2009–10 Houston Rockets season

The 2009–10 Houston Rockets season was the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The news broke in the off-season when center Yao Ming would miss the upcoming season due to foot surgery. This injury would soon be considered career-threatening. Mid-season, All-Star Tracy McGrady, who was working his way back from knee surgery that kept him out of last season, was traded to the New York Knicks. Despite losing two All-Stars, the Rockets finished 42–40, but did not clinch a playoff spot.

2009–10 Houston Rockets season
Head coach	Rick Adelman
General manager	Daryl Morey
Owners	Leslie Alexander
Arena	Toyota Center
Results
Record	42–40 (.512)
Place	Division: 3rd (Southwest) Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	My Network TV Houston, FSN Houston
Radio	Sports Radio 610
< 2008–09 2010–11 >

Key dates

• June 25 – The 2009 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• July 8 – The free agency period started.

Draft picks

Main article: 2009 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	32	Jermaine Taylor	SG	United States	Central Florida
2	34	Sergio Llull	PG	Spain	Real Madrid (Spain)

Roster

2009–10 Houston Rockets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From C 13 David Andersen 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Australia SF 1 Trevor Ariza 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) UCLA SG 31 Shane Battier 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Duke PG 0 Aaron Brooks 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 161 lb (73 kg) Oregon SF 10 Chase Budinger 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Arizona PF 33 Mike Harris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Rice C 44 Chuck Hayes 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 238 lb (108 kg) Kentucky PF 27 Jordan Hill 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Arizona F 20 Jared Jeffries 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Indiana PG 7 Kyle Lowry 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Villanova SG 12 Kevin Martin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Western Carolina PF 4 Luis Scola 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Argentina SG 8 Jermaine Taylor 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Central Florida C 11 Yao Ming 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 310 lb (141 kg) People's Republic of China

Head coach Rick Adelman (Loyola Marymount) Assistant(s) Elston Turner (Mississippi) Jack Sikma (Illinois Wesleyan) T. R. Dunn (Alabama) R.J. Adelman (Willamette) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Roster Notes

• Center Yao Ming missed the entire season due to a left foot injury.

Pre-season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	October 7 (in Hidalgo, Texas)	Boston Celtics	90–96	Houston Rockets

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Dallas Mavericks	55	27	.671	–	28–13	27–14	10–6
x-San Antonio Spurs	50	32	.610	5	29–12	21–20	9–7
Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	13	23–18	19–22	9–7
Memphis Grizzlies	40	42	.488	15	23–18	17–24	5–11
New Orleans Hornets	37	45	.451	18	24–17	13–28	7–9

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Dallas Mavericks	55	27	.671	2
3	x-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	3
4	y-Denver Nuggets	53	29	.646	4
5	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	4
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	7
7	x-San Antonio Spurs	50	32	.610	7
8	x-Oklahoma City Thunder	50	32	.610	7
9	Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	15
10	Memphis Grizzlies	40	42	.488	17
11	New Orleans Hornets	37	45	.451	20
12	Los Angeles Clippers	29	53	.354	28
13	Golden State Warriors	26	56	.317	31
14	Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	32
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	15	67	.183	42

Record vs. opponents

2009-10 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOH	NYK	OKC	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	4–0
Boston	0–4	—	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	0–3	—	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	4–0
Chicago	1–3	2–2	3–1	—	2–2	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–1
Cleveland	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	—	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Dallas	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	—	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–1
Detroit	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	4–0
Golden State	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	–	0–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	0–3	2–0	0–3	0–2
Houston	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	—	0–2	2–1	1–3	4–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0
Indiana	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	—	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–3	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	—	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	0–2	1–3	2–0
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	—	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–0
Memphis	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–0	2–2	1–2	—	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0
Miami	3–1	0–3	1–3	3–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	1–3	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–1
Milwaukee	1–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	—	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–2
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–3	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	—	2–0	0–4	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–4	2–2	0–3	0–2	2–2	1–1
New Jersey	0–3	1–3	2–2	2–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	—	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–4
New Orleans	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	—	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–4	0–2	1–3	1–1
New York	3–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–3	0–3	1–1	2–2	2–0	—	0–2	0–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	3–1
Oklahoma City	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–0
Orlando	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	–	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2
Philadelphia	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–4	–	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–3
Phoenix	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	–	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–0
Portland	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	–	4–0	3–0	2–0	0–4	1–1
Sacramento	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	–	0–4	1–1	2–1	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	4–0	–	1–1	0–4	2–0
Toronto	1–3	0–4	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	2–1
Utah	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	1–2	4–0	2–0	—	2–0
Washington	0–4	1–3	0–4	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	—

Game log

2009–10 game log Total: 42–40 (Home: 23–18; Road: 19–22)
October: 2–1 (home: 1–0; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 27 @ Portland L 87–96 Aaron Brooks (19) Hayes, Landry Andersen (5) Kyle Lowry (8) Rose Garden 20403 0–1 2 October 28 @ Golden State W 108–107 Trevor Ariza (25) Luis Scola (11) Aaron Brooks (12) Oracle Arena 19596 1-1 3 October 31 Portland W 111–107 Trevor Ariza (33) Luis Scola (6) Aaron Brooks (8) Toyota Center 18100 2–1
November: 7–7 (home: 3–4; road: 4–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 2 @ Utah W 113–96 Aaron Brooks (19) Luis Scola (15) Aaron Brooks (9) EnergySolutions Arena 19911 3–1 5 November 4 LA Lakers L 102–103 Carl Landry (20) Chuck Hayes (14) Aaron Brooks (6) Toyota Center 18291 3–2 6 November 6 Oklahoma City W 105–94 Trevor Ariza (21) Luis Scola (10) Kyle Lowry (8) Toyota Center 14911 4–2 7 November 10 @ Dallas L 103–121 Aaron Brooks (22) Chase Budinger (9) Kyle Lowry (5) American Airlines Center 19720 4–3 8 November 11 Memphis W 104–79 Luis Scola (22) Luis Scola (15) Kyle Lowry (10) Toyota Center 17220 5–3 9 November 13 @ Sacramento L 100–109 Trevor Ariza (28) Luis Scola (9) Ariza, Brooks (5) ARCO Arena 11762 5–4 10 November 15 @ LA Lakers W 101–91 Aaron Brooks (33) Landry, Scola (9) Kyle Lowry (8) Staples Center 18977 6–4 11 November 17 Phoenix L 105–111 Carl Landry (27) Carl Landry (9) Aaron Brooks (13) Toyota Center 16396 6–5 12 November 18 @ Minnesota W 97–84 Luis Scola (20) Luis Scola (16) Shane Battier (5) Target Center 11137 7–5 13 November 20 @ Atlanta L 103–105 Luis Scola (17) Luis Scola (10) Kyle Lowry (7) Philips Arena 16674 7–6 14 November 21 Sacramento W 113–106 Luis Scola (22) Luis Scola (12) Kyle Lowry (8) Toyota Center 16202 8–6 15 November 25 Dallas L 99–130 Carl Landry (24) Scola, Hayes (7) Kyle Lowry (7) Toyota Center 18157 8–7 16 November 27 San Antonio L 84–92 Luis Scola (18) Luis Scola (12) Trevor Ariza (5) Toyota Center 18164 8-8 17 November 29 @ Oklahoma City W 100–91 Brooks, Landry (21) Carl Landry (10) Aaron Brooks (4) Ford Center 18203 9–8
December: 11–5 (home: 6–0; road: 5–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 December 2 @ LA Clippers W 102–85 Aaron Brooks (22) Luis Scola (7) Aaron Brooks (5) Staples Center 13836 10–8 19 December 3 @ Golden State W 111–109 Aaron Brooks (25) Luis Scola (13) Aaron Brooks (7) Oracle Arena 16432 11–8 20 December 5 @ Portland L 89–90 Carl Landry (23) Carl Landry (9) Aaron Brooks (5) Rose Garden 20555 11–9 21 December 9 Cleveland W 95–85 Aaron Brooks (27) Luis Scola (10) Aaron Brooks (6) Toyota Center 18200 12–9 22 December 11 @ Philadelphia W 96–91 Carl Landry (20) Trevor Ariza (12) Trevor Ariza (3) Wachovia Center 13991 13–9 23 December 13 @ Toronto L 88–101 Carl Landry (25) Luis Scola (15) Aaron Brooks (4) Air Canada Centre 17111 13–10 24 December 15 Detroit W 107–96 Brooks, Scola (23) Chase Budinger (12) Aaron Brooks (10) Toyota Center 14899 14–10 25 December 16 @ Denver L 101–111 Aaron Brooks (23) David Andersen (9) Aaron Brooks (7) Pepsi Center 15753 14–11 26 December 18 @ Dallas W 116–108 Kyle Lowry (26) Luis Scola (10) Kyle Lowry (10) American Airlines Center 19890 15–11 27 December 19 Oklahoma City W 95–90 Trevor Ariza (31) Chuck Hayes (15) Trevor Ariza (6) Toyota Center 15095 16–11 28 December 22 LA Clippers W 108–99 Aaron Brooks (27) Shane Battier (8) Kyle Lowry (7) Toyota Center 17128 17–11 29 December 23 @ Orlando L 87–102 Carl Landry (20) Trevor Ariza (7) Brooks, Battier (4) Amway Arena 17461 17–12 30 December 26 @ New Jersey W 103–98 Carl Landry (26) Trevor Ariza (11) Trevor Ariza (8) IZOD Center 13374 18–12 31 December 27 @ Cleveland L 83–108 Aaron Brooks (23) Carl Landry (6) Battier, Ariza, Brooks, Lowry (3) Quicken Loans Arena 20562 18–13 32 December 29 New Orleans W 108–100 Aaron Brooks (27) Luis Scola (12) Kyle Lowry (7) Toyota Center 18187 19–13 33 December 31 Dallas W 97–94 Aaron Brooks (30) Luis Scola (13) Trevor Ariza (7) Toyota Center 18306 20–13
January: 5–9 (home: 4–5; road: 1–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 34 January 2 @ New Orleans L 95–99 Trevor Ariza (19) Chuck Hayes (13) Kyle Lowry (6) New Orleans Arena 16020 20–14 35 January 5 @ LA Lakers L 79–88 Carl Landry (19) Carl Landry (6) Trevor Ariza (8) Staples Center 18997 20–15 36 January 6 @ Phoenix L 110–118 Aaron Brooks (34) Carl Landry (10) Kyle Lowry (6) US Airways Center 15811 20–16 37 January 9 NY Knicks W 105–96 Luis Scola (23) Scola, Lowry (7) Shane Battier (5) Toyota Center 15693 21–16 38 January 12 @ Charlotte L 94–102 Trevor Ariza (19) Luis Scola (14) Aaron Brooks (6) Time Warner Cable Arena 11463 21–17 39 January 13 Minnesota W 120–114 Aaron Brooks (43) Chuck Hayes (17) Trevor Ariza (7) Toyota Center 15175 22–17 40 January 15 Miami L 106–115 Budinger, Scola (17) Battier, Ariza (6) Aaron Brooks (5) Toyota Center 16720 22–18 41 January 18 Milwaukee W 101–98 Luis Scola (27) Luis Scola (15) Aaron Brooks (10) Toyota Center 17187 23–18 42 January 22 @ San Antonio W 116–109 Brooks, Lowry (23) Luis Scola (9) Kyle Lowry (9) AT&T Center 18581 24–18 43 January 23 Chicago L 97–104 Carl Landry (22) Shane Battier (8) Kyle Lowry (5) Toyota Center 18119 24–19 44 January 25 Atlanta L 95–102 Carl Landry (16) Luis Scola (8) Aaron Brooks (5) Toyota Center 14998 24–20 45 January 27 Denver L 92–97 Aaron Brooks (22) Luis Scola (11) Kyle Lowry (7) Toyota Center 16357 24–21 46 January 29 Portland W 104–100 Aaron Brooks (33) Battier, Scola (8) Aaron Brooks (7) Toyota Center 16129 25–21 47 January 31 Phoenix L 111–115 Aaron Brooks (24) Shane Battier (11) Aaron Brooks (6) Toyota Center 17165 25–22
February: 4–7 (home: 2–4; road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 48 February 2 Golden State W 119–97 Brooks, Landry (24) Chuck Hayes (13) Aaron Brooks (6) Toyota Center 12845 26–22 49 February 5 @ Memphis W 101–83 Aaron Brooks (19) Joey Dorsey (12) Brooks, Lowry (4) FedExForum 14531 27–22 50 February 6 Philadelphia L 95–102 Aaron Brooks (34) Carl Landry (10) Ariza, Brooks (4) Toyota Center 17415 27–23 51 February 9 @ Miami L 66–99 Luis Scola (12) Hayes, Budinger (12) Battier, Scola (2) American Airlines Arena 18654 27–24 52 February 16 Utah L 95–104 Aaron Brooks (18) Shane Battier (8) Trevor Ariza (6) Toyota Center 14942 27–25 53 February 17 @ Milwaukee W 127–99 Trevor Ariza (22) Shane Battier (10) Aaron Brooks (12) Bradley Center 11685 28–25 54 February 20 Indiana L 115–125 Aaron Brooks (26) Scola, Andersen (11) Aaron Brooks (7) Toyota Center 16550 28–26 55 February 21 @ New Orleans L 94–102 Chase Budinger (18) Luis Scola (11) Brooks, Ariza (8) New Orleans Arena 14504 28–27 56 February 24 Orlando L 92–110 Aaron Brooks (24) Shane Battier (9) Aaron Brooks (8) Toyota Center 15749 28-28 57 February 26 San Antonio W 109–104 Kevin Martin (33) Luis Scola (13) Shane Battier (5) Toyota Center 18195 29–28 58 February 27 @ Utah L 110–133 Kevin Martin (32) Budinger, Hayes (5) Chuck Hayes (6) EnergySolutions Arena 19911 29–29
March: 8–8 (home: 5–4; road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 59 March 1 Toronto W 116–92 Martin, Brooks (28) Luis Scola (8) Chuck Hayes (8) Toyota Center 13943 30–29 60 March 3 Sacramento L 81–84 Aaron Brooks (22) Luis Scola (18) Luis Scola (5) Toyota Center 15651 30-30 61 March 6 @ Minnesota W 112–98 Kevin Martin (30) Luis Scola (21) Aaron Brooks (9) Target Center 15587 31–30 62 March 7 @ Detroit L 107–110 Kevin Martin (27) Luis Scola (15) Aaron Brooks (7) Palace of Auburn Hills 18422 31-31 63 March 9 @ Washington W 96–88 Luis Scola (23) Luis Scola (10) Kyle Lowry (4) Verizon Center 10422 32–31 64 March 13 New Jersey W 116–108 Luis Scola (44) Luis Scola (12) Aaron Brooks (7) Toyota Center 16998 33–31 65 March 15 Denver W 125–123 Aaron Brooks (31) Luis Scola (11) Aaron Brooks (9) Toyota Center 16369 34–31 66 March 17 Memphis W 107–94 Aaron Brooks (33) Jordan Hill (9) Brooks, Battier, Lowry (4) Toyota Center 16142 35–31 67 March 19 Boston L 87–94 Scola, Martin (17) Luis Scola (10) Scola, Martin, Brooks, Lowry (3) Toyota Center 18198 35–32 68 March 21 @ NY Knicks W 116–112 Kevin Martin (28) Trevor Ariza (7) Trevor Ariza (6) Madison Square Garden 17242 36–32 69 March 22 @ Chicago L 88–98 Luis Scola (22) Luis Scola (10) Aaron Brooks (6) United Center 19834 36–33 70 March 24 @ Oklahoma City L 104–122 Luis Scola (25) Mike Harris (8) Aaron Brooks (7) Ford Center 18203 36–34 71 March 25 LA Clippers L 93–99 Brooks, Ariza (18) Luis Scola (14) Aaron Brooks (9) Toyota Center 15201 36–35 72 March 27 LA Lakers L 101–109 Luis Scola (28) Luis Scola (10) Aaron Brooks (7) Toyota Center 18583 36-36 73 March 30 Washington W 98–94 Chase Budinger (24) Scola, Brooks (8) Aaron Brooks (11) Toyota Center 14395 37–36 74 March 31 @ San Antonio L 102–119 Aaron Brooks (21) Jermaine Taylor (10) Kyle Lowry (5) AT&T Center 18581 37–37
April: 5–3 (home: 2–1; road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 75 April 2 @ Boston W 119–114 Aaron Brooks (30) Luis Scola (11) Aaron Brooks (9) TD Garden 18624 38–37 76 April 4 @ Indiana L 102–133 Chase Budinger (17) Luis Scola (6) Aaron Brooks (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 14201 38-38 77 April 6 @ Memphis W 113–103 Kevin Martin (29) Jared Jeffries (10) Aaron Brooks (7) FedExForum 11673 39–38 78 April 7 Utah W 113–96 Martin, Brooks (28) Chuck Hayes (18) Brooks, Lowry (5) Toyota Center 15004 40–38 79 April 9 Charlotte W 97–90 Aaron Brooks (23) Ariza, Scola (9) Trevor Ariza (8) Toyota Center 16488 41–38 80 April 11 @ Phoenix L 106–116 Luis Scola (30) Scola, Hayes (8) Aaron Brooks (6) US Airways Center 18422 41–39 81 April 12 @ Sacramento W 117–107 Kevin Martin (39) Hayes, Jeffries (7) Kyle Lowry (11) ARCO Arena 14549 42–39 82 April 14 New Orleans L 115–123 Trevor Ariza (26) Trevor Ariza (10) Trevor Ariza (10) Toyota Center 18191 42–40
2009–10 season 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%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
David Andersen	63	0	14.1	.432	.346	.687	3.3	.7	.2	.2	5.8
Trevor Ariza	72	71	36.5	.394	.334	.649	5.6	3.8	1.8	.6	14.9
Hilton Armstrong	9	0	4.4	.294	.000	.000	.7	.3	.6	.0	1.1
Shane Battier	67	62	32.4	.398	.362	.726	4.7	.8	.8	1.1	8.0
Aaron Brooks	82	82	35.6	.432	.398	.822	2.6	5.3	.8	.2	19.6
Chase Budinger	74	4	20.1	.441	.369	.770	3.0	1.2	.5	.1	8.9
Will Conroy	5	0	7.2	.300	.300	.000	.6	1.4	.0	.0	1.2
Brian Cook	15	0	2.9	.304	.222	.714	.6	.1	.0	.1	1.4
Joey Dorsey	7	0	7.7	.455	.	.500	3.6	.3	.3	.1	1.6
Mike Harris	8	0	10.3	.370	.000	.556	2.5	.4	.5	.1	3.1
Chuck Hayes	82	82	21.6	.489	.	.545	5.7	1.7	.9	.5	4.4
Jordan Hill	23	0	16.2	.532	.	.660	5.0	.6	.2	.5	6.4
Jared Jeffries	18	0	18.4	.429	.111	.556	3.6	1.0	.5	.7	4.9
Carl Landry	52	1	27.2	.547	.	.839	5.5	.8	.5	.9	16.1
Kyle Lowry	68	0	24.3	.397	.272	.827	3.6	4.5	.9	.1	9.1
Kevin Martin	24	22	35.8	.435	.310	.924	2.9	2.3	1.0	.1	21.3
Tracy McGrady	6	0	7.7	.368	.500	.667	.8	1.0	.0	.3	3.2
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	4	0	3.3	.250	.	.500	1.0	.3	.3	.3	1.3
Luis Scola	82	82	32.6	.514	.200	.779	8.6	2.1	.8	.3	16.2
Jermaine Taylor	31	4	9.8	.378	.227	.717	1.5	.5	.3	.1	4.1
Garrett Temple	9	0	13.1	.448	.250	.667	1.6	.8	.4	.4	5.0

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Season

• Aaron Brooks, NBA Most Improved Player Award^[1]

Injuries and surgeries

• Yao Ming missed the entire season with a stress fracture in his left ankle.^[2]

Transactions

Trades

June 25, 2009	To Houston Rockets Rights to Jermaine Taylor	To Washington Wizards Cash considerations
June 25, 2009	To Houston Rockets Sergio Llull	To Denver Nuggets Cash considerations
June 25, 2009	To Houston Rockets Rights to Chase Budinger	To Detroit Pistons Future second round pick Cash considerations
July 14, 2009	To Houston Rockets Rights to David Andersen	To Atlanta Hawks Future second round pick Cash and future considerations
September 22, 2009	To Houston Rockets Rights to Axel Hervelle	To Denver Nuggets James White
February 18, 2010	To Sacramento Kings Larry Hughes (From New York) Carl Landry (From Houston) Joey Dorsey (From Houston)	To New York Knicks Tracy McGrady (from Houston) Sergio Rodríguez (from Sacramento) To Houston Rockets Kevin Martin (from Sacramento) Jared Jeffries (from New York) Jordan Hill (From New York) Hilton Armstrong (From Sacramento) 2012 protected first-round pick (from New York) Rights to exchange 2011 first-round picks with New York

Free agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Trevor Ariza	July 8	Los Angeles Lakers
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	September 3	Toronto Raptors
Mike Harris	December 22	Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Will Conroy	January 28	Rio Grande Valley Vipers

Subtractions
Player	Date signed	New Team
Ron Artest	July 8	Los Angeles Lakers
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	November 16	Toronto Raptors