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The 2006–07 Houston Rockets relied on Tracy McGrady’s scoring and primary playmaking alongside Yao Ming’s efficient interior scoring, rebounding, and rim protection. Shane Battier added defensive versatility and dependable perimeter shooting, while Rafer Alston provided steady backcourt distribution. The statistics reflect a team built around inside-out offense, strong rebounding, and disciplined defense, with its success driven by the complementary production of its two star players.
Roster
| NO | PLAYER NAME | POS | HT | WT | DATE OF BIRTH | COLLEGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tracy McGrady | SG | 6-8 | 210 | May 24, 1979 | |
| 2 | Luther Head | SG | 6-3 | 185 | November 26, 1982 | Illinois |
| 5 | Juwan Howard | PF | 6-9 | 240 | February 7, 1973 | Michigan |
| 6 | Bonzi Wells | SF | 6-5 | 210 | September 28, 1976 | Ball State University |
| 10 | Vassilis Spanoulis | SG | 6-4 | 195 | August 7, 1982 | |
| 11 | Yao Ming | C | 7-6 | 310 | September 12, 1980 | |
| 12 | Rafer Alston | PG | 6-2 | 171 | July 24, 1976 | Fresno State |
| 13 | Kirk Snyder | SF | 6-6 | 225 | June 5, 1983 | Nevada |
| 15 | John Lucas III | PG | 5-11 | 166 | November 21, 1982 | Baylor, Oklahoma State |
| 20 | Steve Novak | SF | 6-10 | 225 | June 13, 1983 | Marquette |
| 25 | Jake Tsakalidis | C | 7-2 | 285 | June 10, 1979 | |
| 31 | Shane Battier | SF | 6-8 | 220 | September 9, 1978 | Duke |
| 35 | Scott Padgett | PF | 6-9 | 240 | April 19, 1976 | Kentucky |
| 44 | Chuck Hayes | PF | 6-6 | 240 | June 11, 1983 | Kentucky |
| 55 | Dikembe Mutombo | C | 7-2 | 245 | June 25, 1966 | Georgetown |
Regular Season Per Game
| PLR | POS | AGE | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FGA | FGM | FG% | 3PA | 3PM | 3P% | FTA | FTM | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yao Ming | C | 26 | 48 | 48 | 33.8 | 25.0 | 9.4 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 17.1 | 8.8 | .516 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 8.6 | 7.4 | .862 |
| Tracy McGrady | SG | 27 | 71 | 71 | 35.8 | 24.6 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 20.8 | 9.0 | .431 | 5.4 | 1.8 | .331 | 6.9 | 4.9 | .707 |
| Rafer Alston | PG | 30 | 82 | 82 | 37.1 | 13.3 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 12.4 | 4.7 | .375 | 6.5 | 2.3 | .363 | 2.2 | 1.6 | .734 |
| Luther Head | SG | 24 | 80 | 10 | 27.6 | 10.9 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 8.8 | 3.8 | .437 | 5.0 | 2.2 | .441 | 1.3 | 1.0 | .790 |
| Shane Battier | SF | 28 | 82 | 82 | 36.4 | 10.1 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 8.0 | 3.6 | .446 | 4.5 | 1.9 | .421 | 1.4 | 1.1 | .779 |
| Juwan Howard | PF | 33 | 80 | 38 | 26.5 | 9.7 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 8.3 | 3.9 | .465 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2.4 | 1.9 | .824 |
| Chuck Hayes | PF | 23 | 78 | 43 | 22.0 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 2.5 | .573 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1.1 | 0.7 | .618 |
| Bonzi Wells | SF | 30 | 28 | 1 | 21.1 | 7.8 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 7.4 | 3.0 | .411 | 0.3 | 0.0 | .143 | 2.9 | 1.6 | .561 |
| Dikembe Mutombo | C | 40 | 75 | 33 | 17.2 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.1 | .556 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1.2 | 0.8 | .690 |
| Kirk Snyder | SF | 23 | 39 | 1 | 14.4 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 1.7 | .452 | 1.1 | 0.3 | .250 | 1.9 | 1.3 | .653 |
| Jake Tsakalidis | C | 27 | 13 | 0 | 10.2 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | .409 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1.2 | 0.9 | .800 |
| Vassilis Spanoulis | SG | 24 | 31 | 0 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 0.7 | .319 | 0.9 | 0.2 | .172 | 1.4 | 1.1 | .810 |
| John Lucas III | PG | 24 | 47 | 0 | 8.1 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 1.3 | .397 | 1.3 | 0.3 | .254 | 0.4 | 0.3 | .789 |
| Scott Padgett | PF | 30 | 24 | 0 | 8.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.6 | .306 | 1.2 | 0.3 | .276 | 0.5 | 0.3 | .545 |
| Steve Novak | SF | 23 | 35 | 1 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | .360 | 1.1 | 0.4 | .333 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.000 |
| TEAM TOTALS | — | — | 82 | 82 | 242.1 | 97.0 | 43.3 | 20.8 | 7.1 | 4.1 | 14.2 | 79.6 | 35.4 | .445 | 23.1 | 8.6 | .372 | 23.2 | 17.5 | .753 |
Playoff Per Game
| PLR | POS | AGE | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FGA | FGM | FG% | 3PA | 3PM | 3P% | FTA | FTM | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yao Ming | C | 26 | 7 | 7 | 37.1 | 25.1 | 10.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 17.9 | 7.9 | .440 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 10.7 | 9.4 | .880 |
| Tracy McGrady | SG | 27 | 7 | 7 | 40.0 | 25.3 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 22.9 | 9.0 | .394 | 5.1 | 1.3 | .250 | 8.1 | 6.0 | .737 |
| Shane Battier | SF | 28 | 7 | 7 | 38.9 | 10.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 7.3 | 3.3 | .451 | 6.1 | 2.7 | .442 | 1.1 | 1.0 | .875 |
| Rafer Alston | PG | 30 | 7 | 7 | 44.1 | 10.9 | 6.9 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 10.6 | 3.6 | .338 | 7.1 | 2.3 | .320 | 1.9 | 1.4 | .769 |
| Chuck Hayes | PF | 23 | 7 | 7 | 28.1 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 1.7 | .706 | 0.1 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.7 | 0.3 | .400 |
| Juwan Howard | PF | 33 | 7 | 0 | 22.4 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 2.0 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1.6 | 1.0 | .636 |
| Luther Head | SG | 24 | 7 | 0 | 20.1 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 1.6 | .306 | 3.3 | 0.9 | .261 | 1.1 | 0.6 | .500 |
| Dikembe Mutombo | C | 40 | 7 | 0 | 5.7 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.000 |
| John Lucas III | PG | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| Kirk Snyder | SF | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | .333 | 0.7 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| Vassilis Spanoulis | SG | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.000 |
| Jake Tsakalidis | C | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.000 |
| TEAM TOTALS | — | — | 7 | 7 | 240.0 | 87.3 | 41.6 | 18.1 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 14.9 | 72.4 | 29.7 | .410 | 22.3 | 7.1 | .321 | 26.3 | 20.7 | .788 |
HeatingUp Impact Index: Regular Season Team Impact Spotlight
| Player Name | Role Tier | MPG | Usage Tier | PPG | RPG | APG | STK (SPG+BPG) | Impact Index* | Notes | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy McGrady | Lead Scoring & Playmaking Engine | 35.8 | High | 24.6 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 19.1 | Houston’s primary offensive focal point with elite scoring and creation; led Rockets in usage and was a multi‑faceted star driving both scoring and assists. | MVP considerations, 6× All‑Star, 2× All‑NBA |
| Yao Ming | Franchise Interior Anchor | 33.8 | High | 25.0 | 9.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 19.4 | Anchored both ends with scoring efficiency, rebounding, and shot‑altering defense; his presence altered opponents’ schemes and provided inside gravity. | All‑Star; All‑NBA |
| Rafer Alston | Lead Facilitator / Secondary Creator | 37.1 | Medium‑High | 13.3 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 1.7 | 11.9 | Floor general who organized Houston’s half‑court offense and initiated plays in pick‑and‑roll; high assist load reflected his central creative role. | — |
| Shane Battier | ‘Glue’ 3‑and‑D Wing | 36.4 | Medium | 10.1 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 9.0 | Role wing with strong 3PT ability and defensive IQ; spacing and disruption on D contributed beyond raw numbers. | All‑Defensive Team |
| Luther Head | Movement Shooter / Secondary Guard | 27.6 | Medium | 10.9 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 8.8 | Provided efficient off‑ball movement, catch‑and‑shoot spacing, and secondary guard duties across heavy minutes. | Sixth Man of the Year voting mention |
| Juwan Howard | Veteran Frontcourt Role Player | 26.5 | Medium | 9.7 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 8.7 | Balanced veteran presence scoring inside and rebounding, contributing experience and steady minutes in rotation. | — |
| Bonzi Wells | Physical Wing Role Player | 21.1 | Low‑Medium | 7.8 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 7.3 | Provided rebounding and physical wing defense; secondary scorer when called upon. | — |
| Chuck Hayes | Defensive Utility Big | 22.0 | Low | 5.6 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 7.15 | Key defensive rebounder and positional defender; impactful in limiting second‑chance points and matchups inside. | — |
| Dikembe Mutombo | Situational Presence / Rim Protector | 17.2 | Low | 3.1 | 6.5 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 5.6 | Used for interior defense and shot blocking; provided veteran anchoring late possessions. | — |
| Kirk Snyder | Spot Rotation Wing | 14.4 | Low | 4.9 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 4.3 | Limited rotational minutes with perimeter contributions and some scoring. | — |
| Jake Tsakalidis | Depth Big | 10.2 | Very Low | 2.3 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.85 | Bench interior depth in low‑usage minutes. | — |
| Vassilis Spanoulis | Spot Guard | 8.8 | Very Low | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.15 | Limited minutes overseas guard providing occasional bench offense. | — |
| Scott Padgett | Depth Forward | 8.3 | Very Low | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.15 | Low‑usage forward providing occasional spacing and defense. | — |
| John Lucas III | Backup PG | 8.1 | Very Low | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.65 | Spot backup guard bringing ball handling and tempo control late. | — |
| Steve Novak | Spot Shooter | 5.5 | Very Low | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.20 | Deep‑rotation shooter focused on occasional 3PT gravity. | — |
HeatingUp Impact Index: Playoff Team Impact Spotlight
| Player Name | Role Tier | MPG | Usage Tier | PPG | RPG | APG | STK (SPG+BPG) | Impact Index* | Notes | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy McGrady | Lead Scorer & Facilitator | 40.0 | High | 25.3 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 1.6 | 20.0 | Houston’s primary offensive engine in this short sample; elite scorer/creator who drew defensive focus and was key in clutch moments (e.g., high usage and playmaking). | — |
| Yao Ming | Inside Scoring & Defensive Anchor | 37.1 | High | 25.1 | 10.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 18.5 | Central paint presence and rim protection with a combination of scoring efficiency and interior deterrence; Rockets offense and defense structured around his play. | AS |
| Rafer Alston | Lead Ball‑Handler & Playmaker | 44.1 | Medium‑High | 10.9 | 6.9 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 12.5 | Floor general tasked with initiating offense and creating for others; high assist and rebound numbers show all‑around contribution from the point. | — |
| Shane Battier | 3‑and‑D Wing Connector | 38.9 | Medium | 10.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 8.8 | Provided perimeter spacing with efficient shooting and versatile defense; notable steal/block activity reflects strong team defensive role. | Former DPOY finalist |
| Chuck Hayes | Defensive & Rebounding Contributor | 28.1 | Medium‑Low | 3.7 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 6.6 | Undersized big used for defensive positioning, rebounding, and hustle plays; strong boards and defensive metrics in limited offense role. | — |
| Juwan Howard | Veteran Frontcourt Role Player | 22.4 | Low‑Medium | 5.0 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 5.75 | Scoring and rebounding contributor with veteran experience; provided stabilizing minutes in rotation. | — |
| Luther Head | Floor Spacing Guard | 20.1 | Low‑Medium | 4.6 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 4.5 | Provided perimeter shooting and transition offense spark; less involved as primary creator. | — |
| Dikembe Mutombo | Situational Rim Protector / Veteran Backup | 5.7 | Very Low | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.8 | Short rotational minutes focused on rim protection and interior deterrence; limited offensive role. | Hall of Fame rim deterrent |
| Vassilis Spanoulis | Emergency Backcourt Depth | 3.0 | Very Low | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | One game played with unusual stat line; peripheral role in fixtures. | — |
| Kirk Snyder | Spot Minutes Wing | 3.0 | Very Low | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | Extremely limited minutes with negligible impact on per‑game contributions. | — |
| John Lucas III | Deep Rotation Guard | 4.0 | Very Low | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.25 | Sparse minutes with minimal statistical contributions. | — |
| Jake Tsakalidis | Depth Big | 3.0 | Very Low | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | One game appearance providing interior depth. | — |