NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets80–101Miami Heat

Houston Rockets at Miami Heat

Date: Sunday 16 March 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 22nd meetingof 78 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	8–17	0–0	4–7	1	4	5	1	2	0	2	6	20	-2
Kevin Willis	—	9–17	0–1	0–0	3	8	11	3	0	0	1	2	18	-18
Clyde Drexler	—	5–13	1–5	1–2	0	3	3	2	3	0	3	1	12	-6
Mario Elie	—	2–2	1–1	5–6	1	2	3	1	2	1	3	1	10	-13
Matt Maloney	—	3–11	2–8	2–2	1	4	5	1	1	0	1	2	10	-21
Eddie Johnson	—	3–7	0–2	0–0	0	4	4	2	1	0	2	2	6	-15
Othella Harrington	—	1–2	0–0	0–2	0	2	2	1	0	3	1	1	2	-19
Randy Livingston	—	1–3	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	-4
Sedale Threatt	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-4
Team totals	—	32–73	4–18	12–19	6	28	34	13	9	4	14	17	80	—

Miami Heat

Miami Heat box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Isaac Austin	35:24	8–12	0–0	2–3	1	8	9	1	0	1	4	3	18	+7
Tim Hardaway	—	12–25	6–13	1–1	1	2	3	9	0	0	3	0	31	+19
Voshon Lenard	—	6–14	2–9	4–4	2	4	6	2	0	0	3	3	18	+16
P.J. Brown	—	4–9	0–0	7–8	4	5	9	2	2	2	0	2	15	+11
Jamal Mashburn	—	3–6	1–2	2–3	1	11	12	2	0	0	0	4	9	+15
Ed Pinckney	—	2–6	0–0	0–2	4	0	4	0	0	1	1	4	4	+8
John Crotty	—	1–3	0–2	2–2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	4	+6
Willie Anderson	—	1–2	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bruce Bowen	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	+3
Keith Askins	—	0–4	0–1	0–0	4	3	7	1	4	0	1	2	0	+17
Team totals	35:24	37–81	9–28	18–23	18	34	52	20	8	5	13	19	101	—

This season

Miami Heat 2, Houston Rockets 0 in NBA 1996-97.

21 Dec 1996Miami Heat 86–66 Houston Rockets
16 Mar 199780–101 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 43–21
Miami Heat: 47–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Miami Heat 43, Houston Rockets 35.

21 Dec 1996Miami Heat 86–66 Houston Rockets
5 Mar 1998Miami Heat 117–93 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.