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2011–12 Houston Rockets season

Field	Value
team	Houston Rockets
end_year	2012
wins	34
losses	32
division	southwest
division_place	4th
conf_place	9th
coach	Kevin McHale
gm	Daryl Morey
owners	Leslie Alexander
arena	Toyota Center
playoffs	Did not qualify
television	FS Houston, KTXH
radio	Sports Radio 610
bbr_team	HOU

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

June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
July 9: Yao Ming announced his retirement from professional basketball.

Draft picks

Main article: 2011 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/Team
1	14	Marcus Morris	PF	Kansas
1	23	Nikola Mirotić	PF	Real Madrid
2	38	Chandler Parsons	SF	University of Florida

Roster

Kevin McHale
Kelvin Sampson
J. B. Bickerstaff
Chris Finch
Brett Gunning
Greg Buckner
Keith Jones
Jason Biles
Darryl Eto
David Macha

Pre-season

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.

Regular season

Standings

Player statistics

Regular season

|- | 66 || 66 || 31.3 || .491 || .000 || .773 || 6.5 || 2.1 || .5 || .4 || 15.5 |- | 66 || 28 || 26.5 || .462 || .337 || .805 || 2.5 || 5.3 || 1.3 || .2 || 11.7 |- | 65 || 45 || 22.2 || .506 || .000 || .796 || 7.0 || .5 || .6 || 1.7 || 7.5 |- | 64 || 1 || 23.2 || .440 || .000 || .702 || 4.5 || .8 || .4 || .6 || 7.7 |- | 63 || 57 || 28.6 || .452 || .337 || .551 || 4.8 || 2.1 || 1.2 || .5 || 9.5 |- | 58 || 26 || 30.3 || .433 || .401 || .826 || 2.7 || 1.5 || 1.2 || .4 || 11.4 |- | 58 || 9 || 22.4 || .442 || .402 || .771 || 3.7 || 1.3 || .5 || .1 || 9.6 |- | 47 || 38 || 32.1 || .409 || .374 || .864 || 4.5 || 6.6 || 1.6 || .3 || 14.3 |- | 40 || 40 || 31.6 || .413 || .347 || .894 || 2.7 || 2.8 || .7 || .1 || 17.1 |- | 32 || 7 || 14.7 || .504 || .000 || .641 || 4.8 || .4 || .3 || .7 || 5.0 |- | 19 || 13 || 24.1 || .484 || .400 || .423 || 9.3 || 1.7 || .9 || 1.5 || 7.1 |- | 17 || 0 || 7.4 || .296 || .118 || .750 || .9 || .2 || .1 || .1 || 2.4 |- | 12 || 0 || 15.1 || .351 || .421 || .500 || 2.3 || .8 || .3 || .1 || 4.5 |- | 11 || 0 || 12.3 || .293 || .222 || .786 || .7 || 2.5 || .3 || .1 || 3.4 |- | 8 || 0 || 13.9 || .333 || .222 || .867 || 1.4 || 2.1 || .1 || .0 || 4.9 |- | 8 || 0 || 8.6 || .636 || || || 2.5 || .1 || .3 || .6 || 1.8 |- | 8 || 0 || 7.9 || .438 || || .583 || 2.8 || .1 || .0 || .3 || 2.6 |- | 6 || 0 || 8.2 || .300 || .222 || .667 || 1.2 || .8 || .5 || .0 || 3.0 |- | 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

(October 27, 2010). "Report: NBA draft moving to Newark". ESPN.com.

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