Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets were 57-25 in 1996-97. They finished 2nd in the Midwest Division and 3rd in the Western Conference. They lost in the Western Conference Finals against the Utah Jazz, 4 games to 2.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Thu 5/29	vs	UTA	L 100-103
Tue 5/27	@	UTA	L 91-96
Sun 5/25	vs	UTA	W 95-92
Fri 5/23	vs	UTA	W 118-100
Wed 5/21	@	UTA	L 92-104

Team Leaders

See roster

PPG

23.2

Olajuwon

RPG

13.5

Barkley

APG

5.7

Drexler

1996-97 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Jazz	64	18	.780
2	SuperSonics	57	25	.695	7.0
3	Rockets	57	25	.695	7.0
4	Lakers	56	26	.683	8.0
5	Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	15.0

1996-97 Stats

See stats

	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Team	82	242.1	100.6	42.6	24.5	8.4	4.2	37.0	79.1	46.8	8.2	22.4	36.5	18.3	24.3	75.5	56.0	11.3	31.3	16.6	19.6
Team Rank		7th	5th	6th	5th	11th	24th	6th	14th	7th	2nd	2nd	11th	16th	19th	7th	3rd	24th	1st	26th	2nd
Opponent	82	242.1	96.1	41.0	22.4	8.9	4.5	37.0	83.5	44.3	6.3	18.9	33.5	15.9	21.8	72.9	51.6	12.5	28.4	14.3	21.2
Opponent Rank		7th	13th	15th	19th	26th	8th	21st	27th	11th	20th	27th	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	5th	12th	15th	27th	24th
Net			+4.5	+1.6	+2.2	-0.6	-0.2	+0.1	-4.4	+2.6	+1.9	+3.6	+2.9	+2.5	+2.5	+2.5	+4.4	-1.2	+2.8	+2.4	-1.5
Net Rank			7th	7th	8th	21st	17th	14th	28th	7th	3rd	5th	5th	5th	5th	5th	2nd	24th	5th	28th	5th

Gallery

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.6

Dončić

31.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.8

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.8

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.7

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.1

Duren

67.5

Ayton

67.2

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.9

120.2

119.7

119.2

119.0

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.8

111.2

112.6

113.1

113.3

NetRtg Rankings

11.0

7.8

7.6

6.7

4.8

Tank Leaderboard

16-58

17-56

17-55

19-55

21-52

23-50

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,616.6

Jokić

3,535.6

Dončić

3,198.9

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,849.3

Jokić

3,744

Dončić

3,385.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

35.9

Brown

33.8

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.5

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

46-27

44-28-1

43-31

42-31

Worst Record ATS

30-44

30-43

31-43

31-41

32-41

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	53	20	.726
2	Celtics	49	24	.671	4.0
3	Knicks	48	26	.649	5.5
4	Cavaliers	46	28	.622	7.5
5	Raptors	40	32	.556	12.5
6	Hawks	41	33	.554	12.5
7	76ers	40	33	.548	13.0
8	Hornets	39	34	.534	14.0
9	Magic	39	34	.534	14.0
10	Heat	39	35	.527	14.5
11	Bucks	29	43	.403	23.5
12	Bulls	29	44	.397	24.0
13	Wizards - e	17	55	.236	35.5
14	Nets - e	17	56	.233	36.0
15	Pacers - e	16	58	.216	37.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	58	16	.784
2	Spurs - x	55	18	.753	2.5
3	Lakers	47	26	.644	10.5
4	Nuggets	46	28	.622	12.0
5	Timberwolves	45	28	.616	12.5
6	Rockets	44	29	.603	13.5
7	Suns	40	33	.548	17.5
8	Clippers	38	36	.514	20.0
9	Trail Blazers	37	37	.500	21.0
10	Warriors	35	38	.479	22.5
11	Pelicans - e	25	49	.338	33.0
12	Grizzlies - e	24	49	.329	33.5
13	Mavericks - e	23	50	.315	34.5
14	Jazz - e	21	52	.288	36.5
15	Kings - e	19	55	.257	39.0