NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets87–96Detroit Pistons

Houston Rockets at Detroit Pistons

Date: Thursday 6 February 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 99th meetingof 153 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Hakeem Olajuwon	6–16	0–0	6–8	1	2	3	1	1	1	3	2	18	-11
Kevin Willis	7–13	0–0	3–4	1	6	7	0	0	0	2	2	17	-20
Sam Mack	6–11	3–6	0–0	1	7	8	0	0	1	2	0	15	+1
Othella Harrington	4–6	0–0	3–3	3	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	11	-1
Brent Price	1–2	1–2	4–4	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	7	+9
Mario Elie	2–6	1–4	2–2	1	2	3	4	1	1	2	2	7	-14
Tracy Moore	1–3	0–1	5–5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	7	+13
Matt Bullard	1–4	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	3	0
Matt Maloney	1–4	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	4	2	0	4	1	2	-14
Randy Livingston	0–6	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	-8
Team totals	29–71	6–19	23–26	9	25	34	19	4	3	16	12	87	—

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Grant Hill	7–14	0–1	2–3	1	4	5	8	2	1	3	1	16	+16
Terry Mills	6–8	4–4	0–0	2	7	9	0	0	1	1	1	16	+11
Otis Thorpe	7–10	0–0	0–0	4	8	12	2	0	0	2	4	14	+15
Aaron McKie	5–12	0–2	2–3	1	2	3	4	1	1	2	5	12	+5
Theo Ratliff	6–9	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	3	0	2	1	12	+6
Michael Curry	4–5	0–0	3–4	0	5	5	1	0	0	1	1	11	-3
Lindsey Hunter	4–12	1–5	1–2	0	2	2	3	4	1	0	1	10	+13
Joe Dumars	1–8	1–5	0–0	1	1	2	7	0	0	0	1	3	+20
Randolph Childress	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	3	2	-13
Don Reid	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	-11
Jerome Williams	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-14
Team totals	41–82	6–17	8–12	10	32	42	26	10	4	13	20	96	—

This season

Detroit Pistons 1, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1996-97.

12 Dec 1996Detroit Pistons 96–115 Houston Rockets
6 Feb 199787–96 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 32–15
Detroit Pistons: 33–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 77, Houston Rockets 76.

12 Dec 1996Detroit Pistons 96–115 Houston Rockets
5 Feb 1998Houston Rockets 92–104 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.