NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets103–99San Antonio Spurs

Houston Rockets at San Antonio Spurs

Date: Sunday 20 April 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 126th meetingof 245 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	9–16	0–0	9–9	2	6	8	3	0	3	2	5	27	+3
Charles Barkley	—	8–19	1–5	7–9	3	11	14	4	0	0	3	3	24	+7
Clyde Drexler	—	7–19	1–6	3–4	3	4	7	3	2	0	0	4	18	+8
Matt Maloney	—	5–10	4–8	0–0	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	3	14	+3
Eddie Johnson	—	1–8	0–3	5–5	3	3	6	1	0	0	2	1	7	+2
Kevin Willis	—	3–6	0–0	0–0	2	5	7	0	0	2	1	1	6	-2
Randy Livingston	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	3	1	0	1	1	4	+4
Sedale Threatt	—	1–4	1–3	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	3	3	-5
Team totals	—	36–85	7–25	24–27	15	32	47	20	3	5	12	21	103	—

San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Jamie Feick	5:56	0–1	0–1	2–2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	+6
Carl Herrera	—	8–20	0–0	3–9	5	9	14	1	1	1	0	6	19	-9
Dominique Wilkins	—	7–13	1–4	3–4	2	2	4	2	0	0	2	0	18	-8
Avery Johnson	—	8–13	0–1	1–2	1	3	4	4	0	0	0	1	17	-6
Will Perdue	—	6–11	0–0	4–4	6	3	9	1	0	2	1	4	16	+9
Cory Alexander	—	3–11	0–8	6–6	0	3	3	7	1	1	2	1	12	+2
Vinny Del Negro	—	5–12	0–0	1–2	1	5	6	3	0	0	1	4	11	-10
Greg Anderson	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	0	2	0	1	4	2	-12
Vernon Maxwell	—	1–3	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	+8
Team totals	5:56	39–86	1–16	20–29	16	30	46	21	5	5	8	21	99	—

This season

San Antonio Spurs 1, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1996-97.

19 Dec 1996San Antonio Spurs 115–101 Houston Rockets
23 Feb 1997San Antonio Spurs 85–95 Houston Rockets
11 Mar 1997Houston Rockets 103–79 San Antonio Spurs
20 Apr 1997103–99 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 56–25
San Antonio Spurs: 20–61

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: San Antonio Spurs 132, Houston Rockets 113.

11 Mar 1997Houston Rockets 103–79 San Antonio Spurs
9 Dec 1997San Antonio Spurs 78–108 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.