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2007-2008 Houston Rockets Opening Day Roster
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Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Born Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Rafer Alston G 6-2 175 Jul 24, 1976 31 Fresno State 8 1998 Rnd 2 Pick 10, Milwaukee Bucks
Shane Battier SF/PF 6-8 225 Sep 9, 1978 29 Duke 6 2001 Rnd 1 Pick 6, Memphis Grizzlies
Aaron Brooks PG 6-0 161 Jan 14, 1985 22 Oregon 0 2007 Rnd 1 Pick 26, Houston Rockets
Steve Francis G 6-3 195 Feb 21, 1977 30 Maryland 8 1999 Rnd 1 Pick 2, Vancouver Grizzlies
Chuck Hayes PF/C 6-6 250 Jun 11, 1983 24 Kentucky 2 2005 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Luther Head G 6-3 185 Nov 26, 1982 24 Illinois 2 2005 Rnd 1 Pick 24, Houston Rockets
Mike James PG 6-2 188 Jun 23, 1975 32 Duquesne 6 1998 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Carl Landry PF 6-9 248 Sep 19, 1983 24 Purdue 0 2007 Rnd 2 Pick 1, Seattle SuperSonics
Tracy McGrady SG/SF 6-8 210 May 24, 1979 28 Mt. Zion Christian Academy (North Carolina) 10 1997 Rnd 1 Pick 9, Toronto Raptors
Ming Yao C 7-6 310 Sep 12, 1980 27 Shanghai Dongfang (China) 5 2002 Rnd 1 Pick 1, Houston Rockets
Dikembe Mutombo C 7-2 260 Jun 25, 1966 41 Georgetown 16 1991 Rnd 1 Pick 4, Denver Nuggets
Steve Novak PF 6-10 235 Jun 13, 1983 24 Marquette 1 2006 Rnd 2 Pick 2, Houston Rockets
Luis Scola PF/C 6-9 245 Apr 30, 1980 27 Caja Laboral (Spain) 0 2002 Rnd 2 Pick 27, San Antonio Spurs
Kirk Snyder F-G 6-6 225 Jun 5, 1983 24 Nevada 3 2004 Rnd 1 Pick 16, Utah Jazz
Bonzi Wells SG/SF 6-5 210 Sep 28, 1976 31 Ball State 9 1998 Rnd 1 Pick 11, Detroit Pistons

Houston 95, L.A. Lakers 93

October 30, 2007
Regular Season
Staples Center (Los Angeles, California)
Attendance: 18,997
Officials: Rodney Mott, Bennie Adams
Team Rebounds: Houston (8) Los Angeles (18)
Technicals: Houston (0) Los Angeles (0)



Overall Record 1-0
  1 2 3 4 Final
Houston 16 27 27 25 95
L.A. Lakers 25 18 19 31 93

  Pace eFG% oRtg
Houston 93.0 .500% 105.3
L.A. Lakers 93.0 .434% 97.0


Overall Record 0-1
Houston Rockets
Starter Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC FIC40 Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
Rafer Alston Starter PG 28:50 1-6 1-5 2-2 9.5 13.6 0 7 7 8 1 1 4 0 5
Shane Battier Starter SF 37:10 4-11 2-6 1-2 5.5 5.9 3 2 5 0 6 2 1 1 11
Chuck Hayes Starter PF 26:07 2-2 0-0 0-1 7.1 11.0 2 6 8 0 3 0 0 0 4
Tracy McGrady Starter SG 40:04 10-20 0-4 10-12 14.0 14.0 0 6 6 4 4 0 3 0 30
Ming Yao Starter C 40:32 9-16 0-0 7-8 20.5 20.5 4 8 12 3 5 1 4 3 25
Luther Head Bench SF 06:43 0-2 0-1 0-0 1.0 6.7 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
Mike James Bench PG 26:03 5-10 3-5 0-4 6.8 10.4 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 0 13
Dikembe Mutombo Bench C 06:38 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 - 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
Luis Scola Bench PF 08:57 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.2 -1.2 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
Bonzi Wells Bench SF 18:56 3-7 0-1 1-2 8.5 18.9 2 4 6 2 3 3 2 1 7
Team                 8       1    
Totals 240 34-74 6-22 21-31 72.6   12 37 57 23 30 10 19 5 95
45.9% 27.3% 67.7%
Los Angeles Lakers
Starter Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC FIC40 Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
Kwame Brown Starter C 27:50 2-3 0-0 0-4 6.8 10.0 4 4 8 1 3 1 1 0 4
Kobe Bryant Starter SG 42:40 13-32 1-3 18-27 18.9 18.0 0 8 8 4 4 4 5 1 45
Derek Fisher Starter PG 34:03 6-9 1-3 4-4 14.5 17.1 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 17
Ronny Turiaf Starter PF 24:23 3-5 0-0 2-3 5.4 9.0 0 5 5 1 5 1 2 1 8
Luke Walton Starter SF 39:08 3-8 0-1 2-4 7.5 7.7 1 4 5 4 2 1 1 0 8
Andrew Bynum Bench C 19:27 2-6 0-0 0-0 7.5 15.8 2 2 4 2 3 3 0 1 4
Brian Cook Bench PF 08:45 0-2 0-0 0-0 0.2 1.2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
Maurice Evans Bench SG 14:12 0-3 0-1 0-0 1.8 5.0 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0
Jordan Farmar Bench PG 20:29 2-5 0-0 0-0 0.0 - 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 4
Coby Karl Bench SG 00:37 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Mihm Bench C 08:26 1-3 0-0 1-3 1.1 5.6 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
Team                 18            
Totals 240 32-76 2-8 27-45 63.6   11 26 55 18 22 16 12 3 93
42.1% 25.0% 60.0%

Houston Rockets
  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rafer Alston
5.0p, 7.0r, 8.0a		 Tracy McGrady
30.0p, 6.0r, 4.0a		 Shane Battier
11.0p, 5.0r, 0.0a		 Chuck Hayes
4.0p, 8.0r, 0.0a		 Ming Yao
25.0p, 12.0r, 3.0a
Rotation Mike James
13.0p, 2.0r, 2.0a		  
 		 Bonzi Wells
7.0p, 6.0r, 2.0a		  
 		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
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Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Luther Head
0.0p, 0.0r, 3.0a		 Luis Scola
0.0p, 3.0r, 0.0a		 Dikembe Mutombo
0.0p, 0.0r, 1.0a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Houston Rockets
MPG Ming Yao 40.5
FG% Chuck Hayes 1.000
3P% Mike James .600
FT% Rafer Alston 1.000
FIC40 Ming Yao 20.5
ORPG Ming Yao 4.0
DRPG Ming Yao 8.0
RPG Ming Yao 12.0
SPG Bonzi Wells 3.0
APG Rafer Alston 8.0
BPG Ming Yao 3.0
PPG Tracy McGrady 30.0
Los Angeles Lakers
  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Derek Fisher
17.0p, 1.0r, 2.0a		 Kobe Bryant
45.0p, 8.0r, 4.0a		 Luke Walton
8.0p, 5.0r, 4.0a		 Ronny Turiaf
8.0p, 5.0r, 1.0a		 Kwame Brown
4.0p, 8.0r, 1.0a
Rotation Jordan Farmar
4.0p, 1.0r, 1.0a		 Maurice Evans
0.0p, 2.0r, 2.0a		  
 		  
 		 Andrew Bynum
4.0p, 4.0r, 2.0a
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		 Coby Karl
0.0p, 0.0r, 0.0a		  
 		 Brian Cook
0.0p, 1.0r, 1.0a		 Chris Mihm
3.0p, 2.0r, 0.0a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Los Angeles Lakers
MPG Kobe Bryant 42.7
FG% Kwame Brown .667
3P% Derek Fisher .333
FT% Derek Fisher 1.000
FIC40 Kobe Bryant 18.9
ORPG Kwame Brown 4.0
DRPG Kobe Bryant 8.0
RPG Kwame Brown 8.0
SPG Derek Fisher 4.0
APG Luke Walton 4.0
BPG Ronny Turiaf 1.0
PPG Kobe Bryant 45.0