Houston 116, Denver 99

April 1, 1997

Regular Season

McNichols Sports Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 13,341

Officials: Steve Javie, Jim Clark, Bruce Alexander

Team Rebounds: Houston (8) Denver (9)

Technicals: Houston (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (49-23) 29 30 33 24 116
DEN (20-52) 19 21 26 33 99

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 95 121.5 103.7
DEN 95 103.7 121.5

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .606 0.115 0.200 0.153
DEN .494 0.157 0.231 0.149

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
22 Clyde Drexler Starter SF 27:00 10-15 3-4 1-1 20.9 3 4 7 4 1 1 1 3 24
17 Mario Elie Starter SG 37:00 7-14 1-5 4-4 11.0 1 2 3 1 1 3 0 2 19
32 Othella Harrington Starter PF 27:00 6-8 0-0 1-4 9.0 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 13
12 Matt Maloney Starter PG 32:00 8-15 3-6 0-0 17.8 1 4 5 2 0 3 1 0 19
34 Hakeem Olajuwon Starter C 26:00 4-10 0-0 4-4 7.2 0 7 7 4 4 0 1 4 12
50 Matt Bullard Bench PF 21:00 1-5 0-4 1-2 0.5 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Eddie Johnson Bench SF 24:00 6-12 3-7 2-2 11.8 0 4 4 3 1 1 0 2 17
27 Charles A. Jones Bench PF 21:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 3.2 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 0 0
2 Sedale Threatt Bench PG 25:00 4-6 1-1 0-0 6.5 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 9
  Team                   8            
        240 46-85 11-27 13-17 97.9 7 28 43 16 14 10 6 11 116
          54.1% 40.7% 76.5%                    

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
3 Dale Ellis Starter SG 33:00 4-8 2-3 0-0 8.5 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 10
20 LaPhonso Ellis Starter SF 43:00 10-20 1-5 4-4 14.2 1 7 8 3 1 0 0 3 25
5 Anthony Goldwire Starter PG 14:00 1-7 0-2 0-0 0.0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 3 2
50 Ervin Johnson Starter C 16:00 2-4 0-0 0-0 5.0 1 4 5 0 4 0 2 0 4
24 Antonio McDyess Starter PF 42:00 13-22 0-0 1-1 16.9 1 9 10 2 4 1 2 4 27
53 Jerome Allen Bench SG 12:00 0-3 0-2 3-4 0.8 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 3
21 Tom Hammonds Bench PF 31:00 1-2 0-0 1-2 8.2 3 4 7 1 1 1 0 0 3
30 Kenny Smith Bench PG 26:00 2-9 0-2 3-3 -0.1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 3 7
6 Brooks Thompson Bench SG 19:00 6-9 1-4 0-0 13.8 0 2 2 5 0 2 0 1 13
25 George Zidek Bench C 04:00 2-3 0-0 1-1 3.4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 5
  Team                   9         1  
        240 41-87 4-18 13-15 90.6 9 30 48 22 14 6 5 16 99
          47.1% 22.2% 86.7%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Matt Maloney
8.8p, 2r, 3.8a
Mario Elie
11.6p, 2.9r, 3.9a
Clyde Drexler
18p, 5.9r, 5.8a
Othella Harrington
5.1p, 3.6r, 0.4a
Hakeem Olajuwon
23.7p, 9.3r, 3.2a
Rotation Sedale Threatt
4p, 0.7r, 1.5a
 
 
Eddie Johnson
7.3p, 2.4r, 1a
Charles A. Jones
0.3p, 0.9r, 0.3a
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
Matt Bullard
4.7p, 1.6r, 1a
 
 

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Anthony Goldwire
6.3p, 1.4r, 3.2a
Dale Ellis
16.2p, 3.4r, 1.8a
LaPhonso Ellis
22.2p, 7r, 2.4a
Antonio McDyess
17.8p, 7.1r, 1.4a
Ervin Johnson
7p, 10.5r, 0.9a
Rotation Kenny Smith
5.8p, 0.8r, 2.1a
Brooks Thompson
6.6p, 1.3r, 2.8a
 
 
Tom Hammonds
4.7p, 4.6r, 0.6a
 
 
Rotation  
 
Jerome Allen
3p, 1.2r, 2a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
George Zidek
2.7p, 1.6r, 0.2a

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