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2008-2009 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 32 Fresno State 9 1998 Rnd 2 Pick 10, Milwaukee Bucks
Metta World Peace SF 6-7 260 Nov 13, 1979 28 St. John's 9 1999 Rnd 1 Pick 16, Chicago Bulls
Brent Barry G 6-7 210 Dec 31, 1971 36 Oregon State 13 1995 Rnd 1 Pick 15, Denver Nuggets
Shane Battier SF/PF 6-8 225 Sep 9, 1978 30 Duke 7 2001 Rnd 1 Pick 6, Memphis Grizzlies
Aaron Brooks PG 6-0 161 Jan 14, 1985 23 Oregon 1 2007 Rnd 1 Pick 26, Houston Rockets
Joey Dorsey F 6-8 268 Dec 16, 1983 24 Memphis 0 2008 Rnd 2 Pick 3, Portland Trail Blazers
Steve Francis G 6-3 195 Feb 21, 1977 31 Maryland 9 1999 Rnd 1 Pick 2, Vancouver Grizzlies
Chuck Hayes PF/C 6-6 250 Jun 11, 1983 25 Kentucky 3 2005 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Luther Head G 6-3 185 Nov 26, 1982 25 Illinois 3 2005 Rnd 1 Pick 24, Houston Rockets
Carl Landry PF 6-9 248 Sep 19, 1983 25 Purdue 1 2007 Rnd 2 Pick 1, Seattle SuperSonics
Tracy McGrady SG/SF 6-8 210 May 24, 1979 29 Mt. Zion Christian Academy (North Carolina) 11 1997 Rnd 1 Pick 9, Toronto Raptors
Ming Yao C 7-6 310 Sep 12, 1980 28 Shanghai Dongfang (China) 6 2002 Rnd 1 Pick 1, Houston Rockets
Luis Scola PF/C 6-9 245 Apr 30, 1980 28 Caja Laboral (Spain) 1 2002 Rnd 2 Pick 27, San Antonio Spurs
Von Wafer SG 6-5 210 Jul 21, 1985 23 Florida State 3 2005 Rnd 2 Pick 9, Los Angeles Lakers

Memphis 71, Houston 82

October 29, 2008
Regular Season
Toyota Center (Houston, Texas)
Attendance: 18,196
Officials: Ron Garretson, John Goble, Courtney Kirkland
Team Rebounds: Memphis (8) Houston (5)
Technicals: Memphis (0) Houston (0)



Overall Record 0-1
  1 2 3 4 Final
Memphis 18 19 20 14 71
Houston 26 17 15 24 82

  Pace eFG% oRtg
Memphis 85.5 .383% 85.5
Houston 85.5 .401% 93.3


Overall Record 1-0
Memphis Grizzlies
Starter Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC FIC40 Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
Mike Conley Starter PG 32:20 3-8 0-2 2-2 7.2 9.1 0 4 4 3 2 1 0 0 8
Marc Gasol Starter C 36:24 5-12 0-0 2-3 11.1 12.4 5 7 12 1 4 0 2 2 12
Rudy Gay Starter SF 40:20 9-22 0-3 2-2 4.8 4.8 2 2 4 1 3 2 4 1 20
O.J. Mayo Starter SG 40:00 5-20 0-7 0-0 -0.8 -0.8 2 3 5 2 2 2 3 0 10
Darko Milicic Starter PF 17:14 1-4 0-0 0-0 -2.0 -4.7 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 2
Darrell Arthur Bench PF 27:10 5-9 0-1 1-2 18.2 27.0 4 11 15 1 3 1 0 2 11
Greg Buckner Bench SG 07:40 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.2 -7.1 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
Kyle Lowry Bench PG 15:40 0-2 0-0 0-0 3.2 8.7 0 3 3 3 1 1 2 1 0
Quinton Ross Bench SF 08:29 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hakim Warrick Bench PF 14:43 3-4 0-0 2-4 2.2 6.4 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 8
Team                 8       1    
Totals 240 31-81 0-13 9-13 42.9   15 34 57 11 22 7 17 6 71
38.3% 0.0% 69.2%
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 35:53 2-8 1-6 2-2 7.8 8.9 1 6 7 2 2 1 0 0 7
Metta World Peace Starter SF 39:40 6-14 2-4 2-2 8.0 8.2 0 3 3 2 2 3 4 1 16
Tracy McGrady Starter SG 34:56 7-18 1-3 1-3 8.4 9.9 0 2 2 5 1 3 2 0 16
Ming Yao Starter C 38:12 6-14 0-0 9-9 15.4 16.2 3 7 10 0 2 0 0 1 21
Luis Scola Starter PF 25:28 5-11 0-0 2-2 12.2 19.6 2 11 13 0 2 1 1 0 12
Brent Barry Bench SG 21:33 0-2 0-2 1-1 -0.1 -0.2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chuck Hayes Bench C 09:48 0-2 0-0 0-0 -2.0 -8.9 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
Luther Head Bench SG 12:27 2-4 1-1 0-0 1.0 3.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Carl Landry Bench PF 22:03 0-3 0-0 4-6 2.2 4.1 5 1 6 1 4 1 3 0 4
Team                 5       1    
Totals 240 28-76 5-16 21-25 52.9   11 33 49 10 15 9 13 2 82
36.8% 31.3% 84.0%

Memphis Grizzlies
  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mike Conley
8.0p, 4.0r, 3.0a		 O.J. Mayo
10.0p, 5.0r, 2.0a		 Rudy Gay
20.0p, 4.0r, 1.0a		 Darko Milicic
2.0p, 2.0r, 0.0a		 Marc Gasol
12.0p, 12.0r, 1.0a
Rotation Kyle Lowry
0.0p, 3.0r, 3.0a		  
 		  
 		 Darrell Arthur
11.0p, 15.0r, 1.0a		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		 Hakim Warrick
8.0p, 2.0r, 0.0a		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		 Greg Buckner
0.0p, 2.0r, 0.0a		 Quinton Ross
0.0p, 0.0r, 0.0a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Memphis Grizzlies
MPG Rudy Gay 40.3
FG% Hakim Warrick .750
3P% Mike Conley .000
FT% Mike Conley 1.000
FIC40 Darrell Arthur 18.2
ORPG Marc Gasol 5.0
DRPG Darrell Arthur 11.0
RPG Darrell Arthur 15.0
SPG O.J. Mayo 2.0
APG Mike Conley 3.0
BPG Marc Gasol 2.0
PPG Rudy Gay 20.0
Houston Rockets
  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rafer Alston
7.0p, 7.0r, 2.0a		 Tracy McGrady
16.0p, 2.0r, 5.0a		 Metta World Peace
16.0p, 3.0r, 2.0a		 Luis Scola
12.0p, 13.0r, 0.0a		 Ming Yao
21.0p, 10.0r, 0.0a
Rotation  
 		 Brent Barry
1.0p, 1.0r, 0.0a		  
 		 Carl Landry
4.0p, 6.0r, 1.0a		  
 
Rotation  
 		 Luther Head
5.0p, 0.0r, 0.0a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Chuck Hayes
0.0p, 2.0r, 0.0a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Houston Rockets
MPG Metta World Peace 39.7
FG% Luther Head .500
3P% Luther Head 1.000
FT% Rafer Alston 1.000
FIC40 Ming Yao 15.4
ORPG Carl Landry 5.0
DRPG Luis Scola 11.0
RPG Luis Scola 13.0
SPG Tracy McGrady 3.0
APG Tracy McGrady 5.0
BPG Ming Yao 1.0
PPG Ming Yao 21.0