2011–12 Houston Rockets season

2011–12 Houston Rockets season
Head coach	Kevin McHale
General manager	Daryl Morey
Owner(s)	Leslie Alexander
Arena	Toyota Center
Results
Record	34–32 (.515)
Place	Division: 4th (Southwest) Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FS Houston, KTXH
Radio	Sports Radio 610

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. 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 Kevin McHale was hired to be their new head coach for the upcoming season. The Rockets finished with a mediocre 34-32 record without the playoffs.

Key dates

• June 23: The 2011 NBA Draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.^[1]
• July 9: Yao Ming announced his retirement from professional basketball.

Draft picks

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

Roster

Houston Rockets roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 6 Boykins, Earl 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) 133 lb (60 kg) 1976–06–02 Eastern Michigan F 10 Budinger, Chase 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1988–05–22 Arizona C 29 Camby, Marcus 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1974–03–22 Massachusetts C 21 Dalembert, Samuel 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1981–05–10 Seton Hall G 3 Dragić, Goran 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–05–06 Slovenia G 9 Fortson, Courtney (DL) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–05–23 Arkansas G/F 5 Lee, Courtney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985–10–03 Western Kentucky G 7 Lowry, Kyle 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1986–03–25 Villanova SG 12 Martin, Kevin  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–02–01 Western Carolina F 2 Morris, Marcus 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989–02–09 Kansas F 25 Parsons, Chandler 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1988–10–25 Florida PF 54 Patterson, Patrick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989–03–14 Kentucky F/C 4 Scola, Luis (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1980–04–30 Argentina F 20 Simpson, Diamon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1987-09-08 Saint Mary's College of California F/C 0 Smith, Greg (DL) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1991–01–08 Fresno State C 32 Thabeet, Hasheem 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 263 lb (119 kg) 1987-02-16 University of Connecticut	Head coach Kevin McHale Assistant coach(es) Kelvin Sampson J. B. Bickerstaff Chris Finch Brett Gunning Greg Buckner Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2012–04–06

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Samuel Dalembert	Marcus Camby	Greg Smith
PF	Luis Scola	Patrick Patterson
SF	Chandler Parsons	Chase Budinger		Marcus Morris
SG	Kevin Martin	Courtney Lee
PG	Goran Dragic	Earl Boykins		Kyle Lowry

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 scraped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded.

2011 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 17 San Antonio W 101–87 Luis Scola (20) Jordan Hill (13) Kyle Lowry (5) Toyota Center 12,859 1–0 2 December 21 @ San Antonio L 95–97 Marcus Morris (20) Jordan Hill (8) Jonny Flynn (6) AT&T Center 17,323 1–1
2011–12 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
c-San Antonio Spurs	50	16	.758	–	28–5	22–11	12–4
x-Memphis Grizzlies	41	25	.621	9	26–7	15–18	7–8
x-Dallas Mavericks	36	30	.545	14	23–10	13–20	8–5
Houston Rockets	34	32	.508	16	22–11	12–21	6–8
New Orleans Hornets	21	45	.318	29	11–22	10–23	3–11

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-San Antonio Spurs	50	16	.758	–
2	y-Oklahoma City Thunder	47	19	.712	3
3	y-Los Angeles Lakers	41	25	.621	9
4	x-Memphis Grizzlies	41	25	.621	9
5	x-Los Angeles Clippers	40	26	.606	10
6	x-Denver Nuggets	38	28	.576	12
7	x-Dallas Mavericks	36	30	.545	14
8	x-Utah Jazz	36	30	.545	14
9	Houston Rockets	34	32	.515	16
10	Phoenix Suns	33	33	.500	17
11	Portland Trail Blazers	28	38	.424	22
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	26	40	.394	24
13	Golden State Warriors	23	43	.348	27
14	Sacramento Kings	22	44	.333	28
15	New Orleans Hornets	21	45	.318	29

References

1. "Report: NBA draft moving to Newark". ESPN.com. October 27, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2011.

External links

• Official website