The 2023–24 Houston Rockets season was the 57th season of the franchise in the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

(NBA), and 53rd season in the city of

Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

. On April 10, 2023, the

Houston Rockets The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA) ...

fired head coach

Stephen Silas Stephen Silas (born August 6, 1973) is an American basketball coach. He is the son of NBA star player and head coach Paul Silas. He worked under his father at the Charlotte Hornets from 2000 to 2002, New Orleans Hornets from 2002 to 2003, and ...

after three rebuilding seasons with the team. Two weeks later, the Rockets hired

Ime Udoka Ime Sunday Udoka ( ; born August 9, 1977) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in the United States, he represented ...

as their new head coach, looking to contend for the playoffs. After starting out 0–3 in October, the Rockets had a six-game winning streak to start out November. The Rockets entered the month of March with a 27–34 record and stood at 11th place in the Western Conference. Despite losing breakout player

Alperen Şengün Alperen Şengün (; born 25 July 2002) is a Turkish professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the senior Turkish national team. Known for his footwork and playmaking a ...

to injury, the Rockets won 13 of their next 14 games, including an 11-game winning streak buoyed by career-best performances from star

Jalen Green Jalen Romande Green (born February 9, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a consensus five-star college recruiting, recruit and the best shooting guard ...

alongside one-time all-star

Fred VanVleet Fredderick Edmund VanVleet Sr. (born February 25, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A point guard, VanVleet played college basketball for Wichita State Uni ...

and rookie Amen Thompson, which allowed them to rise to contention for the

play-in tournament A play-in game ...

. Their improved 38–35 record had them trail the

Golden State Warriors The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. Founded in 1946 i ...

by one game back from the #10-seed, but afterwards the Rockets fell into a five-game losing streak as the Warriors went on a winning streak of their own, resulting in their elimination from playoff contention for the fourth consecutive season following an overtime loss to the

Dallas Mavericks The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Divisi ...

on April 7. The Rockets would finish the season with a 41–41 record, finishing with a non-losing season for the first time in four years. The Houston Rockets drew an average home attendance of 17,562 in 41 home games in the 2023-24 NBA season.

Draft

The Rockets entered the draft with two first round picks and no second round selections. For their first pick at four, the Rockets selected point guard Amen Thompson from Overtime Elite's City Reapers team, being the organization's first ever draft pick entering the NBA. With their pick at 20, Houston selected small forward Cam Whitmore, who won the Big East Conference's Freshman of the Year Award for his only season at

Villanova University Villanova University is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university in Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded by the Order of Saint Augustine in 1842 and named after Thomas of Villanova, Saint Thom ...

. Before the draft, Whitmore was widely regarded to be a lottery pick with some projections placing him as high as fourth overall.

Roster

Standings

Division

Conference

Game log

Preseason

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Toyota Center Toyota Center is an indoor arena located in Houston, Texas, United States. It is named after the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. The arena is home to the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and it was once th ...

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11,589 , 2–0 , - style="background:#cfc" , 3 , October 16 , @

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Amway Center Kia Center (formerly Amway Center) is an indoor arena located in the Downtown Orlando, downtown core of Orlando, Florida. The arena is home to the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL, ...

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16,263 , 1–3 , - style="background:#cfc" , 5 , November 4 ,

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18,055 , 2–3 , - style="background:#cfc" , 6 , November 6 ,

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15,130 , 3–3 , - style="background:#cfc" , 7 , November 8 , L.A. Lakers , , Jalen Green (28) ,

Tari Eason Tari Jordan Eason ( ; born May 10, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Cincinnati Bearcats and the LSU Tigers. Eason was ...

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18,055 , 4–3 , - style="background:#cfc" , 8 , November 10 ,

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16,236 , 5–3 , - style="background:#cfc" , 9 , November 12 ,

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18,055 , 6–3 , - style="background:#fcc" , 10 , November 17 , @ L.A. Clippers , , Alperen Şengün (23) , Şengün, VanVleet (8) , Fred VanVleet (10) , Crypto.com Arena
19,370 , 6–4 , - style="background:#fcc" , 11 , November 19 , @ L.A. Lakers , , Dillon Brooks (24) , Alperen Şengün (10) , Fred VanVleet (16) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 6–5 , - style="background:#fcc" , 12 , November 20 , @ Golden State , , Alperen Şengün (30) , Alperen Şengün (13) , Fred VanVleet (14) ,

Chase Center Chase Center is an indoor arena in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California. It is the home of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Golden State Valkyries of the Women's National Basketball A ...

18,064 , 6–6 , - style="background:#cfc" , 13 , November 22 ,

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18,055 , 7–6 , - style="background:#cfc" , 14 , November 24 ,

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18,055 , 8–6 , - style="background:#fcc" , 15 , November 28 , @

Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

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American Airlines Center The American Airlines Center (AAC) is a multi-purpose List of indoor arenas, indoor arena located in the Victory Park, Dallas, Victory Park neighborhood in downtown Dallas, Texas. The arena serves as the home of the Dallas Stars of the National ...

20,103 , 8–7 , - style="background:#fcc" , 16 , November 29 , @

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Ball Arena Ball Arena (formerly known as the Pepsi Center) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is situated at Speer Boulevard, a main thoroughfare in downtown Denver, and is served by two nearby exits off Inter ...

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18,997 , 8–9 , - style="background:#cfc" , 18 , December 6 ,

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16,291 , 9–9 , - style="background:#cfc" , 19 , December 8 , @

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19,544 , 10–9 , - style="background:#cfc" , 20 , December 11 ,

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16,481 , 11–9 , - style="background:#cfc" , 21 , December 13 ,

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16,813 , 12–9 , - style="background:#cfc" , 22 , December 15 , @

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16,941 , 13–9 , - style="background:#fcc" , 23 , December 17 , @

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17,341 , 13–10 , - style="background:#fcc" , 24 , December 18 , @

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19,432 , 13–11 , - style="background:#fcc" , 25 , December 20 ,

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18,055 , 13–12 , - style="background:#cfc" , 26 , December 22 ,

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18,055 , 14–12 , - style="background:#cfc" , 27 , December 23 , @

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17,399 , 15–12 , - style="background:#fcc" , 28 , December 26 ,

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18,055 , 15–13 , - style="background:#fcc" , 29 , December 27 , Phoenix , , Alperen Şengün (24) , ''three players'' (5) , Fred VanVleet (6) ,

18,055 , 15–14 , - style="background:#fcc" , 30 , December 29 ,

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18,055 , 15–15 , - style="background:#cfc" , 31 , January 1 ,

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18,055 , 16–15 , - style="background:#cfc" , 32 , January 3 ,

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16,563 , 17–15 , - style="background:#fcc" , 33 , January 5 ,

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18,055 , 17–16 , - style="background:#cfc" , 34 , January 6 ,

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19,694 , 18–17 , - style="background:#fcc" , 36 , January 10 , @

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21,149 , 18–18 , - style="background:#cfc" , 37 , January 12 , @

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Little Caesars Arena Little Caesars Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Midtown Detroit. Opening on September 5, 2017, the arena, which cost $862.9 million to construct, replaced Joe Louis Arena and The Palace of Auburn Hills as the home of the Detroit Red Wings of t ...

13,987 , 19–18 , - style="background:#fcc" , 38 , January 13 , @

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

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TD Garden TD Garden (named the FleetCenter from opening until 2005 and TD Banknorth Garden until 2009) is a multi-purpose arena in Boston. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening i ...

19,156 , 19–19 , - style="background:#fcc" , 39 , January 15 , @

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Wells Fargo Center Wells Fargo Center may refer to: * Wells Fargo Center (Los Angeles), California * Wells Fargo Center (Sacramento), California * Wells Fargo Center (San Francisco), California * Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California * Wells Fargo C ...

20,822 , 19–20 , - style="background:#fcc" , 40 , January 17 , @

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19,439 , 19–21 , - style="background:#cfc" , 41 , January 20 ,

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16,618 , 20–21 , - style="background:#fcc" , 42 , January 21 ,

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18,055 , 20–22 , - style="background:#fcc" , 43 , January 24 ,

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18,055 , 20–23 , - style="background:#cfc" , 44 , January 26 , @ Charlotte , , Jalen Green (36) , Cam Whitmore (11) , Amen Thompson (8) ,

Spectrum Center The Spectrum Center is an indoor arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Located in Uptown Charlotte, Uptown, it is owned by the city of Charlotte and operated by its main tenant, the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Ass ...

16,164 , 21–23 , - style="background:#fcc" , 45 , January 27 , @

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18,055 , 22–24 , - style="background:#fcc" , 47 , January 31 ,

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18,055 , 22–25 , - style="background:#cfc" , 48 , February 2 ,

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18,024 , 23–26 , - style="background:#fcc" , 50 , February 6 , @

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Gainbridge Fieldhouse Gainbridge Fieldhouse is an indoor arena located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It opened in November 1999 to replace Market Square Arena. The arena is the home of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) ...

15,571 , 23–27 , - style="background:#fcc" , 51 , February 9 , @

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Scotiabank Arena Scotiabank Arena (SBA), formerly known as Air Canada Centre (ACC), is a multi-purposed arena located on Bay Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the home of the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and t ...

19,800 , 23–28 , - style="background:#fcc" , 52 , February 10 , @

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State Farm Arena State Farm Arena is a multi-purpose arena located in Atlanta, Georgia. The arena serves as the home venue for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It also served as home to the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hock ...

17,503 , 23–29 , - style="background:#cfc" , 53 , February 12 ,

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18,055 , 25–32 , - style="background:#fcc" , 58 , February 27 , @

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Paycom Center Paycom Center (originally known as the Ford Center from 2002 to 2010, Oklahoma City Arena from 2010 to 2011, and Chesapeake Energy Arena from 2011 to 2021) is an arena located in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. It opened in 200 ...

17,164 , 25–33 , - style="background:#fcc" , 59 , February 29 , @ Phoenix , , Jalen Green (34) , Jabari Smith Jr. (16) , Fred VanVleet (5) ,

Footprint Center The PHX Arena (formerly America West Arena, US Airways Center, Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix Suns Arena and Footprint Center) is a multi-purpose arena in Phoenix, Arizona. It opened under the name America West Arena on June 6, 1992, at ...

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, , Alperen Şengün (45) , Alperen Şengün (16) , Fred VanVleet (10) ,

16,734 , 27–34 , - style="background:#fcc" , 62 , March 6 , L.A. Clippers , , Alperen Şengün (23) , Alperen Şengün (19) , Alperen Şengün (14) ,

17,033 , 27–35 , - style="background:#cfc" , 63 , March 8 , @

, , Jalen Green (27) , Şengün, Smith Jr. (9) , Fred VanVleet (10) ,

Moda Center Moda Center, formerly known as the Rose Garden, is the primary indoor sports arena in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is used for basketball, rodeos, circuses, conventions, ice shows, concerts, and dramatic productions. The arena has a capa ...

18,139 , 28–35 , - style="background:#cfc" , 64 , March 10 , @

, , Fred VanVleet (22) , Jabari Smith Jr. (11) , Fred VanVleet (9) ,

Golden 1 Center Golden 1 Center is an indoor arena in downtown Sacramento, California, United States. It sits partially on the site of the former Downtown Plaza shopping center. The publicly owned arena is part of a business and entertainment district called ...

18,022 , 29–35 , - style="background:#cfc" , 65 , March 12 , @

, , Fred VanVleet (21) , Jabari Smith Jr. (9) , Fred VanVleet (7) ,

18,751 , 30–35 , - style="background:#cfc" , 66 , March 14 ,

Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A ...

, , Jalen Green (37) , Amen Thompson (10) , Fred VanVleet (9) ,

18,055 , 31–35 , - style="background:#cfc" , 67 , March 16 ,

, , Jalen Green (26) , Jalen Green (11) , Fred VanVleet (16) ,

18,055 , 32–35 , - style="background:#cfc" , 68 , March 19 , @

, , Jalen Green (42) , Jabari Smith Jr. (14) , Fred VanVleet (11) ,

Capital One Arena Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. The arena was opened o ...

14,137 , 33–35 , - style="background:#cfc" , 69 , March 21 ,

, , Jalen Green (26) , Jock Landale (12) , Fred VanVleet (12) ,

17,016 , 34–35 , - style="background:#cfc" , 70 , March 23 ,

, , Jalen Green (41) , Amen Thompson (10) , Fred VanVleet (7) ,

18,055 , 35–35 , - style="background:#cfc" , 71 , March 25 ,

, , Jalen Green (27) , Landale, Thompson (9) ,

, VanVleet (4) ,

16,537 , 36–35 , - style="background:#cfc" , 72 , March 27 , @

, , Jalen Green (37) , Amen Thompson (15) , Jalen Green (7) ,

17,438 , 37–35 , - style="background:#cfc" , 73 , March 29 , @

, , Jalen Green (34) , Amen Thompson (14) , Green, VanVleet (6) ,

Delta Center The Delta Center is an indoor venue in Salt Lake City. Opened in 1991, the arena is the home of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Utah Mammoth of the National Hockey League (NHL). The arena has a seating capacity ...

18,206 , 38–35 , - style="background:#fcc" , 74 , March 31 ,

, , Jabari Smith Jr. (28) , Smith Jr., Thompson (7) , Fred VanVleet (7) ,

18,055 , 38–36 , - style="background:#fcc" , 75 , April 2 , @

, ,

(26) , Amen Thompson (9) , Jalen Green (6) ,

18,024 , 38–37 , - style="background:#fcc" , 76 , April 4 , Golden State , , Jabari Smith Jr. (24) , Jock Landale (6) ,

(9) ,

18,055 , 38–38 , - style="background:#fcc" , 77 , April 5 ,

, , Jalen Green (21) , Jabari Smith Jr. (8) , Fred VanVleet (8) ,

18,055 , 38–39 , - style="background:#fcc" , 78 , April 7 , @

, ,

(29) , Jabari Smith Jr. (9) , Fred VanVleet (12) ,

20,317 , 38–40 , - style="background:#cfc" , 79 , April 9 ,

, , Fred VanVleet (37) , Thompson, VanVleet (8) , Fred VanVleet (6) ,

18,055 , 39–40 , - style="background:#fcc" , 80 , April 11 , @

, , Fred VanVleet (42) , Amen Thompson (10) , Fred VanVleet (7) ,

18,206 , 39–41 , - style="background:#cfc" , 81 , April 12 , @

, , Jalen Green (26) , Amen Thompson (15) , Amen Thompson (6) ,

18,630 , 40–41 , - style="background:#cfc" , 82 , April 14 , @ L.A. Clippers , , Cam Whitmore (21) , Amen Thompson (11) , Amen Thompson (10) , Crypto.com Arena
19,370 , 41–41

In-Season Tournament

This was the first regular season where all the NBA teams competed in a mid-season tournament setting due to the implementation of the

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. During the in-season tournament period, the Rockets competed in Group B of the Western Conference, which included the

Denver Nuggets The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division (NBA), Northwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA), W ...

, the

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, the

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, and the

West group B

Player statistics

Regular season

, - , style="text-align:left;", , 72 , , 72 , , 30.9 , , .428 , , .359 , , .844 , , 3.4 , , 1.7 , , .9 , , .1 , , 12.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 44 , , 0 , , 9.5 , , .415 , , .403 , , 1.000 , , 1.7 , , .3 , , .3 , , .1 , , 2.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 22 , , 0 , , 21.8 , , .466 , , .360 , , .636 , , 7.0 , , 1.2 , , 1.4 , , .9 , , 9.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 82 , , 82 , , 31.7 , , .423 , , .332 , , .804 , , 5.2 , , 3.5 , , .8 , , .3 , , 19.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 78 , , 6 , , 16.8 , , .456 , , .331 , , .819 , , 2.3 , , .9 , , .2 , , .4 , , 6.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 15 , , 0 , , 5.0 , , .423 , , .500 , , .800 , , 1.5 , , .7 , , .2 , , .1 , , 2.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 78 , , 1 , , 16.3 , , .446 , , .387 , , .921 , , 1.6 , , 1.8 , , .5 , , .1 , , 6.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 56 , , 3 , , 13.6 , , .515 , , .250 , , .800 , , 3.1 , , 1.2 , , .4 , , .6 , , 4.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 14 , , 0 , , 5.1 , , .529 , , .000 , , .643 , , 2.3 , , .4 , , .1 , , .1 , , 3.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 14 , , 0 , , 4.3 , , .643 , , .000 , , 1.000 , , .9 , , .2 , , .1 , , .1 , , 1.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 63 , , 63 , , 32.5 , , .537 , , .297 , , .693 , , 9.3 , , 5.0 , , 1.2 , , .7 , , 21.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 76 , , 76 , , 31.9 , , .454 , , .363 , , .811 , , 8.1 , , 1.6 , , .7 , , .8 , , 13.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 65 , , 9 , , 15.9 , , .472 , , .299 , , .667 , , 3.0 , , 1.0 , , .6 , , .2 , , 4.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 62 , , 23 , , 22.4 , , .536 , , .138 , , .684 , , 6.6 , , 2.6 , , 1.3 , , .6 , , 9.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 73 , , 73 , , 36.8 , , .416 , , .387 , , .860 , , 3.8 , , 8.1 , , 1.4 , , .8 , , 17.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 47 , , 2 , , 18.7 , , .454 , , .359 , , .679 , , 3.8 , , .7 , , .6 , , .4 , , 12.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 22 , , 0 , , 5.9 , , .540 , , .400 , , .538 , , 1.0 , , .3 , , .2 , , .0 , , 2.9

Draft

Roster

Standings

Division

Conference

Game log

Preseason

Regular season

In-Season Tournament

West group B

Player statistics

Regular season

Transactions

Overview

Trades

Free agency

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions

References