by David Snipes

Created on: May 07, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

NBA team profile: 2007/2008 Houston Rockets

Overveiw: The Houston Rockets were a team in flux, and after 3 trips to the playoffs in 4 years, 2 50-plus win seasons and 3 first round playoff exits the Rockets on May 18, announced that the Rockets decided to part ways with Jeff Van Gundy. Five days later the team named Rick Adelman as the 11th head coach in team history. Rick Adelman, who has recorded the sixth most wins among active NBA coaches, was considered a good coach who came close to going to the NBA Finals with Sacramento and Portland including 2 trips the NBA Finals

Starters: The Rockets lost 127 games to injuries to various players witch was the least amount they have lost in over 4 years, problem is that half the All-Stars on this team lost 99 of them Ming with 27 and Francis with 72.

C- Yao Ming; averaged 22.0 points, 10.8 rebounds 2.3 assists and 2.02 blocks (all but points are career high)
Yao started all 55 games he played in this year before his injury. We will never know how far the Rockets winning streak would have stretched if not for Yao going down with a stress fracture in the tarsal navicular bone in his left foot. Yao had posted 33 double-doubles, which was tied for sixth among NBA leaders before his season-ending injury and made his sixth consecutive All-Star game in only 6 years he has moved past Robert Reid (3,606) into sixth place in Rockets history for total rebounds. Yao should be 100% by the start of next season

PF- Luis Scola; averaged 10.3 points and 6.4 rebounds
Scola started 39 games and played in all 82 games and he was the only Rockets player to see action in all 82 games. In his 39 starts he recorded nine 20-point games and 10 double-doubles only Yao Ming with 33 had more double-doubles on the Rockets during the season. Luis was the only rookie to qualify among NBA league leaders in field goal percentage (.515, 19th in NBA)

SF- Shane Battier; 9.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, 0.96 steals and 1.13 blocks per game
Shane started 78 of the 80 games he played this year. Battier missed to games due to an ankle injury and was held on the bench to mirror Manu Ginobili of the Spurs for 2 games. Shane was third in voting for the 2007-08 NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Shane had 1 double-double

SG- Tracy McGrady; averaged 21.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 1.03 steal per game
T-Mac started 62 games of the 66 games he played. Tracy ranked 15th in the NBA in scoring and had four 40-point outings and 15 30-point performances. Tracy is a seven-time

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