my-server
← Wiki Redirected from 2009-10 Houston Rockets season

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.

Key dates

Draft picks

Roster

Roster notes

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

Pre-season

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 27 | @ Portland | | Aaron Brooks (19) | Hayes, Landry<br>Andersen (5) | Kyle Lowry (8) | Rose Garden<br>20403 | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 | October 28 | @ Golden State | | Trevor Ariza (25) | Luis Scola (11) | Aaron Brooks (12) | Oracle Arena<br>19596 | 1-1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 | October 31 | Portland | | Trevor Ariza (33) | Luis Scola (6) | Aaron Brooks (8) | Toyota Center<br>18100 | 2–1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 | November 2 | @ Utah | | Aaron Brooks (19) | Luis Scola (15) | Aaron Brooks (9) | EnergySolutions Arena<br>19911 | 3–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | November 4 | LA Lakers | | Carl Landry (20) | Chuck Hayes (14) | Aaron Brooks (6) | Toyota Center<br>18291 | 3–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | November 6 | Oklahoma City | | Trevor Ariza (21) | Luis Scola (10) | Kyle Lowry (8) | Toyota Center<br>14911 | 4–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | November 10 | @ Dallas | | Aaron Brooks (22) | Chase Budinger (9) | Kyle Lowry (5) | American Airlines Center<br>19720 | 4–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 | November 11 | Memphis | | Luis Scola (22) | Luis Scola (15) | Kyle Lowry (10) | Toyota Center<br>17220 | 5–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | November 13 | @ Sacramento | | Trevor Ariza (28) | Luis Scola (9) | Ariza, Brooks (5) | ARCO Arena<br>11762 | 5–4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 | November 15 | @ LA Lakers | | Aaron Brooks (33) | Landry, Scola (9) | Kyle Lowry (8) | Staples Center<br>18977 | 6–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 17 | Phoenix | | Carl Landry (27) | Carl Landry (9) | Aaron Brooks (13) | Toyota Center<br>16396 | 6–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 | November 18 | @ Minnesota | | Luis Scola (20) | Luis Scola (16) | Shane Battier (5) | Target Center<br>11137 | 7–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | November 20 | @ Atlanta | | Luis Scola (17) | Luis Scola (10) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Philips Arena<br>16674 | 7–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 14 | November 21 | Sacramento | | Luis Scola (22) | Luis Scola (12) | Kyle Lowry (8) | Toyota Center<br>16202 | 8–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 15 | November 25 | Dallas | | Carl Landry (24) | Scola, Hayes (7) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Toyota Center<br>18157 | 8–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 27 | San Antonio | | Luis Scola (18) | Luis Scola (12) | Trevor Ariza (5) | Toyota Center<br>18164 | 8-8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 17 | November 29 | @ Oklahoma City | | Brooks, Landry (21) | Carl Landry (10) | Aaron Brooks (4) | Ford Center<br>18203 | 9–8

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 18 | December 2 | @ LA Clippers | | Aaron Brooks (22) | Luis Scola (7) | Aaron Brooks (5) | Staples Center<br>13836 | 10–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 | December 3 | @ Golden State | | Aaron Brooks (25) | Luis Scola (13) | Aaron Brooks (7) | Oracle Arena<br>16432 | 11–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 | December 5 | @ Portland | | Carl Landry (23) | Carl Landry (9) | Aaron Brooks (5) | Rose Garden<br>20555 | 11–9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 21 | December 9 | Cleveland | | Aaron Brooks (27) | Luis Scola (10) | Aaron Brooks (6) | Toyota Center<br>18200 | 12–9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 22 | December 11 | @ Philadelphia | | Carl Landry (20) | Trevor Ariza (12) | Trevor Ariza (3) | Wachovia Center<br>13991 | 13–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 23 | December 13 | @ Toronto | | Carl Landry (25) | Luis Scola (15) | Aaron Brooks (4) | Air Canada Centre<br>17111 | 13–10 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 24 | December 15 | Detroit | | Brooks, Scola (23) | Chase Budinger (12) | Aaron Brooks (10) | Toyota Center<br>14899 | 14–10 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 | December 16 | @ Denver | | Aaron Brooks (23) | David Andersen (9) | Aaron Brooks (7) | Pepsi Center<br>15753 | 14–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 26 | December 18 | @ Dallas | | Kyle Lowry (26) | Luis Scola (10) | Kyle Lowry (10) | American Airlines Center<br>19890 | 15–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 | December 19 | Oklahoma City | | Trevor Ariza (31) | Chuck Hayes (15) | Trevor Ariza (6) | Toyota Center<br>15095 | 16–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 28 | December 22 | LA Clippers | | Aaron Brooks (27) | Shane Battier (8) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Toyota Center<br>17128 | 17–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 29 | December 23 | @ Orlando | | Carl Landry (20) | Trevor Ariza (7) | Brooks, Battier (4) | Amway Arena<br>17461 | 17–12 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 30 | December 26 | @ New Jersey | | Carl Landry (26) | Trevor Ariza (11) | Trevor Ariza (8) | IZOD Center<br>13374 | 18–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 27 | @ Cleveland | | Aaron Brooks (23) | Carl Landry (6) | Battier, Ariza, Brooks, Lowry (3) | Quicken Loans Arena<br>20562 | 18–13 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 | December 29 | New Orleans | | Aaron Brooks (27) | Luis Scola (12) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Toyota Center<br>18187 | 19–13 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 33 | December 31 | Dallas | | Aaron Brooks (30) | Luis Scola (13) | Trevor Ariza (7) | Toyota Center<br>18306 | 20–13

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 34 | January 2 | @ New Orleans | | Trevor Ariza (19) | Chuck Hayes (13) | Kyle Lowry (6) | New Orleans Arena<br>16020 | 20–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 35 | January 5 | @ LA Lakers | | Carl Landry (19) | Carl Landry (6) | Trevor Ariza (8) | Staples Center<br>18997 | 20–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 6 | @ Phoenix | | Aaron Brooks (34) | Carl Landry (10) | Kyle Lowry (6) | US Airways Center<br>15811 | 20–16 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 37 | January 9 | NY Knicks | | Luis Scola (23) | Scola, Lowry (7) | Shane Battier (5) | Toyota Center<br>15693 | 21–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 | January 12 | @ Charlotte | | Trevor Ariza (19) | Luis Scola (14) | Aaron Brooks (6) | Time Warner Cable Arena<br>11463 | 21–17 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 | January 13 | Minnesota | | Aaron Brooks (43) | Chuck Hayes (17) | Trevor Ariza (7) | Toyota Center<br>15175 | 22–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 40 | January 15 | Miami | | Budinger, Scola (17) | Battier, Ariza (6) | Aaron Brooks (5) | Toyota Center<br>16720 | 22–18 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 41 | January 18 | Milwaukee | | Luis Scola (27) | Luis Scola (15) | Aaron Brooks (10) | Toyota Center<br>17187 | 23–18 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 42 | January 22 | @ San Antonio | | Brooks, Lowry (23) | Luis Scola (9) | Kyle Lowry (9) | AT&T Center<br>18581 | 24–18 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 43 | January 23 | Chicago | | Carl Landry (22) | Shane Battier (8) | Kyle Lowry (5) | Toyota Center<br>18119 | 24–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 44 | January 25 | Atlanta | | Carl Landry (16) | Luis Scola (8) | Aaron Brooks (5) | Toyota Center<br>14998 | 24–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 27 | Denver | | Aaron Brooks (22) | Luis Scola (11) | Kyle Lowry (7) | Toyota Center<br>16357 | 24–21 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 46 | January 29 | Portland | | Aaron Brooks (33) | Battier, Scola (8) | Aaron Brooks (7) | Toyota Center<br>16129 | 25–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 47 | January 31 | Phoenix | | Aaron Brooks (24) | Shane Battier (11) | Aaron Brooks (6) | Toyota Center<br>17165 | 25–22

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 48 | February 2 | Golden State | | Brooks, Landry (24) | Chuck Hayes (13) | Aaron Brooks (6) | Toyota Center<br>12845 | 26–22 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 49 | February 5 | @ Memphis | | Aaron Brooks (19) | Joey Dorsey (12) | Brooks, Lowry (4) | FedExForum<br>14531 | 27–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 6 | Philadelphia | | Aaron Brooks (34) | Carl Landry (10) | Ariza, Brooks (4) | Toyota Center<br>17415 | 27–23 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 | February 9 | @ Miami | | Luis Scola (12) | Hayes, Budinger (12) | Battier, Scola (2) | American Airlines Arena<br>18654 | 27–24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 16 | Utah | | Aaron Brooks (18) | Shane Battier (8) | Trevor Ariza (6) | Toyota Center<br>14942 | 27–25 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 53 | February 17 | @ Milwaukee | | Trevor Ariza (22) | Shane Battier (10) | Aaron Brooks (12) | Bradley Center<br>11685 | 28–25 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 54 | February 20 | Indiana | | Aaron Brooks (26) | Scola, Andersen (11) | Aaron Brooks (7) | Toyota Center<br>16550 | 28–26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 55 | February 21 | @ New Orleans | | Chase Budinger (18) | Luis Scola (11) | Brooks, Ariza (8) | New Orleans Arena<br>14504 | 28–27 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 56 | February 24 | Orlando | | Aaron Brooks (24) | Shane Battier (9) | Aaron Brooks (8) | Toyota Center<br>15749 | 28-28 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 57 | February 26 | San Antonio | | Kevin Martin (33) | Luis Scola (13) | Shane Battier (5) | Toyota Center<br>18195 | 29–28 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 58 | February 27 | @ Utah | | Kevin Martin (32) | Budinger, Hayes (5) | Chuck Hayes (6) | EnergySolutions Arena<br>19911 | 29–29

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 59 | March 1 | Toronto | | Martin, Brooks (28) | Luis Scola (8) | Chuck Hayes (8) | Toyota Center<br>13943 | 30–29 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 60 | March 3 | Sacramento | | Aaron Brooks (22) | Luis Scola (18) | Luis Scola (5) | Toyota Center<br>15651 | 30-30 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 61 | March 6 | @ Minnesota | | Kevin Martin (30) | Luis Scola (21) | Aaron Brooks (9) | Target Center<br>15587 | 31–30 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 62 | March 7 | @ Detroit | | Kevin Martin (27) | Luis Scola (15) | Aaron Brooks (7) | Palace of Auburn Hills<br>18422 | 31-31 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 63 | March 9 | @ Washington | | Luis Scola (23) | Luis Scola (10) | Kyle Lowry (4) | Verizon Center<br>10422 | 32–31 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 64 | March 13 | New Jersey | | Luis Scola (44) | Luis Scola (12) | Aaron Brooks (7) | Toyota Center<br>16998 | 33–31 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 65 | March 15 | Denver | | Aaron Brooks (31) | Luis Scola (11) | Aaron Brooks (9) | Toyota Center<br>16369 | 34–31 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 66 | March 17 | Memphis | | Aaron Brooks (33) | Jordan Hill (9) | Brooks, Battier, Lowry (4) | Toyota Center<br>16142 | 35–31 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 | March 19 | Boston | | Scola, Martin (17) | Luis Scola (10) | Scola, Martin, Brooks, Lowry (3) | Toyota Center<br>18198 | 35–32 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 68 | March 21 | @ NY Knicks | | Kevin Martin (28) | Trevor Ariza (7) | Trevor Ariza (6) | Madison Square Garden<br>17242 | 36–32 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 | March 22 | @ Chicago | | Luis Scola (22) | Luis Scola (10) | Aaron Brooks (6) | United Center<br>19834 | 36–33 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 | March 24 | @ Oklahoma City | | Luis Scola (25) | Mike Harris (8) | Aaron Brooks (7) | Ford Center<br>18203 | 36–34 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 71 | March 25 | LA Clippers | | Brooks, Ariza (18) | Luis Scola (14) | Aaron Brooks (9) | Toyota Center<br>15201 | 36–35 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 72 | March 27 | LA Lakers | | Luis Scola (28) | Luis Scola (10) | Aaron Brooks (7) | Toyota Center<br>18583 | 36-36 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 73 | March 30 | Washington | | Chase Budinger (24) | Scola, Brooks (8) | Aaron Brooks (11) | Toyota Center<br>14395 | 37–36 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 74 | March 31 | @ San Antonio | | Aaron Brooks (21) | Jermaine Taylor (10) | Kyle Lowry (5) | AT&T Center<br>18581 | 37–37

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 75 | April 2 | @ Boston | | Aaron Brooks (30) | Luis Scola (11) | Aaron Brooks (9) | TD Garden<br>18624 | 38–37 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | April 4 | @ Indiana | | Chase Budinger (17) | Luis Scola (6) | Aaron Brooks (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse<br>14201 | 38-38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 77 | April 6 | @ Memphis | | Kevin Martin (29) | Jared Jeffries (10) | Aaron Brooks (7) | FedExForum<br>11673 | 39–38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 78 | April 7 | Utah | | Martin, Brooks (28) | Chuck Hayes (18) | Brooks, Lowry (5) | Toyota Center<br>15004 | 40–38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 79 | April 9 | Charlotte | | Aaron Brooks (23) | Ariza, Scola (9) | Trevor Ariza (8) | Toyota Center<br>16488 | 41–38 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 80 | April 11 | @ Phoenix | | Luis Scola (30) | Scola, Hayes (8) | Aaron Brooks (6) | US Airways Center<br>18422 | 41–39 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 81 | April 12 | @ Sacramento | | Kevin Martin (39) | Hayes, Jeffries (7) | Kyle Lowry (11) | ARCO Arena<br>14549 | 42–39 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 | April 14 | New Orleans | | Trevor Ariza (26) | Trevor Ariza (10) | Trevor Ariza (10) | Toyota Center<br>18191 | 42–40

Player statistics

Regular season

|- | | 63 || 0 || 14.1 || .432 || .346 || .687 || 3.3 || .7 || .2 || .2 || 5.8 |- | | 72 || 71 || style=";"| 36.5 || .394 || .334 || .649 || 5.6 || 3.8 || style=";"| 1.8 || .6 || 14.9 |- | | 9 || 0 || 4.4 || .294 || .000 || .000 || .7 || .3 || .6 || .0 || 1.1 |- | | 67 || 62 || 32.4 || .398 || .362 || .726 || 4.7 || .8 || .8 || style=";"| 1.1 || 8.0 |- | | style=";"| 82 || style=";"| 82 || 35.6 || .432 || .398 || .822 || 2.6 || style=";"| 5.3 || .8 || .2 || 19.6 |- | | 74 || 4 || 20.1 || .441 || .369 || .770 || 3.0 || 1.2 || .5 || .1 || 8.9 |- | | 5 || 0 || 7.2 || .300 || .300 || .000 || .6 || 1.4 || .0 || .0 || 1.2 |- | | 15 || 0 || 2.9 || .304 || .222 || .714 || .6 || .1 || .0 || .1 || 1.4 |- | | 7 || 0 || 7.7 || .455 || . || .500 || 3.6 || .3 || .3 || .1 || 1.6 |- | | 8 || 0 || 10.3 || .370 || .000 || .556 || 2.5 || .4 || .5 || .1 || 3.1 |- | | style=";"| 82 || style=";"| 82 || 21.6 || .489 || . || .545 || 5.7 || 1.7 || .9 || .5 || 4.4 |- | | 23 || 0 || 16.2 || .532 || . || .660 || 5.0 || .6 || .2 || .5 || 6.4 |- | | 18 || 0 || 18.4 || .429 || .111 || .556 || 3.6 || 1.0 || .5 || .7 || 4.9 |- | | 52 || 1 || 27.2 || style=";"| .547 || . || .839 || 5.5 || .8 || .5 || .9 || 16.1 |- | | 68 || 0 || 24.3 || .397 || .272 || .827 || 3.6 || 4.5 || .9 || .1 || 9.1 |- | | 24 || 22 || 35.8 || .435 || .310 || style=";"| .924 || 2.9 || 2.3 || 1.0 || .1 || style=";"| 21.3 |- | | 6 || 0 || 7.7 || .368 || style=";"| .500 || .667 || .8 || 1.0 || .0 || .3 || 3.2 |- | | 4 || 0 || 3.3 || .250 || . || .500 || 1.0 || .3 || .3 || .3 || 1.3 |- | | style=";"| 82 || style=";"| 82 || 32.6 || .514 || .200 || .779 || style=";"| 8.6 || 2.1 || .8 || .3 || 16.2 |- | | 31 || 4 || 9.8 || .378 || .227 || .717 || 1.5 || .5 || .3 || .1 || 4.1 |- | | 9 || 0 || 13.1 || .448 || .250 || .667 || 1.6 || .8 || .4 || .4 || 5.0

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Season

Injuries and surgeries

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

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

References

External links