1996-97 Houston Rockets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 57-25
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 9-7 Lost conference finals
Conference First Round - Defeated Minnesota Timberwolves 3-0
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Seattle Supersonics 4-3
Conference Finals - Lost to Utah Jazz 4-2
Coach: Rudy Tomjanovich (57-25)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 667,685, Avg. 16,285 in 41 home dates

1996-97 Houston Rockets Roster
1996-97 Houston Rockets Results

The Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 57 wins and 25 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 9-7.

The Rockets netted 8,248 points and allowed 7,881. Hakeem Olajuwon tossed in a team-best 1,810 points for Houston, while Clyde Drexler scored 16 or more per game, too. Hakeem Olajuwon and Charles Barkley each racked up 716 boards. Clyde Drexler dished out 354 assists for the squad.

On defense, Clyde Drexler added 119 steals, and Hakeem Olajuwon swatted 173 opponent shot attempts.

Rudy Tomjanovich coached the team. The 1996-97 Houston Rockets lost in the conference finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	78	78	2852	1426	727	16	5	446	351	173	543	716	236	117	173	281	249	1810
Clyde Drexler	G-F	62	62	2271	899	397	335	119	268	201	118	255	373	354	119	36	156	151	1114
Charles Barkley	F	53	53	2009	692	335	205	58	415	288	212	504	716	248	69	25	151	153	1016
Mario Elie	G-F	78	77	2687	585	291	286	120	231	207	60	175	235	310	92	12	135	200	909
Kevin Willis	F-C	75	32	1964	728	350	14	2	202	140	146	415	561	71	42	32	119	216	842
Matt Maloney	G	82	82	2386	615	271	381	154	93	71	19	141	160	303	82	1	122	125	767
Matt Bullard	F	71	12	1025	284	114	183	67	34	25	13	104	117	67	21	18	38	68	320
Sam Mack	F-G	52	10	904	262	105	142	47	42	35	20	86	106	58	29	6	42	67	292
Eddie Johnson	F-G	24	2	607	226	101	103	40	41	35	24	74	98	35	10	1	30	48	277
Othella Harrington	F-C	57	1	860	204	112	3	0	81	49	75	123	198	18	12	22	57	112	273
Randy Livingston	G	64	0	981	229	100	22	9	65	42	32	62	94	155	39	12	102	107	251
Brent Price	G	25	0	390	105	44	53	17	21	21	10	19	29	65	17	0	32	34	126
Tracy Moore	G-F	27	1	237	85	33	43	11	31	22	11	15	26	20	5	0	14	19	99
Sedale Threatt	G	21	0	334	74	28	20	8	8	6	5	19	24	40	15	3	13	29	70
Emanual Davis	G	13	0	230	54	24	27	12	8	5	2	20	22	26	9	2	17	20	65
Elmer Bennett	G	4	0	16	6	2	3	1	6	5	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	1	10
Charles Jones	F-C	12	0	93	5	2	0	0	0	0	5	8	13	3	2	4	0	8	4
Joe Stephens	F	2	0	9	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	3	0	3	3	3
Totals		800	410	19855	6484	3037	1839	671	1992	1503	927	2565	3492	2013	685	347	1312	1610	8248

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	78	78	36.6	51.0	31.3	78.7	2.2	7.0	9.2	3.0	1.5	2.2	3.6	3.2	23.2
Clyde Drexler	G-F	62	62	36.6	44.2	35.5	75.0	1.9	4.1	6.0	5.7	1.9	0.6	2.5	2.4	18.0
Charles Barkley	F	53	53	37.9	48.4	28.3	69.4	4.0	9.5	13.5	4.7	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.9	19.2
Mario Elie	G-F	78	77	34.4	49.7	42.0	89.6	0.8	2.2	3.0	4.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.6	11.7
Kevin Willis	F-C	75	32	26.2	48.1	14.3	69.3	1.9	5.5	7.5	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.6	2.9	11.2
Matt Maloney	G	82	82	29.1	44.1	40.4	76.3	0.2	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	9.4
Matt Bullard	F	71	12	14.4	40.1	36.6	73.5	0.2	1.5	1.6	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.0	4.5
Sam Mack	F-G	52	10	17.4	40.1	33.1	83.3	0.4	1.7	2.0	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.3	5.6
Eddie Johnson	F-G	24	2	25.3	44.7	38.8	85.4	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.5	0.4	0.0	1.3	2.0	11.5
Othella Harrington	F-C	57	1	15.1	54.9	0.0	60.5	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.0	4.8
Randy Livingston	G	64	0	15.3	43.7	40.9	64.6	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.7	3.9
Brent Price	G	25	0	15.6	41.9	32.1	100.0	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.6	0.7	0.0	1.3	1.4	5.0
Tracy Moore	G-F	27	1	8.8	38.8	25.6	71.0	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.7	3.7
Sedale Threatt	G	21	0	15.9	37.8	40.0	75.0	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.9	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.4	3.3
Emanual Davis	G	13	0	17.7	44.4	44.4	62.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.0	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.5	5.0
Elmer Bennett	G	4	0	4.0	33.3	33.3	83.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.5
Charles Jones	F-C	12	0	7.8	40.0			0.4	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.3
Joe Stephens	F	2	0	4.5	20.0	33.3		1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.5
Averages		800	410	24.8	46.8	36.5	75.5	1.2	3.2	4.4	2.5	0.9	0.4	1.6	2.0	10.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	16	629	249	147	3	0	104	76	46	128	174	54	33	41	46	61	370
Clyde Drexler	G-F	16	623	241	105	102	38	54	42	25	64	89	77	26	7	36	52	290
Charles Barkley	F	16	605	198	86	38	11	134	103	64	128	192	54	19	7	43	52	286
Mario Elie	G-F	16	598	116	54	60	24	62	52	19	37	56	61	14	4	30	52	184
Matt Maloney	G	16	526	153	61	108	43	21	14	1	18	19	50	10	3	38	31	179
Eddie Johnson	F-G	16	284	117	48	47	14	24	23	15	21	36	10	5	0	7	17	133
Kevin Willis	F-C	16	295	95	38	1	0	38	26	22	53	75	11	9	4	22	47	102
Sedale Threatt	G	16	266	56	22	30	9	8	6	2	15	17	48	6	4	12	35	59
Othella Harrington	F-C	7	15	2	1	0	0	10	7	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	1	9
Matt Bullard	F	2	7	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	6
Randy Livingston	G	2	15	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	3
Charles Jones	F-C	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		140	3865	1233	565	392	142	455	349	196	468	664	370	123	70	237	350	1621

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	16	39.3	59.0	0.0	73.1	2.9	8.0	10.9	3.4	2.1	2.6	2.9	3.8	23.1
Clyde Drexler	G-F	16	38.9	43.6	37.3	77.8	1.6	4.0	5.6	4.8	1.6	0.4	2.3	3.3	18.1
Charles Barkley	F	16	37.8	43.4	28.9	76.9	4.0	8.0	12.0	3.4	1.2	0.4	2.7	3.3	17.9
Mario Elie	G-F	16	37.4	46.6	40.0	83.9	1.2	2.3	3.5	3.8	0.9	0.3	1.9	3.3	11.5
Matt Maloney	G	16	32.9	39.9	39.8	66.7	0.1	1.1	1.2	3.1	0.6	0.2	2.4	1.9	11.2
Eddie Johnson	F-G	16	17.8	41.0	29.8	95.8	0.9	1.3	2.3	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.1	8.3
Kevin Willis	F-C	16	18.4	40.0	0.0	68.4	1.4	3.3	4.7	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	6.4
Sedale Threatt	G	16	16.6	39.3	30.0	75.0	0.1	0.9	1.1	3.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.2	3.7
Othella Harrington	F-C	7	2.1	50.0		70.0	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	1.3
Matt Bullard	F	2	3.5	100.0	100.0		0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	3.0
Randy Livingston	G	2	7.5	25.0	100.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5
Charles Jones	F-C	1	2.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		800	27.6	45.8	36.2	76.7	1.4	3.3	4.7	2.6	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.5	11.6