Examining the Offense of NBA Wings
Using graphs and numbers to group your NBA wings. Who were the best shot creators? Who were the complementary shooters? Who was tolerable and who was straight up terrible?
Last Game
| Final - 5.3.2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 26 | 32 | 20 | 25 | 103 |
| Houston Rockets | 29 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 94 |
Stories
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A look at the GM of the Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey in the 2012-2013 year. How well did he really do?
Southwest Standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
San Antonio
|
58 | 24 | .707 | 0 | Won 6 |
|
Memphis
|
56 | 26 | .682 | 2 | Lost 4 |
|
Houston
|
45 | 37 | .548 | 13 | Lost 1 |
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Dallas
|
41 | 41 | .500 | 17 | Won 1 |
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New Orleans
|
27 | 56 | .325 | 31.5 | Lost 5 |
(updated 6.18.2013 at 3:33 PM EDT)
TDS Interviews Rick Barry on Omer Asik and more
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Former UCLA standout Reeves Nelson has been on a rough and tumble downhill slide since being dismissed from the school back in December 2011. Is the future bright for Nelson or is he on his way out?
The Real Free Agency Bonanza
As Houston Rockets fans continue to analyze the prospect of landing this summer's big name free agents, the talk has revolved heavily around the people that Houston can add, but not who they may be at risk of losing.
Dwight Howard offensive scouting report
Dwight Howard is set to be a free agent in a few weeks. If he joins the Rockets, what can we expect?
Can Texas income tax make Dwight Howard a Rocket?
There's no state income tax in Texas. What's the full meaning behind this statement? How can it help or hurt the Houston Rockets pursuit of Dwight Howard?
NBA leaves Rockets wondering where the line is
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Rockets reportedly fined for tampering violation
The Rockets are reportedly one of the three teams fined for tampering by the NBA. What did they do wrong?
Howard and Paul to the Rockets? How, exactly?
The Rockets have to shed some payroll just to afford Dwight Howard in free agency. So how is it that they'd be able to afford Chris Paul as well?
Schedule
2012 Schedule
| October | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| @ Detroit | Wednesday, October 31 2012 | win 105 - 96 | coverage |
| November | |||
| @ Atlanta | Friday, November 02 2012 | win 109 - 102 | coverage |
| Portland | Saturday, November 03 2012 | loss 85 - 95 | coverage |
| Denver | Wednesday, November 07 2012 | loss 87 - 93 | coverage |
| @ Memphis | Friday, November 09 2012 | loss 85 - 93 | coverage |
| Detroit | Saturday, November 10 2012 | win 96 - 82 | coverage |
| Miami | Monday, November 12 2012 | loss 110 - 113 | coverage |
| New Orleans | Wednesday, November 14 2012 | win 100 - 96 | coverage |
| @ Portland | Friday, November 16 2012 | loss 117 - 119 | coverage |
| @ Los Angeles Lakers | Sunday, November 18 2012 | loss 108 - 119 | coverage |
| @ Utah | Monday, November 19 2012 | loss 91 - 102 | coverage |
| Chicago | Wednesday, November 21 2012 | win 93 - 89 | coverage |
| New York | Friday, November 23 2012 | win 131 - 103 | coverage |
| Toronto | Tuesday, November 27 2012 | win 117 - 101 | coverage |
| @ Oklahoma City | Wednesday, November 28 2012 | loss 98 - 120 | coverage |
| December | |||
| Utah | Saturday, December 01 2012 | win 124 - 116 | coverage |
| Los Angeles Lakers | Tuesday, December 04 2012 | win 107 - 105 | coverage |
| @ San Antonio | Friday, December 07 2012 | loss 92 - 114 | coverage |
| Dallas | Saturday, December 08 2012 | loss 109 - 116 | coverage |
| San Antonio | Monday, December 10 2012 | loss 126 - 134 | coverage |
| Washington | Wednesday, December 12 2012 | win 99 - 93 | coverage |
| Boston | Friday, December 14 2012 | win 101 - 89 | coverage |
| @ Toronto | Sunday, December 16 2012 | loss 96 - 103 | coverage |
| @ New York | Monday, December 17 2012 | win 109 - 96 | coverage |
| Philadelphia | Wednesday, December 19 2012 | win 125 - 103 | coverage |
| Memphis | Saturday, December 22 2012 | win 121 - 96 | coverage |
| @ Chicago | Tuesday, December 25 2012 | win 120 - 97 | coverage |
| @ Minnesota | Wednesday, December 26 2012 | win 87 - 84 | coverage |
| @ San Antonio | Friday, December 28 2012 | loss 116 - 122 | coverage |
| Oklahoma City | Saturday, December 29 2012 | loss 94 - 124 | coverage |
| Atlanta | Monday, December 31 2012 | win 123 - 104 | coverage |
| January | |||
| New Orleans | Wednesday, January 02 2013 | win 104 - 92 | coverage |
| @ Milwaukee | Friday, January 04 2013 | win 115 - 101 | coverage |
| @ Cleveland | Saturday, January 05 2013 | win 112 - 104 | coverage |
| Los Angeles Lakers | Tuesday, January 08 2013 | win 125 - 112 | coverage |
| @ New Orleans | Wednesday, January 09 2013 | loss 79 - 88 | coverage |
| @ Boston | Friday, January 11 2013 | loss 91 - 103 | coverage |
| @ Philadelphia | Saturday, January 12 2013 | loss 100 - 107 | coverage |
| Los Angeles Clippers | Tuesday, January 15 2013 | loss 109 - 117 | coverage |
| @ Dallas | Wednesday, January 16 2013 | loss 100 - 105 | coverage |
| @ Indiana | Friday, January 18 2013 | loss 95 - 105 | coverage |
| @ Minnesota | Saturday, January 19 2013 | loss 79 - 92 | coverage |
| @ Charlotte | Monday, January 21 2013 | win 100 - 94 | coverage |
| Denver | Wednesday, January 23 2013 | loss 95 - 105 | coverage |
| @ New Orleans | Friday, January 25 2013 | win 100 - 82 | coverage |
| Brooklyn | Saturday, January 26 2013 | win 119 - 106 | coverage |
| @ Utah | Monday, January 28 2013 | win 125 - 80 | coverage |
| @ Denver | Wednesday, January 30 2013 | loss 110 - 118 | coverage |
| February | |||
| Charlotte | Saturday, February 02 2013 | win 109 - 95 | coverage |
| Golden State | Tuesday, February 05 2013 | win 140 - 109 | coverage |
| @ Miami | Wednesday, February 06 2013 | loss 108 - 114 | coverage |
| Portland | Friday, February 08 2013 | win 118 - 103 | coverage |
| @ Sacramento | Sunday, February 10 2013 | loss 111 - 117 | coverage |
| @ Golden State | Tuesday, February 12 2013 | win 116 - 107 | coverage |
| @ Los Angeles Clippers | Wednesday, February 13 2013 | loss 96 - 106 | coverage |
| Oklahoma City | Wednesday, February 20 2013 | win 122 - 119 | coverage |
| @ Brooklyn | Friday, February 22 2013 | win 106 - 96 | coverage |
| @ Washington | Saturday, February 23 2013 | loss 103 - 105 | coverage |
| Milwaukee | Wednesday, February 27 2013 | loss 107 - 110 | coverage |
| March | |||
| @ Orlando | Friday, March 01 2013 | win 118 - 110 | coverage |
| Dallas | Sunday, March 03 2013 | win 136 - 103 | coverage |
| @ Dallas | Wednesday, March 06 2013 | loss 108 - 112 | coverage |
| @ Golden State | Friday, March 08 2013 | win 94 - 88 | coverage |
| @ Phoenix | Saturday, March 09 2013 | loss 105 - 107 | coverage |
| Phoenix | Wednesday, March 13 2013 | win 111 - 81 | coverage |
| Minnesota | Friday, March 15 2013 | win 108 - 100 | coverage |
| Golden State | Sunday, March 17 2013 | loss 78 - 108 | coverage |
| Utah | Wednesday, March 20 2013 | win 100 - 93 | coverage |
| Cleveland | Friday, March 22 2013 | win 116 - 78 | coverage |
| San Antonio | Sunday, March 24 2013 | win 96 - 95 | coverage |
| Indiana | Wednesday, March 27 2013 | loss 91 - 100 | coverage |
| @ Memphis | Friday, March 29 2013 | loss 94 - 103 | coverage |
| Los Angeles Clippers | Saturday, March 30 2013 | win 98 - 81 | coverage |
| April | |||
| Orlando | Monday, April 01 2013 | win 111 - 103 | coverage |
| @ Sacramento | Wednesday, April 03 2013 | win 112 - 102 | coverage |
| @ Portland | Friday, April 05 2013 | win 116 - 98 | coverage |
| @ Denver | Saturday, April 06 2013 | loss 114 - 132 | coverage |
| Phoenix | Tuesday, April 09 2013 | win 101 - 98 | coverage |
| Memphis | Friday, April 12 2013 | loss 78 - 82 | coverage |
| Sacramento | Sunday, April 14 2013 | win 121 - 100 | coverage |
| @ Phoenix | Monday, April 15 2013 | loss 112 - 119 | coverage |
| @ Los Angeles Lakers | Wednesday, April 17 2013 | loss 95 - 99 | coverage |
| @ Oklahoma City | Sunday, April 21 2013 | loss 91 - 120 | coverage |
| @ Oklahoma City | Wednesday, April 24 2013 | loss 102 - 105 | coverage |
| Oklahoma City | Saturday, April 27 2013 | loss 101 - 104 | coverage |
| Oklahoma City | Monday, April 29 2013 | win 105 - 103 | coverage |
| May | |||
| @ Oklahoma City | Wednesday, May 01 2013 | win 107 - 100 | coverage |
| Oklahoma City | Friday, May 03 2013 | loss 94 - 103 | coverage |
| @ Oklahoma City | Sunday, May 05 2013 | TBA | coverage |
Roster
Houston Rockets Roster
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H | College |
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Stats
Houston Rockets Stats
| FG | 3PT | FT | Rebounds | Misc | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | M | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG | |
| James Harden | 78 | 38.3 | 7.5 | 17.1 | 43.8 | 2.3 | 6.2 | 36.8 | 8.6 | 10.2 | 85.1 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 25.9 |
| Chandler Parsons | 76 | 36.3 | 6.0 | 12.4 | 48.6 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 38.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 72.9 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 15.5 |
| Jeremy Lin | 82 | 32.2 | 4.8 | 10.9 | 44.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 33.9 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 78.5 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 13.4 |
| Carlos Delfino | 67 | 25.2 | 3.7 | 9.3 | 40.5 | 2.4 | 6.3 | 37.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 85.7 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 10.6 |
| Omer Asik | 82 | 30.0 | 4.0 | 7.5 | 54.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 56.2 | 3.4 | 8.3 | 11.7 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 10.1 |
| Aaron Brooks | 53 | 18.8 | 2.7 | 6.0 | 45.3 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 37.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 76.9 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 7.1 |
| Greg Smith | 70 | 15.9 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 62.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 62.3 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 6.0 |
| Donatas Motiejunas | 44 | 12.2 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 45.5 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 28.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 62.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 5.7 |
| Patrick Beverley | 41 | 17.4 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 41.8 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 37.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 82.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 5.6 |
| Francisco Garcia | 58 | 17.7 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 39.3 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 37.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 85.7 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| Terrence Jones | 19 | 14.5 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 45.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 26.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 76.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 5.5 |
| Thomas Robinson | 70 | 15.1 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 43.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 52.3 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 4.8 |
| James Anderson | 39 | 10.3 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 41.3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 35.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 85.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| Tim Ohlbrecht | 3 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
