2010–11 Houston Rockets season

2010–11 Houston Rockets season
Head coach Rick Adelman
Arena Toyota Center
Results
Record 43–39 (.524)
Place Division: 5th (Southwest)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television FS Houston, KTXH
Radio Sports Radio 610
Houston Rockets seasons
< 2009–10 2011–12 >

The 2010–11 Houston Rockets season is the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 40th based in Houston.

Contents

Key dates

Summary

NBA Draft 2010

Main article: 2010 NBA Draft

Free agency

Draft picks

Main article: 2010 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Team
1 14 Patrick Patterson PF  United States Kentucky

Roster

Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (Y–M–D) From
F 8 Adrien, Jeff 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 243 lb (110 kg) 1986–02–10 Connecticut
F 10 Budinger, Chase 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1988–05–22 Arizona
C 21 Dalembert, Samuel 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1981–05–10 Seton Hall
G 3 Dragić, Goran 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–05–06 Slovenia
G 9 Flynn, Jonny 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1989–02–06 Syracuse
F/C 27 Hill, Jordan 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1987–07–27 Arizona
G/F 5 Lee, Courtney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985–10–03 Western Kentucky
G 7 Lowry, Kyle 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1986–03–25 Villanova
G 12 Martin, Kevin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–02–01 Western Carolina
F 2 Morris, Marcus 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989–02–09 Kansas
F 25 Parsons, Chandler 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–10–25 Florida
F 54 Patterson, Patrick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989–03–14 Kentucky
F/C 4 Scola, Luis (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1980–04–30 Argentina
C 32 Thabeet, Hasheem 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 263 lb (119 kg) 1987–02–16 Connecticut
G/F 1 Williams, Terrence 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1987–06–28 Louisville
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Keith Jones
  • Jason Biles
Strength and conditioning coach(es)
  • Darryl Eto
  • David Macha
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured
  • * High school

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2011-12-12

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Chuck Hayes Brad Miller Yao Ming
Hasheem Thabeet
PF Luis Scola Jordan Hill
SF Chase Budinger Patrick Patterson Mike Harris Terrence Williams
SG Kevin Martin Courtney Lee
PG Kyle Lowry Goran Dragić

Pre-season

Game log

2010–11 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
c-San Antonio Spurs 61 21 .744 – 36–5 25–16 10–6
x-Dallas Mavericks 57 25 .695 4 29–12 28–13 8–8
x-New Orleans Hornets 46 36 .561 15 28–13 18–23 9–7
x-Memphis Grizzlies 46 36 .561 15 30–11 16–25 8–8
Houston Rockets 43 39 .524 18 25–16 18–23 5–11
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-San Antonio Spurs 61 21 .744 –
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers 57 25 .695 4
3 x-Dallas Mavericks 57 25 .695 4
4 y-Oklahoma City Thunder 55 27 .671 6
5 x-Denver Nuggets 50 32 .610 11
6 x-Portland Trail Blazers 48 34 .585 13
7 x-New Orleans Hornets 46 36 .561 15
8 x-Memphis Grizzlies 46 36 .561 15
9 Houston Rockets 43 39 .524 18
10 Phoenix Suns 40 42 .488 21
11 Utah Jazz 39 43 .476 22
12 Golden State Warriors 36 46 .439 25
13 Los Angeles Clippers 32 50 .390 29
14 Sacramento Kings 24 58 .293 37
15 Minnesota Timberwolves 17 65 .207 44

Game log

Total: 43–39 (Home: 25–16; Road: 18–23)
2010–11 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

Player statistics

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

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Shane Battier* 59 59 30.8 .456 .391 .645 4.8 2.6 .90 1.20 8.6
Aaron Brooks* 34 7 23.9 .346 .284 .940 1.5 3.8 .60 .10 11.6
Chase Budinger 71 15 21.3 .421 .335 .852 3.5 1.5 .54 .21 9.4
DeMarre Carroll* 4 0 2.0 .000 .0 .0 0.0 0.5 .0 .0 0.0
Goran Dragić* 15 0 13.2 .486 .552 .724 1.5 1.8 .60 .07 7.1
Mike Harris 3 0 2.0 .667 .0 .0 0.0 0.0 .0 .0 1.3
Chuck Hayes 67 56 27.2 .527 .000 .664 7.8 2.6 1.00 .67 7.7
Jordan Hill 67 11 16.2 .490 .000 .720 4.4 0.4 .21 .73 5.8
Jared Jeffries* 18 0 7.7 .306 .167 .400 1.9 0.6 .40 .20 1.5
Courtney Lee 74 1 20.6 .452 .426 .755 2.4 1.1 .70 .20 8.1
Kyle Lowry 71 67 33.8 .433 .380 .755 4.1 6.6 1.39 .31 13.5
Kevin Martin 73 73 31.9 .436 .390 .893 3.2 2.4 1.04 .19 23.1
Brad Miller 56 5 16.5 .438 .358 .822 3.5 2.3 .45 .36 6.1
Patrick Patterson 45 3 15.9 .557 .000 .727 3.9 0.8 .33 .71 6.0
Luis Scola 70 70 32.5 .501 .000 .736 8.1 2.4 .63 .63 18.3
Ishmael Smith* 28 3 11.8 .386 .375 .700 1.5 2.3 .50 .10 2.6
Jermaine Taylor* 8 0 9.6 .500 .400 .833 1.1 0.3 .30 .30 4.9
Hasheem Thabeet* 2 0 2.0 .000 .0 .0 0.0 0.0 .0 .50 0.0
Terrence Williams* 11 0 7.6 .333 .200 .818 1.4 0.6 .36 .0 3.5
Yao Ming 5 5 18.2 .486 .273 .938 5.4 0.8 .0 1.60 10.2

As of March 31.[1]
* - Stats with the Rockets.

Playoffs

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

All-Star

Season

Records

Milestones

Injuries and surgeries

Transactions

Trades

December 15, 2010
 To New Jersey Nets
To Houston Rockets
To Los Angeles Lakers
December 15, 2010
 To Sacramento Kings
To Houston Rockets
  • Future second-round pick
February 24, 2011
 To Memphis Grizzlies
To Houston Rockets
February 24, 2011
 To Phoenix Suns
To Houston Rockets

Free agents

Additions

Player Signed Former Team
Brad Miller Signed 3 year contract for $15 Million Chicago Bulls
Kyle Lowry Houston Rockets
Chuck Hayes Houston Rockets
Luis Scola Signed 5 year contract for $47 Million Houston Rockets
Yao Ming Houston Rockets

Subtractions

Player Reason Left New Team
Brian Cook Free agent Los Angeles Clippers
Hilton Armstrong Free agent Washington Wizards
Jared Jeffries Waived

References

  1. ^ http://www.nba.com/rockets/stats/
  2. ^ "Magic's Howard, Rockets' Martin named Players of the Week". NBA.com. February 28, 2011. http://www.nba.com/2011/news/02/28/players-of-the-week/index.html. 
  3. ^ "Heat's James, Rockets' Lowry named Players of the Week". NBA.com. March 21, 2011. http://www.nba.com/2011/news/03/21/players-of-the-week/index.html. 
  4. ^ "Minnesota's Love to replace Yao Ming in 2011 All-Star Game". NBA.com. February 4, 2011. http://www.nba.com/2011/news/02/04/kevin.love.allstar.ap/index.html. 
  5. ^ "West coach Popovich tabs Duncan to start in All-Star Game". NBA.com. February 17, 2011. http://www.nba.com/2011/news/02/17/duncan-starter.ap/index.html. 
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