	25	.720	13	34	23	9	6	9	21
62	62	1997-03-09	@	DAL	W	88	83	32	79	.405	11	24	.458	13	16	.813	9	38	24	7	7	14	20	29	75	.387	6	16	.375	19	20	.950	12	46	14	5	4	17	18
63	63	1997-03-11	@	SAS	W	103	79	40	81	.494	10	17	.588	13	17	.765	10	40	26	12	4	11	14	35	80	.438	0	9	.000	9	20	.450	17	42	16	9	6	15	18
64	64	1997-03-12		ORL	L	95	96	41	87	.471	7	18	.389	6	8	.750	13	48	27	2	3	12	20	34	79	.430	8	21	.381	20	25	.800	9	39	20	10	2	8	17
65	65	1997-03-16	@	MIA	L	80	101	32	73	.438	4	18	.222	12	19	.632	6	34	13	9	4	14	17	37	81	.457	9	28	.321	18	23	.783	18	52	20	8	5	13	19
66	66	1997-03-18	@	NJN	W	97	89	39	87	.448	11	27	.407	8	11	.727	8	42	31	15	3	13	15	33	87	.379	6	19	.316	17	20	.850	19	55	19	8	6	20	15
67	67	1997-03-20		WSB	W	96	90	37	78	.474	10	18	.556	12	17	.706	11	40	27	10	1	21	16	39	86	.453	2	12	.167	10	13	.769	16	42	25	13	5	19	16
68	68	1997-03-22		PHO	L	99	104	42	97	.433	5	17	.294	10	12	.833	17	49	30	9	1	9	15	42	82	.512	10	21	.476	10	13	.769	5	41	33	5	2	14	12
69	69	1997-03-25		MIN	W	112	103	39	81	.481	3	14	.214	31	34	.912	8	41	26	6	6	9	19	41	93	.441	5	12	.417	16	26	.615	18	48	30	3	3	9	23
70	70	1997-03-27		CLE	W	107	89	36	70	.514	11	21	.524	24	32	.750	11	45	29	7	3	18	24	31	77	.403	6	20	.300	21	28	.750	11	32	19	13	2	11	26
71	71	1997-03-29		DEN	W	120	105	43	84	.512	11	26	.423	23	27	.852	4	36	36	5	2	8	23	36	82	.439	9	25	.360	24	34	.706	7	45	22	4	2	11	23
72	72	1997-04-01	@	DEN	W	116	99	46	85	.541	11	27	.407	13	17	.765	7	35	16	10	6	11	14	41	87	.471	4	18	.222	13	15	.867	9	39	22	6	5	15	14
73	73	1997-04-02	@	PHO	L	96	109	39	87	.448	9	25	.360	9	14	.643	12	46	23	4	2	17	18	42	85	.494	9	23	.391	16	22	.727	6	42	28	11	4	8	18
74	74	1997-04-04	@	SAC	W	108	94	32	77	.416	10	28	.357	34	42	.810	14	44	16	6	5	11	23	36	79	.456	2	9	.222	20	33	.606	17	44	21	5	5	18	31
75	75	1997-04-06	@	VAN	W	94	85	38	80	.475	9	27	.333	9	16	.563	14	41	23	8	8	14	15	33	82	.402	7	16	.438	12	19	.632	16	44	23	12	6	15	11
76	76	1997-04-08	@	LAC	W	127	117	42	71	.592	10	20	.500	33	36	.917	3	38	21	6	1	19	22	43	95	.453	9	27	.333	22	30	.733	15	39	27	15	7	8	28
77	77	1997-04-10		VAN	W	102	94	39	81	.481	8	21	.381	16	26	.615	12	38	29	14	5	9	13	38	80	.475	8	19	.421	10	11	.909	13	45	25	4	5	17	21
78	78	1997-04-11	@	UTA	L	83	104	25	82	.305	5	28	.179	28	32	.875	18	54	14	8	0	15	28	35	85	.412	6	16	.375	28	36	.778	13	51	24	11	0	10	23
79	79	1997-04-13		SEA	W	113	73	42	93	.452	13	39	.333	16	22	.727	21	65	31	7	7	15	19	29	92	.315	4	20	.200	11	17	.647	18	45	16	8	2	16	20
80	80	1997-04-15		LAC	W	123	119	42	82	.512	15	30	.500	24	29	.828	13	41	31	9	3	16	21	48	89	.539	10	29	.345	13	16	.813	12	40	31	12	2	15	26
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1997-04-18		DAL	W	112	102	42	87	.483	13	33	.394	15	21	.714	13	48	25	9	3	19	16	43	99	.434	7	24	.292	9	15	.600	18	45	24	15	2	17	19
82	82	1997-04-20	@	SAS	W	103	99	36	85	.424	7	25	.280	24	27	.889	15	47	20	3	5	12	21	39	86	.453	1	16	.063	20	29	.690	16	46	21	5	5	8	21

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