L’ultimo posto disponibile a Ovest è andato agli Houston Rockets di James Harden. Il barba avrà l’impossibile compito di tentare di bloccare la devastante avanzata dei Golden State Warriors verso il secondo titolo consecutivo. Riusciranno i Rockets a vincere anche solo una gara del primo turno?
Vediamo la scheda degli Houston Rockets.
Dati Franchigia
Toyota Center, Houston, Texas: la casa degli Houston Rockets
Stadio: Toyota Center
Division: Southwest
Conference: Western
Palmares: 2 titoli NBA
Roster
| NO. | NAME | POS | AGE | HT | WT | COLLEGE | 2015-2016 SALARY |
| 1 | Trevor Ariza | SF | 30 | 6-8 | 215 | UCLA | $8,193,030 |
| 8 | Michael Beasley | SF | 27 | 6-10 | 235 | Kansas State | $306,527 |
| 2 | Patrick Beverley | PG | 27 | 6-1 | 185 | Arkansas | $6,486,486 |
| 33 | Corey Brewer | SG | 30 | 6-9 | 186 | Florida | $8,229,375 |
| 15 | Clint Capela | PF | 21 | 6-10 | 240 | $1,242,720 | |
| 7 | Sam Dekker | SF | 21 | 6-9 | 230 | Wisconsin | $1,646,400 |
| 0 | Andrew Goudelock | PG | 27 | 6-3 | 200 | Charleston | $200,600 |
| 13 | James Harden | SG | 26 | 6-5 | 220 | Arizona State | $15,756,438 |
| 35 | Montrezl Harrell | PF | 22 | 6-8 | 240 | Louisville | $1,000,000 |
| 12 | Dwight Howard | C | 30 | 6-11 | 265 | $22,359,364 | |
| 6 | Terrence Jones | PF | 24 | 6-9 | 252 | Kentucky | $2,489,530 |
| 32 | K.J. McDaniels | SG | 23 | 6-6 | 205 | Clemson | $3,189,794 |
| 20 | Donatas Motiejunas | PF | 25 | 7-0 | 222 | $2,288,205 | |
| 5 | Josh Smith | C | 30 | 6-9 | 225 | $947,276 | |
| 31 | Jason Terry | SG | 38 | 6-2 | 185 | Arizona | $947,276 |
Head Coach: J.B. Bickerstaff
Starting Five
Point Guard: Patrick Beverley
Shooting Guard: James Harden
Small Forward: Trevor Ariza
Power Forward: Donatas Motiejunas
Center: Dwight Howard
Bench
Andrew Goudelock
Jason Terry
K.J. McDaniels
Corey Brewer
Michael Beasley
Sam Dekker
Josh Smith
Terrence Jones
Clint Capela
Montrezl Harrell
Statistiche Regular Season
| PLAYER | GP | GS | MIN | PPG | OFFR | DEFR | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TPG | FPG | A/TO | PER |
| James Harden, SG | 82 | 82 | 38.1 | 29.0 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 1.70 | 0.62 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 25.4 |
| Dwight Howard, C | 71 | 71 | 32.1 | 13.7 | 3.4 | 8.4 | 11.8 | 1.4 | 0.97 | 1.59 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 19.0 |
| Michael Beasley, SF | 20 | 0 | 18.2 | 12.8 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 0.8 | 0.55 | 0.45 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 22.6 |
| Trevor Ariza, SF | 81 | 81 | 35.3 | 12.7 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 1.98 | 0.32 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 13.0 |
| Marcus Thornton, SF† | 47 | 6 | 18.8 | 10.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.72 | 0.06 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 14.6 |
| Patrick Beverley, PG | 71 | 63 | 28.7 | 9.9 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 1.32 | 0.37 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 13.1 |
| Terrence Jones, PF | 50 | 11 | 20.9 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.46 | 0.78 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 13.6 |
| Corey Brewer, SG | 82 | 12 | 20.4 | 7.2 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.02 | 0.23 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 10.0 |
| Clint Capela, PF | 77 | 35 | 19.1 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 0.77 | 1.19 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 18.3 |
| Josh Smith, C† | 23 | 6 | 18.3 | 6.6 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 0.70 | 0.57 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 7.8 |
| Donatas Motiejunas, PF | 37 | 22 | 14.8 | 6.2 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.46 | 0.14 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 11.3 |
| Jason Terry, SG | 72 | 7 | 17.5 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.65 | 0.13 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 10.2 |
| Ty Lawson, PG† | 53 | 12 | 22.2 | 5.8 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 0.81 | 0.11 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 8.9 |
| Montrezl Harrell, PF | 39 | 1 | 9.7 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 14.6 |
| Andrew Goudelock, PG | 8 | 0 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.25 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 12.4 |
| K.J. McDaniels, SG | 37 | 1 | 6.4 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 10.7 |
| Chuck Hayes, PF | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| Sam Dekker, SF | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| Totals | 82 | — | — | 106.5 | 11.3 | 31.7 | 43.1 | 22.2 | 10.01 | 5.24 | 15.2 | 21.8 | 1.5 | — |
Team Leaders
POINTS
James Harden
#13
29.0
REBOUNDS
Dwight Howard
#12
11.8
ASSISTS
James Harden
#13
7.5
STEALS
Trevor Ariza
#1
2.0
BLOCKS
Dwight Howard
#12
1.6
