NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets88–83Dallas Mavericks

Houston Rockets at Dallas Mavericks

Date: Sunday 9 March 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 95th meetingof 221 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kevin Willis	—	8–16	0–0	3–3	3	7	10	4	0	0	2	4	19	+4
Eddie Johnson	—	5–12	3–4	4–6	0	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	17	+4
Matt Maloney	—	5–10	3–7	2–2	0	0	0	7	2	0	1	2	15	+13
Mario Elie	—	5–9	3–7	0–0	1	6	7	4	1	0	3	2	13	+4
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	5–17	0–0	2–3	3	9	12	4	2	4	1	4	12	+8
Matt Bullard	—	2–7	1–5	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	5	+1
Sam Mack	—	1–2	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	+1
Othella Harrington	—	0–2	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	0	0	1	3	1	2	-2
Randy Livingston	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	2	-8
Team totals	—	32–79	11–24	13–16	9	29	38	24	7	7	14	20	88	—

Dallas Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Martin Müürsepp	15:05	0–3	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	+7
Michael Finley	—	7–20	4–6	6–6	0	9	9	3	1	0	7	2	24	-5
Erick Strickland	—	6–16	1–5	6–6	1	3	4	4	0	0	2	6	19	-8
Shawn Bradley	—	9–14	0–0	1–2	4	7	11	1	1	2	2	2	19	-9
Khalid Reeves	—	3–10	1–3	4–4	1	2	3	5	1	0	3	4	11	-9
A.C. Green	—	2–7	0–1	2–2	5	6	11	1	1	0	0	1	6	-4
Samaki Walker	—	2–5	0–0	0–0	1	7	8	0	0	0	3	1	4	+1
Greg Dreiling	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	+2
Team totals	15:05	29–75	6–16	19–20	12	34	46	14	5	4	17	18	83	—

This season

Dallas Mavericks 0, Houston Rockets 4 in NBA 1996-97.

17 Jan 1997Houston Rockets 88–78 Dallas Mavericks
1 Mar 1997Dallas Mavericks 80–89 Houston Rockets
9 Mar 199788–83 this game
18 Apr 1997Dallas Mavericks 102–112 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 41–20
Dallas Mavericks: 19–40

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Dallas Mavericks 106, Houston Rockets 115.

1 Mar 1997Dallas Mavericks 80–89 Houston Rockets
18 Apr 1997Dallas Mavericks 102–112 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.