NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets105–120Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 29 March 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 109th meetingof 217 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Anthony Goldwire	16:11	0–5	0–1	4–4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	4	-19
George Zídek	9:53	2–3	0–0	2–4	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	6	+2
LaPhonso Ellis	—	9–21	3–9	3–4	3	13	16	3	1	0	3	3	24	-12
Antonio McDyess	—	7–19	0–1	7–9	1	9	10	2	2	1	1	2	21	-17
Kenny Smith	—	5–10	3–5	5–7	0	1	1	8	0	0	2	0	18	+4
Dale Ellis	—	7–12	3–7	0–1	1	1	2	3	0	0	2	3	17	-31
Jerome Allen	—	2–5	0–2	3–5	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	7	+7
Ervin Johnson	—	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	8	8	0	0	1	0	6	4	-18
Tom Hammonds	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	4	4	+9
Team totals	26:04	36–82	9–25	24–34	7	38	45	22	4	2	11	23	105	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	14–24	1–1	16–17	1	10	11	4	0	2	2	5	45	+22
Clyde Drexler	—	7–16	0–5	4–6	2	6	8	7	0	0	1	3	18	+12
Mario Elie	—	6–10	4–7	2–2	0	5	5	6	4	0	0	3	18	+24
Matt Maloney	—	4–5	3–3	0–0	0	2	2	12	1	0	3	1	11	+19
Eddie Johnson	—	4–11	1–4	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	9	-5
Othella Harrington	—	4–4	0–0	1–2	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	9	+6
Matt Bullard	—	3–7	2–5	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	8	-2
Sedale Threatt	—	1–5	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	2	2	-1
Kevin Willis	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	—	43–84	11–26	23–27	4	32	36	36	5	2	8	23	120	—

This season

Houston Rockets 3, Denver Nuggets 1 in NBA 1996-97.

7 Nov 1996Houston Rockets 110–108 Denver Nuggets
30 Jan 1997Denver Nuggets 113–109 Houston Rockets
29 Mar 1997105–120 this game
1 Apr 1997Houston Rockets 116–99 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 19–50
Houston Rockets: 47–23

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 112, Denver Nuggets 105.

30 Jan 1997Denver Nuggets 113–109 Houston Rockets
1 Apr 1997Houston Rockets 116–99 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.