2011–12 Houston Rockets season

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2011–12 Houston Rockets season
Head coachKevin McHale
General managerDaryl Morey
OwnersLeslie Alexander
ArenaToyota Center
Results
Record34–32 (.515)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Southwest)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionFS Houston, KTXH
RadioSports Radio 610
< 2010–11 2012–13 >

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

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Draft picks

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Main article: 2011 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Team
1 14 Marcus Morris PF  United States Kansas
1 23 Nikola Mirotić PF  Spain Real Madrid
2 38 Chandler Parsons SF  United States University of Florida

Roster

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2011–12 Houston Rockets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
G 6 Boykins, Earl 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) 133 lb (60 kg) 1976–06–02 Eastern Michigan
F 10 Budinger, Chase 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1988–05–22 Arizona
C 29 Camby, Marcus 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1974–03–22 UMass
C 21 Dalembert, Samuel 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1981–05–10 Seton Hall
G 3 Dragić, Goran 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–05–06 Slovenia
G 9 Fortson, Courtney (DL) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–05–23 Arkansas
G/F 5 Lee, Courtney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985–10–03 Western Kentucky
G 7 Lowry, Kyle 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1986–03–25 Villanova
SG 12 Martin, Kevin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–02–01 Western Carolina
F 2 Morris, Marcus 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989–02–09 Kansas
F 25 Parsons, Chandler 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1988–10–25 Florida
PF 54 Patterson, Patrick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989–03–14 Kentucky
F/C 4 Scola, Luis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1980–04–30 Argentina
F 20 Simpson, Diamon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1987-09-08 Saint Mary's College of California
F/C 0 Smith, Greg (DL) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1991–01–08 Fresno State
C 32 Thabeet, Hasheem 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 263 lb (119 kg) 1987-02-16 University of Connecticut
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2012–04–06

Pre-season

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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.


2011 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 December 17 San Antonio W 101–87 Luis Scola (20) Jordan Hill (13) Kyle Lowry (5) Toyota Center
12,859 		1–0
2 December 21 @ San Antonio L 95–97 Marcus Morris (20) Jordan Hill (8) Jonny Flynn (6) AT&T Center
17,323 		1–1
2011–12 season schedule

Regular season

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Standings

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Southwest DivisionWLPCTGBHomeRoadDivGP
c-San Antonio Spurs5016.758–28‍–‍522‍–‍1112–466
x-Memphis Grizzlies4125.6219.026‍–‍715‍–‍187–866
x-Dallas Mavericks3630.54514.023‍–‍1013‍–‍208–566
Houston Rockets3432.51516.022‍–‍1112‍–‍216–866
New Orleans Hornets2145.31829.011‍–‍2210‍–‍233–1166
Western Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBGP
1c-San Antonio Spurs *5016.758–66
2y-Oklahoma City Thunder *4719.7123.066
3y-Los Angeles Lakers *4125.6219.066
4x-Memphis Grizzlies4125.6219.066
5x-Los Angeles Clippers4026.60610.066
6x-Denver Nuggets3828.57612.066
7x-Dallas Mavericks3630.54514.066
8x-Utah Jazz3630.54514.066
9Houston Rockets3432.51516.066
10Phoenix Suns3333.50017.066
11Portland Trail Blazers2838.42422.066
12Minnesota Timberwolves2640.39424.066
13Golden State Warriors2343.34827.066
14Sacramento Kings2244.33328.066
15New Orleans Hornets2145.31829.066

Player statistics

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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

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Houston Rockets statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Luis Scola 66 66 31.3 .491 .000 .773 6.5 2.1 .5 .4 15.5
Goran Dragić 66 28 26.5 .462 .337 .805 2.5 5.3 1.3 .2 11.7
Samuel Dalembert 65 45 22.2 .506 .000 .796 7.0 .5 .6 1.7 7.5
Patrick Patterson 64 1 23.2 .440 .000 .702 4.5 .8 .4 .6 7.7
Chandler Parsons 63 57 28.6 .452 .337 .551 4.8 2.1 1.2 .5 9.5
Courtney Lee 58 26 30.3 .433 .401 .826 2.7 1.5 1.2 .4 11.4
Chase Budinger 58 9 22.4 .442 .402 .771 3.7 1.3 .5 .1 9.6
Kyle Lowry 47 38 32.1 .409 .374 .864 4.5 6.6 1.6 .3 14.3
Kevin Martin 40 40 31.6 .413 .347 .894 2.7 2.8 .7 .1 17.1
Jordan Hill† 32 7 14.7 .504 .000 .641 4.8 .4 .3 .7 5.0
Marcus Camby† 19 13 24.1 .484 .400 .423 9.3 1.7 .9 1.5 7.1
Marcus Morris Sr. 17 0 7.4 .296 .118 .750 .9 .2 .1 .1 2.4
Terrence Williams† 12 0 15.1 .351 .421 .500 2.3 .8 .3 .1 4.5
Jonny Flynn† 11 0 12.3 .293 .222 .786 .7 2.5 .3 .1 3.4
Earl Boykins 8 0 13.9 .333 .222 .867 1.4 2.1 .1 .0 4.9
Greg Smith 8 0 8.6 .636 2.5 .1 .3 .6 1.8
Jeff Adrien 8 0 7.9 .438 .583 2.8 .1 .0 .3 2.6
Courtney Fortson† 6 0 8.2 .300 .222 .667 1.2 .8 .5 .0 3.0
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. Stats reflect time with the Rockets only.

References

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  1. ^ "Report: NBA draft moving to Newark". ESPN.com. October 27, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
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