26-8, 14-2 away
81
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 20 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 81 |
| CLE | 13 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 78 |
21-12, 15-5 home
78
Houston Rockets
starters |
bench |
team |
MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| 42 | 2-12 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 41 | 7-15 | 0-0 | 8-10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 22 |
| 41 | 8-9 | 3-4 | 7-7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| 32 | 3-8 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 37 | 2-10 | 1-7 | 4-7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| 10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
24-63 | 8-27 | 25-31 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 23 | 21 | 81 | ||
38.1% | 29.6% | 80.6% |
Cleveland Cavaliers
starters |
bench |
team |
MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| 35 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 38 | 9-18 | 1-4 | 4-5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| 45 | 1-8 | 0-2 | 5-6 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 31 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | 9-21 | 3-6 | 5-5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
27-67 | 7-20 | 17-22 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 78 | ||
40.3% | 35.0% | 77.3% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Regular Season Series
HOU leads 1-0
Game Information
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
12:30 AM, 9 January 1997
Cleveland, OH
Attendance: 20,562
- Referees:
- Ron Garretson
- Ted Bernhardt
- Sean Corbin
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