2011–12 Houston Rockets season

2011–12 Houston Rockets season
Head coach Kevin McHale
Arena Toyota Center
Results
Record 0–0
Place Division: 0th (Southwest)
Conference: 0th (Western)
Playoff finish TBD
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television FS Houston, KTXH
Radio Sports Radio 610
Houston Rockets seasons
< 2010–11 2012–13 >

The 2011–12 Houston Rockets season is the 45th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 41st based in Houston.

Contents

Key dates

Draft picks

Main article: 2011 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Team

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 Jordan Hill Samuel Dalembert Hasheem Thabeet
PF Luis Scola Patrick Patterson Marcus Morris Jeff Adrien
SF Chase Budinger Terrence Williams Chandler Parsons
SG Kevin Martin Courtney Lee
PG Kyle Lowry Goran Dragić Jonny Flynn

Pre-season

Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed pre-season schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season were scraped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded.

Pre-season: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 December 17 San Antonio W 101–87 Luis Scola (20) Jordan Hill (13) Kyle Lowry (5) Toyota Center
12,859		 1–0
2 December 21 @ San Antonio L 95–97 Marcus Morris (20) Jordan Hill (8) Jonny Flynn (6) AT&T Center
17,323		 1–1
2011–12 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
San Antonio Spurs 3 2 .600 – 3–0 0–2 1–1 5
Memphis Grizzlies 2 3 .400 1.0 2–1 0–2 1–1 5
New Orleans Hornets 2 3 .400 1.0 1–1 1–2 0–0 5
Houston Rockets 2 3 .400 1.0 2–0 0–3 1–1 5
Dallas Mavericks 2 4 .333 1.5 2–2 0–2 0–0 6
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1 Portland Trail Blazers * 4 1 .800 – 5
2 Oklahoma City Thunder 5 2 .714 – 7
3 San Antonio Spurs * 3 2 .600 1.0 5
4 Los Angeles Lakers * 4 3 .571 1.0 7
5 Denver Nuggets 4 2 .667 0.5 6
6 Los Angeles Clippers 2 2 .500 1.5 4
7 Utah Jazz 3 3 .500 1.5 6
8 Memphis Grizzlies 2 3 .400 2.0 5
9 Phoenix Suns 2 3 .400 2.0 5
10 New Orleans Hornets 2 3 .400 2.0 5
11 Houston Rockets 2 3 .400 2.0 5
12 Golden State Warriors 2 3 .400 2.0 5
13 Minnesota Timberwolves 2 3 .400 2.0 5
14 Sacramento Kings 2 4 .333 2.5 6
15 Dallas Mavericks 2 4 .333 2.5 6

Game log

Total: 2–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–3)
January: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 January 3 @ L. A. Lakers L 99–108 Kyle Lowry (22) Kyle Lowry (10) Kyle Lowry (9) Staples Center
18,997		 2–3
6 January 4 @ L. A. Clippers Staples Center
7 January 6 @ Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena
8 January 7 Oklahoma City Toyota Center
9 January 10 @ Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena
10 January 11 @ San Antonio AT&T Center
11 January 13 Sacramento Toyota Center
12 January 14 Portland Toyota Center
13 January 16 @ Washington Verizon Center
14 January 17 Detroit Toyota Center
15 January 19 New Orleans Toyota Center
16 January 21 San Antonio Toyota Center
17 January 23 @ Minnesota Target Center
18 January 25 Milwaukee Toyota Center
19 January 27 Washington Toyota Center
20 January 28 New York Toyota Center
21 January 30 Minnesota Toyota Center
2011–12 season schedule

References

  1. ^ "Report: NBA draft moving to Newark". ESPN.com. October 27, 2010. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5733121. Retrieved June 13, 2011. 

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