2004–05 Houston Rockets season

March 2026 August 2023 Houston Rockets 2005 51 31 Southwest 3 5 Jeff Van Gundy Carroll Dawson Leslie Alexander Toyota Center First Round(lost to Mavericks 3–4) HOU FSN Southwest KNWS KILT The 2004–05 Houston Rockets season was the Rockets' 38th season in the National Basketball Association, and their 34th season in the city of Houston.https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2005.html 2004-05 Houston Rockets December 2, 2017 February 23, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090223100620/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2005.html live During the offseason, the Rockets acquired All-Star forward Tracy McGrady and Juwan Howard from the Orlando Magic, PRO BASKETBALL: NOTEBOOK; McGrady Gets Wish In Trade To Rockets New York Times June 30, 2004 https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/30/sports/pro-basketball-notebook-mcgrady-gets-wish-in-trade-to-rockets.html?mcubz=1 October 11, 2017 August 30, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170830014019/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/30/sports/pro-basketball-notebook-mcgrady-gets-wish-in-trade-to-rockets.html?mcubz=1 live acquired All-Star center Dikembe Mutombo from the Chicago Bulls, who acquired him from the New York Knicks, and signed free agent Bob Sura. The Rockets struggled with a 6–11 start to the season, then played around .500 as they traded Jim Jackson to the New Orleans Hornets for David Wesley in late December. The Rockets would later on win eight straight games in February, as McGrady and Yao Ming were both selected to play in the 2005 NBA All-Star Game at Denver. At midseason, the team traded Maurice Taylor to the New York Knicks, and acquired Mike James from the Milwaukee Bucks. The Rockets won their final seven games finishing third in the Southwest Division with a 51–31 record, which was their first 50-win season since 1997. However, in the first round of the playoffs, they lost to their in-state rival, the Dallas Mavericks in seven games after taking a 2–0 series lead. Following the season, Sura retired. Offseason NBA draft 2004 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club 2 55 Luis Flores (traded to Golden State) Guard Manhattan (Sr.) Roster Houston Rockets 2004–05 #B50000 white #CBD4D8 black 42 Vin Baker C 6 11 232 1971-11-23 Hartford 20 Jon Barry G 6 4 195 1969-07-25 Georgia Tech 40 Ryan Bowen F 6 7 215 1975-11-20 Iowa 32 Torraye Braggs F 6 8 245 1976-05-15 Xavier 5 Juwan Howard F 6 9 240 1973-02-07 Michigan 13 Mike James basketball, born 1975 G 6 2 188 1975-06-23 Duquesne 1 Tracy McGrady F 6 8 210 1979-05-24 Mt. Zion HS (NC) 55 Dikembe Mutombo C 7 2 245 1966-06-25 Georgetown 25 Moochie Norris G 6 1 175 1973-07-27 West Florida 35 Scott Padgett F 6 9 240 1976-04-19 Kentucky 3 Bob Sura G 6 5 200 1973-03-25 Florida State 17 Charlie Ward G 6 2 190 1970-10-12 Florida State 30 Clarence Weatherspoon F 6 6 240 1970-09-08 Southern Miss 7 David Wesley G 6 0 190 1970-11-14 Baylor 11 Yao Ming C 7 6 310 1980-09-12 China Jeff Van Gundy Steve Clifford Patrick Ewing Andy Greer Tom Thibodeau https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2005.html March 19, 2005 Regular season Tracy McGrady: 13 points in 35 seconds One notable game during the season was the Rockets' December 9 matchup against the San Antonio Spurs. In the fourth quarter, at 44 seconds left, the score was 76-68 and the Spurs had the lead. With 35 seconds remaining, Tracy McGrady made a three-pointer. Four seconds later, Devin Brown was fouled and made both of his free throws. With 24 seconds remaining, McGrady made another three-pointer. He was fouled by Tim Duncan when he shot the ball. He went to the free throw line and made a free throw, converting a four-point play. With 16 seconds remaining, Scott Padgett intentionally fouled Tim Duncan, and, because the Rockets were over the foul limit, Duncan went to the free throw line and made both of his free throws. Five seconds later, McGrady made yet another three-pointer, this time over Bruce Bowen. This left the Rockets in a two-point deficit. San Antonio took a timeout. At 7.9 seconds remaining, Brent Barry inbounded the ball to Devin Brown. McGrady stole the ball from Brown and ran to the three-point line, where he made another three-pointer, which would be the game-winning shot.https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/pbp/200412090HOU.html#q4 San Antonio Spurs at Houston Rockets Play-By-Play, December 9, 2004 Basketball-Reference.com December 2, 2017 March 14, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180314112431/https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/pbp/200412090HOU.html#q4 live The performance is considered by somehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NollBuDyU6Q Tracy McGrady's Career Top Ten Plays - YouTube YouTube November 15, 2015 November 19, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151119220931/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NollBuDyU6Q live Tracy McGrady Top 10 Plays of Career - YouTube13 points, 33 seconds: The night Tracy McGrady was a basketball god - SBNation.com to be one of McGrady's career highlights and become a Hall of Famer in 2017. Season standings HOU HOU Game log Playoffs Houston Rockets 2005 yes Houston Rockets First Round yes yes no 1 2 2 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 23 | @ Dallas | W 98–86 | Tracy McGrady (34) | Mutombo, Yao (8) | Tracy McGrady (8) | American Airlines Center20,678 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 25 | @ Dallas | W 113–111 | Yao Ming (33) | McGrady, Yao (8) | Tracy McGrady (10) | American Airlines Center20,884 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 28 | Dallas | L 102–106 | Tracy McGrady (28) | Bob Sura (11) | McGrady, Sura (6) | Toyota Center18,199 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 30 | Dallas | L 93–97 | Tracy McGrady (36) | Dikembe Mutombo (7) | Tracy McGrady (5) | Toyota Center18,211 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | May 2 | @ Dallas | L 100–103 | Yao Ming (30) | Tracy McGrady (9) | Tracy McGrady (6) | American Airlines Center20,894 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | May 5 | Dallas | W 101–83 | Tracy McGrady (37) | Dikembe Mutombo (10) | Tracy McGrady (7) | Toyota Center18,215 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | May 7 | @ Dallas | L 76–116 | Yao Ming (33) | Yao Ming (10) | Tracy McGrady (7) | American Airlines Center20,884 | 3–4 |- HOU 2005 yes Player statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPGVin Baker† 3 0 4.3 .000 1.000 .7 .3 .0 .0 .7Andre Barrett† 27 0 11.6 .290 .243 .700 .7 1.6 .5 .0 2.1Jon Barry† 53 2 23.2 .447 .451 .897 2.6 2.6 .9 .1 7.0Ryan Bowen 66 6 9.2 .423 .500 .667 1.2 .3 .3 .1 1.7Torraye Braggs 7 0 3.4 .429 1.7 .0 .0 .0 .9Reece Gaines† 10 0 10.8 .370 .250 .750 1.1 .3 .3 .0 2.6Juwan Howard 61 47 26.6 .451 .000 .843 5.7 1.5 .5 .1 9.6Jim Jackson basketball† 24 24 41.3 .417 .367 .909 4.8 3.6 1.0 .0 13.3Mike James basketball, born 1975† 27 5 25.6 .433 .393 .764 3.2 2.9 .9 .1 12.4Brandin Knight 1 0 3.0 .000 .0 1.0 .0 .0 .0Tyronn Lue† 21 3 22.8 .393 .333 .778 1.9 2.8 .4 .0 6.0Tracy McGrady 78 78 40.8 .431 .326 .774 6.2 5.7 1.7 .7 25.7Yao Ming 80 80 30.6 .552 .783 8.4 .8 .4 2.0 18.3Dikembe Mutombo 80 2 15.2 .498 .741 5.3 .1 .2 1.3 4.0Boštjan Nachbar† 16 2 12.8 .349 .476 .750 1.9 .6 .1 .0 3.1Moochie Norris† 6 0 6.5 .188 1.000 .7 .8 .2 .0 1.3Scott Padgett 66 0 14.3 .421 .397 .725 2.8 .8 .5 .2 4.2Rod Strickland 16 2 12.3 .209 .500 .900 1.7 2.4 .2 .1 1.8Bob Sura 61 59 31.5 .427 .355 .750 5.5 5.2 1.1 .1 10.3Maurice Taylor† 38 16 23.8 .435 .375 .650 4.3 1.4 .4 .3 7.8Charlie Ward 14 13 25.7 .312 .314 .846 2.8 3.1 1.1 .0 5.4Clarence Weatherspoon 40 18 13.1 .412 .829 3.1 .4 .2 .2 3.1David Wesley† 54 53 34.1 .404 .383 .841 2.6 2.9 1.1 .1 10.9 Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPGJon Barry 7 0 26.1 .438 .478 .875 4.1 1.3 .7 .0 8.6Ryan Bowen 7 3 17.9 .320 .667 2.0 .9 .9 .0 2.6Mike James basketball, born 1975 7 0 24.4 .468 .000 .958 1.9 2.3 .9 .3 11.6Tracy McGrady 7 7 43.0 .456 .370 .824 7.4 6.7 1.6 1.4 30.7Yao Ming 7 7 31.4 .655 .727 7.7 .7 .3 2.7 21.4Dikembe Mutombo 7 0 14.4 .545 .769 5.0 .3 .3 1.0 3.1Moochie Norris 2 0 3.5 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0Scott Padgett 7 4 15.6 .375 .417 1.000 2.7 .6 .4 .3 3.6Bob Sura 7 7 26.0 .435 .538 .667 3.9 2.0 1.0 .0 7.9Clarence Weatherspoon 1 0 1.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0David Wesley 7 7 40.0 .352 .476 .692 3.0 3.3 1.3 .1 8.1 † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Rockets only. Awards and records Tracy McGrady, All-NBA Third Team References See also 2004-05 NBA season Category:Houston Rockets seasons Houston Rockets Houston Rockets Houston Rockets Category:2004 in Houston Category:2005 in Houston