2008–09 Houston Rockets season

2008–09 Houston Rockets season
2008–09 Houston Rockets season
Head coach	Rick Adelman
General manager	Daryl Morey
Owners	Leslie Alexander
Arena	Toyota Center
Results
Record	53–29 (.646)
Place	Division: 2nd (Southwest); Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	Conference Semifinals; (lost to Lakers 3–4)
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	My Network TV Houston, FSN Houston
Radio	Sports Radio 610
< 2007–08	2009–10 >

The 2008–09 Houston Rockets season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Despite a season-ending knee injury to Tracy McGrady, the Rockets breezed past the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round, but could not defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round. Dikembe Mutombo, who entered his 18th and final season, was injured in Game 2 of the first round and announced his retirement, ending his 18-year NBA career. Besides losing Mutombo, Yao Ming missed most of the second round due to a foot injury that required off-season surgery. Before the season, the team acquired Ron Artest (now Metta World Peace). Following the season, Artest signed as a free agent with the Lakers. The Rockets would not return to the postseason until 2013.

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	25	Nicolas Batum	SF	France	Le Mans Sarthe Basket
2	54	Maarty Leunen	SF	United States	Oregon

Southwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-San Antonio Spurs	54	28	.659	—	28–13	26–15	10–6
x-Houston Rockets	53	29	.646	1	33–8	20–21	9–7
x-Dallas Mavericks	50	32	.610	4	32–9	18–23	7–9
x-New Orleans Hornets	49	33	.598	5	28–13	21–20	9–7
Memphis Grizzlies	24	58	.284	30	16–25	8–33	5–11

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	65	17	.793	—
2	y-Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	11
3	y-San Antonio Spurs	54	28	.659	11
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	54	28	.659	11
5	x-Houston Rockets	53	29	.646	12
6	x-Dallas Mavericks	50	32	.610	15
7	x-New Orleans Hornets	49	33	.598	16
8	x-Utah Jazz	48	34	.585	17

9	Phoenix Suns	46	36	.561	19
10	Golden State Warriors	29	53	.354	36
11	Memphis Grizzlies	24	58	.293	41
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	24	58	.293	41
13	Oklahoma City Thunder	23	59	.280	42
14	Los Angeles Clippers	19	63	.232	46
15	Sacramento Kings	17	65	.207	48

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Luis Scola	82	82	30.3	.531	.000	.760	8.8	1.5	.8	.1	12.7
Aaron Brooks	80	35	25.0	.404	.366	.866	2.0	3.0	.6	.1	11.2
Yao Ming	77	77	33.6	.548	1.000	.866	9.9	1.8	.4	1.9	19.7
Chuck Hayes	71	1	12.1	.372	.000	.368	3.5	.6	.5	.3	1.3
Metta Sandiford-Artest	69	55	35.5	.401	.399	.748	5.2	3.3	1.5	.3	17.1
Carl Landry	69	0	21.3	.574	.333	.813	5.0	.6	.4	.4	9.2
Von Wafer	63	11	19.4	.447	.390	.752	1.8	1.1	.6	.1	9.7
Shane Battier	60	59	33.9	.410	.384	.821	4.8	2.3	.8	.9	7.3
Brent Barry	56	1	15.3	.407	.374	.950	1.7	1.4	.4	.1	3.7
Rafer Alston^†	48	48	33.1	.370	.348	.789	3.0	5.4	1.2	.1	11.5
Tracy McGrady	35	35	33.7	.388	.376	.801	4.4	5.0	1.2	.4	15.6
Kyle Lowry^†	28	0	21.7	.475	.276	.800	2.8	3.5	.8	.3	7.6
Luther Head^†	22	4	14.6	.386	.368	.875	1.2	1.6	.3	.0	4.8
Dikembe Mutombo	9	2	10.7	.385		.667	3.7	.0	.0	1.2	1.8
Brian Cook^†	9	0	2.8	.313	.400		.6	.1	.0	.3	1.3
James White	4	0	2.8	.600	.500		.0	.3	.3	.3	1.8
Joey Dorsey	3	0	2.0	.500			.3	.3	.0	.0	.7

2008–09 Houston Rockets season

Key dates

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

References

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Houston Rockets statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Shane Battier	13	13	38.2	.407	.315	.957	4.9	2.4	1.1	.7	8.1
Metta Sandiford-Artest	13	13	37.5	.394	.277	.714	4.3	4.2	1.1	.2	15.6
Aaron Brooks	13	13	34.2	.453	.422	.804	2.6	3.4	.4	.2	16.8
Luis Scola	13	13	32.6	.494		.673	8.4	1.8	.5	.2	14.4
Chuck Hayes	13	4	13.3	.476	.000		3.0	.8	1.0	.2	1.5
Kyle Lowry	13	0	19.5	.333	.250	.742	2.9	2.5	.9	.1	5.3
Carl Landry	13	0	18.5	.557	.000	.576	3.9	.2	.3	.4	7.5
Von Wafer	13	0	13.9	.424	.409	.864	.9	.7	.2	.1	8.2
Yao Ming	9	9	35.9	.545		.902	10.9	1.0	.4	1.2	17.1
Brian Cook	6	0	5.3	.267	.222		2.0	.5	.3	.2	1.7
James White	5	0	2.4	.333	.500		.2	.0	.0	.0	1.4
Brent Barry	4	0	8.8	.500	.375		1.0	.8	.5	.0	3.3
Dikembe Mutombo	2	0	10.0			.000	4.5	.0	.5	1.0	.0

August 6, 2008	To Houston Rockets Option to exchange 2nd round picks with Clippers in 2011	To Los Angeles Clippers Steve Novak
August 14, 2008	To Houston Rockets Ron Artest,^{[citation needed]} Patrick Ewing Jr., Sean Singletary	To Sacramento Kings Bobby Jackson, Donté Greene, 1st round pick for 2009
August 25, 2008	To Houston Rockets D. J. Strawberry	To Phoenix Suns Sean Singletary
August 29, 2008	To Houston Rockets Draft rights to Frédéric Weis	To New York Knicks Patrick Ewing Jr.
December 24, 2008	To Houston Rockets Conditional Draft Pick in 2011	To Memphis Grizzlies Steve Francis, 2009 NBA Draft Pick
December 24, 2008	To Houston Rockets Kyle Lowry, Brian Cook	To Memphis Grizzlies Adonal Foyle, Mike Wilks, NBA 1st Round Pick	To Orlando Magic Rafer Alston,