2007–08 Houston Rockets season

March 2026 December 2021 Houston Rockets 2008 55 27 southwest 3 5 Rick Adelman Daryl Morey Leslie Alexander Toyota Center First Round(lost to Jazz 2–4) HOU FSN Houston, My Network TV Houston 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).http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/5751238.html Jazz finish off Rockets despite McGrady's 40 Houston Chronicle Jonathan Feigen 3 May 2008 4 May 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080506095113/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/5751238.html 6 May 2008 live 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. Key dates prior to the start of the season: The 2007 NBA draft took place in New York City on 28 June. The free agency period began in July. 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. 2 Roster Houston Rockets 2007–08 #B50000 white #CBD4D8 black 12 Rafer Alston PG 6 2 175 1976-07-24 Fresno State 31 Shane Battier SF 6 8 230 1978-09-09 Duke 0 Aaron Brooks basketball PG 6 0 161 1985-01-14 Oregon 3 Steve Francis PG 6 3 210 1977-02-21 Maryland 19 Mike Harris basketball PF 6 6 240 1983-06-15 Rice University 44 Chuck Hayes PF 6 6 242 1983-06-11 Kentucky 2 Luther Head SG 6 3 185 1982-11-26 Illinois 8 Bobby Jackson basketball PG 6 1 185 1973-03-13 Minnesota 14 Carl Landry PF 6 9 253 1983-09-19 Purdue University 1 Tracy McGrady SG 6 8 223 1979-05-24 Mt. Zion Christian Academy (NC) 55 Dikembe Mutombo C 7 2 260 1966-06-25 Georgetown 20 Steve Novak SF 6 10 234 1983-06-13 Marquette 4 Luis Scola PF 6 9 245 1980-04-30 Argentina 33 Loren Woods C 7 2 260 1978-06-21 University of Arizona 11 Yao Ming C 7 6 310 1980-09-12 People's Republic of China Rick Adelman R. J. Adelman T. R. Dunn Jack Sikma Elston Turner https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2008.html 21 March 2008 Regular season Standings HOU HOU Game log October Record: 1–0; home: 0–0; road: 1–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record 1 30 October 2007 Rockets 95–93 Lakers NA Tracy McGrady (30) 18,997 1–0 November Record: 8–8; home: 4–3; road: 4–5 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record 2 1 November 2007 Rockets 105–96 Jazz NA Tracy McGrady (47) 19,911 2–0 3 3 November 2007 Trail Blazers 80–89 Rockets NA Yao Ming (21) 18,232 3–0 4 5 November 2007 Rockets 98–107 Mavericks NA Tracy McGrady (35) 20,389 3–1 5 6 November 2007 Spurs 81–89 Rockets NA Yao Ming (28) 18,280 4–1 6 9 November 2007 Bucks 88–104 Rockets NA Yao Ming (28) 18,244 5–1 7 11 November 2007 Rockets 85–82 Bobcats NA Yao Ming (34) 11,936 6–1 8 13 November 2007 Rockets 99–105 Grizzlies NA Tracy McGrady (41) 12,368 6–2 9 14 November 2007 Lakers 93–90 Rockets NA Yao Ming (26) 18,178 6–3 10 16 November 2007 Rockets 84–90 Spurs NA Luis Scola (20) 18,797 6–4 11 17 November 2007 Suns 115–105 Rockets NA Luis Scola (20) 18,265 6–5 12 21 November 2007 Mavericks 100–94 Rockets NA Yao Ming (30) 18,143 6–6 13 23 November 2007 Rockets 91–98 Heat NA Two-way tie (20) 19,600 6–7 14 24 November 2007 Nuggets 81–108 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (35) 18,228 7–7 15 26 November 2007 Rockets 88–71 Clippers NA Tracy McGrady (36) 15,452 8–7 16 28 November 2007 Rockets 100–94 Suns NA Yao Ming (31) 18,422 9–7 17 29 November 2007 Rockets 94–113 Warriors NA Mike James (19) 19,596 9–8 December Record: 6–8; home: 3–3; road: 3–5 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record 18 1 December 2007 Rockets 99–107 Kings NA Tracy McGrady (40) 15,081 9–9 19 5 December 2007 Grizzlies 92–105 Rockets NA Two-way tie (24) 17,723 10–9 20 7 December 2007 Rockets 96–89 Nets NA Yao Ming (25) 15,421 11–9 21 9 December 2007 Rockets 80–93 Raptors NA Tracy McGrady (23) 19,800 11–10 22 10 December 2007 Rockets 88–100 Sixers NA Bonzi Wells (24) 12,551 11–11 23 12 December 2007 Pistons 77–80 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (29) 17,453 12–11 24 17 December 2007 Mavericks 96–83 Rockets NA Yao Ming (28) 18,307 12–12 25 19 December 2007 Magic 97–92 Rockets NA Yao Ming (19) 18,270 12–13 26 20 December 2007 Rockets 111–112 Nuggets 2 Yao Ming (26) 16,157 12–14 27 22 December 2007 Rockets 116–98 Bulls NA Two-way tie (20) 22,434 13–14 28 23 December 2007 Rockets 82–94 Pistons NA Luis Scola (18) 22,076 13–15 29 28 December 2007 Rockets 103–83 Grizzlies NA Two-way tie (22) 15,660 14–15 30 29 December 2007 Raptors 79–91 Rockets NA Yao Ming (25) 18,103 15–15 31 31 December 2007 Warriors 112–95 Rockets NA Rafer Alston (22) 18,153 15–16 January Record: 10–4; home: 5–3; road: 5–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record 32 2 January 2008 Rockets 93–97 Celtics NA Bonzi Wells (25) 18,624 15–17 33 4 January 2008 Rockets 96–94 Magic NA Yao Ming (26) 17,519 16–17 34 5 January 2008 Knicks 91–103 Rockets NA Yao Ming (30) 16,634 17–17 35 8 January 2008 Rockets 92–84 Wizards NA Luther Head (24) 16,824 18–17 36 9 January 2008 Rockets 101–92 Knicks NA Yao Ming (36) 19,035 19–17 37 11 January 2008 Timberwolves 82–113 Rockets NA Luis Scola (22) 16,223 20–17 38 13 January 2008 Hornets 87–82 Rockets NA Yao Ming (30) 13,599 20–18 39 15 January 2008 Sixers 111–107 Rockets NA Yao Ming (25) 13,428 20–19 40 19 January 2008 Spurs 81–83 Rockets NA Yao Ming (21) 18,353 21–19 41 21 January 2008 SuperSonics 89–96 Rockets NA Yao Ming (30) 15,264 22–19 42 23 January 2008 Rockets 109–107 SuperSonics NA Tracy McGrady (28) 12,342 23–19 43 25 January 2008 Rockets 89–79 Trail Blazers NA Tracy McGrady (15) 20,576 24–19 44 27 January 2008 Jazz 97–89 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (21) 17,480 24–20 45 29 January 2008 Warriors 107–111 Rockets NA Yao Ming (36) 16,586 25–20 February Record: 13–0; home: 8–0; road: 5–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record 46 1 February 2008 Rockets 106–103 Pacers NA Carl Landry (22) 13,784 26–20 47 2 February 2008 Rockets 91–83 Bucks NA Tracy McGrady (33) 18,717 27–20 48 4 February 2008 Rockets 92–86 Timberwolves NA Tracy McGrady (26) 10,019 28–20 49 7 February 2008 Cavaliers 77–92 Rockets NA Yao Ming (22) 18,402 29–20 50 9 February 2008 Hawks 108–89 Rockets NA Yao Ming (28) 18,177 30–20 51 11 February 2008 Trail Blazers 83–95 Rockets NA Yao Ming (25) 14,710 31–20 52 13 February 2008 Kings 87–89 Rockets NA Yao Ming (25) 16,115 32–20 53 19 February 2008 Rockets 93–85 Cavaliers NA Rafer Alston (22) 20,562 33–20 54 21 February 2008 Heat 100–112 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (23) 15,994 34–20 55 22 February 2008 Rockets 100–80 Hornets NA Tracy McGrady (28) 17,714 35–20 56 24 February 2008 Bulls 97–110 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (24) 18,275 36–20 57 26 February 2008 Wizards 69–94 Rockets NA Luther Head (18) 15,768 37–20 58 29 February 2008 Grizzlies 95–116 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (25) 18,105 38–20 March Record: 11–4; home: 7–1; road: 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record 59 2 March 2008 Nuggets 89–103 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (22) 18,168 39–20 60 5 March 2008 Pacers 99–117 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (25) 18,160 40–20 61 6 March 2008 Rockets 113–98 Mavericks NA Tracy McGrady (31) 20,315 41–20 62 8 March 2008 Rockets 106–96 Hornets NA Tracy McGrady (41) 18,279 42–20 63 10 March 2008 Nets 73–91 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (19) 18,271 43–20 64 12 March 2008 Rockets 83–75 Hawks NA Tracy McGrady (28) 17,078 44–20 65 14 March 2008 Bobcats 80–89 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (30) 18,265 45–20 66 16 March 2008 Lakers 92–104 Rockets NA Rafer Alston (31) 18,409 46–20 67 18 March 2008 Celtics 94–74 Rockets NA Luis Scola (15) 18,525 46–21 68 19 March 2008 Rockets 69–90 Hornets NA Tracy McGrady (15) 17,956 46–22 69 21 March 2008 Rockets 109–106 Warriors NA Tracy McGrady (26) 19,824 47–22 70 22 March 2008 Rockets 113–122 Suns NA Tracy McGrady (30) 18,422 47–23 71 24 March 2008 Kings 100–108 Rockets NA Rafer Alston (28) 18,241 48–23 72 26 March 2008 Timberwolves 86–97 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (23) 18,269 49–23 73 30 March 2008 Rockets 88–109 Spurs NA Luis Scola (24) 18,797 49–24 April Record: 6–3; home: 3–0; road: 3–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record 74 1 April 2008 Rockets 98–99 Kings NA Tracy McGrady (32) 14,169 49–25 75 3 April 2008 Rockets 95–86 Trail Blazers NA Tracy McGrady (35) 19,980 50–25 76 4 April 2008 Rockets 79–66 Sonics NA Tracy McGrady (25) 14,170 51–25 77 6 April 2008 Rockets 106–96 Clippers NA Aaron Brooks (18) 17,932 52–25 78 9 April 2008 Sonics 80–103 Rockets NA Rafer Alston (18) 18,370 53–25 79 11 April 2008 Suns 90–101 Rockets NA Tracy McGrady (22) 18,489 54–25 80 13 April 2008 Rockets 94–111 Nuggets NA Luther Head (19) 19,720 54–26 81 14 April 2008 Rockets 96–105 Jazz NA Two-way tie (22) 19,911 54–27 82 16 April 2008 Clippers 75–93 Rockets NA Luis Scola (22) 18,386 55–27 Green background indicates win. Red background indicates regulation loss. White background indicates overtime/shootout loss. Player stats Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Alston, Rafer Rafer Alston 74 74 34.1 .394 .351 .715 3.5 5.3 1.32 .24 13.1 Battier, Shane Shane Battier 80 78 36.3 .428 .377 .743 5.1 1.9 .96 1.13 9.3 Brooks, Aaron Aaron Brooks 51 0 11.9 .413 .330 .857 1.1 1.7 .25 .10 5.2 Francis, Steve Steve Francis 10 3 19.9 .333 .235 .565 2.3 3.0 .90 .50 5.5 Green, Gerald Gerald Green* 30 0 12.0 .344 .385 .829 2.1 1.0 .27 .13 5.1 Harris, Mike Mike Harris 17 0 9.4 .500 .000 .615 3.2 .2 .35 .18 3.6 Hayes, Chuck Chuck Hayes 79 44 19.9 .511 .000 .458 5.4 1.2 1.08 .54 3.0 Head, Luther Luther Head 73 17 18.9 .432 .351 .815 1.8 1.9 .60 .12 7.6 Jackson, Bobby Bobby Jackson* 72 5 19.3 .403 .358 .790 2.5 1.9 .63 .07 7.7 Landry, Carl Carl Landry 42 0 16.9 .616 .000 .661 4.9 .5 .40 .17 8.1 McGrady, Tracy Tracy McGrady 66 62 37.0 .419 .292 .684 5.1 5.9 1.03 .45 21.6 Ming, Yao Yao Ming 55 55 37.2 .507 .000 .850 10.8 2.3 .45 2.02 22.0 Mutombo, Dikembe Dikembe Mutombo 39 25 15.9 .538 .000 .711 5.1 .1 .28 1.23 3.0 Novak, Steve Steve Novak 35 0 7.5 .480 .479 .750 1.0 .2 .06 .09 3.9 Scola, Luis Luis Scola 82 39 24.7 .515 .000 .668 6.4 1.3 .73 .23 10.3 Williams, Justin Justin Williams* 23 0 5.3 .448 .000 .308 2.1 .0 .22 .22 1.5 Woods, Loren Loren Woods 7 0 2.4 .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 Alston, Rafer Rafer Alston 4 4 31.5 .438 .440 .800 1.5 4.5 1.00 .00 14.3 Battier, Shane Shane Battier 6 6 41.0 .444 .480 .727 3.8 .5 1.00 .83 10.0 Brooks, Aaron Aaron Brooks 6 0 8.3 .320 .000 .818 1.0 .5 .00 .00 4.2 Harris, Mike Mike Harris 3 0 3.0 .500 .000 .500 .7 .0 .00 .00 1.0 Hayes, Chuck Chuck Hayes 6 0 18.0 .636 .000 .000 4.7 .8 .50 1.00 2.3 Head, Luther Luther Head 5 0 8.8 .071 .000 1.000 .4 .8 .40 .20 .8 Jackson, Bobby Bobby Jackson 6 2 23.0 .286 .208 .636 1.7 1.5 .83 .00 8.7 Landry, Carl Carl Landry 6 0 17.7 .423 .000 .750 4.7 .0 1.17 .50 5.7 McGrady, Tracy Tracy McGrady 6 6 41.2 .425 .208 .623 8.2 6.8 1.50 .83 27.0 Mutombo, Dikembe Dikembe Mutombo 6 6 20.5 .615 .000 .636 6.5 .3 .17 1.83 3.8 Novak, Steve Steve Novak 3 0 7.0 .750 .667 .000 .7 .0 .00 .33 2.7 Scola, Luis Luis Scola 6 6 36.7 .448 .000 .686 9.3 1.3 .67 .17 14.0 Woods, Loren Loren Woods 1 0 1.0 1.000 .000 .000 1.0 .0 .00 .00 2.0 Awards and records Awards Yao Ming, All-NBA Third Team Tracy McGrady, All-NBA Third Team Shane Battier, NBA All-Defensive Second Team Luis Scola, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team Carl Landry, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team 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.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4824133.html Adelman reaches deal to coach Rockets Houston Chronicle Jonathan Feigen 21 May 2007 21 August 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070824000338/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4824133.html 24 August 2007 live Less than a week later, Scola signed with the Rockets.http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Rockets_sign_Argentine_star_fo-231948-34.html Scola signed rockets Rockets Official Website Damien Pierce 17 July 2007 21 August 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070820211313/http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Rockets_sign_Argentine_star_fo-231948-34.html 20 August 2007 live 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 Alstonhttp://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/4984146.html Francis returns to Rockets Houston Chronicle Jonathan Feigen 20 July 2007 21 August 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070823091514/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/4984146.html 23 August 2007 live Trades On 14 June, the Rockets traded Juwan Howard to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Mike James and Justin Reed.https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2903593 Rockets, Wolves finalize swap of Howard, James. ESPN Marc Stein 14 June 2007 21 August 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070825031452/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2903593 25 August 2007 live 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. http://www.nba.com/news/427853.html Scola to play for rockets Houston Chronicle Jonathan Feigen 14 July 2007 21 August 2007 Free agents Player Former team Steve Francis New York Knicks (via Blazers) Player New team Jackie Butler ???? John Lucas III Pallacanestro Treviso Justin Reed Austin 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.http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Rockets_planning_to_unveil_new-236211-34.html Home Improvement Rockets Official Website Damien Pierce 7 September 2007 11 November 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071222232841/http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Rockets_planning_to_unveil_new-236211-34.html 22 December 2007 live Playoffs Houston Rockets 2008 yes Houston Rockets First Round yes yes no 1 2 1 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 || 19 April || Utah || L 82–93 || Shane Battier (22) || Luis Scola (13) || Tracy McGrady (7) ||Toyota Center18,213 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 || 21 April || Utah || L 84–90 || Tracy McGrady (23) || Tracy McGrady (13) || Tracy McGrady (9) ||Toyota Center18,158 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 || 24 April || @ Utah || W 94–92 || Tracy McGrady (27) || Carl Landry (11) || Tracy McGrady (7) ||EnergySolutions Arena19,911 || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 || 26 April || @ Utah || L 82–86 || Tracy McGrady (23) || Tracy McGrady (10) || Tracy McGrady (8) ||EnergySolutions Arena19,911 || 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 || 29 April || Utah || W 95–69 || Tracy McGrady (29) || Luis Scola (12) || Rafer Alston (6) ||Toyota Center18,269 || 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 || 2 May || @ Utah || L 91–113 || Tracy McGrady (40) || Tracy McGrady (10) || Tracy McGrady (5) ||EnergySolutions Arena19,911 || 2–4 |- HOU yes 2008 See also 2007–08 NBA season References External links Official Rockets website Category:Houston Rockets seasons Houston Category:2007 in sports in Texas Category:2008 in sports in Texas Category:2007 in Houston Category:2008 in Houston