NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets94–96Phoenix Suns

Houston Rockets at Phoenix Suns

Date: Sunday 16 November 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 139th meetingof 244 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Hakeem Olajuwon	8–17	0–0	6–8	0	12	12	2	3	5	2	3	22	+9
Brent Price	4–5	3–4	2–2	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	2	13	+9
Charles Barkley	5–13	1–1	1–1	3	2	5	1	0	0	1	3	12	-11
Clyde Drexler	4–11	2–7	2–5	2	2	4	6	0	0	0	2	12	-10
Kevin Willis	5–8	0–0	2–3	4	5	9	0	0	0	4	3	12	-5
Matt Maloney	2–8	2–7	2–2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	8	-10
Mario Elie	2–5	1–3	1–1	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	1	6	-3
Emanual Davis	2–4	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	4	0	0	3	4	5	+8
Rodrick Rhodes	1–4	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	5	4	0
Team totals	33–75	10–24	18–24	10	25	35	24	6	5	16	23	94	—

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kevin Johnson	12–16	0–1	6–6	1	9	10	6	0	0	3	1	30	+10
Jason Kidd	8–18	2–6	3–6	2	5	7	7	3	0	1	2	21	0
Rex Chapman	4–13	0–4	3–4	1	1	2	2	3	0	0	1	11	+3
Danny Manning	3–8	0–0	4–4	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	3	10	-2
Steve Nash	4–9	1–1	0–0	4	3	7	2	1	0	1	3	9	0
Clifford Robinson	3–7	1–2	0–0	1	4	5	1	0	0	1	3	7	+11
Antonio McDyess	2–6	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	0	1	1	1	1	4	-1
Hot Rod Williams	1–6	0–0	2–4	3	4	7	0	0	1	0	4	4	+5
Cedric Ceballos	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-3
Mark Bryant	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	-13
Team totals	37–86	4–14	18–24	16	29	45	19	10	2	10	20	96	—

This season

Phoenix Suns 3, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1997-98.

16 Nov 199794–96 this game
7 Mar 1998Houston Rockets 108–89 Phoenix Suns
31 Mar 1998Phoenix Suns 97–86 Houston Rockets
19 Apr 1998Phoenix Suns 123–93 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 3–4
Phoenix Suns: 5–1

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 121, Houston Rockets 123.

2 Apr 1997Houston Rockets 96–109 Phoenix Suns
7 Mar 1998Houston Rockets 108–89 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.