Houston Rockets Playoff Rosters

2008-2009 Houston Rockets Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Metta World Peace SF 6-7 260 Nov 13, 1979 29 St. John's 9 1999 1st Rnd, #16, Chicago Bulls
Brent Barry SG 6-7 210 Dec 31, 1971 37 Oregon State 13 1995 1st Rnd, #15, Denver Nuggets
Shane Battier SF/PF 6-8 220 Sep 9, 1978 30 Duke 7 2001 1st Rnd, #6, Vancouver Grizzlies
Aaron Brooks PG 6-0 161 Jan 14, 1985 24 Oregon 1 2007 1st Rnd, #26, Houston Rockets
Brian Cook PF/SF 6-9 234 Dec 4, 1980 28 Illinois 5 2003 1st Rnd, #24, Los Angeles Lakers
Joey Dorsey PF 6-9 275 Dec 16, 1983 25 Memphis 0 2008 2nd Rnd, #33, Portland Trail Blazers
Chuck Hayes PF/C 6-6 240 Jun 11, 1983 25 Kentucky 3 2005 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Carl Landry PF 6-9 248 Sep 19, 1983 25 Purdue 1 2007 2nd Rnd, #31, Seattle SuperSonics
Kyle Lowry PG 6-0 196 Mar 25, 1986 23 Villanova 2 2006 1st Rnd, #24, Memphis Grizzlies
Tracy McGrady SG/SF 6-8 210 May 24, 1979 29 Mt. Zion Christian Academy (North Carolina) 11 1997 1st Rnd, #9, Toronto Raptors
Dikembe Mutombo C 7-2 260 Jun 25, 1966 42 Georgetown 17 1991 1st Rnd, #4, Denver Nuggets
Luis Scola PF/C 6-9 241 Apr 30, 1980 28 Baskonia (Spain) 1 2002 2nd Rnd, #55, San Antonio Spurs
Von Wafer SG 6-5 210 Jul 21, 1985 23 Florida State 3 2005 2nd Rnd, #39, Los Angeles Lakers
James White SG/SF 6-7 215 Oct 21, 1982 26 Cincinnati 1 2006 2nd Rnd, #31, Portland Trail Blazers
Yao Ming C 7-6 310 Sep 12, 1980 28 Shanghai Dongfang (China) 6 2002 1st Rnd, #1, Houston Rockets

2008-2009 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Cleveland Cavaliers #8 Detroit Pistons CLE in 4
First Round #2 Boston Celtics #7 Chicago Bulls BOS in 7
First Round #3 Orlando Magic #6 Philadelphia Sixers ORL in 6
First Round #4 Atlanta Hawks #5 Miami Heat ATL in 7
Second Round #1 Cleveland Cavaliers #4 Atlanta Hawks CLE in 4
Second Round #2 Boston Celtics #3 Orlando Magic ORL in 7
Conference Finals #1 Cleveland Cavaliers #3 Orlando Magic ORL in 6

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #8 Utah Jazz LAL in 5
First Round #2 Denver Nuggets #7 New Orleans Hornets DEN in 5
First Round #3 San Antonio Spurs #6 Dallas Mavericks DAL in 5
First Round #4 Portland Trail Blazers #5 Houston Rockets HOU in 6
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #5 Houston Rockets LAL in 7
Second Round #2 Denver Nuggets #6 Dallas Mavericks DEN in 5
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #2 Denver Nuggets LAL in 6

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #3 Orlando Magic LAL in 5

2008-2009 Houston Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Aaron Brooks 13 34.1 16.8 2.6 3.4 0.4 0.2 2.2
Metta World Peace 13 37.5 15.6 4.3 4.2 1.1 0.2 2.5
Luis Scola 13 32.6 14.4 8.4 1.8 0.5 0.2 1.7
Yao Ming 9 35.8 17.1 10.9 1.0 0.4 1.2 1.9
Von Wafer 13 13.9 8.2 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.8
Shane Battier 13 38.1 8.1 4.9 2.4 1.1 0.7 1.2
Carl Landry 13 18.4 7.5 3.9 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.1
Kyle Lowry 13 19.5 5.3 2.9 2.5 0.9 0.1 1.3
Chuck Hayes 13 13.3 1.5 3.0 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.3
Brent Barry 4 8.7 3.2 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.0 1.0
Brian Cook 6 5.3 1.7 2.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.7
James White 5 2.3 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
Dikembe Mutombo 2 9.9 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.0

2008-2009 Houston Rockets Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Houston Leaders Portland Leaders
Apr 18, 2009
@
Portland
W, 81-108 Moda Center
Opening Round
1-0 PTS: 27. Aaron Brooks
REB: 9. Yao Ming
AST: 7. Aaron Brooks
PTS: 21. Brandon Roy
REB: 5. Greg Oden
AST: 6. Steve Blake
Apr 21, 2009
@
Portland
L, 107-103 Moda Center
Opening Round
1-1 PTS: 23. Aaron Brooks
REB: 8. Yao Ming
AST: 5. Aaron Brooks
PTS: 42. Brandon Roy
REB: 12. L. Aldridge
AST: 5. Steve Blake
Apr 24, 2009
v.
Portland
W, 86-83 Toyota Center (Houston)
Opening Round
2-1 PTS: 19. Luis Scola
REB: 13. Yao Ming
AST: 5. Aaron Brooks
PTS: 19. Brandon Roy
REB: 8. L. Aldridge
AST: 10. Steve Blake
Apr 26, 2009
v.
Portland
W, 89-88 Toyota Center (Houston)
Opening Round
3-1 PTS: 21. Yao Ming
REB: 12. Yao Ming
AST: 9. M. World Peace
PTS: 31. Brandon Roy
REB: 12. J. Przybilla
AST: 8. Steve Blake
Apr 28, 2009
@
Portland
L, 88-77 Moda Center
Opening Round
3-2 PTS: 21. Luis Scola
REB: 12. Yao Ming
AST: 5. M. World Peace
PTS: 25. Brandon Roy
REB: 7. Steve Blake
AST: 4. J. Przybilla
Apr 30, 2009
v.
Portland
W, 92-76 Toyota Center (Houston)
Opening Round
4-2 PTS: 27. M. World Peace
REB: 10. Yao Ming
AST: 3. Kyle Lowry
PTS: 26. L. Aldridge
REB: 8. J. Przybilla
AST: 5. Steve Blake

2008-2009 Houston Rockets Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Houston Leaders L.A. Lakers Leaders
May 4, 2009
@
L.A. Lakers
W, 92-100 crypto.com Arena
Conference Semi Finals
1-0 PTS: 28. Yao Ming
REB: 10. Yao Ming
AST: 7. M. World Peace
PTS: 32. Kobe Bryant
REB: 13. Pau Gasol
AST: 4. Pau Gasol
May 6, 2009
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 111-98 crypto.com Arena
Conference Semi Finals
1-1 PTS: 25. M. World Peace
REB: 10. Carl Landry
AST: 5. M. World Peace
PTS: 40. Kobe Bryant
REB: 14. Pau Gasol
AST: 5. Luke Walton
May 8, 2009
v.
L.A. Lakers
L, 94-108 Toyota Center (Houston)
Conference Semi Finals
1-2 PTS: 25. M. World Peace
REB: 14. Yao Ming
AST: 7. S. Battier
PTS: 33. Kobe Bryant
REB: 13. Lamar Odom
AST: 7. J. Farmar
May 10, 2009
v.
L.A. Lakers
W, 99-87 Toyota Center (Houston)
Conference Semi Finals
2-2 PTS: 34. Aaron Brooks
REB: 14. Luis Scola
AST: 6. M. World Peace
PTS: 30. Pau Gasol
REB: 9. Pau Gasol
AST: 5. Kobe Bryant
May 12, 2009
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 118-78 crypto.com Arena
Conference Semi Finals
2-3 PTS: 14. Aaron Brooks
REB: 13. Luis Scola
AST: 4. Luis Scola
PTS: 26. Kobe Bryant
REB: 13. Pau Gasol
AST: 6. J. Farmar
May 14, 2009
v.
L.A. Lakers
W, 95-80 Toyota Center (Houston)
Conference Semi Finals
3-3 PTS: 26. Aaron Brooks
REB: 12. Luis Scola
AST: 4. Aaron Brooks
PTS: 32. Kobe Bryant
REB: 14. Lamar Odom
AST: 3. Kobe Bryant
May 17, 2009
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 89-70 crypto.com Arena
Conference Semi Finals
3-4 PTS: 13. Aaron Brooks
REB: 8. M. World Peace
AST: 5. M. World Peace
PTS: 21. Pau Gasol
REB: 18. Pau Gasol
AST: 5. Kobe Bryant