2011–12 Houston Rockets season

March 2026 August 2023 Houston Rockets 2012 34 32 southwest 4th 9th Kevin McHale Daryl Morey Leslie Alexander Toyota Center Did not qualify FS Houston, KTXH Sports Radio 610 HOU The 2011–12 Houston Rockets season was the 45th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the 41st based in Houston. This was the first season since 2001–02 without Yao Ming, who retired from the NBA on July 9, 2011. The off-season saw team draft a pair of first-round picks, forward Marcus Morris from Kansas was drafted 14th overall and Madrid sensation Nikola Mirotić was drafted 23rd overall. Forward and 3-point specialist Chandler Parsons from Florida was taken with the 38th pick in the second round. The season is most memorable when ex-Celtic and former Timberwolves general manager Kevin McHale was hired to be their new head coach for the upcoming season. The Rockets finished with a 34–32 record, missing the playoffs. Key dates June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.Report: NBA draft moving to Newark https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=5733121 ESPN.com June 13, 2011 October 27, 2010 July 9: Yao Ming announced his retirement from professional basketball. Draft picks 2011 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Team 1 14 Marcus Morris PF Kansas 1 23 Nikola Mirotić PF Real Madrid 2 38 Chandler Parsons SF University of Florida Roster Houston Rockets 2011–12 white #B50000 #000000 lightgrey 6 Earl Boykins G 5 5 133 Eastern Michigan 1976–06–02 10 Chase Budinger F 6 7 218 Arizona 1988–05–22 29 Marcus Camby C 6 11 235 UMass 1974–03–22 21 Samuel Dalembert C 6 11 250 1981–05–10 Seton Hall 3 Goran Dragić G 6 3 190 Slovenia 1986–05–06 9 Courtney Fortson G 5 11 185 Arkansas 1988–05–23 DL 5 Courtney Lee G/F 6 5 200 Western Kentucky 1985–10–03 7 Kyle Lowry G 6 0 205 Villanova 1986–03–25 12 Kevin Martin SG 6 7 185 Western Carolina basketball, born 1983 1983–02–01 2 Marcus Morris basketball F 6 9 235 Kansas 1989–02–09 25 Chandler Parsons F 6 8 227 Florida 1988–10–25 54 Patrick Patterson PF 6 9 235 Kentucky basketball 1989–03–14 4 Luis Scola F/C 6 9 245 Argentina 1980–04–30 20 Diamon Simpson F 6 7 230 Saint Mary's College of California 1987-09-08 0 Greg Smith basketball, born 1991 F/C 6 10 250 Fresno State 1991–01–08 DL Kevin McHale Kelvin Sampson J. B. Bickerstaff Chris Finch Brett Gunning Greg Buckner (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate http://www.nba.com/rockets/roster/ 2012–04–06 Pre-season Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed pre-season schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season were scrapped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded. Houston Rockets yes 2012 Houston Rockets Pre-season yes yes 1 0 0 1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | December 17 | San Antonio | 20111217 SASHOU 101 87 | Luis Scola (20) | Jordan Hill (13) | Kyle Lowry (5) | Toyota Center12,859 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2 | December 21 | @ San Antonio | 20111221 HOUSAS 95 97 | Marcus Morris (20) | Jordan Hill (8) | Jonny Flynn (6) | AT&T Center17,323 | 1–1 hou 2012 Regular season Standings HOU HOU Player statistics Regular season Houston Rockets |- | style="text-align:left;"|Luis Scola | 66 || 66 || 31.3 || .491 || .000 || .773 || 6.5 || 2.1 || .5 || .4 || 15.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Goran Dragić | 66 || 28 || 26.5 || .462 || .337 || .805 || 2.5 || 5.3 || 1.3 || .2 || 11.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Samuel Dalembert | 65 || 45 || 22.2 || .506 || .000 || .796 || 7.0 || .5 || .6 || 1.7 || 7.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Patrick Patterson basketball | 64 || 1 || 23.2 || .440 || .000 || .702 || 4.5 || .8 || .4 || .6 || 7.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Chandler Parsons | 63 || 57 || 28.6 || .452 || .337 || .551 || 4.8 || 2.1 || 1.2 || .5 || 9.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Courtney Lee | 58 || 26 || 30.3 || .433 || .401 || .826 || 2.7 || 1.5 || 1.2 || .4 || 11.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Chase Budinger | 58 || 9 || 22.4 || .442 || .402 || .771 || 3.7 || 1.3 || .5 || .1 || 9.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Kyle Lowry | 47 || 38 || 32.1 || .409 || .374 || .864 || 4.5 || 6.6 || 1.6 || .3 || 14.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Kevin Martin basketball, born 1983 | 40 || 40 || 31.6 || .413 || .347 || .894 || 2.7 || 2.8 || .7 || .1 || 17.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Jordan Hill basketball† | 32 || 7 || 14.7 || .504 || .000 || .641 || 4.8 || .4 || .3 || .7 || 5.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Marcus Camby† | 19 || 13 || 24.1 || .484 || .400 || .423 || 9.3 || 1.7 || .9 || 1.5 || 7.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Marcus Morris Sr. | 17 || 0 || 7.4 || .296 || .118 || .750 || .9 || .2 || .1 || .1 || 2.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Terrence Williams† | 12 || 0 || 15.1 || .351 || .421 || .500 || 2.3 || .8 || .3 || .1 || 4.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Jonny Flynn† | 11 || 0 || 12.3 || .293 || .222 || .786 || .7 || 2.5 || .3 || .1 || 3.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Earl Boykins | 8 || 0 || 13.9 || .333 || .222 || .867 || 1.4 || 2.1 || .1 || .0 || 4.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Greg Smith basketball, born 1991 | 8 || 0 || 8.6 || .636 || || || 2.5 || .1 || .3 || .6 || 1.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Jeff Adrien | 8 || 0 || 7.9 || .438 || || .583 || 2.8 || .1 || .0 || .3 || 2.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Courtney Fortson† | 6 || 0 || 8.2 || .300 || .222 || .667 || 1.2 || .8 || .5 || .0 || 3.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Hasheem Thabeet† | 5 || 0 || 4.6 || 1.000 || || || 1.4 || .0 || .0 || .4 || 1.2 |} † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. 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