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2007–08 Houston Rockets season

Field	Value
team	Houston Rockets
end_year	2008
wins	55
losses	27
division	southwest
division_place	3
conf_place	5
coach	Rick Adelman
gm	Daryl Morey
owners	Leslie Alexander
arena	Toyota Center
playoffs	[First Round](2008-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(lost to [Jazz](2007-08-utah-jazz-season) 2–4)
bbr_team	HOU
television	FSN Houston, My Network TV Houston

(lost to Jazz 2–4)

The 2007–08 Houston Rockets season was their 41st season in the National Basketball Association and 37th in Houston. The Rockets won at least 50 games for the second straight season and made the playoffs also on the back of a 22-game winning streak, the fourth longest in the history of the NBA. The Houston Rockets came into the 2007–2008 playoffs without Yao Ming, who was still injured. This injury contributed to the Rockets' elimination by the Utah Jazz in the first round (2–4).{{cite web |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506095113/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/5751238.html |archive-date=6 May 2008 |url-status=live

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2007 NBA draft took place in New York City on 28 June.
The free agency period began in July.

Draft picks

Houston's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club team
1	26	Aaron Brooks	Point guard	United States	Oregon
2	54	Brad Newley	Shooting guard	Australia	Panionios BC (Greek League)

In addition, Carl Landry was drafted as the 31st overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics with the first pick in the 2nd round. He was traded to the Rockets for a future second round pick.

Roster

Rick Adelman
R. J. Adelman
T. R. Dunn
Jack Sikma
Elston Turner

Regular season

Standings

Game log

October

Record: 1–0; home: 0–0; road: 1–0

1	30 October 2007	Rockets	[95–93](http://www.nba.com/games/20071030/HOULAL/boxscore.html)	Lakers	NA	Tracy McGrady (30)	18,997	1–0

November

Record: 8–8; home: 4–3; road: 4–5

17	29 November 2007	Rockets	[94–113](http://www.nba.com/games/20071129/HOUGSW/boxscore.html)	Warriors	NA	Mike James (19)	19,596	9–8

December

Record: 6–8; home: 3–3; road: 3–5

31	31 December 2007	Warriors	[112–95](http://www.nba.com/games/20071231/GSWHOU/boxscore.html)	Rockets	NA	Rafer Alston (22)	18,153	15–16

January

Record: 10–4; home: 5–3; road: 5–1

45	29 January 2008	Warriors	[107–111](http://www.nba.com/games/20080129/GSWHOU/boxscore.html)	Rockets	NA	Yao Ming (36)	16,586	25–20

February

Record: 13–0; home: 8–0; road: 5–0

58	29 February 2008	Grizzlies	[95–116](https://web.archive.org/web/20121102110045/http://www.nba.com/games/20080224/MEMHOU/boxscore.html)	Rockets	NA	Tracy McGrady (25)	18,105	38–20

March

Record: 11–4; home: 7–1; road: 4–3

73	30 March 2008	Rockets	[88–109](http://www.nba.com/games/20080330/HOUSAS/boxscore.html)	Spurs	NA	Luis Scola (24)	18,797	49–24

April

Record: 6–3; home: 3–0; road: 3–3

82	16 April 2008	Clippers	[75–93](http://www.nba.com/games/20080416/LACHOU/boxscore.html)	Rockets	NA	Luis Scola (22)	18,386	55–27

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates regulation loss.
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Player stats

Regular season

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
74	74	34.1	.394	.351	.715	3.5	5.3	1.32	.24	13.1
80	78	36.3	.428	.377	.743	5.1	1.9	.96	1.13	9.3
51	0	11.9	.413	.330	.857	1.1	1.7	.25	.10	5.2
10	3	19.9	.333	.235	.565	2.3	3.0	.90	.50	5.5
30	0	12.0	.344	.385	.829	2.1	1.0	.27	.13	5.1
17	0	9.4	.500	.000	.615	3.2	.2	.35	.18	3.6
79	44	19.9	.511	.000	.458	5.4	1.2	1.08	.54	3.0
73	17	18.9	.432	.351	.815	1.8	1.9	.60	.12	7.6
72	5	19.3	.403	.358	.790	2.5	1.9	.63	.07	7.7
42	0	16.9	.616	.000	.661	4.9	.5	.40	.17	8.1
66	62	37.0	.419	.292	.684	5.1	5.9	1.03	.45	21.6
55	55	37.2	.507	.000	.850	10.8	2.3	.45	2.02	22.0
39	25	15.9	.538	.000	.711	5.1	.1	.28	1.23	3.0
35	0	7.5	.480	.479	.750	1.0	.2	.06	.09	3.9
82	39	24.7	.515	.000	.668	6.4	1.3	.73	.23	10.3
23	0	5.3	.448	.000	.308	2.1	.0	.22	.22	1.5
7	0	2.4	.600	.000	.000	.1	.3	.00	.00	.9

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

Playoffs

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
4	4	31.5	.438	.440	.800	1.5	4.5	1.00	.00	14.3
6	6	41.0	.444	.480	.727	3.8	.5	1.00	.83	10.0
6	0	8.3	.320	.000	.818	1.0	.5	.00	.00	4.2
3	0	3.0	.500	.000	.500	.7	.0	.00	.00	1.0
6	0	18.0	.636	.000	.000	4.7	.8	.50	1.00	2.3
5	0	8.8	.071	.000	1.000	.4	.8	.40	.20	.8
6	2	23.0	.286	.208	.636	1.7	1.5	.83	.00	8.7
6	0	17.7	.423	.000	.750	4.7	.0	1.17	.50	5.7
6	6	41.2	.425	.208	.623	8.2	6.8	1.50	.83	27.0
6	6	20.5	.615	.000	.636	6.5	.3	.17	1.83	3.8
3	0	7.0	.750	.667	.000	.7	.0	.00	.33	2.7
6	6	36.7	.448	.000	.686	9.3	1.3	.67	.17	14.0
1	0	1.0	1.000	.000	.000	1.0	.0	.00	.00	2.0

Awards and records

Awards

Yao Ming, All-NBA Third Team
Tracy McGrady, All-NBA Third Team
Shane Battier, NBA All-Defensive Second Team
Luis Scola, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
Carl Landry, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

Records

Starting with the 29 January 2008 win versus the Golden State Warriors, the Rockets won 22 consecutive games. The streak came to an end against the eventual champion Boston Celtics. The streak is the fourth longest winning streak in NBA history (the second longest at the time it was achieved).

Transactions

The Rockets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Houston will begin the 2007–08 season with recently hired Rick Adelman as the team's 11th head coach.{{cite web |access-date=21 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824000338/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4824133.html |archive-date=24 August 2007 |url-status=live

Less than a week later, Scola signed with the Rockets.{{cite web |access-date=21 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820211313/http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Rockets_sign_Argentine_star_fo-231948-34.html |archive-date=20 August 2007 |url-status=live On 20 July guard Steve Francis signed a 2-year deal with the Rockets, after he accepted a buyout of the last two seasons of his contract, worth roughly $30 million from the Portland Trail Blazers. He is expected to compete for a starting job with Mike James and Rafer Alston{{cite web |access-date=21 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823091514/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/4984146.html |archive-date=23 August 2007 |url-status=live

Trades

On 14 June, the Rockets traded Juwan Howard to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Mike James and Justin Reed.{{cite web |access-date=21 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825031452/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2903593 |archive-date=25 August 2007 |url-status=live

On 12 July guard Vassilis Spanoulis was traded to the San Antonio Spurs along with the rights for the 2009 second-round draft pick, for center Jackie Butler and the rights to Luis Scola a 2002 second-round draft pick, yet to play in the NBA. 24 Hours after this deal was made, Scola came to a "Basic Agreement" which could see him playing for the Rockets next season.{{cite web | access-date= 21 August 2007 }}

Free agents

Court Redesign

On 7 September, it was announced that the Rockets will debut a new court design for the 2007–08 season. The court design includes a lighter varnished wood inside the three point area, similar to the Seattle SuperSonics, while the rest are dark varnished wood. The color red will remain on the Rockets logo, and the script. This court design is similar to the Cleveland Cavaliers, New Orleans Hornets, Phoenix Suns, and Portland Trail Blazers in which most of the hardwood is exposed.{{cite web |access-date=11 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222232841/http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Rockets_planning_to_unveil_new-236211-34.html |archive-date=22 December 2007 |url-status=live

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 || 19 April || Utah || L 82–93 || Shane Battier (22) || Luis Scola (13) || Tracy McGrady (7) ||Toyota Center 18,213 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 || 21 April || Utah || L 84–90 || Tracy McGrady (23) || Tracy McGrady (13) || Tracy McGrady (9) ||Toyota Center 18,158 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 || 24 April || @ Utah || W 94–92 || Tracy McGrady (27) || Carl Landry (11) || Tracy McGrady (7) ||EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 || 26 April || @ Utah || L 82–86 || Tracy McGrady (23) || Tracy McGrady (10) || Tracy McGrady (8) ||EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 || 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 || 29 April || Utah || W 95–69 || Tracy McGrady (29) || Luis Scola (12) || Rafer Alston (6) ||Toyota Center 18,269 || 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 || 2 May || @ Utah || L 91–113 || Tracy McGrady (40) || Tracy McGrady (10) || Tracy McGrady (5) ||EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 || 2–4 |-

References

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