Houston Rockets 1996-97 Season Review (NBA)

Houston Rockets 1996-97 Season Review

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Houston Rockets 1996-97 Season Review

Regular Season Record: 57-25

	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Points	OReb	DReb	Assists	Steals	TO	Blocks	Fouls
Team Stats	6484	3037	1992	1503	1839	671	8248	927	2565	2013	685	1365	347	1610
Opponents Stats	6845	3030	1785	1302	1547	519	7881	1029	2332	1835	731	1172	365	1735

1996-97 Regular Season Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Charles Barkley	53	2009	1016	716	248	69	151	692	335	415	288	205	58	153
Elmer Bennett	4	16	10	1	4	2	0	6	2	6	5	3	1	1
Matt Bullard	71	1025	320	117	67	21	38	284	114	34	25	183	67	68
Emanual Davis	13	230	65	22	26	9	17	54	24	8	5	27	12	20
Clyde Drexler	62	2271	1114	373	354	119	156	899	397	268	201	335	119	151
Mario Elie	78	2687	909	235	310	92	135	585	291	231	207	286	120	200
Othella Harrington	57	860	273	198	18	12	57	204	112	81	49	3	0	112
Eddie Johnson	24	607	277	98	35	10	30	226	101	41	35	103	40	48
Charles Jones	12	93	4	13	3	2	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	8
Randy Livingston	64	981	251	94	155	39	102	229	100	65	42	22	9	107
Sam Mack	52	904	292	106	58	29	42	262	105	42	35	142	47	67
Matt Maloney	82	2386	767	160	303	82	122	615	271	93	71	381	154	125
Tracy Moore	27	237	99	26	20	5	14	85	33	31	22	43	11	19
Hakeem Olajuwon	78	2852	1810	716	236	117	281	1426	727	446	351	16	5	249
Brent Price	25	390	126	29	65	17	32	105	44	21	21	53	17	34
Joe Stephens	2	9	3	3	0	3	3	5	1	0	0	3	1	3
Sedale Threatt	21	334	70	24	40	15	13	74	28	8	6	20	8	29
Kevin Willis	75	1964	842	561	71	42	119	728	350	202	140	14	2	216

1996-97 Playoffs Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Charles Barkley	16	605	286	192	54	19	43	198	86	134	103	38	11	52
Matt Bullard	2	7	6	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	1
Clyde Drexler	16	623	290	89	77	26	36	241	105	54	42	102	38	52
Mario Elie	16	598	184	56	61	14	30	116	54	62	52	60	24	52
Othella Harrington	7	15	9	4	0	0	2	2	1	10	7	0	0	1
Eddie Johnson	16	284	133	36	10	5	7	117	48	24	23	47	14	17
Charles Jones	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Livingston	2	15	3	0	4	1	1	4	1	0	0	1	1	1
Matt Maloney	16	526	179	19	50	10	38	153	61	21	14	108	43	31
Hakeem Olajuwon	16	629	370	174	54	33	46	249	147	104	76	3	0	61
Sedale Threatt	16	266	59	17	48	6	12	56	22	8	6	30	9	35
Kevin Willis	16	295	102	75	11	9	22	95	38	38	26	1	0	47

Houston Rockets 1996 - 97 Games

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Outcome	Points For	Points Against
1	Fri, Nov 1, 1996		Sacramento Kings	W	96	85
2	Sat, Nov 2, 1996	@	Phoenix Suns	W	110	95
3	Mon, Nov 4, 1996	@	Utah Jazz	W	75	72
4	Tue, Nov 5, 1996	@	Sacramento Kings	W	102	80
5	Thu, Nov 7, 1996	@	Denver Nuggets	W	110	108
6	Sat, Nov 9, 1996		Utah Jazz	W	91	85
7	Tue, Nov 12, 1996		Los Angeles Lakers	L	115	126
8	Thu, Nov 14, 1996		Indiana Pacers	W	90	88
9	Sat, Nov 16, 1996		Golden State Warriors	W	115	103
10	Tue, Nov 19, 1996		Minnesota Timberwolves	W	122	93
11	Thu, Nov 21, 1996		Phoenix Suns	W	115	105
12	Sat, Nov 23, 1996	@	Golden State Warriors	W	120	115
13	Sun, Nov 24, 1996	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	90	85
14	Tue, Nov 26, 1996		Portland Trail Blazers	W	102	101
15	Fri, Nov 29, 1996	@	Boston Celtics	W	120	94
16	Sat, Nov 30, 1996	@	Washington Bullets	W	103	99
17	Mon, Dec 2, 1996	@	Toronto Raptors	L	89	100
18	Wed, Dec 4, 1996		Boston Celtics	W	94	89
19	Sat, Dec 7, 1996		Philadelphia 76ers	W	123	108
20	Tue, Dec 10, 1996	@	Minnesota Timberwolves	W	96	94
21	Thu, Dec 12, 1996		Detroit Pistons	W	115	96
22	Sat, Dec 14, 1996	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W	109	100
23	Sun, Dec 15, 1996	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	99	89
24	Tue, Dec 17, 1996	@	Vancouver Grizzlies	L	92	93
25	Thu, Dec 19, 1996		San Antonio Spurs	L	101	115
26	Sat, Dec 21, 1996		Miami Heat	L	66	86
27	Mon, Dec 23, 1996		Milwaukee Bucks	L	76	81
28	Thu, Dec 26, 1996	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W	101	90
29	Sat, Dec 28, 1996		Golden State Warriors	W	104	95
30	Mon, Dec 30, 1996		Seattle SuperSonics	W	99	91
31	Thu, Jan 2, 1997		Portland Trail Blazers	L	96	112
32	Sat, Jan 4, 1997		Los Angeles Clippers	L	91	95
33	Tue, Jan 7, 1997	@	Minnesota Timberwolves	W	104	95
34	Wed, Jan 8, 1997	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W	81	78
35	Fri, Jan 10, 1997	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	120	99
36	Sat, Jan 11, 1997	@	Chicago Bulls	L	86	110
37	Tue, Jan 14, 1997		New York Knicks	W	106	86
38	Thu, Jan 16, 1997		Sacramento Kings	W	89	80
39	Fri, Jan 17, 1997	@	Dallas Mavericks	W	88	78
40	Sun, Jan 19, 1997		Chicago Bulls	W	102	86
41	Tue, Jan 21, 1997	@	Charlotte Hornets	L	108	114
42	Thu, Jan 23, 1997		New Jersey Nets	W	111	104
43	Sat, Jan 25, 1997		Utah Jazz	L	100	105
44	Thu, Jan 30, 1997		Denver Nuggets	L	109	113
45	Fri, Jan 31, 1997	@	Indiana Pacers	L	74	100
46	Sun, Feb 2, 1997	@	Orlando Magic	L	90	103
47	Tue, Feb 4, 1997	@	New York Knicks	L	95	99
48	Thu, Feb 6, 1997	@	Detroit Pistons	L	87	96
49	Tue, Feb 11, 1997		Vancouver Grizzlies	W	106	97
50	Fri, Feb 14, 1997	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	85	105
51	Sat, Feb 15, 1997	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L	105	109
52	Mon, Feb 17, 1997		Atlanta Hawks	W	127	98
53	Thu, Feb 20, 1997		Toronto Raptors	W	107	97
54	Fri, Feb 21, 1997	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	74	76
55	Sun, Feb 23, 1997		San Antonio Spurs	W	95	85
56	Tue, Feb 25, 1997		Los Angeles Lakers	W	100	96
57	Thu, Feb 27, 1997		Charlotte Hornets	L	95	106
58	Sat, Mar 1, 1997		Dallas Mavericks	W	89	80
59	Tue, Mar 4, 1997	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W	113	109
60	Wed, Mar 5, 1997	@	Golden State Warriors	W	90	85
61	Fri, Mar 7, 1997	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	111	90
62	Sun, Mar 9, 1997	@	Dallas Mavericks	W	88	83
63	Tue, Mar 11, 1997	@	San Antonio Spurs	W	103	79
64	Wed, Mar 12, 1997		Orlando Magic	L	95	96
65	Sun, Mar 16, 1997	@	Miami Heat	L	80	101
66	Tue, Mar 18, 1997	@	New Jersey Nets	W	97	89
67	Thu, Mar 20, 1997		Washington Bullets	W	96	90
68	Sat, Mar 22, 1997		Phoenix Suns	L	99	104
69	Tue, Mar 25, 1997		Minnesota Timberwolves	W	112	103
70	Thu, Mar 27, 1997		Cleveland Cavaliers	W	107	89
71	Sat, Mar 29, 1997		Denver Nuggets	W	120	105
72	Tue, Apr 1, 1997	@	Denver Nuggets	W	116	99
73	Wed, Apr 2, 1997	@	Phoenix Suns	L	96	109
74	Fri, Apr 4, 1997	@	Sacramento Kings	W	108	94
75	Sun, Apr 6, 1997	@	Vancouver Grizzlies	W	94	85
76	Tue, Apr 8, 1997	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W	127	117
77	Thu, Apr 10, 1997		Vancouver Grizzlies	W	102	94
78	Fri, Apr 11, 1997	@	Utah Jazz	L	83	104
79	Sun, Apr 13, 1997		Seattle SuperSonics	W	113	73
80	Tue, Apr 15, 1997		Los Angeles Clippers	W	123	119
81	Fri, Apr 18, 1997		Dallas Mavericks	W	112	102
82	Sun, Apr 20, 1997	@	San Antonio Spurs	W	103	99