2010–11 Houston Rockets season

2010–11 Houston Rockets season
Head coach	Rick Adelman
General manager	Daryl Morey
Owners	Leslie Alexander
Arena	Toyota Center
Results
Record	43–39 (.524)
Place	Division: 5th (Southwest) Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FS Houston, KTXH
Radio	Sports Radio 610
< 2009–10 2011–12 >

The 2010–11 Houston Rockets season was the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 40th based in Houston. This season was Yao Ming's last in the NBA. He played only 5 games because of recurring injuries that interrupted his career. Despite his injuries, he was selected to play in the 2011 NBA All-Star Game as a starter, but he was unable to participate.

The Rockets ended the season with a 43–39 record without the playoffs. After the season, head coach Rick Adelman left to coach the Minnesota Timberwolves and Yao retired.

• June 24 – The 2010 NBA draft was held in New York City.
• July 1 – The free agency period begun.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
1	14	Patrick Patterson	PF	United States	Kentucky

2010-11 Houston Rockets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G/F 15 Blakely, Marqus 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Vermont F 10 Budinger, Chase 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 209 lb (95 kg) Arizona C 50 Cousin, Marcus 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Houston G 3 Dragić, Goran 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Slovenia F/C 44 Hayes, Chuck 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 238 lb (108 kg) Kentucky F/C 27 Hill, Jordan 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Arizona G 5 Lee, Courtney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Western Kentucky PG 7 Lowry, Kyle 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Villanova G 12 Martin, Kevin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 199 lb (90 kg) Western Carolina F/C 52 Miller, Brad 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 244 lb (111 kg) Purdue F 54 Patterson, Patrick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Kentucky F/C 4 Scola, Luis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Argentina C 32 Thabeet, Hasheem 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 263 lb (119 kg) Connecticut G/F 1 Williams, Terrence 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Louisville C 11 Yao Ming  7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 310 lb (141 kg) People's Republic of China

Head coach Rick Adelman (Loyola Marymount) Assistant coach(es) Elston Turner (Mississippi) Jack Sikma (Illinois Wesleyan) T. R. Dunn (Alabama) R.J. Adelman (Willamette) Pat Zipfel (Cabrini College) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

2010 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 4–4 (home: 3–2; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 5 Orlando L 88–97 Kevin Martin (14) Luis Scola (6) Shane Battier, Aaron Brooks, Jared Jeffries, Kyle Lowry, Courtney Lee, Ishmael Smith (2) State Farm Arena 4,854 0–1 2 October 7 San Antonio W 90–87 Kevin Martin (21) Chuck Hayes (10) Kyle Lowry (7) Toyota Center 13,035 1–1 3 October 9 Indiana W 126–92 Luis Scola (23) Luis Scola (11) Ishmael Smith (8) Toyota Center 12,469 2–1 4 October 10 Cleveland L 93–99 Chase Budinger (13) Chase Budinger (10) Chuck Hayes, Antonio Anderson, Ishmael Smith, Patrick Patterson (2) Toyota Center 11,095 2–2 5 October 13 New Jersey W 91–81 Kevin Martin (18) Patrick Patterson (9) Chase Budinger (4) Wukesong Arena 16,996 3–2 6 October 16 @ New Jersey W 95–85 Kevin Martin (16) Shane Battier, Courtney Lee (6) Brad Miller, Kyle Lowry (4) Guangzhou Gymnasium 16,516 4–2 7 October 21 @ San Antonio L 103–111 Kevin Martin (21) Luis Scola (7) Aaron Brooks (5) AT&T Center 15,356 4–3 8 October 22 @ Dallas L 96–97 Chase Budinger (19) Luis Scola, Yao Ming (8) Aaron Brooks, Ishmael Smith (4) American Airlines Center 18,580 4–4
2010–11 season schedule

Southwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
c-San Antonio Spurs	61	21	.744	–	36–5	25–16	10–6
x-Dallas Mavericks	57	25	.695	4	29–12	28–13	8–8
x-New Orleans Hornets	46	36	.561	15	28–13	18–23	9–7
x-Memphis Grizzlies	46	36	.561	15	30–11	16–25	8–8
Houston Rockets	43	39	.524	18	25–16	18–23	5–11

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-San Antonio Spurs	61	21	.744	–
2	y-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	4
3	x-Dallas Mavericks	57	25	.695	4
4	y-Oklahoma City Thunder	55	27	.671	6
5	x-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	11
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	13
7	x-New Orleans Hornets	46	36	.561	15
8	x-Memphis Grizzlies	46	36	.561	15
9	Houston Rockets	43	39	.524	18
10	Phoenix Suns	40	42	.488	21
11	Utah Jazz	39	43	.476	22
12	Golden State Warriors	36	46	.439	25
13	Los Angeles Clippers	32	50	.390	29
14	Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	37
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	17	65	.207	44

2010–11 game log Total: 43–39 (Home: 25–16; Road: 18–23)
October: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 26 @ L.A. Lakers L 110–112 Kevin Martin (26) Luis Scola (16) Aaron Brooks (9) Staples Center 18,997 0–1 2 October 27 @ Golden State L 128–132 Luis Scola (36) Luis Scola (16) Aaron Brooks (7) Oracle Arena 18,428 0–2 3 October 30 Denver L 94–107 Luis Scola (28) Luis Scola (10) Aaron Brooks (5) Toyota Center 18,161 0–3
November: 5–9 (home: 3–3; road: 2–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 3 New Orleans L 99–107 Aaron Brooks, Kevin Martin (18) Luis Scola (16) Luis Scola (5) Toyota Center 13,484 0–4 5 November 6 @ San Antonio L 121–124 (OT) Kevin Martin (24) Chuck Hayes (13) Ishmael Smith (7) AT&T Center 17,740 0–5 6 November 7 Minnesota W 120–94 Luis Scola (24) Luis Scola (8) Ishmael Smith (6) Toyota Center 15,058 1–5 7 November 10 @ Washington L 91–98 Kevin Martin (31) Chuck Hayes, Kevin Martin (7) Kevin Martin (6) Verizon Center 13,665 1–6 8 November 12 @ Indiana W 102–99 Brad Miller (23) Luis Scola (9) Kyle Lowry (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 14,414 2–6 9 November 14 @ New York W 104–96 Kevin Martin (28) Chuck Hayes (9) Kyle Lowry (6) Madison Square Garden 19,763 3–6 10 November 16 Chicago L 92–95 Luis Scola (27) Chuck Hayes, Jordan Hill, Brad Miller, Luis Scola (5) Kyle Lowry (7) Toyota Center 18,158 3–7 11 November 17 @ Oklahoma City L 99–116 Luis Scola (26) Luis Scola (8) Ishmael Smith (5) Oklahoma City Arena 17,509 3–8 12 November 19 @ Toronto L 96–106 Kevin Martin (31) Kyle Lowry (7) Kyle Lowry (12) Air Canada Centre 17,369 3–9 13 November 22 Phoenix L 116–123 Kevin Martin (19) Jordan Hill (10) Kyle Lowry (8) Toyota Center 15,080 3–10 14 November 24 Golden State W 111–101 Kevin Martin (25) Luis Scola (12) Kyle Lowry (10) Toyota Center 13,847 4–10 15 November 26 @ Charlotte L 89–99 Chase Budinger (19) Chuck Hayes (10) Kyle Lowry (6) Time Warner Cable Arena 16,473 4–11 16 November 28 Oklahoma City W 99–98 Kevin Martin (23) Jordan Hill, Brad Miller (7) Kyle Lowry (8) Toyota Center 15,316 5–11 17 November 29 @ Dallas L 91–101 Kevin Martin (17) Jordan Hill (8) Kyle Lowry, Brad Miller (5) American Airlines Center 19,435 5–12
December: 11–4 (home: 8–1; road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 December 1 L.A. Lakers W 109–99 Kevin Martin (22) Luis Scola (9) Kyle Lowry (10) Toyota Center 18,116 6–12 19 December 3 @ Memphis W 127–111 Kyle Lowry, Kevin Martin (28) Brad Miller (7) Kyle Lowry (12) FedExForum 14,577 7–12 20 December 4 @ Chicago L 116–119 (OT) Luis Scola (27) Luis Scola (8) Kyle Lowry, Kevin Martin (4) United Center 21,232 7–13 21 December 7 Detroit W 97–83 Luis Scola (35) Luis Scola (12) Kyle Lowry (12) Toyota Center 14,798 8–13 22 December 10 @ Milwaukee L 91–97 Kevin Martin (23) Brad Miller, Luis Scola (6) Brad Miller (4) Bradley Center 14,526 8–14 23 December 11 Cleveland W 110–95 Kevin Martin (40) Luis Scola (14) Kyle Lowry (6) Toyota Center 15,532 9–14 24 December 14 Sacramento W 118–105 Luis Scola (23) Luis Scola (10) Kyle Lowry (9) Toyota Center 13,414 10–14 25 December 15 @ Oklahoma City L 105–117 Kevin Martin (22) Jordan Hill, Luis Scola (5) Shane Battier (5) Oklahoma City Arena 17,997 10–15 26 December 17 Memphis W 103–87 Kevin Martin (34) Shane Battier (10) Kyle Lowry (18) Toyota Center 14,534 11–15 27 December 19 @ Sacramento W 102–93 Kevin Martin (22) Chuck Hayes (11) Kyle Lowry (7) ARCO Arena 13,599 12–15 28 December 20 @ Golden State W 121–112 Kevin Martin (30) Chuck Hayes (10) Kyle Lowry (8) Oracle Arena 19,256 13–15 29 December 22 @ L.A. Clippers W 97–92 Kevin Martin (28) Shane Battier (10) Shane Battier (7) Staples Center 17,470 14–15 30 December 27 Washington W 100–93 Kevin Martin (20) Chuck Hayes (8) Kyle Lowry (6) Toyota Center 18,143 15–15 31 December 29 Miami L 119–125 Luis Scola (22) Chuck Hayes (8) Aaron Brooks (8) Toyota Center 18,409 15–16 32 December 31 Toronto W 114–105 Chase Budinger (22) Patrick Patterson (10) Aaron Brooks (7) Toyota Center 18,121 16–16
January: 6–11 (home: 3–5; road: 3–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 January 2 @ Portland L 85–100 Kevin Martin (15) Patrick Patterson (10) Kyle Lowry, Kevin Martin (4) Rose Garden 20,416 16–17 34 January 3 @ Denver L 106–113 Luis Scola (24) Brad Miller (11) Aaron Brooks, Brad Miller (5) Pepsi Center 17,136 16–18 35 January 5 Portland L 100–103 Kevin Martin (45) Luis Scola (12) Kyle Lowry (7) Toyota Center 14,125 16–19 36 January 7 @ Orlando L 95–110 Kevin Martin (27) Courtney Lee (6) Kyle Lowry (5) Amway Center 19,107 16–20 37 January 8 Utah L 99–103 (OT) Luis Scola (24) Luis Scola (10) Kyle Lowry (6) Toyota Center 16,113 16–21 38 January 10 @ Boston W 108–102 Aaron Brooks (24) Luis Scola (9) Kyle Lowry (8) TD Garden 18,624 17–21 39 January 12 Oklahoma City L 112–118 Luis Scola (31) Luis Scola (11) Shane Battier (6) Toyota Center 16,158 17–22 40 January 14 New Orleans L 105–110 (OT) Kyle Lowry (28) Luis Scola (11) Kyle Lowry (7) Toyota Center 13,616 17–23 41 January 15 @ Atlanta W 112–106 Aaron Brooks (24) Chuck Hayes, Jordan Hill (8) Aaron Brooks (10) Philips Arena 13,420 18–23 42 January 17 Milwaukee W 93–84 Kevin Martin (36) Luis Scola (14) Kyle Lowry (6) Toyota Center 16,186 19–23 43 January 19 New York W 104–89 Kevin Martin (21) Chuck Hayes (12) Chuck Hayes, Kyle Lowry, Kevin Martin (4) Toyota Center 15,903 20–23 44 January 21 @ Memphis L 110–115 Kevin Martin (32) Shane Battier (8) Kyle Lowry (8) FedExForum 13,458 20–24 45 January 22 Orlando L 104–118 Chase Budinger (19) Luis Scola (9) Chuck Hayes (4) Toyota Center 18,052 20–25 46 January 24 @ Minnesota W 129–125 Kevin Martin (34) Luis Scola (12) Chuck Hayes (7) Target Center 11,983 21–25 47 January 26 L.A. Clippers W 96–83 Kyle Lowry (20) Chuck Hayes (11) Kyle Lowry (8) Toyota Center 18,147 22–25 48 January 27 @ Dallas L 106–111 Luis Scola (30) Chuck Hayes, Luis Scola (8) Kyle Lowry (5) American Airlines Center 20,088 22–26 49 January 29 @ San Antonio L 95–108 Luis Scola (23) Luis Scola (10) Kyle Lowry (7) AT&T Center 18,581 22–27
February: 8–4 (home: 3–3; road: 5–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 50 February 1 @ L.A. Lakers L 106–114 (OT) Kevin Martin (30) Luis Scola (15) Aaron Brooks (8) Staples Center 18,997 22–28 51 February 2 @ Utah W 97–96 Kevin Martin (22) Chuck Hayes (12) Kyle Lowry (5) EnergySolutions Arena 19,619 23–28 52 February 5 Memphis W 95–93 (OT) Kevin Martin (31) Shane Battier (13) Kyle Lowry (6) Toyota Center 18,195 24–28 53 February 7 @ Denver W 108–103 Kevin Martin (37) Chuck Hayes (10) Kevin Martin (7) Pepsi Center 14,595 25–28 54 February 8 Minnesota L 108–112 Courtney Lee, Kevin Martin (23) Chuck Hayes (13) Luis Scola (7) Toyota Center 15,679 25–29 55 February 12 Dallas L 102–106 Kyle Lowry (26) Jordan Hill (9) Kyle Lowry (8) Toyota Center 17,009 25–30 56 February 14 Denver W 121–102 Courtney Lee (22) Luis Scola (8) Kyle Lowry (7) Toyota Center 16,450 26–30 57 February 16 Philadelphia L 105–114 Kyle Lowry (36) Luis Scola (13) Kyle Lowry (7) Toyota Center 14,476 26–31 All-Star Break 58 February 22 @ Detroit W 108–100 Patrick Patterson (20) Luis Scola (9) Aaron Brooks (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,353 27–31 59 February 23 @ Cleveland W 124–119 Chase Budinger, Kevin Martin (30) Chuck Hayes (17) Brad Miller (5) Quicken Loans Arena 18,027 28–31 60 February 26 New Jersey W 123–108 Kevin Martin (30) Chuck Hayes (11) Kyle Lowry (9) Toyota Center 17,209 29–31 61 February 27 @ New Orleans W 91–89 Kevin Martin (33) Chuck Hayes (11) Chuck Hayes (5) New Orleans Arena 17,466 30–31
March: 9–5 (home: 6–1; road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 62 March 1 @ Portland W 103–87 Kyle Lowry, Luis Scola (21) Chuck Hayes (7) Kyle Lowry (11) Rose Garden 20,272 31–31 63 March 2 @ L.A. Clippers L 103–106 Kyle Lowry (24) Chuck Hayes (12) Kyle Lowry (11) Staples Center 19,060 31–32 64 March 5 Indiana W 112–95 Kevin Martin (20) Chuck Hayes (10) Kyle Lowry (6) Toyota Center 14,965 32–32 65 March 7 @ Sacramento W 123–101 Chase Budinger (20) Kyle Lowry (7) Kyle Lowry (8) Power Balance Pavilion 12,561 33–32 66 March 8 @ Phoenix L 110–113 Kyle Lowry (32) Chuck Hayes, Brad Miller (9) Kyle Lowry, Kevin Martin, Brad Miller (4) US Airways Center 17,363 33–33 67 March 12 San Antonio L 107–115 Kevin Martin (28) Chuck Hayes (11) Kyle Lowry (9) Toyota Center 18,245 33–34 68 March 14 Phoenix W 95–93 Kevin Martin (23) Chuck Hayes (9) Kyle Lowry (5) Toyota Center 16,262 34–34 69 March 16 Charlotte W 94–78 Kevin Martin (21) Chuck Hayes (17) Chuck Hayes (7) Toyota Center 14,822 35–34 70 March 18 Boston W 93–77 Kevin Martin (25) Patrick Patterson (12) Kyle Lowry (9) Toyota Center 18,412 36–34 71 March 20 Utah W 110–108 Kevin Martin (34) Patrick Patterson (13) Kyle Lowry (10) Toyota Center 14,459 37–34 72 March 23 Golden State W 131–112 Kevin Martin (34) Chuck Hayes (14) Kyle Lowry (12) Toyota Center 16,623 38–34 73 March 27 @ Miami L 119–125 Kevin Martin (29) Chuck Hayes, Kyle Lowry (7) Kyle Lowry (9) American Airlines Arena 19,825 38–35 74 March 29 @ New Jersey W 112–87 Kevin Martin (20) Chuck Hayes (14) Kyle Lowry (10) Prudential Center 13,866 39–35 75 March 30 @ Philadelphia L 97–108 Kyle Lowry (19) Chase Budinger (9) Chuck Hayes (7) Wells Fargo Center 16,635 39–36
April: 4–3 (home: 3–2; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 76 April 1 San Antonio W 119–114 (OT) Kevin Martin (33) Luis Scola (14) Luis Scola (6) Toyota Center 18,059 40–36 77 April 3 Atlanta W 114–109 Kevin Martin (35) Chuck Hayes (12) Kyle Lowry (8) Toyota Center 15,993 41–36 78 April 5 Sacramento L 101–104 Kevin Martin (30) Chuck Hayes, Luis Scola (10) Kyle Lowry (9) Toyota Center 15,523 41–37 79 April 6 @ New Orleans L 93–101 Kevin Martin (21) Chuck Hayes, Luis Scola (10) Courtney Lee, Kyle Lowry (6) New Orleans Arena 12,728 41–38 80 April 9 L.A. Clippers W 99–78 Chase Budinger, Kevin Martin, Brad Miller (16) Chuck Hayes (13) Goran Dragić (7) Toyota Center 18,089 42–38 81 April 11 Dallas L 91–98 (OT) Kevin Martin (28) Chuck Hayes (12) Goran Dragić (7) Toyota Center 14,898 42–39 82 April 13 @ Minnesota W 121–102 Chase Budinger (35) Goran Dragić (11) Goran Dragić (11) Target Center 17,101 43–39
2010–11 season schedule

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Houston Rockets statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Shane Battier*	59	59	30.8	.456	.391	.645	4.8	2.6	.90	1.20	8.6
Aaron Brooks*	34	7	23.9	.346	.284	.940	1.5	3.8	.60	.10	11.6
Chase Budinger	71	15	21.3	.421	.335	.852	3.5	1.5	.54	.21	9.4
DeMarre Carroll*	4	0	2.0	.000	.0	.0	0.0	0.5	.0	.0	0.0
Goran Dragić*	15	0	13.2	.486	.552	.724	1.5	1.8	.60	.07	7.1
Mike Harris	3	0	2.0	.667	.0	.0	0.0	0.0	.0	.0	1.3
Chuck Hayes	67	56	27.2	.527	.000	.664	7.8	2.6	1.00	.67	7.7
Jordan Hill	67	11	16.2	.490	.000	.720	4.4	0.4	.21	.73	5.8
Jared Jeffries*	18	0	7.7	.306	.167	.400	1.9	0.6	.40	.20	1.5
Courtney Lee	74	1	20.6	.452	.426	.755	2.4	1.1	.70	.20	8.1
Kyle Lowry	71	67	33.8	.433	.380	.755	4.1	6.6	1.39	.31	13.5
Kevin Martin	73	73	31.9	.436	.390	.893	3.2	2.4	1.04	.19	23.1
Brad Miller	56	5	16.5	.438	.358	.822	3.5	2.3	.45	.36	6.1
Patrick Patterson	45	3	15.9	.557	.000	.727	3.9	0.8	.33	.71	6.0
Luis Scola	70	70	32.5	.501	.000	.736	8.1	2.4	.63	.63	18.3
Ishmael Smith*	28	3	11.8	.386	.375	.700	1.5	2.3	.50	.10	2.6
Jermaine Taylor*	8	0	9.6	.500	.400	.833	1.1	0.3	.30	.30	4.9
Hasheem Thabeet*	2	0	2.0	.000	.0	.0	0.0	0.0	.0	.50	0.0
Terrence Williams*	11	0	7.6	.333	.200	.818	1.4	0.6	.36	.0	3.5
Yao Ming	5	5	18.2	.486	.273	.938	5.4	0.8	.0	1.60	10.2

As of March 31.^[1]
* – Stats with the Rockets.

• Kevin Martin was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played February 21 through February 27.^[2]
• Kyle Lowry was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played March 14 through March 20.^[3]

• Yao Ming was selected by fans as the starting center for the 2011 NBA All-Star Game. He was unable to play due to injury. Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves was selected as his replacement,^[4] and Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs was selected to start in his place.^[5]

December 15, 2010	To New Jersey Nets---- Sasha Vujačić 2011 first-round pick 2012 first-round pick	To Houston Rockets---- Terrence Williams	To Los Angeles Lakers---- Joe Smith
December 15, 2010	To Sacramento Kings---- Jermaine Taylor Cash considerations	To Houston Rockets---- Future second-round pick
February 24, 2011	To Memphis Grizzlies---- Shane Battier Ishmael Smith	To Houston Rockets---- Hasheem Thabeet DeMarre Carroll Future first-round pick
February 24, 2011	To Phoenix Suns---- Aaron Brooks	To Houston Rockets---- Goran Dragić 2011 protected first-round pick

Player	Signed	Former Team
Brad Miller	Signed 3-year contract for $15 Million	Chicago Bulls
Kyle Lowry		Houston Rockets
Chuck Hayes		Houston Rockets
Luis Scola	Signed 5-year contract for $47 Million	Houston Rockets
Yao Ming		Houston Rockets

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Brian Cook	Free agent	Los Angeles Clippers
Hilton Armstrong	Free agent	Washington Wizards
Jared Jeffries	Waived