2016–17 Houston Rockets season

2016–17 Houston Rockets season
Head coach	Mike D'Antoni
General manager	Daryl Morey
Owner(s)	Leslie Alexander
Arena	Toyota Center
Results
Record	13–7 (.650)
Place	Division: 2nd (Southwest) Conference: 4th (Western)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Root Sports Southwest
Radio	Sportstalk 790

The 2016–17 Houston Rockets season is the 50th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their 46th in the Houston area.^[1] On June 1, 2016, the Rockets named Mike D'Antoni as their new head coach.^[2] The Rockets are expected to retire the number 11 of former center Yao Ming in February 2017.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
2	37	Chinanu Onuaku	PF/C	United States	Louisville
2	43	Zhou Qi	C	China	Xinjiang Flying Tigers (China)

Roster

Houston Rockets roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 3 Anderson, Ryan 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1988–05–06 UC Berkeley F 1 Ariza, Trevor 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1985–06–30 UCLA G 2 Beverley, Patrick 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–07–12 Arkansas G/F 33 Brewer, Corey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1986–03–05 Florida G 8 Brown, Bobby 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1984–09–24 Cal State Fullerton F/C 15 Capela, Clint 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1994–05–18 INSEP (FRA) F 7 Dekker, Sam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1994–05–06 Wisconsin G 6 Ennis, Tyler 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1994–08–24 Syracuse G 10 Gordon, Eric 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1988–12–25 Indiana G 13 Harden, James (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–08–26 Arizona State F 5 Harrell, Montrezl 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1994–01–26 Louisville G/F 32 McDaniels, K. J. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1993–02–09 Clemson F/C 42 Nenê 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1982–09–13 Brazil C 21 Onuaku, Chinanu (DL) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1996–11–01 Louisville F 30 Wiltjer, Kyle (DL) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1992–10–20 Gonzaga	Head coach Mike D'Antoni Assistant coach(es) Jeff Bzdelik Brett Gunning Josh Oppenheimer Roy Rogers John Lucas (player development) 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: 2016–12–03

Standings

Division

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
San Antonio Spurs	16	4	.800	0.0	5–4	11–0	3–0	20
Houston Rockets	13	7	.650	3.0	4–2	9–5	2–1	20
Memphis Grizzlies	13	8	.619	3.5	7–4	6–4	2–0	21
New Orleans Pelicans	7	13	.350	9.0	5–6	2–7	0–2	20
Dallas Mavericks	4	15	.211	11.5	3–5	1–10	0–4	19

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Golden State Warriors *	17	3	.850	–	20
2	San Antonio Spurs *	16	4	.800	1.0	20
3	Los Angeles Clippers	16	5	.762	1.5	21
4	Houston Rockets	13	7	.650	4.0	20
5	Memphis Grizzlies	13	8	.619	4.5	21
6	Oklahoma City Thunder *	12	8	.600	5.0	20
7	Utah Jazz	12	9	.571	5.5	21
8	Portland Trail Blazers	11	10	.524	6.5	21
9	Los Angeles Lakers	10	12	.455	8.0	22
10	Sacramento Kings	7	12	.368	9.5	19
11	Denver Nuggets	7	13	.350	10.0	20
12	New Orleans Pelicans	7	13	.350	10.0	20
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	6	14	.300	11.0	20
14	Phoenix Suns	6	14	.300	11.0	20
15	Dallas Mavericks	4	15	.211	12.5	19

Game log

Preseason

2016 pre-season game log Total: 5–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–1)
Pre-season: 5–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 2 Shanghai Sharks W 131–94 James Harden (16) Clint Capela (11) James Harden (10) Toyota Center 12,313 1–0 2 October 4 New York W 130–103 James Harden (28) Anderson, Ariza (7) James Harden (11) Toyota Center 14,397 2–0 3 October 9 New Orleans W 123–117 James Harden (26) K. J. McDaniels (8) James Harden (15) Mercedes-Benz Arena (Shanghai) 15,844 3–0 4 October 12 @ New Orleans W 116–104 Bobby Brown (18) Ryan Anderson (7) James Harden (8) LeSports Center (Beijing) 14,498 4–0 5 October 15 Memphis L 125–134 (2OT) Montrezl Harrell (20) Harden, Harrell (10) James Harden (9) Toyota Center 14,690 4–1 6 October 19 @ Dallas W 106–91 James Harden (23) Clint Capela (13) James Harden (11) American Airlines Center 18,988 5–1 7 October 21 @ San Antonio L 99–114 Bobby Brown (23) Montrezl Harrell (8) Bobby Brown (9) AT&T Center 18,418 5–2
2016–17 season schedule

Regular season

2016–17 game log Total: 13–7 (Home: 4–2; Road: 9–5)
October: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 26 @ L.A. Lakers L 114–120 James Harden (34) Clint Capela (9) James Harden (17) Staples Center 18,997 0–1 2 October 28 @ Dallas W 106–98 Trevor Ariza (27) Clint Capela (9) James Harden (8) American Airlines Center 20,163 1–1 3 October 30 Dallas W 93–92 James Harden (28) Ryan Anderson (12) James Harden (7) Toyota Center 18,055 2–1
November : 9–6 (Home: 3–2; Road: 6–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 1 @ Cleveland L 120–128 James Harden (41) James Harden (7) James Harden (15) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 2–2 5 November 2 @ New York W 118–99 James Harden (30) Montrezl Harrell (10) James Harden (15) Madison Square Garden 19,812 3–2 6 November 5 @ Atlanta L 97–112 James Harden (30) Clint Capela (10) James Harden (12) Philips Arena 16,895 3–3 7 November 7 @ Washington W 114–106 James Harden (32) Ryan Anderson (7) James Harden (15) Verizon Center 13,173 4–3 8 November 9 @ San Antonio W 101–99 James Harden (24) James Harden (12) James Harden (15) AT&T Center 18,418 5–3 9 November 12 San Antonio L 100–106 Eric Gordon (27) James Harden (11) James Harden (13) Toyota Center 18,055 5–4 10 November 14 Philadelphia W 115–88 James Harden (33) Clint Capela (13) James Harden (9) Toyota Center 13,183 6–4 11 November 16 @ Oklahoma City L 103–105 Ryan Anderson (14) Clint Capela (14) James Harden (13) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 6–5 12 November 17 Portland W 126–109 James Harden (26) James Harden (12) James Harden (14) Toyota Center 15,550 7–5 13 November 19 Utah W 111–102 James Harden (31) Clint Capela (8) James Harden (10) Toyota Center 14,760 8–5 14 November 21 @ Detroit W 99–96 James Harden (28) Clint Capela (12) James Harden (11) The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,632 9–5 15 November 23 Toronto L 102–115 James Harden (29) Patrick Beverley (10) James Harden (15) Toyota Center 18,055 9–6 16 November 25 @ Sacramento W 117–104 James Harden (23) Capela, Harden (10) James Harden (10) Golden 1 Center 17,608 10–6 17 November 27 @ Portland W 130–114 James Harden (38) Clint Capela (9) James Harden (10) Moda Center 19,393 11–6 18 November 29 @ Utah L 101–120 James Harden (26) Beverley, Capela, Dekker (6) James Harden (7) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 11–7
December: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 19 December 1 @ Golden State W 132–127 (2OT) Anderson, Harden (29) James Harden (15) James Harden (13) Oracle Arena 19,596 12–7 20 December 2 @ Denver W 128–110 James Harden (20) Clint Capela (10) James Harden (7) Pepsi Center 15,549 13–7 21 December 5 Boston Toyota Center 0–0 22 December 7 L.A. Lakers Toyota Center 0–0 23 December 9 @ Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena 0–0 24 December 10 Dallas Toyota Center 0–0 25 December 12 Brooklyn Toyota Center 0–0 26 December 14 Sacramento Toyota Center 0–0 27 December 16 New Orleans Toyota Center 0–0 28 December 17 @ Minnesota Target Center 0–0 29 December 20 San Antonio Toyota Center 0–0 30 December 21 @ Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena 0–0 31 December 23 @ Memphis FedExForum 0–0 32 December 26 Phoenix Toyota Center 0–0 33 December 27 @ Dallas American Airlines Center 0–0 34 December 30 L.A. Clippers Toyota Center 0–0 35 December 31 New York Toyota Center 0–0
January: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 36 January 2 Washington Toyota Center 0–0 37 January 5 Oklahoma City Toyota Center 0–0 38 January 6 @ Orlando Amway Center 0–0 39 January 8 @ Toronto Air Canada Centre 0–0 40 January 10 Charlotte Toyota Center 0–0 41 January 11 @ Minnesota Target Center 0–0 42 January 13 Memphis Toyota Center 0–0 43 January 15 @ Brooklyn Barclays Center 0–0 44 January 17 @ Miami American Airlines Arena 0–0 45 January 18 Milwaukee Toyota Center 0–0 46 January 20 Golden State Toyota Center 0–0 47 January 21 @ Memphis FedExForum 0–0 48 January 23 @ Milwaukee Bradley Center 0–0 49 January 25 @ Boston TD Garden 0–0 50 January 27 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 0–0 51 January 29 @ Indiana Bankers Life Fieldhouse 0–0 52 January 31 Sacramento Toyota Center 0–0
February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 53 February 2 Atlanta Toyota Center 0–0 54 February 3 Chicago Toyota Center 0–0 55 February 7 Orlando Toyota Center 0–0 56 February 9 @ Charlotte Spectrum Center 0–0 57 February 11 Phoenix Toyota Center 0–0 58 February 15 Miami Toyota Center 0–0 All-Star Break 59 February 23 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center 0–0 60 February 25 Minnesota Toyota Center 0–0 61 February 27 Indiana Toyota Center 0–0
March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 62 March 1 @ L.A. Clippers Staples Center 0–0 63 March 4 Memphis Toyota Center 0–0 64 March 6 @ San Antonio AT&T Center 0–0 65 March 8 Utah Toyota Center 0–0 66 March 10 @ Chicago United Center 0–0 67 March 12 Cleveland Toyota Center 0–0 68 March 15 L.A. Lakers Toyota Center 0–0 69 March 17 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center 0–0 70 March 18 @ Denver Pepsi Center 0–0 71 March 20 Denver Toyota Center 0–0 72 March 24 New Orleans Toyota Center 0–0 73 March 26 Oklahoma City Toyota Center 0–0 74 March 28 Golden State Toyota Center 0–0 75 March 30 @ Portland Moda Center 0–0 76 March 31 @ Golden State Oracle Arena 0–0
April: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 77 April 2 @ Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena 0–0 78 April 5 Denver Toyota Center 0–0 79 April 7 Detroit Toyota Center 0–0 80 April 9 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center 0–0 81 April 10 @ L.A. Clippers Staples Center 0–0 82 April 12 Minnesota Toyota Center 0–0
2016–17 season schedule

Injuries

Player	Duration		Injury type	Games missed
	Start	End
Beverley, PatrickPatrick Beverley	October 2, 2016	November 17, 2016	Left knee surgery	11
Harrell, MontrezlMontrezl Harrell	November 18, 2016	November 20, 2016	Left calf contusion	1

Source: ^[3]

Transactions

Trades

September 22, 2016[4]

To Houston Rockets Tyler Ennis

To Milwaukee Bucks Michael Beasley

Free agents

Re-signed

Player	Signed	Contract	Ref.
Harden, JamesJames Harden	July 9, 2016	4 years, $118 million	[5]

Additions

Player	Signed	Contract	Former team	Ref.
D'Antoni, MikeMike D'Antoni (head coach)	May 26, 2016	3 years, $15 million	Philadelphia 76ers (associate coach)	[2]
Anderson, RyanRyan Anderson	July 9, 2016	4 years, $80 million	New Orleans Pelicans	[6]
Gordon, EricEric Gordon	July 9, 2016	4 years, $53 million	New Orleans Pelicans	[6]
, NenêNenê	July 19, 2016	1 year, $2.9 milion	Washington Wizards	[7]
Prigioni, PabloPablo Prigioni	July 28, 2016	2 year, $2.2 million	Los Angeles Clippers	[8]
Brown, BobbyBobby Brown	September 23, 2016	1 year, $980,000	Beşiktaş Sompo Japan	[9]
Wiltjer, KyleKyle Wiltjer	September 23, 2016	2 year, $1.4 million	Gonzaga Bulldogs (NCAA)	[10]

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	Date	New Team	Ref.
Goudelock, AndrewAndrew Goudelock	Waived	July 9, 2016	Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	[11]
Jones, TerrenceTerrence Jones	Free Agency	July 9, 2016	New Orleans Pelicans	[12]
Terry, JasonJason Terry	Free Agency	July 9, 2016	Milwaukee Bucks	[13]
Smith, JoshJosh Smith	Free Agency	July 9, 2016	Sichuan Blue Whales	[14]
Howard, DwightDwight Howard	Free Agency	July 12, 2016	Atlanta Hawks	[15]
Prigioni, PabloPablo Prigioni	Waived	October 24, 2016	None	[16]

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Player	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Harden, JamesJames Harden	Western Conference Player of the Week	November 14, 2016	[17]

Records

• On November 12, James Harden became the first player in NBA history to record at least 24 points & 12 assists in six consecutive games.
• James Harden became the first player in NBA history to record 300+ points and 120+ assists in their team's first 10 games.
• On November 25, the Rockets attempted 50 three-pointers in a win against the Kings, setting an NBA record for most 3-pointers attempted in a game, breaking the previous record of 49 set by Dallas in 1996.
• On November 29, the Rockets hit 10+ three-pointers in their 17th consecutive game, setting an NBA record.

Milestones

• On November 9, James Harden passed Vernon Maxwell for most 3-point attempts in Rockets history with 2,242.
• On November 19, James Harden passed Robert Reid for 7th on the Rockets' all-time scoring list.

References

1. Houston Rockets Franchise Index
2. "Rockets Name Mike D'Antoni Head Coach". NBA.com/rockets. May 26, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
3. "Injury Report". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
4. "Rockets Complete Trade with Milwaukee". NBA.com/rockets. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
5. "James Harden signs new contract with Houston Rockets". ESPN.com. July 9, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
6. "Rockets Sign Free Agents Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon". NBA.com/rockets. July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
7. "Rockets Sign Free Agent Nene". NBA.com/rockets. July 20, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
8. "Rockets Sign Free Agent Pablo Prigioni". NBA.com/rockets. July 28, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
9. "Bobby Brown signed by Rockets". 247sports. July 24, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
10. "Former Jesuit standout Kyle Wiltjer makes Houston Rockets roster". oregonlive.com. The Oregonian. October 24, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
11. "Report: Ex-Rockets SG Andrew Goudelock signs in Israel". todaysfastbreak.com. August 2, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
12. "Terrence Jones, Tim Frazier sign their contracts with Pelicans". nola.com/pelicans. July 22, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
13. "Bucks sign veteran guard Jason Terry". NBA.com. August 22, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
14. "Houston Rockets Rumors: Team Drops Jason Terry & Josh Smith". Morning Ledger. July 29, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
15. "Hawks Sign Eight-Time NBA All-Star Dwight Howard". NBA.com/hawks. July 12, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
16. "Rockets Waive Pablo Prigioni". NBA.com. October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
17. "DeMar DeRozan, James Harden named Players of the Week". NBA.com. November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

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