2007–08 Houston Rockets season

The 2007–08 Houston Rockets season was 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 fourth longest in the history of the NBA. The Houston Rockets came into the 2007–2008 playoffs without Yao Ming, who was still injured. This injury contributed to the Rockets' elimination by the Utah Jazz in the first round (2–4).[1] This was the second consecutive season where the Rockets' had their season ended by the Jazz. The team brought back Steve Francis, but his return was short-lived as he was active for only 10 games, starting 3 of them. It would be his last season in the NBA.

2007–08 Houston Rockets season
Head coachRick Adelman
General managerDaryl Morey
OwnersLeslie Alexander
ArenaToyota Center
Results
Record55–27 (.671)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Southwest)
Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst Round
(Lost to Jazz 2–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionFSN Houston, My Network TV Houston

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

Draft picks

Houston's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 26 Aaron Brooks Point guard  United States Oregon
2 54 Brad Newley Shooting guard  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.

Roster
Roster listing
Houston Rockets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
PG 12 Alston, Rafer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fresno State
SF 31 Battier, Shane 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Duke
PG 0 Brooks, Aaron 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 161 lb (73 kg) Oregon
PG 3 Francis, Steve  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Maryland
SF 19 Harris, Mike 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Rice
PF 44 Hayes, Chuck 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 242 lb (110 kg) Kentucky
SG 2 Head, Luther 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Illinois
PG 8 Jackson, Bobby 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Minnesota
PF 14 Landry, Carl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 253 lb (115 kg) Purdue
SG 1 McGrady, Tracy (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 223 lb (101 kg) Mt. Zion Christian Academy (NC)
C 55 Mutombo, Dikembe 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Georgetown
SF 20 Novak, Steve 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 234 lb (106 kg) Marquette
PF 4 Scola, Luis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Argentina
C 33 Woods, Loren 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Arizona
C 11 Yao Ming  (C) 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) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 28 April 2008

Regular season

Standings
Southwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-New Orleans Hornets 5626.683–30–1126–1510–6
x-San Antonio Spurs 5626.683–34–722–1910–6
x-Houston Rockets 5527.671131–1024–178–8
x-Dallas Mavericks 5131.622534–717–2410–6
Memphis Grizzlies 2260.2683414–278–332–14
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 r-Los Angeles Lakers5725.695–
2 y-New Orleans Hornets5626.6831
3 x-San Antonio Spurs5626.6831
4 y-Utah Jazz5428.6593
5 x-Houston Rockets5527.6712
6 x-Phoenix Suns5527.6712
7 x-Dallas Mavericks5131.6226
8 x-Denver Nuggets5032.6107
9 Golden State Warriors4834.5859
10 Portland Trail Blazers4141.50016
11 Sacramento Kings3844.46319
12 Los Angeles Clippers2359.28034
13 Minnesota Timberwolves2260.26835
14 Memphis Grizzlies2260.26835
15 Seattle SuperSonics2062.24437

Record vs. opponents
2007-08 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta —0–32–22–21–21–11–10–41–10–21–21–11–12–03–12–22–01–30–24–02–23–11–10–21–10–21–11–21–12–2
Boston 3–0—3–14–02–22–01–12–11–12–03–02–02–02–04–04–02–04–01–14–01–23–11–12–02–02–02–03–11–10–3
Charlotte 2–21–3—1–31–30–21–10–31–10–23–12–01–11–13–11–22–01–30–21–21–31–20–22–00–20–22–02–21–11–3
Chicago 2–20–43–1—3–10–21–13–11–10–22–21–10–21–12–13–11–11–20–22–20–41–30–20–21–10–22–01–21–11–2
Cleveland 2–12–23–11–3—1–10–21–31–10–24–02–02–02–03–01–32–01–30–22–11–32–10–22–02–01–11–13–11–12–2
Dallas 1–10–22–02–01–1—1–21–13–13–11–14–01–34–02–01–13–01–12–22–02–01–12–12–22–11–33–11–12–20–2
Denver 1–11–11–11–12–02–1—0–23–12–21–13–10–34–02–01–14–02–01–21–11–11–12–22–22–12–23–12–01–32–0
Detroit 4–01–23–01–33–11–12–0–2–01–14–02–01–12–04–03–12–03–02–02–22–22–22–01–10–22–02–03–10–22–1
Golden State 1–11–11–11–11–11–31–30–2—2–21–13–12–24–02–02–03–11–11–21–11–12–02–22–23–12–12–12–00–32–0
Houston 2–00–22–02–02–01–32–21–12–2—2–03–02–13–11–12–03–02–02–22–01–10–22–24–02–22–24–01–11–22–0
Indiana 2–10–31–32–20–41–11–10–41–10–2—1–10–21–13–13–11–12–21–14–01–23–00–22–01–10–21–11–31–12–2
L.A. Clippers 1–10–20–21–10–20–41–30–21–30–31–1–0–43–11–11–11–32–00–42–00–20–21–30–33–10–32–11–11–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–10–21–12–00–23–13–01–12–21–22–04–0—2–12–01–13–01–12–22–01–12–03–12–23–12–24–02–03–12–0
Memphis 0–20–21–11–10–20–40–40–20–41–31–11–31–2—2–00–22–22–00–42–01–10–20–30–32–21–33–10–20–31–1
Miami 1–30–41–31–20–30–20–20–40–21–11–31–10–20–2—2–21–11–20–21–30–40–31–10–21–10–21–10–41–10–4
Milwaukee 2–20–42–11–33–11–11–11–30–20–21–31–11–12–02–2—1–10–40–21–31–31–20–20–20–20–21–11–20–22–2
Minnesota 0–20–20–21–10–20–30–40–21–30–31–13–10–32–21–11–1—1–11–31–11–11–12–20–42–10–41–30–22–20–2
New Jersey 3–10–43–12–13–11–10–20–31–10–22–20–21–10–22–14–01–1—0–21–31–32–20–21–10–20–22–01–31–12–1
New Orleans 2–01–12–02–02–02–22–10–22–12–21–14–02–24–02–02–03–12–0—2–01–12–04–02–21–22–23–01–11–30–2
New York 0–40–42–12–21–20–21–12–21–10–20–40–20–20–23–13–11–13–10–2—1–31–30–20–20–20–20–21–31–12–1
Orlando 2–22–13–14–03–10–21–12–21–11–12–12–01–11–14–03–11–13–11–13–1—3–10–22–01–10–22–02–10–23–1
Philadelphia 1–31–32–13–11–21–11–12–20–22–00–32–00–22–03–02–11–12–20–23–11–3—1–11–11–11–12–01–30–22–2
Phoenix 1–11–12–02–02–01–22–20–22–22–22–03–11–33–01–12–02–22–00–42–02–01–1—3–04–03–14–02–01–22–0
Portland 2–00–20–22–00–22–22–21–12–20–40–23–02–23–02–02–04–01–12–22–00–21–10–3—1–30–32–21–13–11–1
Sacramento 1–10–22–01–10–21–21–22–01–32–21–11–31–32–21–12–01–22–02–12–01–11–10–43–1—1–33–11–12–20–2
San Antonio 2–00–22–02–01–13–12–20–21–22–22–03–02–23–12–02–04–02–02–22–02–01–11–33–03–1—2–11–12–22–0
Seattle 1–10–20–20–21–11–31–30–21–20–41–11–20–41–31–11–13–10–20–32–00–20–20–42–21–31–2—1–10–40–2
Toronto 2–11–32–22–11–31–10–21–30–21–13–11–10–22–04–02–12–03–11–13–11–23–10–21–11–11–11–1—0–21–3
Utah 1–11–11–11–11–12–23–12–03–02–11–13–11–33–01–12–02–21–13–11–12–02–02–11–32–22–24–02–0—2–0
Washington 2–23–03–12–12–22–00–21–20–20–22–22–00–21–14–02–22–01–22–01–21–32–20–21–12–00–22–03–10–2—

October

Record: 1–0 ; Home: 0–0 ; Road: 1–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
130 October 2007Rockets95–93LakersNATracy McGrady (30)18,9971–0

November

Record: 8–8; Home: 4–3; Road: 4–5

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
21 November 2007Rockets105–96JazzNATracy McGrady (47)19,9112–0
33 November 2007Trail Blazers80–89RocketsNAYao Ming (21)18,2323–0
45 November 2007Rockets98–107MavericksNATracy McGrady (35)20,3893–1
56 November 2007Spurs81–89RocketsNAYao Ming (28)18,2804–1
69 November 2007Bucks88–104RocketsNAYao Ming (28)18,2445–1
711 November 2007Rockets85–82BobcatsNAYao Ming (34)11,9366–1
813 November 2007Rockets99–105GrizzliesNATracy McGrady (41)12,3686–2
914 November 2007Lakers93–90RocketsNAYao Ming (26)18,1786–3
1016 November 2007Rockets84–90SpursNALuis Scola (20)18,7976–4
1117 November 2007Suns115–105RocketsNALuis Scola (20)18,2656–5
1221 November 2007Mavericks100–94RocketsNAYao Ming (30)18,1436–6
1323 November 2007Rockets91–98HeatNATwo-way tie (20)19,6006–7
1424 November 2007Nuggets81–108RocketsNATracy McGrady (35)18,2287–7
1526 November 2007Rockets88–71ClippersNATracy McGrady (36)15,4528–7
1628 November 2007Rockets100–94SunsNAYao Ming (31)18,4229–7
1729 November 2007Rockets94–113WarriorsNAMike James (19)19,5969–8

December

Record: 6–8; Home: 3–3; Road: 3–5

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
181 December 2007Rockets99–107KingsNATracy McGrady (40)15,0819–9
195 December 2007Grizzlies92–105RocketsNATwo-way tie (24)17,72310–9
207 December 2007Rockets96–89NetsNAYao Ming (25)15,42111–9
219 December 2007Rockets80–93RaptorsNATracy McGrady (23)19,80011–10
2210 December 2007Rockets88–100SixersNABonzi Wells (24)12,55111–11
2312 December 2007Pistons77–80RocketsNATracy McGrady (29)17,45312–11
2417 December 2007Mavericks96–83RocketsNAYao Ming (28)18,30712–12
2519 December 2007Magic97–92RocketsNAYao Ming (19)18,27012–13
2620 December 2007Rockets111–112Nuggets2Yao Ming (26)16,15712–14
2722 December 2007Rockets116–98BullsNATwo-way tie (20)22,43413–14
2823 December 2007Rockets82–94PistonsNALuis Scola (18)22,07613–15
2928 December 2007Rockets103–83GrizzliesNATwo-way tie (22)15,66014–15
3029 December 2007Raptors79–91RocketsNAYao Ming (25)18,10315–15
3131 December 2007Warriors112–95RocketsNARafer Alston (22)18,15315–16

January

Record: 10–4; Home: 5–3; Road: 5–1

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
322 January 2008Rockets93–97CelticsNABonzi Wells (25)18,62415–17
334 January 2008Rockets96–94MagicNAYao Ming (26)17,51916–17
345 January 2008Knicks91–103RocketsNAYao Ming (30)16,63417–17
358 January 2008Rockets92–84WizardsNALuther Head (24)16,82418–17
369 January 2008Rockets101–92KnicksNAYao Ming (36)19,03519–17
3711 January 2008Timberwolves82–113RocketsNALuis Scola (22)16,22320–17
3813 January 2008Hornets87–82RocketsNAYao Ming (30)13,59920–18
3915 January 2008Sixers111–107RocketsNAYao Ming (25)13,42820–19
4019 January 2008Spurs81–83RocketsNAYao Ming (21)18,35321–19
4121 January 2008SuperSonics89–96RocketsNAYao Ming (30)15,26422–19
4223 January 2008Rockets109–107SuperSonicsNATracy McGrady (28)12,34223–19
4325 January 2008Rockets89–79Trail BlazersNATracy McGrady (15)20,57624–19
4427 January 2008Jazz97–89RocketsNATracy McGrady (21)17,48024–20
4529 January 2008Warriors107–111RocketsNAYao Ming (36)16,58625–20

February

Record: 13–0; Home: 8–0; Road: 5–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
461 February 2008Rockets106–103PacersNACarl Landry (22)13,78426–20
472 February 2008Rockets91–83BucksNATracy McGrady (33)18,71727–20
484 February 2008Rockets92–86TimberwolvesNATracy McGrady (26)10,01928–20
497 February 2008Cavaliers77–92RocketsNAYao Ming (22)18,40229–20
509 February 2008Hawks108–89RocketsNAYao Ming (28)18,17730–20
5111 February 2008Trail Blazers83–95RocketsNAYao Ming (25)14,71031–20
5213 February 2008Kings87–89RocketsNAYao Ming (25)16,11532–20
5319 February 2008Rockets93–85CavaliersNARafer Alston (22)20,56233–20
5421 February 2008Heat100–112RocketsNATracy McGrady (23)15,99434–20
5522 February 2008Rockets100–80HornetsNATracy McGrady (28)17,71435–20
5624 February 2008Bulls97–110RocketsNATracy McGrady (24)18,27536–20
5726 February 2008Wizards69–94RocketsNALuther Head (18)15,76837–20
5829 February 2008Grizzlies95–116RocketsNATracy McGrady (25)18,10538–20

March

Record: 11–4; Home: 7–1; Road: 4–3

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
592 March 2008Nuggets89–103RocketsNATracy McGrady (22)18,16839–20
605 March 2008Pacers99–117RocketsNATracy McGrady (25)18,16040–20
616 March 2008Rockets113–98MavericksNATracy McGrady (31)20,31541–20
628 March 2008Rockets106–96HornetsNATracy McGrady (41)18,27942–20
6310 March 2008Nets73–91RocketsNATracy McGrady (19)18,27143–20
6412 March 2008Rockets83–75HawksNATracy McGrady (28)17,07844–20
6514 March 2008Bobcats80–89RocketsNATracy McGrady (30)18,26545–20
6616 March 2008Lakers92–104RocketsNARafer Alston (31)18,40946–20
6718 March 2008Celtics94–74RocketsNALuis Scola (15)18,52546–21
6819 March 2008Rockets69–90HornetsNATracy McGrady (15)17,95646–22
6921 March 2008Rockets109–106WarriorsNATracy McGrady (26)19,82447–22
7022 March 2008Rockets113–122SunsNATracy McGrady (30)18,42247–23
7124 March 2008Kings100–108RocketsNARafer Alston (28)18,24148–23
7226 March 2008Timberwolves86–97RocketsNATracy McGrady (23)18,26949–23
7330 March 2008Rockets88–109SpursNALuis Scola (24)18,79749–24

April

Record: 6–3; Home: 3–0; Road: 3–3

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
741 April 2008Rockets98–99KingsNATracy McGrady (32)14,16949–25
753 April 2008Rockets95–86Trail BlazersNATracy McGrady (35)19,98050–25
764 April 2008Rockets79–66SonicsNATracy McGrady (25)14,17051–25
776 April 2008Rockets106–96ClippersNAAaron Brooks (18)17,93252–25
789 April 2008Sonics80–103RocketsNARafer Alston (18)18,37053–25
7911 April 2008Suns90–101RocketsNATracy McGrady (22)18,48954–25
8013 April 2008Rockets94–111NuggetsNALuther Head (19)19,72054–26
8114 April 2008Rockets96–105JazzNATwo-way tie (22)19,91154–27
8216 April 2008Clippers75–93RocketsNALuis Scola (22)18,38655–27
  • Green background indicates win.
  • Red background indicates regulation loss.
  • White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

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

Regular season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Rafer Alston 747434.1.394.351.7153.55.31.32.2413.1
Shane Battier 807836.3.428.377.7435.11.9.961.139.3
Aaron Brooks 51011.9.413.330.8571.11.7.25.105.2
Steve Francis 10319.9.333.235.5652.33.0.90.505.5
Gerald Green* 30012.0.344.385.8292.11.0.27.135.1
Mike Harris 1709.4.500.000.6153.2.2.35.183.6
Chuck Hayes 794419.9.511.000.4585.41.21.08.543.0
Luther Head 731718.9.432.351.8151.81.9.60.127.6
Bobby Jackson* 72519.3.403.358.7902.51.9.63.077.7
Carl Landry 42016.9.616.000.6614.9.5.40.178.1
Tracy McGrady 666237.0.419.292.6845.15.91.03.4521.6
Yao Ming 555537.2.507.000.85010.82.3.452.0222.0
Dikembe Mutombo 392515.9.538.000.7115.1.1.281.233.0
Steve Novak 3507.5.480.479.7501.0.2.06.093.9
Luis Scola 823924.7.515.000.6686.41.3.73.2310.3
Justin Williams* 2305.3.448.000.3082.1.0.22.221.5
Loren Woods 702.4.600.000.000.1.3.00.00.9

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Rafer Alston 4431.5.438.440.8001.54.51.00.0014.3
Shane Battier 6641.0.444.480.7273.8.51.00.8310.0
Aaron Brooks 608.3.320.000.8181.0.5.00.004.2
Mike Harris 303.0.500.000.500.7.0.00.001.0
Chuck Hayes 6018.0.636.000.0004.7.8.501.002.3
Luther Head 508.8.071.0001.000.4.8.40.20.8
Bobby Jackson 6223.0.286.208.6361.71.5.83.008.7
Carl Landry 6017.7.423.000.7504.7.01.17.505.7
Tracy McGrady 6641.2.425.208.6238.26.81.50.8327.0
Dikembe Mutombo 6620.5.615.000.6366.5.3.171.833.8
Steve Novak 307.0.750.667.000.7.0.00.332.7
Luis Scola 6636.7.448.000.6869.31.3.67.1714.0
Loren Woods 101.01.000.000.0001.0.0.00.002.0

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Starting with the 29 January 2008 win versus the Golden State Warriors, the Rockets won 22 consecutive games. The streak came to an end against the eventual champion Boston Celtics. The streak is the fourth longest winning streak in NBA history (the second longest at the time it was achieved).

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 20 July 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]

Trades

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

On 12 July 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]

Free agents
PlayerFormer team
Steve FrancisNew York Knicks (via Blazers)
PlayerNew team
Jackie Butler????
John Lucas IIIPallacanestro Treviso
Justin ReedAustin Toros
Bob Sura????

Court Redesign

On 7 September, 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]

Playoffs
2008 playoff game log
First Round: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)
2008 playoff schedule

See also

References
  1. Jonathan Feigen (3 May 2008). "Jazz finish off Rockets despite McGrady's 40". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
  2. Jonathan Feigen (21 May 2007). "Adelman reaches deal to coach Rockets". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
  3. Damien Pierce (17 July 2007). "Scola signed rockets". Rockets Official Website. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
  4. Jonathan Feigen (20 July 2007). "Francis returns to Rockets". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 23 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
  5. Marc Stein (14 June 2007). "Rockets, Wolves finalize swap of Howard, James". ESPN. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
  6. Jonathan Feigen (14 July 2007). "Scola to play for rockets". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
  7. Damien Pierce (7 September 2007). "Home Improvement". Rockets Official Website. Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2007.
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