NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns97–86Houston Rockets

Phoenix Suns at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 31 March 1998
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 141st meetingof 244 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Marko Milič	0:49	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Antonio McDyess	—	10–14	0–0	2–2	5	7	12	3	1	3	4	3	22	+10
Jason Kidd	—	8–17	4–5	1–1	0	7	7	6	3	0	2	1	21	+9
Clifford Robinson	—	7–17	2–4	4–5	1	4	5	0	2	2	2	5	20	+11
Danny Manning	—	4–7	0–0	0–1	2	0	2	6	1	0	0	2	8	+3
Kevin Johnson	—	2–9	0–0	3–4	2	2	4	5	0	0	1	2	7	+7
Steve Nash	—	3–8	0–1	1–1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	7	+3
Dennis Scott	—	3–7	0–2	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	6	+7
Mark Bryant	—	2–6	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	5	4	+9
Hot Rod Williams	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	-2
Team totals	0:49	40–88	6–12	11–14	12	27	39	26	8	6	11	20	97	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Eddie Johnson	—	6–12	2–5	3–3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	17	-7
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	6–16	0–0	3–4	2	10	12	2	3	3	2	1	15	-13
Matt Bullard	—	5–8	4–6	1–2	0	3	3	4	0	1	0	1	15	-8
Kevin Willis	—	5–9	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	0	1	0	6	4	10	-3
Mario Elie	—	3–8	2–4	1–2	1	5	6	3	3	0	2	1	9	-9
Brent Price	—	2–5	0–2	3–3	0	2	2	3	0	0	3	4	7	-10
Othella Harrington	—	1–4	0–0	5–8	1	5	6	0	0	2	1	3	7	-5
Matt Maloney	—	3–6	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	6	-1
Rodrick Rhodes	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	+1
Team totals	—	31–70	8–18	16–22	7	29	36	20	8	7	20	15	86	—

This season

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

16 Nov 1997Houston Rockets 94–96 Phoenix Suns
7 Mar 1998Houston Rockets 108–89 Phoenix Suns
31 Mar 199897–86 this game
19 Apr 1998Phoenix Suns 123–93 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 47–25
Houston Rockets: 37–34

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

7 Mar 1998Houston Rockets 108–89 Phoenix Suns
19 Apr 1998Phoenix Suns 123–93 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.