2006–07 Houston Rockets season

March 2026 August 2023 Houston Rockets 2007 52 30 Southwest 3 5 Jeff Van Gundy Carroll Dawson Leslie Alexander Toyota Center First Round(lost to Jazz 3–4) HOU FSN Houston KNWS KILT The 2006–07 Houston Rockets season was the 40th season of the Houston Rockets franchise in the NBA. The team ended the regular season with a 52–30 record and a 3rd-place finish in the Southwest.Houston Rockets News, Schedule, etc ESPN.com, accessed June 12, 2008 The Rockets faced the Utah Jazz in the playoffs, losing the series in seven games. The Rockets had the third best team defensive rating in the NBA.https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/defense/?sort=DEF_RATING&dir=-1&Season=2006-07&SeasonType=Regular%20Season Teams Defense NBA.com April 17, 2021 With the playoff loss, the Rockets made the decision to fire head coach Jeff Van Gundy on May 18, 2007. Five days later, former San Diego Rockets (now the Houston Rockets) player Rick Adelman was hired in Van Gundy's position.Houston Rockets and Jeff Van Gundy to Part Ways, nba.com, accessed June 12, 2008 Like the previous two seasons, Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming once again were selected to play in the 2007 NBA All-Star Game in Las Vegas. However, McGrady was the only team representative as Yao did not play due to an injury. It was Yao's fifth All-Star appearance and the last of seven All-Star appearances for McGrady as later injuries began to slow him down and eventually limit his playing time. Pre-season NBA draft 2006 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club 1 8 Rudy Gay (traded to Memphis) Forward Connecticut 2 32 Steve Novak Forward Marquette Roster Houston Rockets 2006–07 #B50000 white #CBD4D8 black 12 Rafer Alston PG 6 2 171 1976-07-24 Fresno State 31 Shane Battier SF 6 8 220 1978-09-09 Duke 44 Chuck Hayes PF 6 6 240 1983-06-11 Kentucky 2 Luther Head SG 6 3 185 1982-11-26 Illinois 5 Juwan Howard PF 6 9 240 1973-02-07 Michigan 15 John Lucas III PG 5 11 165 1982-11-21 Oklahoma State 1 Tracy McGrady SG 6 8 210 1979-05-24 Mt. Zion HS (NC) 55 Dikembe Mutombo C 7 2 245 1966-06-25 Georgetown 20 Steve Novak SF 6 10 220 1983-06-13 Marquette 13 Kirk Snyder SF 6 6 225 1983-06-05 Nevada 10 Vassilis Spanoulis SG 6 4 195 1982-08-07 Greece 3 Bob Sura G 6 5 200 1973-03-25 Florida State 25 Jake Tsakalidis C 7 2 285 1979-06-10 Georgia (country)Republic of Georgia 6 Bonzi Wells SF 6 5 210 1976-09-28 Ball State 11 Yao Ming C 7 6 310 1980-09-12 China Jeff Van Gundy Steve Clifford Patrick Ewing Andy Greer Mike Longabardi Tom Thibodeau Charlie Ward https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2007.html February 13, 2007 Roster notes Jake Tsakalidis was born in the Republic of Georgia, but he represented Greece internationally. Bob Sura missed the entire season with a knee injury. Regular season Standings HOU HOU Playoffs Houston Rockets 2007 yes Houston Rockets First Round yes yes no 3 1 0 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 21 | Utah | W 84–75 | Yao Ming (28) | Yao Ming (13) | Rafer Alston (8) | Toyota Center18,195 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 23 | Utah | W 98–90 | Tracy McGrady (31) | Chuck Hayes (12) | Alston, McGrady (5) | Toyota Center18,206 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 26 | @ Utah | L 67–81 | Yao Ming (26) | Yao Ming (14) | Rafer Alston (5) | EnergySolutions Arena19,911 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 28 | @ Utah | L 85–98 | Yao Ming (20) | Alston, Yao (9) | Rafer Alston (6) | EnergySolutions Arena19,911 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | April 30 | Utah | W 96–82 | Tracy McGrady (26) | Yao Ming (15) | Tracy McGrady (16) | Toyota Center18,314 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | May 3 | @ Utah | L 82–94 | Tracy McGrady (26) | Tracy McGrady (10) | Shane Battier (4) | EnergySolutions Arena19,911 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | May 5 | Utah | L 99–103 | McGrady, Yao (29) | Juwan Howard (7) | Tracy McGrady (13) | Toyota Center18,307 | 3–4 |- HOU 2007 yes Player statistics Regular season Houston Rockets |- | Alston, Rafer Rafer Alston | style="Houston Rockets;"| 82 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 82 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 37.1 || .375 || .363 || .734 || 3.4 || 5.4 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 1.6 || .1 || 13.3 |- | Battier, Shane Shane Battier | style="Houston Rockets;"| 82 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 82 || 36.4 || .446 || .421 || .779 || 4.1 || 2.1 || 1.0 || .7 || 10.1 |- | Hayes, Chuck Chuck Hayes | 78 || 43 || 22.0 || style="Houston Rockets;"| .573 || . || .618 || 6.7 || .6 || .9 || .2 || 5.6 |- | Head, Luther Luther Head | 80 || 10 || 27.6 || .437 || style="Houston Rockets;"| .441 || .790 || 3.2 || 2.4 || 1.0 || .1 || 10.9 |- | Howard, Juwan Juwan Howard | 80 || 38 || 26.5 || .465 || . || .824 || 5.9 || 1.6 || .4 || .1 || 9.7 |- | Lucas III, John John Lucas III | 47 || 0 || 8.1 || .397 || .254 || .789 || .8 || .7 || .4 || .0 || 3.3 |- | McGrady, Tracy Tracy McGrady | 71 || 71 || 35.8 || .431 || .331 || .707 || 5.3 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 6.5 || 1.3 || .5 || 24.6 |- | Ming, Yao Yao Ming | 48 || 48 || 33.8 || .516 || .000 || .862 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 9.4 || 2.0 || .4 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 2.0 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 25.0 |- | Mutombo, Dikembe Dikembe Mutombo | 75 || 33 || 17.2 || .556 || . || .690 || 6.5 || .2 || .3 || 1.0 || 3.1 |- | Novak, Steve Steve Novak | 35 || 1 || 5.5 || .360 || .333 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 1.000 || .7 || .2 || .1 || .0 || 1.5 |- | Padgett, Scott Scott Padgett | 24 || 0 || 8.3 || .306 || .276 || .545 || 1.9 || .3 || .2 || .1 || 1.8 |- | Snyder, Kirk Kirk Snyder | 39 || 1 || 14.4 || .452 || .250 || .653 || 2.1 || 1.0 || .3 || .3 || 4.9 |- | Spanoulis, Vassilis Vassilis Spanoulis | 31 || 0 || 8.8 || .319 || .172 || .810 || .7 || .9 || .2 || .0 || 2.7 |- | Tsakalidis, Jake Jake Tsakalidis | 13 || 0 || 10.2 || .409 || . || .800 || 3.1 || .2 || .1 || .1 || 2.3 |- | Wells, Bonzi Bonzi Wells | 28 || 1 || 21.1 || .411 || .143 || .561 || 4.3 || 1.1 || .9 || .5 || 7.8 |} Playoffs Houston Rockets |- | Alston, Rafer Rafer Alston | style="Houston Rockets;"| 7 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 7 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 44.1 || .338 || .320 || .769 || 6.9 || 5.0 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 1.9 || .4 || 10.9 |- | Battier, Shane Shane Battier | style="Houston Rockets;"| 7 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 7 || 38.9 || .451 || style="Houston Rockets;"| .442 || .875 || 2.6 || 2.1 || 1.7 || 1.0 || 10.3 |- | Hayes, Chuck Chuck Hayes | style="Houston Rockets;"| 7 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 7 || 28.1 || .706 || .000 || .400 || 6.4 || .4 || 1.3 || .4 || 3.7 |- | Head, Luther Luther Head | style="Houston Rockets;"| 7 || 0 || 20.1 || .306 || .261 || .500 || 2.7 || 1.1 || .4 || .3 || 4.6 |- | Howard, Juwan Juwan Howard | style="Houston Rockets;"| 7 || 0 || 22.4 || .400 || . || .636 || 4.4 || 1.0 || .7 || .0 || 5.0 |- | Lucas III, John John Lucas III | 2 || 0 || 4.0 || .000 || .000 || . || .0 || .0 || .5 || .0 || .0 |- | McGrady, Tracy Tracy McGrady | style="Houston Rockets;"| 7 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 7 || 40.0 || .394 || .250 || .737 || 5.9 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 7.3 || .7 || .9 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 25.3 |- | Ming, Yao Yao Ming | style="Houston Rockets;"| 7 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 7 || 37.1 || .440 || . || .880 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 10.3 || .9 || .1 || .7 || 25.1 |- | Mutombo, Dikembe Dikembe Mutombo | style="Houston Rockets;"| 7 || 0 || 5.7 || style="Houston Rockets;"| 1.000 || . || style="Houston Rockets;"| 1.000 || 1.6 || .1 || .0 || .4 || 1.3 |- | Snyder, Kirk Kirk Snyder | 3 || 0 || 3.0 || .333 || .000 || . || .3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .7 |- | Spanoulis, Vassilis Vassilis Spanoulis | 1 || 0 || 3.0 || .500 || . || style="Houston Rockets;"| 1.000 || 1.0 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || 4.0 |- | Tsakalidis, Jake Jake Tsakalidis | 1 || 0 || 3.0 || . || . || style="Houston Rockets;"| 1.000 || 4.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0 |} Awards Yao Ming, All-NBA Second Team Tracy McGrady, All-NBA Second Team References External links Official Rockets website Category:Houston Rockets seasons Houston Category:2006 in sports in Texas Category:2007 in sports in Texas Category:2006 in Houston Category:2007 in Houston