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2006–07 Houston Rockets season

(lost to Jazz 3–4)

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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. 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.

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.

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

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalitySchool/Club
18Rudy Gay (traded to Memphis)ForwardConnecticut
232Steve NovakForwardMarquette

Roster

  • Jeff Van Gundy
  • Steve Clifford
  • Patrick Ewing
  • Andy Greer
  • Mike Longabardi
  • Tom Thibodeau
  • Charlie Ward

Roster notes

  • Jake Tsakalidis was born in the Republic of Georgia, but he represented Greece internationally.
  • Bob Sura missed the entire season with a knee injury.

Regular season

Standings

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 21 | Utah | W 84–75 | Yao Ming (28) | Yao Ming (13) | Rafer Alston (8) | Toyota Center 18,195 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 23 | Utah | W 98–90 | Tracy McGrady (31) | Chuck Hayes (12) | Alston, McGrady (5) | Toyota Center 18,206 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 26 | @ Utah | L 67–81 | Yao Ming (26) | Yao Ming (14) | Rafer Alston (5) | EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 28 | @ Utah | L 85–98 | Yao Ming (20) | Alston, Yao (9) | Rafer Alston (6) | EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | April 30 | Utah | W 96–82 | Tracy McGrady (26) | Yao Ming (15) | Tracy McGrady (16) | Toyota Center 18,314 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | May 3 | @ Utah | L 82–94 | Tracy McGrady (26) | Tracy McGrady (10) | Shane Battier (4) | EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | May 5 | Utah | L 99–103 | McGrady, Yao (29) | Juwan Howard (7) | Tracy McGrady (13) | Toyota Center 18,307

3–4

Player statistics

Regular season

|- | |- | |- | | 78 || 43 || 22.0 || style=";"| .573 || . || .618 || 6.7 || .6 || .9 || .2 || 5.6 |- | | 80 || 10 || 27.6 || .437 || style=";"| .441 || .790 || 3.2 || 2.4 || 1.0 || .1 || 10.9 |- | | 80 || 38 || 26.5 || .465 || . || .824 || 5.9 || 1.6 || .4 || .1 || 9.7 |- | | 47 || 0 || 8.1 || .397 || .254 || .789 || .8 || .7 || .4 || .0 || 3.3 |- | | 71 || 71 || 35.8 || .431 || .331 || .707 || 5.3 || style=";"| 6.5 || 1.3 || .5 || 24.6 |- | | 48 || 48 || 33.8 || .516 || .000 || .862 || style=";"| 9.4 || 2.0 || .4 || style=";"| 2.0 || style=";"| 25.0 |- | | 75 || 33 || 17.2 || .556 || . || .690 || 6.5 || .2 || .3 || 1.0 || 3.1 |- | | 35 || 1 || 5.5 || .360 || .333 || style=";"| 1.000 || .7 || .2 || .1 || .0 || 1.5 |- | | 24 || 0 || 8.3 || .306 || .276 || .545 || 1.9 || .3 || .2 || .1 || 1.8 |- | | 39 || 1 || 14.4 || .452 || .250 || .653 || 2.1 || 1.0 || .3 || .3 || 4.9 |- | | 31 || 0 || 8.8 || .319 || .172 || .810 || .7 || .9 || .2 || .0 || 2.7 |- | | 13 || 0 || 10.2 || .409 || . || .800 || 3.1 || .2 || .1 || .1 || 2.3 |- | | 28 || 1 || 21.1 || .411 || .143 || .561 || 4.3 || 1.1 || .9 || .5 || 7.8 |}

Playoffs

|- | |- | |- | |- | |- | |- | | 2 || 0 || 4.0 || .000 || .000 || . || .0 || .0 || .5 || .0 || .0 |- | |- | |- | |- | | 3 || 0 || 3.0 || .333 || .000 || . || .3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .7 |- | | 1 || 0 || 3.0 || .500 || . || style=";"| 1.000 || 1.0 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || 4.0 |- | | 1 || 0 || 3.0 || . || . || style=";"| 1.000 || 4.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0 |}

Awards

  • Yao Ming, All-NBA Second Team
  • Tracy McGrady, All-NBA Second Team

References

References

  1. [https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/hou/houston-rockets Houston Rockets News, Schedule, etc] ESPN.com, accessed June 12, 2008
  2. "Teams Defense". [[NBA.com]].
  3. [http://www.nba.com/news/jeff_van_gundy_and_rockets_part_ways.html Houston Rockets and Jeff Van Gundy to Part Ways], nba.com, accessed June 12, 2008
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