2007-08 Houston Rockets season

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2007-08 Houston Rockets season
Head Coach Rick Adelman
Arena Toyota Center
Results
Record 55–27
(.671)
Place Division: 3rd (Southwest)
Conference: 5th (West)
Playoff Finish First Round
(eliminated 2–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Houston Rockets seasons

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The 2007-08 Houston Rockets season will be their 41st season in the National Basketball Association and 37th in Houston. The Rockets won at least 50 games for the second straight season and made the playoffs also on the back of a 22 game winning streak, the second longest in the history of the NBA. But without Yao Ming who broke his left foot in the second half of the season, the Rockets were yet again eliminated by the Utah Jazz in the first round. [1]

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

[edit] Draft picks

Houston's selections from the 2007 NBA Draft in New York, New York.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 26 Aaron Brooks Point Guard Flag of the United States United States Oregon
2 54 Brad Newley Shooting Guard Flag of Australia Australia Panionios BC (Greek League)

In addition, Carl Landry was drafted as the 31st overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics with the first pick in the 2nd round. He was traded to the Rockets for a future second round pick.

Contents:
Offseason – Draft picks – Roster – Regular season – Playoffs – Game log
Player stats – Awards and records – Transactions – See also – References


[edit] Roster

Houston Rockets roster
v • d • e
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From
PG 12 Flag of the United States Alston, Rafer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fresno State
SF 31 Flag of the United States Battier, Shane 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Duke
PG 0 Flag of the United States Brooks, Aaron 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 161 lb (73 kg) Oregon
PG 3 Flag of the United States Francis, Steve Injured 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Maryland
SF 19 Flag of the United States Harris, Mike 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Rice
PF 44 Flag of the United States Hayes, Chuck 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 242 lb (110 kg) Kentucky
SG 2 Flag of the United States Head, Luther 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Illinois
PG 8 Flag of the United States Jackson, Bobby 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Minnesota
PF 14 Flag of the United States Landry, Carl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 253 lb (115 kg) Purdue
SG 1 Flag of the United States McGrady, Tracy (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 223 lb (101 kg) Mt. Zion Christian Academy (NC)*
C 55 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mutombo, Dikembe 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Georgetown
SF 20 Flag of the United States Novak, Steve 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 234 lb (106 kg) Marquette
F/C 4 Flag of Argentina Scola, Luis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Argentina
C 33 Flag of the United States Woods, Loren 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Arizona
C 11 Flag of the People's Republic of China Yao Ming Injured 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 310 lb (141 kg) People's Republic of China
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • Injured Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last change: 2008-04-28

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Season standings

Southwest Division GP W L PCT Home Road GB
New Orleans Hornets 82 56 26 .683 30–11 26–15 --
San Antonio Spurs 82 56 26 .683 34–7 22–19 --
Houston Rockets 82 55 27 .671 31–10 24–17 1.0
Dallas Mavericks 82 51 31 .622 34–7 17–24 5.0
Memphis Grizzlies 82 22 60 .268 14–27 8–33 34.0


[edit] Game log

[edit] October

Record: 1–0 ; Home: 0–0 ; Road: 1–0

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record
1 October 30, 2007 Rockets 95–93 Lakers NA Tracy McGrady (30) 18,997 1–0

[edit] November

Record: 8–8; Home: 4–3; Road: 4–5

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record
2 November 1, 2007 Rockets 105–96 Jazz NA Tracy McGrady (47) 19,911 2–0
3 November 3, 2007 Trail Blazers 80–89 Rockets NA Yao Ming (21) 18,232 3–0
4 November 5, 2007 Rockets 98–107 Mavericks NA Tracy McGrady (35) 20,389 3–1
5 November 6, 2007 Spurs 81–89 Rockets NA Yao Ming (28) 18,280 4–1
6 November 9, 2007 Bucks 88–104 Rockets NA Yao Ming (28) 18,244 5–1
7 November 11, 2007 Rockets 85–82 Bobcats NA Yao Ming (34) 11,936 6–1
8 November 13, 2007 Rockets 99–105 Grizzlies NA Tracy McGrady (41) 12,368 6–2
9 November 14, 2007 Lakers 93–90 Rockets NA Yao Ming (26) 18,178 6–3
10 November 16, 2007 Rockets 84–90 Spurs NA Luis Scola (20) 18,797 6–4
11 November 17, 2007 Suns 115–105 Rockets NA Luis Scola (20) 18,265 6–5
12 November 21, 2007 Mavericks 100–94 Rockets NA Yao Ming (30) 18,143 6–6
13 November 23, 2007 Rockets 91–98 Heat NA Two-way tie (20) 19,600 6–7
14 November 24, 2007 Nuggets 81–108 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (35) 18,228 7–7
15 November 26, 2007 Rockets 88–71 Clippers NA Tracy McGrady (36) 15,452 8–7
16 November 28, 2007 Rockets 100–94 Suns NA Yao Ming (31) 18,422 9–7
17 November 29, 2007 Rockets 94–113 Warriors NA Mike James (19) 19,596 9–8

[edit] December

Record: 6–8; Home: 3–3; Road: 3–5

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record
18 1 December 2007 Rockets 99–107 Kings NA Tracy McGrady (40) 15,081 9–9
19 5 December 2007 Grizzlies 92–105 Rockets NA Two-way tie (24) 17,723 10–9
20 7 December 2007 Rockets 96–89 Nets NA Yao Ming (25) 15,421 11–9
21 9 December 2007 Rockets 80–93 Raptors NA Tracy McGrady (23) 19,800 11–10
22 10 December 2007 Rockets 88–100 Sixers NA Bonzi Wells (24) 12,551 11–11
23 12 December 2007 Pistons 77–80 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (29) 17,453 12–11
24 17 December 2007 Mavericks 96–83 Rockets NA Yao Ming (28) 18,307 12–12
25 19 December 2007 Magic 97–92 Rockets NA Yao Ming (19) 18,270 12–13
26 20 December 2007 Rockets 111–112 Nuggets 2 Yao Ming (26) 16,157 12–14
27 22 December 2007 Rockets 116–98 Bulls NA Two-way tie (20) 22,434 13–14
28 23 December 2007 Rockets 82–94 Pistons NA Luis Scola (18) 22,076 13–15
29 28 December 2007 Rockets 103–83 Grizzlies NA Two-way tie (22) 15,660 14–15
30 29 December 2007 Raptors 79–91 Rockets NA Yao Ming (25) 18,103 15–15
31 31 December 2007 Warriors 112–95 Rockets NA Rafer Alston (22) 18,153 15–16

[edit] January

Record: 10–4; Home: 5–3; Road: 5–1

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record
32 2 January 2008 Rockets 93–97 Celtics NA Bonzi Wells (25) 18,624 15–17
33 4 January 2008 Rockets 96–94 Magic NA Yao Ming (26) 17,519 16–17
34 5 January 2008 Knicks 91–103 Rockets NA Yao Ming (30) 16,634 17–17
35 8 January 2008 Rockets 92–84 Wizards NA Luther Head (24) 16,824 18–17
36 9 January 2008 Rockets 101–92 Knicks NA Yao Ming (36) 19,035 19–17
37 11 January 2008 Timberwolves 82–113 Rockets NA Luis Scola (22) 16,223 20–17
38 13 January 2008 Hornets 87–82 Rockets NA Yao Ming (30) 13,599 20–18
39 15 January 2008 Sixers 111–107 Rockets NA Yao Ming (25) 13,428 20–19
40 19 January 2008 Spurs 81–83 Rockets NA Yao Ming (21) 18,353 21–19
41 21 January 2008 Supersonics 89–96 Rockets NA Yao Ming (30) 15,264 22–19
42 23 January 2008 Rockets 109–107 Supersonics NA Tracy McGrady (28) 12,342 23–19
43 25 January 2008 Rockets 89–79 Trail Blazers NA Tracy McGrady (15) 20,576 24–19
44 27 January 2008 Jazz 97–89 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (21) 17,480 24–20
45 29 January 2008 Warriors 107–111 Rockets NA Yao Ming (36) 16,586 25–20

[edit] February

Record: 13–0; Home: 8–0; Road: 5–0

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record
46 1 February 2008 Rockets 106–103 Pacers NA Carl Landry (22) 13,784 26–20
47 2 February 2008 Rockets 91–83 Bucks NA Tracy McGrady (33) 18,717 27–20
48 4 February 2008 Rockets 92–86 Timberwolves NA Tracy McGrady (26) 10,019 28–20
49 7 February 2008 Cavaliers 77–92 Rockets NA Yao Ming (22) 18,402 29–20
50 9 February 2008 Hawks 108–89 Rockets NA Yao Ming (28) 18,177 30–20
51 11 February 2008 Trail Blazers 83–95 Rockets NA Yao Ming (25) 14,710 31–20
52 13 February 2008 Kings 87–89 Rockets NA Yao Ming (25) 16,115 32–20
53 19 February 2008 Rockets 93–85 Cavaliers NA Rafer Alston (22) 20,562 33–20
54 21 February 2008 Heat 100–112 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (23) 15,994 34–20
55 22 February 2008 Rockets 100–80 Hornets NA Tracy McGrady (28) 17,714 35–20
56 24 February 2008 Bulls 97–110 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (24) 18,275 36–20
57 26 February 2008 Wizards 69–94 Rockets NA Luther Head (18) 15,768 37–20
58 29 February 2008 Grizzlies 95–116 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (25) 18,105 38–20

[edit] March

Record: 11–4; Home: 7–1; Road: 4–3

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record
59 2 March 2008 Nuggets 89–103 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (22) 18,168 39–20
60 5 March 2008 Pacers 99–117 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (25) 18,160 40–20
61 6 March 2008 Rockets 113–98 Mavericks NA Tracy McGrady (31) 20,315 41–20
62 8 March 2008 Rockets 106–96 Hornets NA Tracy McGrady (41) 18,279 42–20
63 10 March 2008 Nets 73–91 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (19) 18,271 43–20
64 12 March 2008 Rockets 83–75 Hawks NA Tracy McGrady (28) 17,078 44–20
65 14 March 2008 Bobcats 80–89 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (30) 18,265 45–20
66 16 March 2008 Lakers 92–104 Rockets NA Rafer Alston (31) 18,409 46–20
67 18 March 2008 Celtics 94–74 Rockets NA Luis Scola (15) 18,525 46–21
68 19 March 2008 Rockets 69–90 Hornets NA Tracy McGrady (15) 17,956 46–22
69 21 March 2008 Rockets 109–106 Warriors NA Tracy McGrady (26) 19,824 47–22
70 22 March 2008 Rockets 113–122 Suns NA Tracy McGrady (30) 18,422 47–23
71 24 March 2008 Kings 100–108 Rockets NA Rafer Alston (28) 18,241 48–23
72 26 March 2008 Timberwolves 86–97 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (23) 18,269 49–23
73 30 March 2008 Rockets 88–109 Spurs NA Luis Scola (24) 18,797 49–24

[edit] April

Record: 6–3; Home: 3–0; Road: 3–3

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record
74 1 April 2008 Rockets 98–99 Kings NA Tracy McGrady (32) 14,169 49–25
75 3 April 2008 Rockets 95–86 Trailblazers NA Tracy McGrady (35) 19,980 50–25
76 4 April 2008 Rockets 79–66 Sonics NA Tracy McGrady (25) 14,170 51–25
77 6 April 2008 Rockets 106–96 Clippers NA Aaron Brooks (18) 17,932 52–25
78 9 April 2008 Sonics 80–103 Rockets NA Rafer Alston (18) 18,370 53–25
79 11 April 2008 Suns 90–101 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (22) 18,489 54–25
80 13 April 2008 Rockets 94–111 Nuggets NA Luther Head (19) 19,720 54–26
81 14 April 2008 Rockets 96–105 Jazz NA Two-way tie (22) 19,911 54–27
82 16 April 2008 Clippers 75–93 Rockets NA Luis Scola (22) 18,386 55–27
  • Green background indicates win.
  • Red background indicates regulation loss.
  • White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

[edit] Player stats

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

[edit] Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Rafer Alston 74 74 34.1 .394 .351 .715 3.5 5.3 1.32 .24 13.1
Shane Battier 80 78 36.3 .428 .377 .743 5.1 1.9 .96 1.13 9.3
Aaron Brooks 51 0 11.9 .413 .330 .857 1.1 1.7 .25 .10 5.2
Steve Francis 10 3 19.9 .333 .235 .565 2.3 3.0 .90 .50 5.5
Gerald Green* 30 0 12.0 .344 .385 .829 2.1 1.0 .27 .13 5.1
Mike Harris 17 0 9.4 .500 .000 .615 3.2 .2 .35 .18 3.6
Chuck Hayes 79 44 19.9 .511 .000 .458 5.4 1.2 1.08 .54 3.0
Luther Head 73 17 18.9 .432 .351 .815 1.8 1.9 .60 .12 7.6
Bobby Jackson* 72 5 19.3 .403 .358 .790 2.5 1.9 .63 .07 7.7
Carl Landry 42 0 16.9 .616 .000 .661 4.9 .5 .40 .17 8.1
Tracy McGrady 66 62 37.0 .419 .292 .684 5.1 5.9 1.03 .45 21.6
Yao Ming 55 55 37.2 .507 .000 .850 10.8 2.3 .45 2.02 22.0
Dikembe Mutombo 39 25 15.9 .538 .000 .711 5.1 .1 .28 1.23 3.0
Steve Novak 35 0 7.5 .480 .479 .750 1.0 .2 .06 .09 3.9
Luis Scola 82 39 24.7 .515 .000 .668 6.4 1.3 .73 .23 10.3
Justin Williams* 23 0 5.3 .448 .000 .308 2.1 .0 .22 .22 1.5
Loren Woods 7 0 2.4 .600 .000 .000 .1 .3 .00 .00 .9

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

[edit] Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Rafer Alston 4 4 31.5 .438 .440 .800 1.5 4.5 1.00 .00 14.3
Shane Battier 6 6 41.0 .444 .480 .727 3.8 .5 1.00 .83 10.0
Aaron Brooks 6 0 8.3 .320 .000 .818 1.0 .5 .00 .00 4.2
Mike Harris 3 0 3.0 .500 .000 .500 .7 .0 .00 .00 1.0
Chuck Hayes 6 0 18.0 .636 .000 .000 4.7 .8 .50 1.00 2.3
Luther Head 5 0 8.8 .071 .000 1.000 .4 .8 .40 .20 .8
Bobby Jackson 6 2 23.0 .286 .208 .636 1.7 1.5 .83 .00 8.7
Carl Landry 6 0 17.7 .423 .000 .750 4.7 .0 1.17 .50 5.7
Tracy McGrady 6 6 41.2 .425 .208 .623 8.2 6.8 1.50 .83 27.0
Dikembe Mutombo 6 6 20.5 .615 .000 .636 6.5 .3 .17 1.83 3.8
Steve Novak 3 0 7.0 .750 .667 .000 .7 .0 .00 .33 2.7
Luis Scola 6 6 36.7 .448 .000 .686 9.3 1.3 .67 .17 14.0
Loren Woods 1 0 1.0 1.000 .000 .000 1.0 .0 .00 .00 2.0

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Records

Starting with the January 29, 2008 win versus the Golden State Warriors, the Rockets have won 22 consecutive games. The streak came to an end against the Boston Celtics. The streak is the second longest winning streak in NBA history.

[edit] Milestones

[edit] Transactions

The Rockets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007-08 season.

Houston will begin the 2007-08 season with recently hired Rick Adelman as the team's 11th head coach.[2]

Less than a week later, Scola signed with the Rockets.[3] On July 20 guard Steve Francis signed a 2 year deal with the Rockets, after he accepted a buyout of the last two seasons of his contract, worth roughly $30 million from the Portland Trail Blazers . He is expected to compete for a starting job with Mike James and Rafer Alston [4]

[edit] Trades

On June 14, the Rockets traded Juwan Howard to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Mike James and Justin Reed.[5].

On July 12 guard Vassilis Spanoulis was traded to the San Antonio Spurs along with the rights for the 2009 second-round draft pick, for center Jackie Butler and the rights to Luis Scola a 2002 second-round draft pick, yet to play in the NBA. 24 Hours after this deal was made, Scola came to a "Basic Agreement" which could see him playing for the Rockets next season.[6]

[edit] Free Agents

Player Former team
Steve Francis New York Knicks (via Blazers)
Player New team
Jackie Butler  ????
John Lucas III Pallacanestro Treviso
Justin Reed Austin Toros
Bob Sura  ????

[edit] Court Redesign

On September 7, it was announced that the Rockets will debut a new court design for the 2007-08 season. The court design includes a lighter varnished wood inside the three point area, similar to the Seattle Supersonics, while the rest are dark varnished wood. The color red will remain on the Rockets logo, and the script. This court design is similar to the Cleveland Cavaliers, New Orleans Hornets, Phoenix Suns, and Portland Trail Blazers in which most of the hardwood is exposed.[7]

[edit] Playoffs

2008 Game Log
First Round
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series
1 April 19 Utah 82–93 Battier (22) Scola (13) McGrady (7) Toyota Center
18,213		 0–1
2 April 21 Utah 84–90 McGrady (23) McGrady (13) McGrady (9) Toyota Center
18,158		 0–2
3 April 24 @ Utah 94–92 McGrady (27) Landry (11) McGrady (7) EnergySolutions Arena
19,911		 1–2
4 April 26 @ Utah 82–86 McGrady (23) McGrady (10) McGrady (8) EnergySolutions Arena
19,911		 1–3
5 April 29 Utah 95–69 McGrady (29) Scola (12) Alston (6) Toyota Center
18,269		 2–3
6 May 2 @ Utah 91–113 McGrady (40) McGrady (10) McGrady (5) EnergySolutions Arena
19,911		 2–4
2008 Playoff Schedule

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Jonathan Feigen (2008-05-03). Jazz finish off Rockets despite McGrady's 40. Houston Chronicle.
  2. ^ Jonathan Feigen (2007-05-21). Adelman reaches deal to coach Rockets. Houston Chronicle.
  3. ^ Damien Pierce (2007-07-17). Scola signed rockets. Rockets Official Website.
  4. ^ Jonathan Feigen (2007-07-20). Francis returns to Rockets. Houston Chronicle.
  5. ^ Marc Stein (2007-06-14). Rockets, Wolves finalize swap of Howard, James.. ESPN.
  6. ^ Jonathan Feigen (2007-07-14). Scola to play for rockets. Houston Chronicle.
  7. ^ Damien Pierce (2007-09-07). Home Improvement. Rockets Official Website.

[edit] External links

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