2009–10 Houston Rockets season

March 2026 September 2020 Houston Rockets 2010 42 40 southwest 3rd 9th Rick Adelman Daryl Morey Leslie Alexander Toyota Center Did not qualify My Network TV Houston, FSN Houston Sports Radio 610 HOU The 2009–10 Houston Rockets season was the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The news broke in the off-season when center Yao Ming would miss the upcoming season due to 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 traded to the New York Knicks. Despite losing two All-Stars, the Rockets finished 42–40, but did not clinch a playoff spot. Key dates June 25 – The 2009 NBA draft took place in New York City. July 8 – The free agency period started. Draft picks 2009 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 2 32 Jermaine Taylor SG United States Central Florida 2 34 Sergio Llull PG Spain Real Madrid (Spain) Roster Houston Rockets 2009–10 #B50000 white #CBD4D8 black 13 David Andersen C 6 11 245 Australia 1 Trevor Ariza SF 6 8 210 UCLA 31 Shane Battier SG 6 8 220 Duke 0 Aaron Brooks basketball PG 6 0 161 Oregon 10 Chase Budinger SF 6 7 218 Arizona 33 Mike Harris basketball PF 6 6 235 Rice 44 Chuck Hayes C 6 6 238 Kentucky 27 Jordan Hill basketball PF 6 10 235 Arizona 20 Jared Jeffries F 6 11 240 Indiana 7 Kyle Lowry PG 6 0 205 Villanova 12 Kevin Martin SG 6 7 185 Western Carolina basketball, born 1983 4 Luis Scola PF 6 9 245 Argentina 8 Jermaine Taylor basketball SG 6 4 210 Central Florida 11 Yao Ming C 7 6 310 People's Republic of China Rick Adelman (Loyola Marymount) Elston Turner (Mississippi) Jack Sikma (Illinois Wesleyan) T. R. Dunn (Alabama) R.J. Adelman (Willamette) Roster notes Center Yao Ming missed the entire season due to a left foot injury. Pre-season 2009 Pre-season game log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 October 7 (in Hidalgo, Texas) Boston Celtics 90–96 Houston Rockets Regular season Standings HOU HOU Game log Houston Rockets 2010 Total: 42–40 (Home: 23–18; Road: 19–22) Houston Rockets October yes 1 0 1 1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 27 | @ Portland | 20091027 HOUPOR 87 96 | Aaron Brooks (19) | Hayes, LandryAndersen (5) | Kyle Lowry (8) | Rose Garden20403 | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 | October 28 | @ Golden State | 20091028 HOUSGSW 108 107 | Trevor Ariza (25) | Luis Scola (11) | Aaron Brooks (12) | Oracle Arena19596 | 1-1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 | October 31 | Portland | 20091031 PORHOU 111 107 | Trevor Ariza (33) | Luis Scola (6) | Aaron Brooks (8) | Toyota Center18100 | 2–1 Houston Rockets November yes 3 4 4 3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 | November 2 | @ Utah | 20091102 HOUUTA 113 96 | Aaron Brooks (19) | Luis Scola (15) | Aaron Brooks (9) | EnergySolutions Arena19911 | 3–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | November 4 | LA Lakers | 20091104 LALHOU 102 103 | Carl Landry (20) | Chuck Hayes (14) | Aaron Brooks (6) | Toyota Center18291 | 3–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | November 6 | Oklahoma City | 20091106 OKCHOU 105 94 | Trevor Ariza (21) | Luis Scola (10) | Kyle Lowry (8) | Toyota Center14911 | 4–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | November 10 | @ Dallas | 20091110 HOUDAL 103 121 | Aaron Brooks (22) | Chase Budinger (9) | Kyle Lowry (5) | American Airlines Center19720 | 4–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 | November 11 | Memphis | 20091111 MEMHOU 104 79 | Luis Scola (22) | Luis Scola (15) | Kyle Lowry (10) | Toyota Center17220 | 5–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | November 13 | @ Sacramento | 20091113 HOUSAC 100 109 | Trevor Ariza (28) | Luis Scola (9) | Ariza, Brooks (5) | ARCO Arena11762 | 5–4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 | November 15 | @ LA Lakers | 20091115 HOULAL 101 91 | Aaron Brooks (33) | Landry, Scola (9) | Kyle Lowry (8) | Staples Center18977 | 6–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 17 | Phoenix | 20091117 PHXHOU 105 111 | Carl Landry (27) | Carl Landry (9) | Aaron Brooks (13) | Toyota Center16396 | 6–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 | November 18 | @ Minnesota | 20091118 HOUMIN 97 84 | Luis Scola (20) | Luis Scola (16) | Shane Battier (5) | Target Center11137 | 7–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | November 20 | @ Atlanta | 20091120 HOUATL 103 105 | Luis Scola (17) | Luis Scola (10) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Philips Arena16674 | 7–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 14 | November 21 | Sacramento | 20091121 SACHOU 113 106 | Luis Scola (22) | Luis Scola (12) | Kyle Lowry (8) | Toyota Center16202 | 8–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 15 | November 25 | Dallas | 20091125 DALHOU 99 130 | Carl Landry (24) | Scola, Hayes (7) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Toyota Center18157 | 8–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 27 | San Antonio | 20091127 SASHOU 84 92 | Luis Scola (18) | Luis Scola (12) | Trevor Ariza (5) | Toyota Center18164 | 8-8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 17 | November 29 | @ Oklahoma City | 20091129 HOUOKC 100 91 | Brooks, Landry (21) | Carl Landry (10) | Aaron Brooks (4) | Ford Center18203 | 9–8 Houston Rockets December yes 6 0 5 5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 18 | December 2 | @ LA Clippers | 20091202 HOULAC 102 85 | Aaron Brooks (22) | Luis Scola (7) | Aaron Brooks (5) | Staples Center13836 | 10–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 | December 3 | @ Golden State | 20091203 HOUGSW 111 109 | Aaron Brooks (25) | Luis Scola (13) | Aaron Brooks (7) | Oracle Arena16432 | 11–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 | December 5 | @ Portland | 20091205 HOUPOR 89 90 | Carl Landry (23) | Carl Landry (9) | Aaron Brooks (5) | Rose Garden20555 | 11–9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 21 | December 9 | Cleveland | 20091209 CLEHOU 95 85 | Aaron Brooks (27) | Luis Scola (10) | Aaron Brooks (6) | Toyota Center18200 | 12–9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 22 | December 11 | @ Philadelphia | 20091211 HOUPHI 96 91 | Carl Landry (20) | Trevor Ariza (12) | Trevor Ariza (3) | Wachovia Center13991 | 13–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 23 | December 13 | @ Toronto | 20091213 HOUTOR 88 101 | Carl Landry (25) | Luis Scola (15) | Aaron Brooks (4) | Air Canada Centre17111 | 13–10 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 24 | December 15 | Detroit | 20091215 DETHOU 107 96 | Brooks, Scola (23) | Chase Budinger (12) | Aaron Brooks (10) | Toyota Center14899 | 14–10 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 | December 16 | @ Denver | 20091216 HOUDEN 101 111 | Aaron Brooks (23) | David Andersen (9) | Aaron Brooks (7) | Pepsi Center15753 | 14–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 26 | December 18 | @ Dallas | 20091218 HOUDAL 116 108 | Kyle Lowry (26) | Luis Scola (10) | Kyle Lowry (10) | American Airlines Center19890 | 15–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 | December 19 | Oklahoma City | 20091219 OKCHOU 95 90 | Trevor Ariza (31) | Chuck Hayes (15) | Trevor Ariza (6) | Toyota Center15095 | 16–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 28 | December 22 | LA Clippers | 20091222 LACHOU 108 99 | Aaron Brooks (27) | Shane Battier (8) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Toyota Center17128 | 17–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 29 | December 23 | @ Orlando | 20091223 HOUORL 87 102 | Carl Landry (20) | Trevor Ariza (7) | Brooks, Battier (4) | Amway Arena17461 | 17–12 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 30 | December 26 | @ New Jersey | 20091226 HOUNJN 103 98 | Carl Landry (26) | Trevor Ariza (11) | Trevor Ariza (8) | IZOD Center13374 | 18–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 27 | @ Cleveland | 20091227 HOUCLE 83 108 | Aaron Brooks (23) | Carl Landry (6) | Battier, Ariza, Brooks, Lowry (3) | Quicken Loans Arena20562 | 18–13 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 | December 29 | New Orleans | 20091229 NOHHOU 108 100 | Aaron Brooks (27) | Luis Scola (12) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Toyota Center18187 | 19–13 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 33 | December 31 | Dallas | 20091231 DALHOU 97 94 | Aaron Brooks (30) | Luis Scola (13) | Trevor Ariza (7) | Toyota Center18306 | 20–13 Houston Rockets January yes 4 5 1 4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 34 | January 2 | @ New Orleans | 20100102 HOUNOH 95 99 | Trevor Ariza (19) | Chuck Hayes (13) | Kyle Lowry (6) | New Orleans Arena16020 | 20–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 35 | January 5 | @ LA Lakers | 20100105 HOULAL 79 88 | Carl Landry (19) | Carl Landry (6) | Trevor Ariza (8) | Staples Center18997 | 20–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 6 | @ Phoenix | 20100106 HOUPHX 110 118 | Aaron Brooks (34) | Carl Landry (10) | Kyle Lowry (6) | US Airways Center15811 | 20–16 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 37 | January 9 | NY Knicks | 20100109 NYKHOU 105 96 | Luis Scola (23) | Scola, Lowry (7) | Shane Battier (5) | Toyota Center15693 | 21–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 | January 12 | @ Charlotte | 20100112 HOUCHA 94 102 | Trevor Ariza (19) | Luis Scola (14) | Aaron Brooks (6) | Time Warner Cable Arena11463 | 21–17 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 | January 13 | Minnesota | 20100113 MINHOU 120 114 | Aaron Brooks (43) | Chuck Hayes (17) | Trevor Ariza (7) | Toyota Center15175 | 22–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 40 | January 15 | Miami | 20100115 MIAHOU 106 115 | Budinger, Scola (17) | Battier, Ariza (6) | Aaron Brooks (5) | Toyota Center16720 | 22–18 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 41 | January 18 | Milwaukee | 2010018 MILHOU 101 98 | Luis Scola (27) | Luis Scola (15) | Aaron Brooks (10) | Toyota Center17187 | 23–18 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 42 | January 22 | @ San Antonio | 20100122 HOUSAS 116 109 | Brooks, Lowry (23) | Luis Scola (9) | Kyle Lowry (9) | AT&T Center18581 | 24–18 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 43 | January 23 | Chicago | 20100123 CHIHOU 97 104 | Carl Landry (22) | Shane Battier (8) | Kyle Lowry (5) | Toyota Center18119 | 24–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 44 | January 25 | Atlanta | 20100125 ATLHOU 95 102 | Carl Landry (16) | Luis Scola (8) | Aaron Brooks (5) | Toyota Center14998 | 24–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 27 | Denver | 20100127 DENHOU 92 97 | Aaron Brooks (22) | Luis Scola (11) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Toyota Center16357 | 24–21 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 46 | January 29 | Portland | 20100129 PORHOU 104 100 | Aaron Brooks (33) | Battier, Scola (8) | Aaron Brooks (7) | Toyota Center16129 | 25–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 47 | January 31 | Phoenix | 20100131 PHXHOU 111 115 | Aaron Brooks (24) | Shane Battier (11) | Aaron Brooks (6) | Toyota Center17165 | 25–22 Houston Rockets February 2 4 2 3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 48 | February 2 | Golden State | 20100202 GSWHOU 119 97 | Brooks, Landry (24) | Chuck Hayes (13) | Aaron Brooks (6) | Toyota Center12845 | 26–22 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 49 | February 5 | @ Memphis | 20100205 HOUMEM 101 83 | Aaron Brooks (19) | Joey Dorsey (12) | Brooks, Lowry (4) | FedExForum14531 | 27–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 6 | Philadelphia | 20100206 PHIHOU 95 102 | Aaron Brooks (34) | Carl Landry (10) | Ariza, Brooks (4) | Toyota Center17415 | 27–23 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 | February 9 | @ Miami | 20100209 HOUMIA 66 99 | Luis Scola (12) | Hayes, Budinger (12) | Battier, Scola (2) | American Airlines Arena18654 | 27–24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 16 | Utah | 20100216 UTAHOU 95 104 | Aaron Brooks (18) | Shane Battier (8) | Trevor Ariza (6) | Toyota Center14942 | 27–25 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 53 | February 17 | @ Milwaukee | 20100217 HOUMIL 127 99 | Trevor Ariza (22) | Shane Battier (10) | Aaron Brooks (12) | Bradley Center11685 | 28–25 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 54 | February 20 | Indiana | 20100220 INDHOU 115 125 | Aaron Brooks (26) | Scola, Andersen (11) | Aaron Brooks (7) | Toyota Center16550 | 28–26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 55 | February 21 | @ New Orleans | 20100221 HOUNOH 94 102 | Chase Budinger (18) | Luis Scola (11) | Brooks, Ariza (8) | New Orleans Arena14504 | 28–27 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 56 | February 24 | Orlando | 20100224 ORLHOU 92 110 | Aaron Brooks (24) | Shane Battier (9) | Aaron Brooks (8) | Toyota Center15749 | 28-28 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 57 | February 26 | San Antonio | 2010026 SASHOU 109 104 | Kevin Martin (33) | Luis Scola (13) | Shane Battier (5) | Toyota Center18195 | 29–28 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 58 | February 27 | @ Utah | 20100227 HOUUTA 110 133 | Kevin Martin (32) | Budinger, Hayes (5) | Chuck Hayes (6) | EnergySolutions Arena19911 | 29–29 Houston Rockets March 5 4 3 4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 59 | March 1 | Toronto | 20100301 TORHOU 116 92 | Martin, Brooks (28) | Luis Scola (8) | Chuck Hayes (8) | Toyota Center13943 | 30–29 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 60 | March 3 | Sacramento | 20100303 SACHOU 81 84 | Aaron Brooks (22) | Luis Scola (18) | Luis Scola (5) | Toyota Center15651 | 30-30 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 61 | March 6 | @ Minnesota | 20100306 HOUMIN 112 98 | Kevin Martin (30) | Luis Scola (21) | Aaron Brooks (9) | Target Center15587 | 31–30 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 62 | March 7 | @ Detroit | 20100307 HOUDET 107 110 | Kevin Martin (27) | Luis Scola (15) | Aaron Brooks (7) | Palace of Auburn Hills18422 | 31-31 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 63 | March 9 | @ Washington | 20100309 HOUWAS 96 88 | Luis Scola (23) | Luis Scola (10) | Kyle Lowry (4) | Verizon Center10422 | 32–31 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 64 | March 13 | New Jersey | 20100313 NJNHOU 116 108 | Luis Scola (44) | Luis Scola (12) | Aaron Brooks (7) | Toyota Center16998 | 33–31 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 65 | March 15 | Denver | 20100315 DENHOU 125 123 | Aaron Brooks (31) | Luis Scola (11) | Aaron Brooks (9) | Toyota Center16369 | 34–31 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 66 | March 17 | Memphis | 20100317 MEMHOU 107 94 | Aaron Brooks (33) | Jordan Hill (9) | Brooks, Battier, Lowry (4) | Toyota Center16142 | 35–31 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 | March 19 | Boston | 20100319 BOSHOU 87 94 | Scola, Martin (17) | Luis Scola (10) | Scola, Martin, Brooks, Lowry (3) | Toyota Center18198 | 35–32 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 68 | March 21 | @ NY Knicks | 20100321 HOUNYK 116 112 | Kevin Martin (28) | Trevor Ariza (7) | Trevor Ariza (6) | Madison Square Garden17242 | 36–32 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 | March 22 | @ Chicago | 20100322 HOUCHI 88 98 | Luis Scola (22) | Luis Scola (10) | Aaron Brooks (6) | United Center19834 | 36–33 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 | March 24 | @ Oklahoma City | 20100324 HOUOKC 104 122 | Luis Scola (25) | Mike Harris (8) | Aaron Brooks (7) | Ford Center18203 | 36–34 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 71 | March 25 | LA Clippers | 20100325 LACHOU 93 99 | Brooks, Ariza (18) | Luis Scola (14) | Aaron Brooks (9) | Toyota Center15201 | 36–35 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 72 | March 27 | LA Lakers | 20100327 LALHOU 101 109 | Luis Scola (28) | Luis Scola (10) | Aaron Brooks (7) | Toyota Center18583 | 36-36 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 73 | March 30 | Washington | 20100330 WASHOU 98 94 | Chase Budinger (24) | Scola, Brooks (8) | Aaron Brooks (11) | Toyota Center14395 | 37–36 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 74 | March 31 | @ San Antonio | 20100331 HOUSAS 102 119 | Aaron Brooks (21) | Jermaine Taylor (10) | Kyle Lowry (5) | AT&T Center18581 | 37–37 Houston Rockets April 2 1 3 2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 75 | April 2 | @ Boston | 20100402 HOUBOS 119 114 | Aaron Brooks (30) | Luis Scola (11) | Aaron Brooks (9) | TD Garden18624 | 38–37 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | April 4 | @ Indiana | 20100404 HOUIND 102 133 | Chase Budinger (17) | Luis Scola (6) | Aaron Brooks (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse14201 | 38-38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 77 | April 6 | @ Memphis | 20100406 HOUMEM 113 103 | Kevin Martin (29) | Jared Jeffries (10) | Aaron Brooks (7) | FedExForum11673 | 39–38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 78 | April 7 | Utah | 20100407 UTAHOU 113 96 | Martin, Brooks (28) | Chuck Hayes (18) | Brooks, Lowry (5) | Toyota Center15004 | 40–38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 79 | April 9 | Charlotte | 20100409 CHAHOU 97 90 | Aaron Brooks (23) | Ariza, Scola (9) | Trevor Ariza (8) | Toyota Center16488 | 41–38 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 80 | April 11 | @ Phoenix | 20100411 HOUPHX 106 116 | Luis Scola (30) | Scola, Hayes (8) | Aaron Brooks (6) | US Airways Center18422 | 41–39 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 81 | April 12 | @ Sacramento | 20100412 HOUSAC 117 107 | Kevin Martin (39) | Hayes, Jeffries (7) | Kyle Lowry (11) | ARCO Arena14549 | 42–39 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 | April 14 | New Orleans | 20100414 NOHHOU 115 123 | Trevor Ariza (26) | Trevor Ariza (10) | Trevor Ariza (10) | Toyota Center18191 | 42–40 hou 2010 Player statistics Regular season Houston Rockets |- | Andersen, David David Andersen | 63 || 0 || 14.1 || .432 || .346 || .687 || 3.3 || .7 || .2 || .2 || 5.8 |- | Ariza, Trevor Trevor Ariza | 72 || 71 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 36.5 || .394 || .334 || .649 || 5.6 || 3.8 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 1.8 || .6 || 14.9 |- | Armstrong, Hilton Hilton Armstrong | 9 || 0 || 4.4 || .294 || .000 || .000 || .7 || .3 || .6 || .0 || 1.1 |- | Battier, Shane Shane Battier | 67 || 62 || 32.4 || .398 || .362 || .726 || 4.7 || .8 || .8 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 1.1 || 8.0 |- | Brooks, Aaron Aaron Brooks | style="Houston Rockets;"| 82 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 82 || 35.6 || .432 || .398 || .822 || 2.6 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 5.3 || .8 || .2 || 19.6 |- | Budinger, Chase Chase Budinger | 74 || 4 || 20.1 || .441 || .369 || .770 || 3.0 || 1.2 || .5 || .1 || 8.9 |- | Conroy, Will Will Conroy | 5 || 0 || 7.2 || .300 || .300 || .000 || .6 || 1.4 || .0 || .0 || 1.2 |- | Brian, Cook Brian Cook | 15 || 0 || 2.9 || .304 || .222 || .714 || .6 || .1 || .0 || .1 || 1.4 |- | Dorsey, Joey Joey Dorsey | 7 || 0 || 7.7 || .455 || . || .500 || 3.6 || .3 || .3 || .1 || 1.6 |- | Harris, Mike Mike Harris | 8 || 0 || 10.3 || .370 || .000 || .556 || 2.5 || .4 || .5 || .1 || 3.1 |- | Hayes, Chuck Chuck Hayes | style="Houston Rockets;"| 82 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 82 || 21.6 || .489 || . || .545 || 5.7 || 1.7 || .9 || .5 || 4.4 |- | Hill, Jordan Jordan Hill | 23 || 0 || 16.2 || .532 || . || .660 || 5.0 || .6 || .2 || .5 || 6.4 |- | Jeffries, Jared Jared Jeffries | 18 || 0 || 18.4 || .429 || .111 || .556 || 3.6 || 1.0 || .5 || .7 || 4.9 |- | Landry, Carl Carl Landry | 52 || 1 || 27.2 || style="Houston Rockets;"| .547 || . || .839 || 5.5 || .8 || .5 || .9 || 16.1 |- | Lowry, Kyle Kyle Lowry | 68 || 0 || 24.3 || .397 || .272 || .827 || 3.6 || 4.5 || .9 || .1 || 9.1 |- | Martin, Kevin Kevin Martin | 24 || 22 || 35.8 || .435 || .310 || style="Houston Rockets;"| .924 || 2.9 || 2.3 || 1.0 || .1 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 21.3 |- | McGrady, Tracy Tracy McGrady | 6 || 0 || 7.7 || .368 || style="Houston Rockets;"| .500 || .667 || .8 || 1.0 || .0 || .3 || 3.2 |- | Mensah-Bonsu, Pops Pops Mensah-Bonsu | 4 || 0 || 3.3 || .250 || . || .500 || 1.0 || .3 || .3 || .3 || 1.3 |- | Scola, Luis Luis Scola | style="Houston Rockets;"| 82 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 82 || 32.6 || .514 || .200 || .779 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 8.6 || 2.1 || .8 || .3 || 16.2 |- | Taylor, Jermaine Jermaine Taylor | 31 || 4 || 9.8 || .378 || .227 || .717 || 1.5 || .5 || .3 || .1 || 4.1 |- | Temple, Garrett Garrett Temple | 9 || 0 || 13.1 || .448 || .250 || .667 || 1.6 || .8 || .4 || .4 || 5.0 |} Awards, records and milestones Awards Season Aaron Brooks, NBA Most Improved Player AwardAaron Brooks named NBA's Most Improved Player http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/aaron_brooks_named_nbas_most__2010_04_22.html Houston Rockets.com 20 June 2012 Injuries and surgeries Yao Ming missed the entire season with a stress fracture in his left ankle.Yao Ming out for season with stress fracture in ankle https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=5931199 ESPN 20 June 2012 Transactions Trades June 25, 2009 To Houston Rockets Rights to Jermaine Taylor To Washington Wizards Cash considerations June 25, 2009 To Houston Rockets Sergio Llull To Denver Nuggets Cash considerations June 25, 2009 To Houston Rockets Rights to Chase Budinger To Detroit Pistons Future second-round pick Cash considerations July 14, 2009 To Houston Rockets Rights to David Andersen To Atlanta Hawks Future second-round pick Cash and future considerations September 22, 2009 To Houston Rockets Rights to Axel Hervelle To Denver Nuggets James White February 18, 2010 To Sacramento KingsLarry Hughes (From New York)Carl Landry (From Houston)Joey Dorsey (From Houston) To New York KnicksTracy McGrady (from Houston)Sergio Rodríguez (from Sacramento)To Houston RocketsKevin 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 agents AdditionsPlayerDate signedFormer teamTrevor ArizaJuly 8Los Angeles LakersPops Mensah-BonsuSeptember 3Toronto RaptorsMike HarrisDecember 22Rio Grande Valley VipersWill ConroyJanuary 28Rio Grande Valley Vipers SubtractionsPlayerDate signedNew TeamRon ArtestJuly 8Los Angeles LakersPops Mensah-BonsuNovember 16Toronto Raptors References External links 2009–10 Houston Rockets season at ESPN 2009–10 Houston Rockets season at Basketball Reference Category:Houston Rockets seasons Houston Category:2009 in sports in Texas Category:2010 in sports in Texas Category:2009 in Houston Category:2010 in Houston