2012–13 Houston Rockets season

The season is best remembered for acquiring All-Star and Sixth Man of the Year James Harden from the Oklahoma City Thunder in a trade. Along with Harden, the team brought in point guard Jeremy Lin after a magical season with the New York Knicks the prior year and center Omer Asik.

Despite a stellar season from new team captains Harden and Lin, the Rockets only managed to play mediocre basketball all season finishing with a 45–37 record, clinching the number 8 seed in the West. The Rockets season ended with a first round loss to Harden's former team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, in six games. As Houston hosted the 2013 NBA All-Star Game, Harden was the only representative.

Key dates

June 26: The Rockets trade forward Chase Budinger and their rights to Lior Eliyahu to the Minnesota Timberwolves for their 18th draft pick.
June 27: Houston trades center Samuel Dalembert and their 14th draft pick to the Milwaukee Bucks for shooting guard Shaun Livingston, small forward Jon Brockman, power forward Jon Leuer, and their 12th draft pick.
June 28: The 2012 NBA draft takes place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
July 1: Free agency has begun.
July 11: Teams can now sign, trade, and even amnesty players to their liking.
July 13: Houston uses their amnesty clause on Luis Scola. His rights were received by the Phoenix Suns two days later.
July 18: Houston officially signs point guard Jeremy Lin, after the New York Knicks decline on matching their offer.
July 25: Houston officially signs center Ömer Aşık, after the Chicago Bulls decline on matching their offer.
March 5: Houston sign 09-10 NBA Most Improved Player Award and former Sacramento Kings point guard Aaron Brooks. In addition, Houston waive F Tyler Honeycutt in order to make room for Aaron Brooks.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
1	12	Jeremy Lamb	SG	United States	Connecticut
1	16	Royce White	PF	United States	Iowa State
1	18	Terrence Jones	PF	United States	Kentucky

Roster

2012–13 Houston Rockets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G/F	5	Anderson, James	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1989–03–25	Oklahoma State
C	3	Aşık, Ömer	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1986–07–04	Turkey
G	12	Beverley, Patrick	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988–07–12	Arkansas
G	0	Brooks, Aaron	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	161 lb (73 kg)	1985–01–14	Oregon
G/F	10	Delfino, Carlos	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1982–08–29	Argentina
G/F	32	García, Francisco	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1981–12–31	Dominican Republic
G	13	Harden, James (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1989–08–26	Arizona State
F	6	Jones, Terrence	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	252 lb (114 kg)	1992–01–09	Kentucky
G	7	Lin, Jeremy (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1988–08–23	Harvard
F/C	20	Motiejūnas, Donatas	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	1990–09–20	Lithuania
F/C	14	Ohlbrecht, Tim	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1988–08–30	Germany
F	25	Parsons, Chandler (C)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	1988–10–25	Florida
F	41	Robinson, Thomas	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	237 lb (108 kg)	1991–03–17	Kansas
F/C	4	Smith, Greg	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1991–01–08	Fresno State
F	30	White, Royce (DL)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1991–04–10	Iowa State

Head coach

Kevin McHale

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2013–03–30

Regular season

Game log

2012–13 game log
Total: 45–37 (home: 29–12; road: 16–25)

October: 1–0 (home: 0–0; road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 31	@ Detroit	W 105–96	James Harden (37)	Ömer Aşık (9)	James Harden (12)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,646	1–0

November : 6–8 (home: 5–3; road: 1–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	November 2	@ Atlanta	W 109–102	James Harden (45)	Ömer Aşık (19)	Jeremy Lin (7)	Philips Arena 18,238	2–0
3	November 3	Portland	L 85–95	James Harden (24)	Ömer Aşık (15)	Jeremy Lin (7)	Toyota Center 18,140	2–1
4	November 7	Denver	L 87–93	Carlos Delfino (19)	Ömer Aşık (13)	Jeremy Lin (6)	Toyota Center 13,372	2–2
5	November 9	@ Memphis	L 85–93	Chandler Parsons (19)	Ömer Aşık (13)	Patterson & Harden (4)	FedExForum 16,087	2–3
6	November 10	Detroit	W 96–82	James Harden (20)	Aşık & Morris (8)	Jeremy Lin (8)	Toyota Center 15,037	3–3
7	November 12	Miami	L 110–113	Chandler Parsons (25)	Ömer Aşık (14)	Jeremy Lin (6)	Toyota Center 18,041	3–4
8	November 14	New Orleans	W 100–96	James Harden (30)	Ömer Aşık (12)	Lin, Harden & Delfino (4)	Toyota Center 14,535	4–4
9	November 16	@ Portland	L 117–119	James Harden (29)	Ömer Aşık (16)	Jeremy Lin (11)	Rose Garden 20,382	4–5
10	November 18	@ L. A. Lakers	L 108–119	Chandler Parsons (24)	Ömer Aşık (9)	Jeremy Lin (10)	Staples Center 18,997	4–6
11	November 19	@ Utah	L 91–102	Patrick Patterson (19)	Chandler Parsons (10)	Chandler Parsons (5)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,197	4–7
12	November 21	Chicago	W 93–89	James Harden (28)	Chandler Parsons (13)	Lin & Harden (3)	Toyota Center 15,950	5–7
13	November 23	New York	W 131–103	James Harden (33)	Ömer Aşık (14)	James Harden (9)	Toyota Center 18,038	6–7
14	November 27	Toronto	W 117–101	James Harden (24)	Ömer Aşık (18)	James Harden (12)	Toyota Center 12,907	7–7
15	November 28	@ Oklahoma City	L 98–120	Patrick Patterson (27)	Ömer Aşık (12)	Jeremy Lin (8)	Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203	7–8

December : 10–6 (home: 7–3; road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
16	December 1	Utah	W 124–116	Patrick Patterson (20)	Ömer Aşık (12)	Jeremy Lin (8)	Toyota Center 14,432	8–8
17	December 4	L. A. Lakers	W 107–105	Toney Douglas (22)	James Harden (10)	James Harden (6)	Toyota Center 18,052	9–8
18	December 7	@ San Antonio	L 92–114	James Harden (29)	Jeremy Lin (6)	Patterson & Harden (5)	AT&T Center 18,581	9–9
19	December 8	Dallas	L 109–116	James Harden (39)	Chandler Parsons (10)	James Harden (9)	Toyota Center 15,726	9–10
20	December 10	San Antonio	L 126–134 (OT)	Jeremy Lin (38)	Ömer Aşık (10)	Jeremy Lin (7)	Toyota Center 13,959	9–11
21	December 12	Washington	W 99–93	James Harden (31)	Ömer Aşık (16)	Jeremy Lin (6)	Toyota Center 13,351	10–11
22	December 14	Boston	W 101–89	James Harden (21)	Ömer Aşık (10)	Chandler Parsons (8)	Toyota Center 15,679	11–11
23	December 16	@ Toronto	L 96–103	James Harden (28)	Ömer Aşık (13)	Harden & Parsons (4)	Air Canada Centre 17,863	11–12
24	December 17	@ New York	W 109–96	James Harden (28)	James Harden (10)	Jeremy Lin (8)	Madison Square Garden 19,033	12–12
25	December 19	Philadelphia	W 125–103	James Harden (33)	Ömer Aşık (15)	James Harden (7)	Toyota Center 15,266	13–12
26	December 22	Memphis	W 121–96	James Harden (31)	Ömer Aşık (12)	Jeremy Lin (11)	Toyota Center 18,029	14–12
27	December 25	@ Chicago	W 120–97	James Harden (26)	Ömer Aşık (18)	Jeremy Lin (11)	United Center 22,310	15–12
28	December 26	@ Minnesota	W 87–84	James Harden (30)	Ömer Aşık (17)	Chandler Parsons (5)	Target Center 20,340	16–12
29	December 28	@ San Antonio	L 116–122	James Harden (33)	Ömer Aşık (10)	Jeremy Lin (8)	AT&T Center 18,581	16–13
30	December 29	Oklahoma City	L 94–124	James Harden (25)	Aşık & Smith (8)	Jeremy Lin (7)	Toyota Center 18,460	16–14
31	December 31	Atlanta	W 123–104	James Harden (28)	Ömer Aşık (17)	Jeremy Lin (8)	Toyota Center 18,160	17–14

January : 8–9 (home: 3–2; road: 5–7)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
32	January 2	New Orleans	W 104–92	James Harden (31)	Patterson & Parsons (10)	Lin & Harden (7)	Toyota Center 18,198	18–14
33	January 4	@ Milwaukee	W 115–101	James Harden (29)	Ömer Aşık (8)	Lin, Harden & Parsons (7)	BMO Harris Bradley Center 15,867	19–14
34	January 5	@ Cleveland	W 112–104	James Harden (29)	Greg Smith (11)	Jeremy Lin (5)	Quicken Loans Arena 16,866	20–14
35	January 8	L. A. Lakers	W 125–112	James Harden (31)	Lin, Harden & Delfino (6)	James Harden (9)	Toyota Center 18,135	21–14
36	January 9	@ New Orleans	L 79–88	James Harden (25)	Patrick Patterson (10)	Jeremy Lin (5)	New Orleans Arena 11,453	21–15
37	January 11	@ Boston	L 91–103	James Harden (24)	Ömer Aşık (11)	Jeremy Lin (6)	TD Garden 18,624	21–16
38	January 12	@ Philadelphia	L 100–107	James Harden (29)	Ömer Aşık (10)	James Harden (6)	Wells Fargo Center 17,329	21–17
39	January 15	L. A. Clippers	L 109–117	James Harden (23)	Ömer Aşık (9)	Jeremy Lin (10)	Toyota Center 16,823	21–18
40	January 16	@ Dallas	L 100–105	James Harden (20)	Ömer Aşık (15)	Jeremy Lin (7)	American Airlines Center 20,147	21–19
41	January 18	@ Indiana	L 95–105	Ömer Aşık (22)	Ömer Aşık (12)	James Harden (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,902	21–20
42	January 19	@ Minnesota	L 79–92	James Harden (18)	Greg Smith (8)	James Harden (5)	Target Center 16,799	21–21
43	January 21	@ Charlotte	W 100–94	James Harden (29)	Aşık & Morris (8)	James Harden (7)	Time Warner Cable Arena 16,108	22–21
44	January 23	Denver	L 95–105	James Harden (23)	Ömer Aşık (13)	James Harden (7)	Toyota Center 16,867	22–22
45	January 25	@ New Orleans	W 100–82	James Harden (30)	Patrick Patterson (13)	Lin & Harden (8)	New Orleans Arena 15,302	23–22
46	January 26	Brooklyn	W 119–106	James Harden (29)	Ömer Aşık (16)	Chandler Parsons (11)	Toyota Center 18,236	24–22
47	January 28	@ Utah	W 125–80	James Harden (25)	Ömer Aşık (19)	Jeremy Lin (7)	EnergySolutions Arena 18,387	25–22
48	January 30	@ Denver	L 110–118	Jeremy Lin (22)	Ömer Aşık (18)	Jeremy Lin (5)	Pepsi Center 17,399	25–23

February : 6–5 (home: 4–1; road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
49	February 2	Charlotte	W 109–95	Patterson & Parsons (24)	Ömer Aşık (15)	James Harden (11)	Toyota Center 15,494	26–23
50	February 5	Golden State	W 140–109	Jeremy Lin (28)	Ömer Aşık (15)	Jeremy Lin (9)	Toyota Center 15,453	27–23
51	February 6	@ Miami	L 108–114	James Harden (36)	Ömer Aşık (14)	James Harden (7)	American Airlines Arena 19,693	27–24
52	February 8	Portland	W 118–103	James Harden (35)	Ömer Aşık (13)	James Harden (11)	Toyota Center 15,655	28–24
53	February 10	@ Sacramento	L 111–117	James Harden (30)	Ömer Aşık (12)	Patrick Beverley (8)	Power Balance Pavilion 15,526	28–25
54	February 12	@ Golden State	W 116–107	James Harden (27)	Ömer Aşık (15)	Jeremy Lin (10)	Oracle Arena 19,596	29–25
55	February 13	@ L. A. Clippers	L 96–106	Chandler Parsons (17)	Ömer Aşık (7)	Jeremy Lin (7)	Staples Center 19,251	29–26
All-Star Break
56	February 20	Oklahoma City	W 122–119	James Harden (46)	Ömer Aşık (10)	Jeremy Lin (8)	Toyota Center 18,224	30–26
57	February 22	@ Brooklyn	W 106–96	Carlos Delfino (22)	Ömer Aşık (11)	Jeremy Lin (6)	Barclays Center 17,732	31–26
58	February 23	@ Washington	L 103–105	James Harden (27)	Ömer Aşık (10)	James Harden (6)	Verizon Center 20,308	31–27
59	February 27	Milwaukee	L 107–110	James Harden (25)	Ömer Aşık (22)	James Harden (7)	Toyota Center 15,463	31–28

March : 9–5 (home: 7–2; road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
60	March 1	@ Orlando	W 118–110	James Harden (24)	Ömer Aşık (12)	James Harden (8)	Amway Center 16,677	32–28
61	March 3	Dallas	W 136–103	Chandler Parsons (32)	Ömer Aşık (10)	Jeremy Lin (9)	Toyota Center 18,123	33–28
62	March 6	@ Dallas	L 108–112	James Harden (28)	Ömer Aşık (15)	James Harden (9)	American Airlines Center 20,344	33–29
63	March 8	@ Golden State	W 94–88	Chandler Parsons (26)	Ömer Aşık (17)	James Harden (11)	Oracle Arena 19,596	34–29
64	March 9	@ Phoenix	L 105–107	James Harden (38)	Ömer Aşık (16)	James Harden (8)	US Airways Center 16,734	34–30
65	March 13	Phoenix	W 111–81	Donatas Motiejūnas (19)	Greg Smith (12)	Jeremy Lin (6)	Toyota Center 18,132	35–30
66	March 15	Minnesota	W 108–100	James Harden (37)	Ömer Aşık (11)	James Harden (8)	Toyota Center 18,046	36–30
67	March 17	Golden State	L 78–108	James Harden (21)	Ömer Aşık (11)	James Harden (8)	Toyota Center 18,219	36–31
68	March 20	Utah	W 100–93	James Harden (29)	Ömer Aşık (12)	Jeremy Lin (6)	Toyota Center 15,739	37–31
69	March 22	Cleveland	W 116–78	James Harden (20)	Greg Smith (13)	Jeremy Lin (6)	Toyota Center 15,694	38–31
70	March 24	San Antonio	W 96–95	James Harden (29)	Ömer Aşık (14)	James Harden (6)	Toyota Center 18,245	39–31
71	March 27	Indiana	L 91–100	James Harden (22)	Greg Smith (19)	James Harden (8)	Toyota Center 18,134	39–32
72	March 29	@ Memphis	L 94–103	Chandler Parsons (16)	Greg Smith (9)	James Harden & James Anderson (4)	FedExForum 18,119	39–33
73	March 30	L. A. Clippers	W 98–81	Chandler Parsons Jeremy Lin & Francisco García (15)	Ömer Aşık (12)	Chandler Parsons (4)	Toyota Center 18,303	40–33

April : 5–4 (home: 3–1; road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
74	April 1	Orlando	W 111–103	Ömer Aşık (28)	Ömer Aşık (18)	Jeremy Lin (11)	Toyota Center 16,273	41–33
75	April 3	@ Sacramento	W 112–102	Chandler Parsons (29)	Terrence Jones (12)	Jeremy Lin (10)	Sleep Train Arena 12,377	42–33
76	April 5	@ Portland	W 116–98	James Harden (33)	Ömer Aşık (11)	Jeremy Lin (8)	Rose Garden 20,400	43–33
77	April 6	@ Denver	L 114–132	Jeremy Lin (23)	Ömer Aşık (9)	Patrick Beverley (9)	Pepsi Center 19,155	43–34
78	April 9	Phoenix	W 101–98	James Harden (33)	Ömer Aşık (22)	Harden & Lin (6)	Toyota Center 16,673	44–34
79	April 12	Memphis	L 78–82	James Harden (30)	Terrence Jones (12)	James Harden (6)	Toyota Center 18,163	44–35
80	April 14	Sacramento	W 121–100	James Harden (29)	Ömer Aşık (12)	James Harden (9)	Toyota Center 18,138	45–35
81	April 15	@ Phoenix	L 112–119	Chandler Parsons (24)	Ömer Aşık (7)	Chandler Parsons (7)	US Airways Center 17,135	45–36
82	April 17	@ L. A. Lakers	L 95–99 (OT)	James Harden (30)	Ömer Aşık (12)	Jeremy Lin (8)	Staples Center 18,997	45–37

2012–13 season schedule

Standings

Southwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-San Antonio Spurs	58	24	.707	–	35–6	23–18	12–4	82
x-Memphis Grizzlies	56	26	.683	2	32–9	24–17	10–6	82
x-Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	13	29–12	16–25	6–10	82
Dallas Mavericks	41	41	.500	17	24–17	17–24	7–9	82
New Orleans Hornets	27	55	.329	31	16–25	11–30	5–11	82

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c-Oklahoma City Thunder *	60	22	.732	–	82
2	y-San Antonio Spurs *	58	24	.707	2.0	82
3	x-Denver Nuggets *	57	25	.695	3.0	82
4	y-Los Angeles Clippers	56	26	.683	4.0	82
5	x-Memphis Grizzlies	56	26	.683	4.0	82
6	x-Golden State Warriors	47	35	.573	13.0	82
7	x-Los Angeles Lakers	45	37	.549	15.0	82
8	x-Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	15.0	82

9	Utah Jazz	43	39	.524	17.0	82
10	Dallas Mavericks	41	41	.500	19.0	82
11	Portland Trail Blazers	33	49	.402	27.0	82
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	31	51	.378	29.0	82
13	Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	32.0	82
14	New Orleans Hornets	27	55	.329	33.0	82
15	Phoenix Suns	25	57	.305	35.0	82

Playoffs

2013 playoff game log

First Round: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 21	@ Oklahoma City	L 91–120	James Harden (20)	Terrence Jones (8)	Lin, Beverley (4)	Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203	0–1
2	April 24	@ Oklahoma City	L 102–105	James Harden (36)	Ömer Aşık (14)	Harden, Beverley (6)	Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203	0–2
3	April 27	Oklahoma City	L 101–104	James Harden (30)	Aşık, Harden (8)	Chandler Parsons (7)	Toyota Center 18,163	0–3
4	April 29	Oklahoma City	W 105–103	Chandler Parsons (27)	Ömer Aşık (14)	Chandler Parsons (8)	Toyota Center 18,081	1–3
5	May 1	@ Oklahoma City	W 107–100	James Harden (31)	Ömer Aşık (11)	Chandler Parsons (4)	Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203	2–3
6	May 3	Oklahoma City	L 94–103	James Harden (26)	Ömer Aşık (13)	James Harden (7)	Toyota Center 18,357	2–4

2013 schedule

References

^ 2012-13 Houston Rockets Schedule, NBA.com, Retrieved October 13, 2012

v t e Houston Rockets
Founded in 1967 Played in San Diego (1967–1971) Based in Houston, Texas
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Personnel	Owner(s) Tilman Fertitta President Gretchen Sheirr General manager Rafael Stone Head coach Ime Udoka
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2012–13 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Toronto
Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee
Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento
Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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