NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

San Antonio Spurs115–101Houston Rockets

San Antonio Spurs at Houston Rockets

Date: Thursday 19 December 1996
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 123rd meetingof 245 played

San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Dominique Wilkins	8–13	4–5	4–5	3	3	6	3	0	1	2	0	24	+11
David Robinson	8–14	0–0	4–11	5	4	9	4	0	0	4	2	20	+7
Sean Elliott	6–12	3–5	1–1	1	6	7	2	0	0	2	3	16	+6
Avery Johnson	7–10	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	6	0	1	2	1	15	+15
Vinny Del Negro	4–10	1–2	3–3	0	4	4	5	0	0	0	1	12	+7
Vernon Maxwell	5–12	1–4	0–2	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	1	11	+7
Will Perdue	3–3	0–0	0–0	1	6	7	0	0	0	1	6	6	+10
Monty Williams	2–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	3	2	0	3	5	4	+10
Stephen Howard	1–1	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	-3
Cory Alexander	1–3	0–1	1–2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	-1
Greg Anderson	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1
Team totals	45–80	9–17	16–28	11	27	38	29	7	2	14	20	115	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Clyde Drexler	6–14	2–6	5–6	2	2	4	6	1	1	0	2	19	-12
Matt Maloney	7–11	5–9	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	1	19	-15
Charles Barkley	6–17	0–4	4–6	6	7	13	5	2	0	1	2	16	-16
Mario Elie	6–9	2–4	1–2	1	1	2	6	2	1	2	3	15	-17
Hakeem Olajuwon	4–12	0–0	1–4	3	7	10	7	0	2	3	5	9	-5
Tracy Moore	2–4	1–2	2–2	1	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	7	+1
Randy Livingston	1–3	0–1	3–4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	+1
Kevin Willis	2–5	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	4	4	-16
Othella Harrington	1–2	0–1	2–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	+5
Elmer Bennett	1–2	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	+6
Matt Bullard	0–2	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	-2
Team totals	36–81	11–31	18–26	15	25	40	27	8	4	15	20	101	—

This season

Houston Rockets 3, San Antonio Spurs 1 in NBA 1996-97.

19 Dec 1996115–101 this game
23 Feb 1997San Antonio Spurs 85–95 Houston Rockets
11 Mar 1997Houston Rockets 103–79 San Antonio Spurs
20 Apr 1997Houston Rockets 103–99 San Antonio Spurs

Records going in

San Antonio Spurs: 4–17
Houston Rockets: 21–3

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 113, San Antonio Spurs 132.

18 Feb 1996Houston Rockets 79–93 San Antonio Spurs
23 Feb 1997San Antonio Spurs 85–95 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.