Suns 104-99 Rockets (23 Mar, 1997) Box Score

Phoenix Suns

29-39, 9-25 away

104

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	27	29	25	23	104
HOU	30	26	24	19	99

Houston Rockets

45-23, 23-11 home

Phoenix Suns

starters
J. Williams F
W. Tisdale F
J. Kidd PG
R. Chapman G
K. Johnson G
bench
D. Manning F
W. Person SF
H. Llamas C
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
41	3-6	0-0	1-2	0	7	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	7
27	5-11	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	5	0	10
37	4-10	1-3	3-3	0	10	10	15	0	0	2	3	0	12
42	10-16	5-9	2-2	1	5	6	3	2	0	3	0	0	27
43	8-17	2-4	3-4	0	5	5	13	0	0	4	1	0	21
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27	7-12	0-1	1-2	1	3	4	0	1	0	2	3	0	15
18	5-9	2-4	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	12
5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	42-82	10-21	10-13	5	36	41	33	5	2	14	12		104
	51.2%	47.6%	76.9%

Houston Rockets

starters
H. Olajuwon C
K. Willis C
M. Elie G
M. Maloney G
C. Drexler G
bench
O. Harrington PF
R. Livingston PG
S. Threatt G
E. Johnson G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
41	18-31	0-0	3-3	1	6	7	3	2	0	1	1	0	39
35	5-14	0-0	2-2	5	6	11	0	3	0	2	4	0	12
38	5-9	1-3	1-1	0	5	5	6	0	0	1	1	0	12
27	2-9	1-4	1-2	0	2	2	5	0	0	1	3	0	6
38	6-18	3-9	2-2	7	3	10	11	2	0	3	3	0	17
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	4-5	0-0	1-2	1	6	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	9
6	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
18	1-6	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	2
18	0-4	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
	42-97	5-17	10-12	17	32	49	30	9	1	9	15		99
	43.3%	29.4%	83.3%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 2-1

Rockets
110
Suns
95

Game 1

3/11

Suns
105
Rockets
115

Game 2

22/11

Suns
104
Rockets
99

Game 3

23/3

Rockets
96
Suns
109

Game 4

3/4

12:30 AM, 23 March 1997

Attendance: 16,285

Referees:
Ron Garretson
Bob Delaney
Mark Wunderlich

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Golden State	.000	-	-
LA Clippers	.000	-	-
LA Lakers	.000	-	-
Phoenix	.000	-	-
Sacramento	.000	-	-

Team	W	L

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HOU leads 2-1

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