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1996-1997 Houston Rockets Opening Day Roster

Player	Pos	HT	WT	Birth Date	Age	Pre-Draft Team	YOS	Draft Status
Charles Barkley	SF	6-6	252	Feb 20, 1963	33	Auburn	12	1984 1st Rnd, #5, Philadelphia Sixers
Matt Bullard	PF	6-10	215	Jun 5, 1967	29	Iowa	5	1990 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Emanual Davis	SG	6-4	195	Aug 27, 1968	28	Delaware State	2	1991 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Clyde Drexler	G-F	6-7	210	Jun 22, 1962	34	Houston	13	1983 1st Rnd, #14, Portland Trail Blazers
Mario Elie	SG	6-5	210	Nov 26, 1963	32	American International	6	1985 7th Rnd, #160, Milwaukee Bucks
Othella Harrington	F-C	6-9	235	Jan 31, 1974	22	Georgetown	0	1996 2nd Rnd, #30, Houston Rockets
Charles A. Jones	FC	6-9	215	Apr 3, 1957	39	Albany State (GA)	15	1979 8th Rnd, #165, Phoenix Suns
Randy Livingston	GF	6-4	209	Apr 2, 1975	21	LSU	0	1996 2nd Rnd, #42, Houston Rockets
Sam Mack	G-F	6-7	220	May 26, 1970	26	Houston	3	1992 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Matt Maloney	PG	6-3	192	Dec 6, 1971	24	Pennsylvania	1	1995 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Tracy Moore	SG	6-4	200	Dec 28, 1965	30	Tulsa	6	1988 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	7-0	255	Jan 21, 1963	33	Houston	12	1984 1st Rnd, #1, Houston Rockets
Brent Price	PG	6-1	165	Dec 9, 1968	27	Oklahoma	4	1992 2nd Rnd, #32, Washington Wizards
Kevin Willis	C-F	7-0	245	Sep 6, 1962	34	Michigan State	12	1984 1st Rnd, #11, Atlanta Hawks

Sacramento 85, Houston 96

November 1, 1996

Regular Season

Compaq Center (Houston, Texas)

Attendance: 16,285

Officials: Joe Crawford, Eddie Rush, Blane Reichelt

Team Rebounds: Sacramento (0) Houston (0)

Technicals: Sacramento (0) Houston (0)

	1	2	3	4	Final
SAC (0-1)	24	11	19	31	85
HOU (1-0)	31	21	24	20	96

Advanced	Poss	ORtg	DRtg
SAC	100	85.2	96.3
HOU	100	96.3	85.2

Four Factors	eFG%	TO%	OR%	FTR
SAC	.472	0.271	0.200	0.236
HOU	.437	0.211	0.378	0.230

Sacramento Kings

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
33	Brian Grant	Starter	PF	25:00	3-11	0-0	2-2	3.8	1.0	5	6	0	2	0	2	1	8
3	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Starter	PG	29:00	7-13	1-2	2-2	12.0	0.0	2	2	5	2	1	1	2	17
0	Olden Polynice	Starter	C	32:00	0-4	0-0	1-4	0.8	2.0	5	7	3	3	1	0	4	1
2	Mitch Richmond	Starter	SG	32:00	6-12	1-4	1-1	10.9	0.0	5	5	3	1	1	2	3	14
-	Corliss Williamson	Starter	SF	37:00	7-11	0-0	0-0	8.5	1.0	3	4	4	5	1	1	4	14
31	Duane Causwell	Bench	C	16:00	1-1	0-0	1-2	4.0	1.0	2	3	1	4	0	2	1	3
5	Tyus Edney	Bench	PG	26:00	4-11	0-2	6-8	3.0	0.0	1	1	0	1	4	0	4	14
22	Lionel Simmons	Bench	SF	18:00	2-6	2-4	0-0	0.2	1.0	1	2	1	2	1	0	4	6
34	Michael Smith	Bench	SF	25:00	2-3	0-0	4-4	9.2	2.0	8	10	1	4	2	0	4	8
	Team
				240	32-72	4-12	17-23	90.4	8	32	40	18	24	11	8	27	85
					44.4%	33.3%	73.9%

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	42:00	8-21	2-5	7-10	25.0	4.0	6	10	9	2	10	0	7	25
17	Mario Elie	Starter	SG	32:00	7-12	3-6	3-4	16.5	4.0	0	4	3	4	2	0	0	20
12	Matt Maloney	Starter	PG	32:00	3-8	1-5	1-2	3.5	1.0	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	8
34	Hakeem Olajuwon	Starter	C	39:00	5-13	0-0	7-10	19.0	3.0	10	13	6	2	3	1	4	17
42	Kevin Willis	Starter	PF	39:00	3-12	0-1	2-2	-1.2	1.0	4	5	0	3	0	0	2	8
50	Matt Bullard	Bench	PF	14:00	3-5	2-3	0-0	8.8	0.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	1	8
15	Emanual Davis	Bench	SG	02:00	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1.2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
32	Othella Harrington	Bench	PF	18:00	4-6	0-0	0-0	7.8	3.0	3	6	1	2	1	0	2	8
3	Randy Livingston	Bench	SG	14:00	1-2	0-0	0-3	-1.9	0.0	1	1	1	4	1	0	2	2
5	Sam Mack	Bench	SF	05:00	0-2	0-1	0-0	-1.5	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
9	Tracy Moore	Bench	SG	03:00	0-5	0-3	0-0	-2.0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Team
				240	34-87	8-25	20-31	112.6	17	28	45	25	19	20	1	21	96
					39.1%	32.0%	64.5%

Sacramento Kings Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 17p, 2r, 5a	Mitch Richmond 14p, 5r, 3a	Corliss Williamson 14p, 4r, 4a	Brian Grant 8p, 6r, 0a	Olden Polynice 1p, 7r, 3a
Rotation	Tyus Edney 14p, 1r, 0a		Michael Smith 8p, 10r, 1a		Duane Causwell 3p, 3r, 1a
Rotation			Lionel Simmons 6p, 2r, 1a

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Matt Maloney 8p, 2r, 1a	Mario Elie 20p, 4r, 3a	Clyde Drexler 25p, 10r, 9a	Kevin Willis 8p, 5r, 0a	Hakeem Olajuwon 17p, 13r, 6a
Rotation		Randy Livingston 2p, 1r, 1a		Othella Harrington 8p, 6r, 1a
Rotation				Matt Bullard 8p, 2r, 2a
Lim PT		Tracy Moore 0p, 1r, 1a	Sam Mack 0p, 1r, 1a
Lim PT		Emanual Davis 0p, 0r, 0a