Houston Rockets Opening Day Rosters

2006-2007 Houston Rockets Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Rafer Alston PG 6-2 175 Jul 24, 1976 30 Fresno State 7 1998 2nd Rnd, #39, Milwaukee Bucks
Shane Battier SF/PF 6-8 220 Sep 9, 1978 28 Duke 5 2001 1st Rnd, #6, Vancouver Grizzlies
Chuck Hayes PF/C 6-6 240 Jun 11, 1983 23 Kentucky 1 2005 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Luther Head PG 6-3 185 Nov 26, 1982 23 Illinois 1 2005 1st Rnd, #24, Houston Rockets
Juwan Howard PF/C 6-9 240 Feb 7, 1973 33 Michigan 12 1994 1st Rnd, #5, Washington Wizards
John Lucas PG 5-11 166 Nov 21, 1982 23 Oklahoma State 1 2005 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Tracy McGrady SG/SF 6-8 210 May 24, 1979 27 Mt. Zion Christian Academy (North Carolina) 9 1997 1st Rnd, #9, Toronto Raptors
Dikembe Mutombo C 7-2 260 Jun 25, 1966 40 Georgetown 15 1991 1st Rnd, #4, Denver Nuggets
Steve Novak PF 6-10 225 Jun 13, 1983 23 Marquette 0 2006 2nd Rnd, #32, Houston Rockets
Scott Padgett PF 6-9 240 Apr 19, 1976 30 Kentucky 7 1999 1st Rnd, #28, Utah Jazz
Kirk Snyder F-G 6-6 225 Jun 5, 1983 23 Nevada 2 2004 1st Rnd, #16, Utah Jazz
Vassilis Spanoulis SG 6-4 210 Aug 7, 1982 24 Maroussi BC (Greece) 0 2004 2nd Rnd, #50, Dallas Mavericks
Bob Sura SG 6-5 200 Mar 25, 1973 33 Florida State 11 1995 1st Rnd, #17, Cleveland Cavaliers
Bonzi Wells SG/SF 6-5 210 Sep 28, 1976 30 Ball State 8 1998 1st Rnd, #11, Detroit Pistons
Yao Ming C 7-6 310 Sep 12, 1980 26 Shanghai Dongfang (China) 4 2002 1st Rnd, #1, Houston Rockets

Houston 97, Utah 107

November 1, 2006

Regular Season

Delta Center (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Attendance: 18,133

Officials: Jason Phillips, Bob Delaney, Courtney Kirkland

Team Rebounds: Houston (8) Utah (4)

Technicals: Houston (0) Utah (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (0-1) 26 22 24 25 97
UTH (1-0) 35 25 25 22 107

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 91 106.1 117.0
UTH 91 117.0 106.1

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .500 0.142 0.278 0.311
UTH .547 0.175 0.234 0.351

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
12 Rafer Alston Starter PG 42:46 5-13 3-8 2-2 8.2 2.0 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 15
31 Shane Battier Starter PF 31:59 4-6 3-4 0-2 7.0 0.0 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 11
1 Tracy McGrady Starter SF 41:30 8-24 1-4 8-13 16.6 1.0 4 5 9 1 3 0 1 25
11 Yao Ming Starter C 32:57 8-12 0-0 6-7 15.4 1.0 8 9 2 4 0 2 4 22
13 Kirk Snyder Starter SG 31:23 4-6 1-1 4-8 9.0 1.0 2 3 3 4 1 0 1 13
44 Chuck Hayes Bench PF 08:16 1-1 0-0 0-0 1.2 0.0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 2
2 Luther Head Bench SF 11:50 0-2 0-0 0-0 -2.5 0.0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0
55 Dikembe Mutombo Bench C 09:39 0-3 0-0 3-4 3.5 3.0 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 3
20 Steve Novak Bench PF 09:07 1-4 1-3 0-0 2.0 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
35 Scott Padgett Bench PF 20:33 1-3 1-2 0-0 2.0 1.0 5 6 0 3 0 0 2 3
  Team                   8            
        240 32-74 10-22 23-36 82.5 10 26 44 19 22 7 3 13 97
          43.2% 45.5% 63.9%                    

Utah Jazz

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
5 Carlos Boozer Starter PF 38:03 10-18 0-0 4-6 22.8 3.0 16 19 1 1 1 1 3 24
47 Andrei Kirilenko Starter SF 24:05 2-3 0-0 1-1 4.6 1.0 3 4 0 4 0 1 0 5
34 C.J. Miles Starter SG 22:36 4-5 2-3 2-2 8.5 1.0 2 3 0 1 0 1 2 12
13 Mehmet Okur Starter C 30:12 4-15 0-3 9-11 3.1 1.0 4 5 1 5 2 0 3 17
8 Deron Williams Starter PG 38:32 7-14 0-1 4-4 14.8 0.0 3 3 10 3 0 0 2 18
9 Ronnie Brewer Bench SG 16:32 3-5 0-0 3-4 7.0 1.0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 9
31 Jarron Collins Bench C 17:41 1-1 0-0 0-0 3.5 2.0 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 2
2 Derek Fisher Bench PG 22:31 5-7 0-2 3-3 11.9 0.0 1 1 6 3 1 0 1 13
15 Matt Harpring Bench SF 20:40 2-4 1-1 0-0 -0.8 2.0 3 5 0 4 0 0 5 5
24 Paul Millsap Bench PF 09:08 1-2 0-0 0-0 2.0 0.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
  Team                   4            
        240 39-74 3-10 26-31 103.4 11 36 51 19 25 6 3 16 107
          52.7% 30.0% 83.9%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rafer Alston
15p, 3r, 4a
Kirk Snyder
13p, 3r, 3a
Tracy McGrady
25p, 5r, 9a
Shane Battier
11p, 1r, 0a
Yao Ming
22p, 9r, 2a
Rotation  
 
 
 
Luther Head
0p, 2r, 0a
Scott Padgett
3p, 6r, 0a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
Steve Novak
3p, 1r, 1a
Dikembe Mutombo
3p, 4r, 0a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
Chuck Hayes
2p, 2r, 0a
 
 

Utah Jazz Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Deron Williams
18p, 3r, 10a
C.J. Miles
12p, 3r, 0a
Andrei Kirilenko
5p, 4r, 0a
Carlos Boozer
24p, 19r, 1a
Mehmet Okur
17p, 5r, 1a
Rotation Derek Fisher
13p, 1r, 6a
Ronnie Brewer
9p, 2r, 0a
Matt Harpring
5p, 5r, 0a
 
 
Jarron Collins
2p, 3r, 1a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
Paul Millsap
2p, 2r, 0a