NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets90–85Golden State Warriors

Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors

Date: Wednesday 5 March 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 137th meetingof 271 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	15–23	0–0	1–3	4	7	11	2	3	3	5	5	31	+3
Kevin Willis	—	6–11	0–0	5–7	0	10	10	3	1	0	3	4	17	+7
Othella Harrington	—	3–7	0–0	3–3	2	5	7	1	0	0	1	1	9	0
Eddie Johnson	—	3–6	0–3	2–2	0	4	4	2	0	0	1	3	8	-8
Mario Elie	—	2–5	1–3	3–4	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	1	8	+6
Matt Maloney	—	1–5	1–5	4–4	0	0	0	7	1	0	3	0	7	+10
Matt Bullard	—	2–7	1–5	1–1	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	3	6	+13
Randy Livingston	—	2–5	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	4	2	1	2	4	4	-5
Sam Mack	—	0–2	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	-1
Team totals	—	34–71	3–18	19–24	7	28	35	27	12	5	16	22	90	—

Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Scott Burrell	15:30	2–6	2–4	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	6	+6
Latrell Sprewell	—	10–22	2–5	4–4	3	2	5	4	1	0	6	3	26	-8
Chris Mullin	—	5–11	0–0	9–9	1	4	5	2	0	0	3	3	19	-6
Joe Smith	—	8–18	0–0	3–4	5	8	13	0	2	1	4	4	19	-5
Felton Spencer	—	2–6	0–0	2–4	4	6	10	0	1	0	1	5	6	-8
Mark Price	—	3–9	0–3	0–0	0	2	2	5	0	0	3	0	6	-1
Todd Fuller	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	-3
Bimbo Coles	—	0–4	0–3	1–2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	1	-4
Andrew DeClercq	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	1	0	0	2	5	0	+4
Team totals	15:30	31–78	4–15	19–23	15	31	46	16	4	1	20	23	85	—

This season

Golden State Warriors 0, Houston Rockets 4 in NBA 1996-97.

16 Nov 1996Golden State Warriors 103–115 Houston Rockets
23 Nov 1996Houston Rockets 120–115 Golden State Warriors
28 Dec 1996Golden State Warriors 95–104 Houston Rockets
5 Mar 199790–85 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 39–20
Golden State Warriors: 21–36

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Golden State Warriors 131, Houston Rockets 140.

28 Dec 1996Golden State Warriors 95–104 Houston Rockets
22 Nov 1997Golden State Warriors 84–90 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.