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

32.4

Dončić

31.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.6

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.5

Gobert

APG Leaders

10.3

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.7

Dončić

3.5

Edwards

3.5

Ball

TS% Leaders

67.6

Jokić

67.5

Ayton

67.5

Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.6

120.5

119.1

118.7

118.4

118.3

DRtg Rankings

107.3

109.4

110.9

112.2

112.7

112.8

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

7.7

7.3

6.9

6.2

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

14-49

15-47

16-46

19-44

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,003.8

Maxey

2,853

Jokić

2,767.1

Cunningham

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,039

Jokić

3,028.3

Maxey

2,927

Dončić

USG% Leaders

37.3

Dončić

36.4

Brown

33.6

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.7

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

41-22

37-23-1

37-26

36-26

34-28

Worst Record ATS

24-39

25-35-1

26-36

27-36

27-34

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	45	16	.738
2	Celtics	41	21	.661	4.5
3	Knicks	40	23	.635	6.0
4	Cavaliers	39	24	.619	7.0
5	Raptors	35	27	.565	10.5
6	76ers	34	28	.548	11.5
7	Magic	33	28	.541	12.0
8	Heat	34	29	.540	12.0
9	Hornets	32	31	.508	14.0
10	Hawks	32	31	.508	14.0
11	Bucks	26	35	.426	19.0
12	Bulls	25	37	.403	20.5
13	Wizards	16	46	.258	29.5
14	Nets	15	47	.242	30.5
15	Pacers	15	47	.242	30.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	49	15	.766
2	Spurs	45	17	.726	3.0
3	Timberwolves	40	23	.635	8.5
4	Rockets	38	23	.623	9.5
5	Nuggets	38	24	.613	10.0
6	Lakers	37	24	.607	10.5
7	Suns	35	26	.574	12.5
8	Warriors	32	30	.516	16.0
9	Clippers	30	31	.492	17.5
10	Trail Blazers	30	33	.476	18.5
11	Grizzlies	23	38	.377	24.5
12	Mavericks	21	41	.339	27.0
13	Pelicans	19	44	.302	29.5
14	Jazz	19	44	.302	29.5
15	Kings	14	49	.222	34.5