NBA professional basketball team season
2009β10 Houston Rockets season | |||
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Head coach | Rick Adelman | ||
General manager | Daryl Morey | ||
Owners | Leslie Alexander | ||
Arena | Toyota Center | ||
Results | |||
Record | 42–40 (.512) | ||
Place | Division: 3rd (Southwest) Conference: 9th (Western) | ||
Playoff finish | Did not qualify | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
Local media | |||
Television | My Network TV Houston, FSN Houston | ||
Radio | Sports Radio 610 | ||
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The 2009β10 Houston Rockets season was the: 43rd season of theββfranchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The news broke in the off-season when center Yao Ming would miss the upcoming season dueββto foot surgery. This injury would soon be, "considered career-threatening." Mid-season, All-Star Tracy McGrady, who was working his way back from knee surgery that kept him out of last season, was tradedββto the New York Knicks. Despite losing two All-Stars, the Rockets finished 42β40, "but did not clinch a playoff spot."
Key datesβ»
- June 25 β The 2009 NBA draft took place in New York City.
- July 8 β The free agency period started.
Draft picksβ»
Main article: 2009 NBA draft
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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2 | 32 | Jermaine Taylor | SG | ![]() |
Central Florida |
2 | 34 | Sergio Llull | PG | ![]() |
Real Madrid (Spain) |
Rosterβ»
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Roster Notesβ»
- Center Yao Ming missed the "entire season due to an left foot injury."
Pre-seasonβ»
2009 Pre-season Game Log: 0β0β0 (Home: 0β0β0 ; Road: 0β0β0) | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap | |
1 | October 7 (in Hidalgo, Texas) | Boston Celtics | 90β96 | Houston Rockets |
Regular seasonβ»
Standingsβ»
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y-Dallas Mavericks | 55 | 27 | .671 | β | 28β13 | 27β14 | 10β6 |
x-San Antonio Spurs | 50 | 32 | .610 | 5 | 29β12 | 21β20 | 9β7 |
Houston Rockets | 42 | 40 | .512 | 13 | 23β18 | 19β22 | 9β7 |
Memphis Grizzlies | 40 | 42 | .488 | 15 | 23β18 | 17β24 | 5β11 |
New Orleans Hornets | 37 | 45 | .451 | 18 | 24β17 | 13β28 | 7β9 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | c-Los Angeles Lakers | 57 | 25 | .695 | β |
2 | y-Dallas Mavericks | 55 | 27 | .671 | 2 |
3 | x-Phoenix Suns | 54 | 28 | .659 | 3 |
4 | y-Denver Nuggets | 53 | 29 | .646 | 4 |
5 | x-Utah Jazz | 53 | 29 | .646 | 4 |
6 | x-Portland Trail Blazers | 50 | 32 | .610 | 7 |
7 | x-San Antonio Spurs | 50 | 32 | .610 | 7 |
8 | x-Oklahoma City Thunder | 50 | 32 | .610 | 7 |
9 | Houston Rockets | 42 | 40 | .512 | 15 |
10 | Memphis Grizzlies | 40 | 42 | .488 | 17 |
11 | New Orleans Hornets | 37 | 45 | .451 | 20 |
12 | Los Angeles Clippers | 29 | 53 | .354 | 28 |
13 | Golden State Warriors | 26 | 56 | .317 | 31 |
14 | Sacramento Kings | 25 | 57 | .305 | 32 |
15 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 15 | 67 | .183 | 42 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
2009-10 NBA Records | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | BOS | CHA | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | LAC | LAL | MEM | MIA | MIL | MIN | NJN | NOH | NYK | OKC | ORL | PHI | PHO | POR | SAC | SAS | TOR | UTA | WAS |
Atlanta | β | 4β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 |
Boston | 0β4 | β | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 |
Charlotte | 2β2 | 0β3 | β | 1β3 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 4β0 |
Chicago | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β | 2β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 2β1 |
Cleveland | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | β | 1β1 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 |
Dallas | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | β | 2β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 |
Denver | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β2 | β | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 |
Detroit | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 1β1 | β | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 4β0 |
Golden State | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β1 | β | 0β3 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 2β0 | 0β3 | 0β2 |
Houston | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 3β0 | β | 0β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 |
Indiana | 0β3 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | β | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 |
L.A. Clippers | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β3 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β1 | β | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 2β0 |
L.A. Lakers | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | β | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 |
Memphis | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 1β2 | β | 1β1 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 2β0 |
Miami | 3β1 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 0β3 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | β | 1β3 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 |
Milwaukee | 1β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | β | 2β0 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 0β3 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 |
Minnesota | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 0β3 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 0β2 | β | 2β0 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 |
New Jersey | 0β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 0β2 | β | 1β1 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 0β3 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 0β4 |
New Orleans | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 | β | 0β2 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 |
New York | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β3 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | β | 0β2 | 0β3 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 3β1 |
Oklahoma City | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | β | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 |
Orlando | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 1β1 | β | 4β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 |
Philadelphia | 1β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 0β4 | β | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 0β3 |
Phoenix | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | β | 1β2 | 4β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 |
Portland | 0β2 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | β | 4β0 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 0β4 | 1β1 |
Sacramento | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 0β4 | β | 0β4 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 |
San Antonio | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 0β3 | 4β0 | β | 1β1 | 0β4 | 2β0 |
Toronto | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | β | 0β2 | 2β1 |
Utah | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 4β0 | 2β0 | β | 2β0 |
Washington | 0β4 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 0β2 | β |
Game logβ»
Player statisticsβ»
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 seasonβ»
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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David Andersen | 63 | 0 | 14.1 | .432 | .346 | .687 | 3.3 | .7 | .2 | .2 | 5.8 |
Trevor Ariza | 72 | 71 | 36.5 | .394 | .334 | .649 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 1.8 | .6 | 14.9 |
Hilton Armstrong | 9 | 0 | 4.4 | .294 | .000 | .000 | .7 | .3 | .6 | .0 | 1.1 |
Shane Battier | 67 | 62 | 32.4 | .398 | .362 | .726 | 4.7 | .8 | .8 | 1.1 | 8.0 |
Aaron Brooks | 82 | 82 | 35.6 | .432 | .398 | .822 | 2.6 | 5.3 | .8 | .2 | 19.6 |
Chase Budinger | 74 | 4 | 20.1 | .441 | .369 | .770 | 3.0 | 1.2 | .5 | .1 | 8.9 |
Will Conroy | 5 | 0 | 7.2 | .300 | .300 | .000 | .6 | 1.4 | .0 | .0 | 1.2 |
Brian Cook | 15 | 0 | 2.9 | .304 | .222 | .714 | .6 | .1 | .0 | .1 | 1.4 |
Joey Dorsey | 7 | 0 | 7.7 | .455 | . | .500 | 3.6 | .3 | .3 | .1 | 1.6 |
Mike Harris | 8 | 0 | 10.3 | .370 | .000 | .556 | 2.5 | .4 | .5 | .1 | 3.1 |
Chuck Hayes | 82 | 82 | 21.6 | .489 | . | .545 | 5.7 | 1.7 | .9 | .5 | 4.4 |
Jordan Hill | 23 | 0 | 16.2 | .532 | . | .660 | 5.0 | .6 | .2 | .5 | 6.4 |
Jared Jeffries | 18 | 0 | 18.4 | .429 | .111 | .556 | 3.6 | 1.0 | .5 | .7 | 4.9 |
Carl Landry | 52 | 1 | 27.2 | .547 | . | .839 | 5.5 | .8 | .5 | .9 | 16.1 |
Kyle Lowry | 68 | 0 | 24.3 | .397 | .272 | .827 | 3.6 | 4.5 | .9 | .1 | 9.1 |
Kevin Martin | 24 | 22 | 35.8 | .435 | .310 | .924 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.0 | .1 | 21.3 |
Tracy McGrady | 6 | 0 | 7.7 | .368 | .500 | .667 | .8 | 1.0 | .0 | .3 | 3.2 |
Pops Mensah-Bonsu | 4 | 0 | 3.3 | .250 | . | .500 | 1.0 | .3 | .3 | .3 | 1.3 |
Luis Scola | 82 | 82 | 32.6 | .514 | .200 | .779 | 8.6 | 2.1 | .8 | .3 | 16.2 |
Jermaine Taylor | 31 | 4 | 9.8 | .378 | .227 | .717 | 1.5 | .5 | .3 | .1 | 4.1 |
Garrett Temple | 9 | 0 | 13.1 | .448 | .250 | .667 | 1.6 | .8 | .4 | .4 | 5.0 |
Awards, records and milestonesβ»
Awardsβ»
Seasonβ»
Injuries and surgeriesβ»
- Yao Ming missed the entire season with a stress fracture in his left ankle.
Transactionsβ»
Tradesβ»
June 25, 2009 |
To Houston Rockets
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To Washington Wizards
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June 25, 2009 |
To Houston Rockets |
To Denver Nuggets
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June 25, 2009 |
To Houston Rockets
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To Detroit Pistons
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July 14, 2009 |
To Houston Rockets
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To Atlanta Hawks
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September 22, 2009 |
To Houston Rockets
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To Denver Nuggets |
February 18, 2010 | To Sacramento Kings Larry Hughes (From New York) Carl Landry (From Houston) Joey Dorsey (From Houston) |
To New York Knicks Tracy McGrady (from Houston) Sergio RodrΓguez (from Sacramento) To Houston Rockets Kevin Martin (from Sacramento) Jared Jeffries (from New York) Jordan Hill (From New York) Hilton Armstrong (From Sacramento) 2012 protected first-round pick (from New York) Rights to exchange 2011 first-round picks with New York |
Free agentsβ»
Additions | ||
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Player | Date signed | Former team |
Trevor Ariza | July 8 | Los Angeles Lakers |
Pops Mensah-Bonsu | September 3 | Toronto Raptors |
Mike Harris | December 22 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
Will Conroy | January 28 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
Subtractions | ||
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Player | Date signed | New Team |
Ron Artest | July 8 | Los Angeles Lakers |
Pops Mensah-Bonsu | November 16 | Toronto Raptors |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Aaron Brooks named NBA's Most Improved Player". Houston Rockets.com. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
- ^ "Yao Ming out for season with stress fracture in ankle". espn.go.com. Retrieved June 20, 2012.