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2008-09 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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53-29, Finished 2nd in NBA Southwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Rick Adelman (53-29)

Points Per Game: 98.4 (17th of 30) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 94.4 (7th of 30)
Pythagorean W-L: 53-29 (6th of 30)

Arena: Toyota Center ▪ Attendance: 717,669 (16th of 30)

SRS: 3.73 (6th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 90.2 (19th of 30)
Offensive Rating: 108.4 (14th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.0 (4th of 30)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (4-2) versus Portland Trail Blazers

2008-09 Houston Rockets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Rafer Alston G 6-2 171 July 24, 1976 9 California State University, Fresno
96 Ron Artest F 6-6 244 November 13, 1979 9 St. John's University
17 Brent Barry G 6-6 185 December 31, 1971 13 Oregon State University
31 Shane Battier F 6-8 220 September 9, 1978 7 Duke University
0 Aaron Brooks G 6-0 161 January 14, 1985 1 University of Oregon
43 Brian Cook F 6-9 234 December 4, 1980 5 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
15 Joey Dorsey F 6-8 268 December 16, 1983 R University of Memphis
44 Chuck Hayes F 6-6 240 June 11, 1983 3 University of Kentucky
2 Luther Head G 6-3 185 November 26, 1982 3 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
14 Carl Landry F 6-9 248 September 19, 1983 1 Purdue University
7 Kyle Lowry G 6-0 175 March 25, 1986 2 Villanova University
1 Tracy McGrady F 6-8 210 May 24, 1979 11
11 Yao Ming C 7-6 310 September 12, 1980 6
55 Dikembe Mutombo C 7-2 245 June 25, 1966 17 Georgetown University
4 Luis Scola F 6-9 245 April 30, 1980 1
13 Von Wafer G 6-5 210 July 21, 1985 3 Florida State University
8 James White G-F 6-7 200 October 21, 1982 1 University of Cincinnati

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19805 2959 6526 .453 621 1656 .375 1531 1903 .805 862 2662 3524 1662 548 355 1158 1553 8070 98.4
Opponent 82 19805 2991 6735 .444 464 1298 .357 1296 1730 .749 873 2399 3272 1620 588 435 1012 1689 7742 94.4

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Yao Ming 28 77 77 2589 566 1032 .548 1 1 1.000 381 440 .866 204 557 761 137 30 150 234 257 1514
2 Ron Artest 29 69 55 2452 416 1037 .401 153 383 .399 196 262 .748 65 294 359 229 105 24 140 155 1181
3 Luis Scola 28 82 82 2488 424 799 .531 0 3 .000 196 258 .760 200 520 720 123 68 11 123 261 1044
4 Aaron Brooks 24 80 35 1998 316 783 .404 113 309 .366 149 172 .866 33 124 157 238 46 8 125 152 894
5 Carl Landry 25 69 0 1467 240 418 .574 1 3 .333 157 193 .813 124 219 343 39 26 31 68 166 638
6 Von Wafer 23 63 11 1225 229 512 .447 64 164 .390 88 117 .752 19 94 113 71 40 8 59 71 610
7 Rafer Alston 32 48 48 1591 193 522 .370 80 230 .348 86 109 .789 25 119 144 258 57 7 88 72 552
8 Tracy McGrady 29 35 35 1181 188 485 .388 44 117 .376 125 156 .801 20 134 154 175 42 15 69 38 545
9 Shane Battier 30 60 59 2031 145 354 .410 91 237 .384 55 67 .821 52 233 285 137 48 54 49 114 436
10 Kyle Lowry 22 28 0 608 77 162 .475 8 29 .276 52 65 .800 13 65 78 97 21 9 38 57 214
11 Brent Barry 37 56 1 857 70 172 .407 49 131 .374 19 20 .950 17 77 94 78 24 3 48 45 208
12 Luther Head 26 22 4 322 39 101 .386 14 38 .368 14 16 .875 3 24 27 35 6 1 16 15 106
13 Chuck Hayes 25 71 1 858 42 113 .372 0 4 .000 7 19 .368 74 176 250 42 34 19 25 134 91
14 Dikembe Mutombo 42 9 2 96 5 13 .385 0 0 6 9 .667 12 21 33 0 0 11 6 11 16
15 Brian Cook 28 9 0 25 5 16 .313 2 5 .400 0 0 1 4 5 1 0 3 2 3 12
16 James White 26 4 0 11 3 5 .600 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 7
17 Joey Dorsey 25 3 0 6 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Yao Ming 28 77 77 33.6 7.4 13.4 .548 0.0 0.0 1.000 4.9 5.7 .866 2.6 7.2 9.9 1.8 0.4 1.9 3.0 3.3 19.7
2 Ron Artest 29 69 55 35.5 6.0 15.0 .401 2.2 5.6 .399 2.8 3.8 .748 0.9 4.3 5.2 3.3 1.5 0.3 2.0 2.2 17.1
3 Tracy McGrady 29 35 35 33.7 5.4 13.9 .388 1.3 3.3 .376 3.6 4.5 .801 0.6 3.8 4.4 5.0 1.2 0.4 2.0 1.1 15.6
4 Luis Scola 28 82 82 30.3 5.2 9.7 .531 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.1 .760 2.4 6.3 8.8 1.5 0.8 0.1 1.5 3.2 12.7
5 Rafer Alston 32 48 48 33.1 4.0 10.9 .370 1.7 4.8 .348 1.8 2.3 .789 0.5 2.5 3.0 5.4 1.2 0.1 1.8 1.5 11.5
6 Aaron Brooks 24 80 35 25.0 4.0 9.8 .404 1.4 3.9 .366 1.9 2.2 .866 0.4 1.6 2.0 3.0 0.6 0.1 1.6 1.9 11.2
7 Von Wafer 23 63 11 19.4 3.6 8.1 .447 1.0 2.6 .390 1.4 1.9 .752 0.3 1.5 1.8 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.9 1.1 9.7
8 Carl Landry 25 69 0 21.3 3.5 6.1 .574 0.0 0.0 .333 2.3 2.8 .813 1.8 3.2 5.0 0.6 0.4 0.4 1.0 2.4 9.2
9 Kyle Lowry 22 28 0 21.7 2.8 5.8 .475 0.3 1.0 .276 1.9 2.3 .800 0.5 2.3 2.8 3.5 0.8 0.3 1.4 2.0 7.6
10 Shane Battier 30 60 59 33.9 2.4 5.9 .410 1.5 4.0 .384 0.9 1.1 .821 0.9 3.9 4.8 2.3 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.9 7.3
11 Luther Head 26 22 4 14.6 1.8 4.6 .386 0.6 1.7 .368 0.6 0.7 .875 0.1 1.1 1.2 1.6 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.7 4.8
12 Brent Barry 37 56 1 15.3 1.3 3.1 .407 0.9 2.3 .374 0.3 0.4 .950 0.3 1.4 1.7 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.9 0.8 3.7
13 James White 26 4 0 2.8 0.8 1.3 .600 0.3 0.5 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.5 1.8
14 Dikembe Mutombo 42 9 2 10.7 0.6 1.4 .385 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 .667 1.3 2.3 3.7 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.7 1.2 1.8
15 Brian Cook 28 9 0 2.8 0.6 1.8 .313 0.2 0.6 .400 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.3
16 Chuck Hayes 25 71 1 12.1 0.6 1.6 .372 0.0 0.1 .000 0.1 0.3 .368 1.0 2.5 3.5 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.9 1.3
17 Joey Dorsey 25 3 0 2.0 0.3 0.7 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 James White 26 4 0 11 9.8 16.4 .600 3.3 6.5 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 3.3 3.3 9.8 6.5 22.9
2 Yao Ming 28 77 77 2589 7.9 14.3 .548 0.0 0.0 1.000 5.3 6.1 .866 2.8 7.7 10.6 1.9 0.4 2.1 3.3 3.6 21.1
3 Von Wafer 23 63 11 1225 6.7 15.0 .447 1.9 4.8 .390 2.6 3.4 .752 0.6 2.8 3.3 2.1 1.2 0.2 1.7 2.1 17.9
4 Brian Cook 28 9 0 25 7.2 23.0 .313 2.9 7.2 .400 0.0 0.0 1.4 5.8 7.2 1.4 0.0 4.3 2.9 4.3 17.3
5 Ron Artest 29 69 55 2452 6.1 15.2 .401 2.2 5.6 .399 2.9 3.8 .748 1.0 4.3 5.3 3.4 1.5 0.4 2.1 2.3 17.3
6 Tracy McGrady 29 35 35 1181 5.7 14.8 .388 1.3 3.6 .376 3.8 4.8 .801 0.6 4.1 4.7 5.3 1.3 0.5 2.1 1.2 16.6
7 Aaron Brooks 24 80 35 1998 5.7 14.1 .404 2.0 5.6 .366 2.7 3.1 .866 0.6 2.2 2.8 4.3 0.8 0.1 2.3 2.7 16.1
8 Carl Landry 25 69 0 1467 5.9 10.3 .574 0.0 0.1 .333 3.9 4.7 .813 3.0 5.4 8.4 1.0 0.6 0.8 1.7 4.1 15.7
9 Luis Scola 28 82 82 2488 6.1 11.6 .531 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 3.7 .760 2.9 7.5 10.4 1.8 1.0 0.2 1.8 3.8 15.1
10 Kyle Lowry 22 28 0 608 4.6 9.6 .475 0.5 1.7 .276 3.1 3.8 .800 0.8 3.8 4.6 5.7 1.2 0.5 2.3 3.4 12.7
11 Rafer Alston 32 48 48 1591 4.4 11.8 .370 1.8 5.2 .348 1.9 2.5 .789 0.6 2.7 3.3 5.8 1.3 0.2 2.0 1.6 12.5
12 Joey Dorsey 25 3 0 6 6.0 12.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
13 Luther Head 26 22 4 322 4.4 11.3 .386 1.6 4.2 .368 1.6 1.8 .875 0.3 2.7 3.0 3.9 0.7 0.1 1.8 1.7 11.9
14 Brent Barry 37 56 1 857 2.9 7.2 .407 2.1 5.5 .374 0.8 0.8 .950 0.7 3.2 3.9 3.3 1.0 0.1 2.0 1.9 8.7
15 Shane Battier 30 60 59 2031 2.6 6.3 .410 1.6 4.2 .384 1.0 1.2 .821 0.9 4.1 5.1 2.4 0.9 1.0 0.9 2.0 7.7
16 Dikembe Mutombo 42 9 2 96 1.9 4.9 .385 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.4 .667 4.5 7.9 12.4 0.0 0.0 4.1 2.3 4.1 6.0
17 Chuck Hayes 25 71 1 858 1.8 4.7 .372 0.0 0.2 .000 0.3 0.8 .368 3.1 7.4 10.5 1.8 1.4 0.8 1.0 5.6 3.8

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Yao Ming 28 77 2589 22.7 .618 .549 9.6 24.1 17.1 10.0 0.6 4.2 16.0 26.2 114 101 5.6 5.0 10.6
2 Luis Scola 28 82 2488 17.0 .572 .531 9.8 23.4 16.9 8.6 1.5 0.3 11.9 19.3 114 102 4.3 4.3 8.6
3 Carl Landry 25 69 1467 17.7 .634 .575 10.3 16.7 13.6 4.6 0.9 1.5 11.9 18.1 123 104 3.7 2.2 5.9
4 Ron Artest 29 69 2452 15.6 .512 .475 3.2 13.4 8.5 16.2 2.3 0.7 10.8 24.5 104 103 1.6 4.0 5.5
5 Shane Battier 30 60 2031 10.7 .568 .538 3.1 12.9 8.2 10.0 1.3 1.9 11.3 9.9 118 105 2.3 2.9 5.2
6 Aaron Brooks 24 80 1998 12.9 .521 .476 2.0 7.0 4.6 20.2 1.2 0.3 12.7 22.9 105 108 1.4 2.2 3.6
7 Rafer Alston 32 48 1591 12.8 .484 .446 1.9 8.4 5.3 25.9 1.9 0.3 13.4 19.2 104 106 0.9 2.1 2.9
8 Tracy McGrady 29 35 1181 16.3 .492 .433 2.1 12.7 7.6 25.2 1.9 0.9 11.1 24.5 105 104 0.9 1.8 2.7
9 Von Wafer 23 63 1225 14.7 .541 .510 1.9 8.6 5.4 10.3 1.7 0.5 9.5 23.6 106 106 1.1 1.6 2.6
10 Kyle Lowry 22 28 608 15.0 .561 .500 2.6 12.0 7.5 25.7 1.8 1.1 16.6 17.5 113 104 0.9 0.9 1.8
11 Chuck Hayes 25 71 858 7.8 .375 .372 10.5 23.0 17.0 7.0 2.1 1.6 17.1 7.9 98 100 -0.1 1.7 1.6
12 Brent Barry 37 56 857 9.2 .575 .549 2.4 10.1 6.4 13.7 1.5 0.3 21.0 12.4 106 107 0.4 1.1 1.5
13 Luther Head 26 22 322 9.8 .491 .455 1.1 8.4 4.9 17.4 1.0 0.2 12.9 17.9 101 108 0.0 0.3 0.4
14 Dikembe Mutombo 42 9 96 10.8 .472 .385 15.2 24.5 20.0 0.0 0.0 8.3 26.1 11.1 95 99 0.0 0.2 0.2
15 Joey Dorsey 25 3 6 16.1 .500 .500 0.0 18.7 9.7 28.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.5 122 108 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 James White 26 4 11 14.6 .700 .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.2 4.8 6.6 37.5 33.8 80 97 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 Brian Cook 28 9 25 7.4 .375 .375 4.9 17.9 11.7 7.3 0.0 8.7 11.1 33.5 75 100 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Aaron Brooks 24 13 444 77 170 27 64 37 46 4 34 44 5 3 29 29 218 .453 .422 .804 34.2 16.8 2.6 3.4
2 Ron Artest 29 13 488 80 203 23 83 20 28 12 56 54 14 3 32 27 203 .394 .277 .714 37.5 15.6 4.3 4.2
3 Luis Scola 28 13 424 77 156 0 0 33 49 28 109 23 7 3 22 45 187 .494 .673 32.6 14.4 8.4 1.8
4 Yao Ming 28 9 323 54 99 0 0 46 51 19 98 9 4 11 17 27 154 .545 .902 35.9 17.1 10.9 1.0
5 Von Wafer 23 13 181 39 92 9 22 19 22 0 12 9 2 1 11 11 106 .424 .409 .864 13.9 8.2 0.9 0.7
6 Shane Battier 30 13 496 33 81 17 54 22 23 21 64 31 14 9 15 33 105 .407 .315 .957 38.2 8.1 4.9 2.4
7 Carl Landry 25 13 240 39 70 0 2 19 33 16 51 3 4 5 14 27 97 .557 .000 .576 18.5 7.5 3.9 0.2
8 Kyle Lowry 22 13 254 21 63 4 16 23 31 8 38 32 12 1 17 23 69 .333 .250 .742 19.5 5.3 2.9 2.5
9 Chuck Hayes 25 13 173 10 21 0 2 0 0 13 39 10 13 2 4 27 20 .476 .000 13.3 1.5 3.0 0.8
10 Brent Barry 37 4 35 5 10 3 8 0 0 0 4 3 2 0 4 3 13 .500 .375 8.8 3.3 1.0 0.8
11 Brian Cook 28 6 32 4 15 2 9 0 0 3 12 3 2 1 4 4 10 .267 .222 5.3 1.7 2.0 0.5
12 James White 26 5 12 3 9 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 .333 .500 2.4 1.4 0.2 0.0
13 Dikembe Mutombo 42 2 20 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 0 1 2 0 5 0 .000 10.0 0.0 4.5 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Yao Ming 28 9 323 21.5 .634 .545 7.2 28.1 18.0 5.1 0.7 2.6 12.3 20.6 121 103 0.9 0.5 1.4
2 Shane Battier 30 13 496 11.1 .576 .512 5.2 9.9 7.6 9.7 1.6 1.4 14.1 10.3 118 107 0.6 0.5 1.1
3 Luis Scola 28 13 424 16.2 .527 .494 8.1 21.9 15.2 10.3 0.9 0.5 11.0 22.6 106 106 0.4 0.5 0.9
4 Aaron Brooks 24 13 444 15.5 .573 .532 1.1 7.8 4.5 18.5 0.6 0.5 13.2 23.7 109 111 0.6 0.3 0.9
5 Chuck Hayes 25 13 173 10.9 .476 .476 9.2 17.2 13.4 8.9 4.1 0.9 16.0 6.9 113 100 0.1 0.3 0.5
6 Carl Landry 25 13 240 14.4 .574 .557 8.2 16.7 12.6 2.3 0.9 1.6 14.2 19.7 106 106 0.2 0.3 0.5
7 Ron Artest 29 13 488 12.5 .471 .451 3.0 10.3 6.8 20.3 1.6 0.5 12.9 24.3 96 108 -0.2 0.5 0.3
8 Von Wafer 23 13 181 14.5 .521 .473 0.0 7.6 3.9 10.1 0.6 0.4 9.8 29.9 100 111 0.0 0.1 0.2
9 Kyle Lowry 22 13 254 10.5 .450 .365 3.9 13.5 8.9 20.1 2.6 0.3 18.2 17.7 94 105 -0.1 0.3 0.2
10 Dikembe Mutombo 42 2 20 8.3 .000 6.1 45.9 26.7 0.0 2.7 7.7 0.0 2.1 58 88 0.0 0.1 0.1
11 Brent Barry 37 4 35 12.0 .650 .650 0.0 13.1 6.8 15.2 3.1 0.0 28.6 19.2 95 104 0.0 0.1 0.0
12 Brian Cook 28 6 32 7.3 .333 .333 11.5 32.3 22.2 16.1 3.4 2.4 21.1 28.5 70 96 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
13 James White 26 5 12 5.3 .389 .389 10.2 0.0 4.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 40.0 77 115 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Tracy McGrady $20,370,437
2 Yao Ming $15,070,550
3 Ron Artest $7,400,000
4 Shane Battier $6,448,900
5 Brian Cook $3,500,000
6 Luis Scola $3,100,667
7 Carl Landry $3,000,000
8 Jackie Butler $2,552,000
9 Luther Head $1,962,378
10 Brent Barry $1,910,000
11 Chuck Hayes $1,768,000
12 Justin Reed $1,573,000
13 Kyle Lowry $1,163,520
14 Aaron Brooks $1,045,560
15 Von Wafer $826,269
16 Joey Dorsey $816,500
17 Dikembe Mutombo $794,491
18 James White $184,157
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)