2006–07 Houston Rockets season

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.[1] 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.[2]

2006–07 Houston Rockets season
Head coachJeff Van Gundy
General managerCarroll Dawson
Owner(s)Leslie Alexander
ArenaToyota Center
Results
Record52–30 (.634)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Southwest)
Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst Round
(lost to Jazz 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television
RadioKILT

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.[3]

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
Main article: 2006 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club
1 8 Rudy Gay (traded to Memphis) Forward  United States Connecticut
2 32 Steve Novak Forward  United States Marquette

Roster
2006–07 Houston Rockets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PG 12 Alston, Rafer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 171 lb (78 kg) 1976-07-24 Fresno State
SF 31 Battier, Shane 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1978-09-09 Duke
PF 44 Hayes, Chuck 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1983-06-11 Kentucky
SG 2 Head, Luther 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1982-11-26 Illinois
PF 5 Howard, Juwan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1973-02-07 Michigan
PG 15 Lucas III, John 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1982-11-21 Oklahoma State
SG 1 McGrady, Tracy (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1979-05-24 Mt. Zion HS (NC)
C 11 Yao Ming (C) 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 310 lb (141 kg) 1980-09-12 China
C 55 Mutombo, Dikembe 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1966-06-25 Georgetown
SF 20 Novak, Steve 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1983-06-13 Marquette
SF 13 Snyder, Kirk 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1983-06-05 Nevada
SG 10 Spanoulis, Vassilis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1982-08-07 Greece
G 3 Sura, Bob Injured 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1973-03-25 Florida State
C 25 Tsakalidis, Jake 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 285 lb (129 kg) 1979-06-10 Republic of Georgia
SF 6 Wells, Bonzi 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1976-09-28 Ball State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: February 13, 2007

Roster notes

Regular season

Standings
Southwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
z-Dallas Mavericks 6715.817-36–531–1014–2
x-San Antonio Spurs 5824.707931–1027–1410–6
x-Houston Rockets 5230.6341528–1324–178–8
New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets 3943.4762824–1715–266–10
Memphis Grizzlies 2260.2684514–278–332–14
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Dallas Mavericks6715.817-
2 y-Phoenix Suns6121.7446
3 x-San Antonio Spurs5824.7079
4 y-Utah Jazz5131.63416
5 x-Houston Rockets5230.63415
6 x-Denver Nuggets4537.54922
7 x-Los Angeles Lakers4240.51225
8 x-Golden State Warriors4240.51225
9 Los Angeles Clippers4042.48827
10 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets3943.47628
11 Sacramento Kings3349.40234
12 Portland Trail Blazers3250.39035
13 Minnesota Timberwolves3250.39035
14 Seattle SuperSonics3151.37836
15 Memphis Grizzlies2260.26845

Record vs. opponents
2006-07 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOK NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta —3–11–30–41–30–21–11–22–01–11–32–00–22–00–41–22–01–20–21–23–11–31–11–11–10–20–22–20–21–3
Boston 1–3—2–20–31–20–21–10–40–21–11–30–20–21–11–22–21–12–20–23–11–31–30–22–00–21–11–11–30–20–3
Charlotte 3–12–2—1–22–20–21–12–21–10–21–20–22–00–22–22–21–11–21–12–22–22–20–20–21–11–10–20–31–12–2
Chicago 4–03–02–1—2–21–11–13–11–10–23–10–21–11–13–14–00–21–32–03–11–22–11–12–00–21–12–02–20–23–1
Cleveland 3–12–12–22–2—0–20–21–32–01–13–12–02–02–01–34–02–02–11–12–21–23–10–21–12–02–01–13–11–12–1
Dallas 2–02–02–01–12–0—3–11–10–33–12–02–13–14–02–02–04–02–04–02–02–02–02–23–04–03–14–02–01–21–1
Denver 1–11–11–11–12–01–3—0–23–11–22–02–13–12–22–02–02–21–12–21–11–11–11–23–12–21–23–11–11–31–1
Detroit 2–14–02–21–33–11–12–0—0–21–12–22–02–02–02–13–11–14–01–12–14–03–11–11–11–10–22–02–10–22–2
Golden State 0–22–01–11–10–23–01–32–0—2–11–12–20–43–10–20–22–11–13–11–11–12–01–32–13–11–33–11–12–21–1
Houston 1–11–12–02–01–11–32–11–11–2—1–13–12–24–02–02–02–22–01–32–02–02–01–32–23–02–23–01–11–32–0
Indiana 3–13–12–11–31–30–20–22–21–11–1—1–11–12–02–24–00–20–41–12–12–22–20–22–00–21–10–21–20–20–3
L.A. Clippers 0–22–02–02–00–21–21–20–22–21–31–1—2–23–02–02–01–21–12–21–11–12–02–23–12–20–42–20–21–31–1
L.A. Lakers 2–02–00–21–10–21–31–30–24–02–21–12–2—2–21–10–23–12–01–20–22–01–11–31–23–12–13–11–12–11–1
Memphis 0–21–12–01–10–20–42–20–21–30–40–20–32–2—0–20–22–10–21–30–21–11–10–42–21–21–31–21–11–31–1
Miami 4–02–12–21–33–10–20–21–22–00–22–20–21–12–0—2–12–03–11–11–30–41–30–22–02–01–12–02–12–03–1
Milwaukee 2–12–22–20–40–40–20–21–32–00–20–40–22–02–01–2—2–01–20–21–31–32–10–21–11–12–01–11–30–21–3
Minnesota 0–21–11–12–00–20–42–21–11–22–22–02–11–31–20–20–2—1–11–32–01–12–01–32–22–21–21–30–21–31–1
New Jersey 2–12–22–13–11–20–21–10–41–10–24–01–10–22–01–32–11–1—1–14–02–22–20–20–21–10–20–22–22–04–0
New Orleans/Oklahoma City 2–02–01–10–21–10–42–21–11–33–11–12–22–13–11–12–03–11–1—2–01–10–20–31–23–10–42–20–21–21–1
New York 2–11–32–21–32–20–21–11–21–10–21–21–12–02–03–13–10–20–40–2—2–11–30–21–11–10–21–11–31–12–2
Orlando 1–33–12–22–12–10–21–10–41–10–22–21–10–21–14–03–11–12–21–11–2—2–10–22–01–11–12–00–42–02–2
Philadelphia 3–13–12–21–21–30–21–11–30–20–22–20–21–11–13–11–20–22–22–03–11–2—1–11–11–10–22–01–31–10–3
Phoenix 1–12–02–01–12–02–22–11–13–13–12–02–23–14–02–02–03–12–03–02–02–01–1—4–03–11–22–12–01–31–1
Portland 1–10–22–00–21–10–31–31–11–22–20–21–32–12–20–21–12–22–02–11–10–21–10–4—2–20–42–21–12–22–0
Sacramento 1–12–01–12–00–20–42–21–11–30–32–02–21–32–10–21–12–21–11–31–11–11–11–32–2—0–42–11–12–10–2
San Antonio 2–01–11–11–10–21–32–12–03–12–21–14–01–23–11–10–22–12–04–02–01–12–02–14–04–0—4–02–02–22–0
Seattle 2–01–12–00–21–10–41–30–21–30–32–02–21–32–10–21–13–12–02–21–10–20–21–22–21–20–4—1–12–20–2
Toronto 2–23–13–02–21–30–21–11–21–11–12–12–01–11–11–23–12–02–22–03–14–03–10–21–11–10–21–1—0–23–1
Utah 2–02–01–12–01–12–13–12–02–23–12–03–11–23–10–22–03–10–22–11–10–21–13–12–21–22–22–22–0—1–1
Washington 3–13–02–21–31–21–11–12–21–10–23–01–11–11–11–33–11–10–41–12–22–23–01–10–22–00–22–01–31–1—

Playoffs
2007 playoff game log
First Round: 3–4 (home: 3–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 21 Utah W 84–75 Yao Ming (28) Yao Ming (13) Rafer Alston (8) Toyota Center
18,195		 1–0
2 April 23 Utah W 98–90 Tracy McGrady (31) Chuck Hayes (12) Alston, McGrady (5) Toyota Center
18,206		 2–0
3 April 26 @ Utah L 67–81 Yao Ming (26) Yao Ming (14) Rafer Alston (5) EnergySolutions Arena
19,911		 2–1
4 April 28 @ Utah L 85–98 Yao Ming (20) Alston, Yao (9) Rafer Alston (6) EnergySolutions Arena
19,911		 2–2
5 April 30 Utah W 96–82 Tracy McGrady (26) Yao Ming (15) Tracy McGrady (16) Toyota Center
18,314		 3–2
6 May 3 @ Utah L 82–94 Tracy McGrady (26) Tracy McGrady (10) Shane Battier (4) EnergySolutions Arena
19,911		 3–3
7 May 5 Utah L 99–103 McGrady, Yao (29) Juwan Howard (7) Tracy McGrady (13) Toyota Center
18,307		 3–4
2007 schedule

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season
Houston Rockets statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Rafer Alston 828237.1.375.363.7343.45.41.6.113.3
Shane Battier 828236.4.446.421.7794.12.11.0.710.1
Chuck Hayes 784322.0.573..6186.7.6.9.25.6
Luther Head 801027.6.437.441.7903.22.41.0.110.9
Juwan Howard 803826.5.465..8245.91.6.4.19.7
John Lucas III 4708.1.397.254.789.8.7.4.03.3
Tracy McGrady 717135.8.431.331.7075.36.51.3.524.6
Yao Ming 484833.8.516.000.8629.42.0.42.025.0
Dikembe Mutombo 753317.2.556..6906.5.2.31.03.1
Steve Novak 3515.5.360.3331.000.7.2.1.01.5
Scott Padgett 2408.3.306.276.5451.9.3.2.11.8
Kirk Snyder 39114.4.452.250.6532.11.0.3.34.9
Vassilis Spanoulis 3108.8.319.172.810.7.9.2.02.7
Jake Tsakalidis 13010.2.409..8003.1.2.1.12.3
Bonzi Wells 28121.1.411.143.5614.31.1.9.57.8

Playoffs
Houston Rockets statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Rafer Alston 7744.1.338.320.7696.95.01.9.410.9
Shane Battier 7738.9.451.442.8752.62.11.71.010.3
Chuck Hayes 7728.1.706.000.4006.4.41.3.43.7
Luther Head 7020.1.306.261.5002.71.1.4.34.6
Juwan Howard 7022.4.400..6364.41.0.7.05.0
John Lucas III 204.0.000.000..0.0.5.0.0
Tracy McGrady 7740.0.394.250.7375.97.3.7.925.3
Yao Ming 7737.1.440..88010.3.9.1.725.1
Dikembe Mutombo 705.71.000.1.0001.6.1.0.41.3
Kirk Snyder 303.0.333.000..3.0.0.0.7
Vassilis Spanoulis 103.0.500.1.0001.01.0.0.04.0
Jake Tsakalidis 103.0..1.0004.0.0.0.02.0

Awards

References
  1. Houston Rockets News, Schedule, etc ESPN.com, accessed June 12, 2008
  2. "Teams Defense". NBA.com. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  3. Houston Rockets and Jeff Van Gundy to Part Ways, nba.com, accessed June 12, 2008
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