2024–25 Houston Rockets season

2024–25 Houston Rockets season
Division champions
Head coach	Ime Udoka
President	Gretchen Sheirr
General manager	Rafael Stone
Owner(s)	Tilman Fertitta
Arena	Toyota Center
Results
Record	51–27 (.654)
Place	Division: 1st (Southwest) Conference: 2nd (Western)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Space City Home Network
Radio	Sportstalk 790

The 2024–25 Houston Rockets season is the 58th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and 54th season in the city of Houston. After starting the regular season out 3–3, the Rockets would start to showcase serious improvements in their production to the point of becoming one of the best teams in the Western Conference throughout the season. On April 2, 2025, the Rockets clinched their first playoff berth and Southwest Division title since 2020.

Draft

Main article: 2024 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
1	3	Reed Sheppard	SG	United States	Kentucky
2	44	Pelle Larsson	SG	Sweden	Arizona

The Rockets entered the draft (which was two days long instead of one day like it previously had been since the NBA draft was shortened down to two rounds in 1989) with a first-round pick and a second-round pick.

Roster

Houston Rockets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From C 12 Steven Adams 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1993-07-20 Pittsburgh G/F 9 Dillon Brooks 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1996-01-22 Oregon C 3 N'Faly Dante (TW) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 2001-10-19 Oregon F 17 Tari Eason 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 2001-05-10 LSU G 4 Jalen Green 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 2002-02-09 Prolific Prep (CA) F 32 Jeff Green 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1986-08-28 Georgetown G 0 Aaron Holiday 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1996-09-30 UCLA C 2 Jock Landale 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1995-10-25 Saint Mary's F 58 Jack McVeigh (TW) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1996-06-27 Nebraska F 21 David Roddy (TW) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 2001-03-27 Colorado State C 28 Alperen Şengün 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 243 lb (110 kg) 2002-07-25 Turkey G 15 Reed Sheppard 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2004-06-24 Kentucky F 10 Jabari Smith Jr. 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 2003-05-13 Auburn F 8 Jae'Sean Tate 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1995-10-28 Ohio State G/F 1 Amen Thompson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2003-01-30 Pine Crest (FL) G 5 Fred VanVleet 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1994-02-25 Wichita State F 7 Cam Whitmore 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 2004-07-08 Villanova G/F 19 Nate Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1999-02-12 Buffalo

Head coach Ime Udoka Assistant(s) Will Dunn Cam Hodges Royal Ivey Garrett Jackson Mike Moser Ben Sullivan Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Updated: April 4, 2025

Standings

Division

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Houston Rockets	51	27	.654	–	29‍–‍11	22‍–‍16	13‍–‍3	78
ps – Memphis Grizzlies	46	32	.590	5.0	25‍–‍14	21‍–‍18	10‍–‍5	78
Dallas Mavericks	38	41	.481	13.5	21‍–‍17	17‍–‍24	8‍–‍7	79
San Antonio Spurs	32	45	.416	18.5	19‍–‍21	13‍–‍24	5‍–‍11	77
o – New Orleans Pelicans	21	56	.273	29.5	14‍–‍24	7‍–‍32	3‍–‍13	77

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c – Oklahoma City Thunder *	64	13	.831	–	77
2	y – Houston Rockets *	51	27	.654	13.5	78
3	ps – Los Angeles Lakers *	47	30	.610	17.0	77
4	ps – Denver Nuggets	47	31	.603	17.5	78
5	ps – Golden State Warriors	46	31	.597	18.0	77
6	ps – Minnesota Timberwolves	46	32	.590	18.5	78
7	ps – Los Angeles Clippers	46	32	.590	18.5	78
8	ps – Memphis Grizzlies	46	32	.590	18.5	78
9	Dallas Mavericks	38	41	.481	27.0	79
10	Sacramento Kings	37	40	.481	27.0	77
11	Phoenix Suns	35	42	.455	29.0	77
12	Portland Trail Blazers	34	44	.436	30.5	78
13	San Antonio Spurs	32	45	.416	32.0	77
14	o – New Orleans Pelicans	21	56	.273	43.0	77
15	o – Utah Jazz	16	62	.205	48.5	78

Game log

Preseason

2024 preseason game log Total: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
Preseason: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 7 @ Utah L 113–122 Jalen Green (21) Jabari Smith Jr. (5) Fred VanVleet (8) Delta Center 14,288 0–1 2 October 9 @ Oklahoma City W 122–113 (OT) Alperen Şengün (17) Alperen Şengün (9) Cam Whitmore (4) Paycom Center 1–1 3 October 15 New Orleans W 118–98 Jalen Green (19) Steven Adams (11) Fred VanVleet (9) Toyota Center 15,528 2–1 4 October 17 San Antonio W 129–107 Jalen Green (30) Alperen Şengün (10) Fred VanVleet (5) Toyota Center 16,424 3–1
2024–25 preseason schedule

Regular season

2024–25 game log Total: 51–27 (Home: 29–11; Road: 22–16)
October: 3–2 (home: 1–1; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 23 Charlotte L 105–110 Jalen Green (28) Alperen Şengün (18) Fred VanVleet (6) Toyota Center 18,055 0–1 2 October 25 Memphis W 128–108 Jalen Green (22) Jabari Smith Jr. (16) Ja. Green, Smith Jr. (4) Toyota Center 18,055 1–1 3 October 26 @ San Antonio L 106–109 Jalen Green (29) Jabari Smith Jr. (7) Fred VanVleet (7) Frost Bank Center 18,715 1–2 4 October 28 @ San Antonio W 106–101 Jalen Green (36) Alperen Şengün (12) Fred VanVleet (9) Frost Bank Center 17,519 2–2 5 October 31 @ Dallas W 108–102 Jalen Green (23) Ja. Green, Şengün (12) Ja. Green, Şengün, VanVleet (4) American Airlines Center 20,011 3–2
November : 11–4 (home: 7–2; road: 4–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 November 2 Golden State L 121–127 (OT) Tari Eason (27) Amen Thompson (11) Fred VanVleet (5) Toyota Center 18,055 3–3 7 November 4 New York W 109–97 Alperen Şengün (25) Alperen Şengün (14) Şengün, VanVleet (5) Toyota Center 16,417 4–3 8 November 6 San Antonio W 127–100 Ja. Green, VanVleet (21) Fred VanVleet (7) Fred VanVleet (10) Toyota Center 16,208 5–3 9 November 8 @ Oklahoma City L 107–126 Dillon Brooks (17) Alperen Şengün (9) Alperen Şengün (6) Paycom Center 18,203 5–4 10 November 10 @ Detroit W 101–99 Alperen Şengün (27) Alperen Şengün (10) Fred VanVleet (7) Little Caesars Arena 18,744 6–4 11 November 11 Washington W 107–92 Alperen Şengün (27) Alperen Şengün (17) Brooks, Şengün (3) Toyota Center 15,998 7–4 12 November 13 L.A. Clippers W 111–103 Jalen Green (21) Şengün, Thompson (11) Alperen Şengün (6) Toyota Center 16,493 8–4 13 November 15 L.A. Clippers W 125–104 Jabari Smith Jr. (28) Jabari Smith Jr. (11) Şengün, VanVleet (10) Toyota Center 18,055 9–4 14 November 17 @ Chicago W 143–107 Fred VanVleet (28) Şengün, Thompson (11) Alperen Şengün (11) United Center 20,667 10–4 15 November 18 @ Milwaukee L 100–101 Fred VanVleet (26) Tari Eason (14) Şengün, VanVleet (5) Fiserv Forum 17,341 10–5 16 November 20 Indiana W 130–113 Alperen Şengün (31) Alperen Şengün (12) Fred VanVleet (6) Toyota Center 16,087 11–5 17 November 22 Portland W 116–88 Dillon Brooks (28) Amen Thompson (11) Fred VanVleet (8) Toyota Center 15,546 12–5 18 November 23 Portland L 98–104 Alperen Şengün (22) Jabari Smith Jr. (8) Şengün, VanVleet (5) Toyota Center 16,102 12–6 19 November 26 @ Minnesota W 117–111 (OT) Fred VanVleet (27) Alperen Şengün (10) Şengün, VanVleet (11) Target Center 18,978 13–6 20 November 27 @ Philadelphia W 122–115 (OT) Jalen Green (41) Alperen Şengün (14) Alperen Şengün (7) Wells Fargo Center 19,765 14–6
December : 7–5 (home: 3–2; road: 4–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 21 December 1 Oklahoma City W 119–116 Fred VanVleet (38) Şengün, Smith Jr. (14) Alperen Şengün (9) Toyota Center 18,055 15–6 22 December 3 @ Sacramento L 111–120 Jalen Green (28) Tari Eason (12) Alperen Şengün (6) Golden 1 Center 15,019 15–7 23 December 5 @ Golden State L 93–99 Alperen Şengün (16) Şengün, Thompson (8) Şengün, VanVleet (5) Chase Center 18,064 15–8 24 December 8 @ L.A. Clippers W 117–106 Jalen Green (31) Jabari Smith Jr. (12) Alperen Şengün (6) Intuit Dome 14,782 16–8 25 December 11 Golden State W 91–90 Alperen Şengün (26) Alperen Şengün (11) Fred VanVleet (7) Toyota Center 18,055 17–8 26 December 14 @ Oklahoma City L 96–111 Amen Thompson (19) Alperen Şengün (11) Fred VanVleet (7) T-Mobile Arena 17,937 17–9 27 December 19 New Orleans W 133–113 Jalen Green (34) Alperen Şengün (9) Fred VanVleet (9) Toyota Center 18,055 18–9 28 December 22 @ Toronto W 114–110 Dillon Brooks (27) Alperen Şengün (10) Şengün, VanVleet (5) Scotiabank Arena 19,305 19–9 29 December 23 @ Charlotte W 114–101 Jabari Smith Jr. (21) Smith Jr., Thompson (11) Fred VanVleet (6) Spectrum Center 19,134 20–9 30 December 26 @ New Orleans W 128–111 Jalen Green (30) Alperen Şengün (13) Alperen Şengün (6) Smoothie King Center 16,052 21–9 31 December 27 Minnesota L 112–113 Alperen Şengün (38) Alperen Şengün (12) Fred VanVleet (7) Toyota Center 18,055 21–10 32 December 29 Miami L 100–104 Dillon Brooks (22) Alperen Şengün (18) Şengün, VanVleet (6) Toyota Center 18,055 21–11
January : 11–4 (home: 4–2; road: 7–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 January 1 Dallas W 110–99 Alperen Şengün (23) Brooks, Şengün (6) Fred VanVleet (7) Toyota Center 18,055 22–11 34 January 3 Boston L 86–109 Jalen Green (27) Alperen Şengün (7) Şengün, VanVleet (3) Toyota Center 18,055 22–12 35 January 5 L.A. Lakers W 119–115 Jalen Green (33) Amen Thompson (16) Ja. Green, Şengün (4) Toyota Center 18,055 23–12 36 January 7 @ Washington W 135–112 Jalen Green (29) Amen Thompson (15) Fred VanVleet (12) Capital One Arena 12,930 24–12 37 January 9 @ Memphis W 119–115 Alperen Şengün (32) Alperen Şengün (14) Şengün, Thompson (5) FedExForum 16,298 25–12 — January 11 @ Atlanta Postponed due to a winter storm, rescheduled to January 28. 38 January 13 Memphis W 120–118 Jalen Green (42) Amen Thompson (13) Fred VanVleet (9) Toyota Center 18,055 26–12 39 January 15 @ Denver W 128–108 Jalen Green (34) Şengün, Thompson, Whitmore (9) Şengün, VanVleet (8) Ball Arena 19,837 27–12 40 January 16 @ Sacramento L 127–132 Jalen Green (28) Şengün, Thompson (10) Amen Thompson (5) Golden 1 Center 18,227 27–13 41 January 18 @ Portland W 125–103 Jalen Green (26) Alperen Şengün (15) Alperen Şengün (6) Moda Center 17,077 28–13 42 January 20 Detroit L 96–107 Fred VanVleet (20) Alperen Şengün (8) Şengün, Thompson (5) Toyota Center 18,055 28–14 43 January 22 Cleveland W 109–108 Fred VanVleet (26) Amen Thompson (16) Ja. Green, VanVleet (5) Toyota Center 16,719 29–14 44 January 25 @ Cleveland W 135–131 Ja. Green, Şengün (26) Amen Thompson (15) Amen Thompson (10) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 30–14 45 January 27 @ Boston W 114–112 Dillon Brooks (36) Şengün, Thompson (9) Alperen Şengün (9) TD Garden 19,156 31–14 46 January 28 @ Atlanta W 100–96 Jalen Green (25) Alperen Şengün (10) Fred VanVleet (6) State Farm Arena 15,553 32–14 47 January 30 @ Memphis L 119–120 Jalen Green (25) Tari Eason (12) Ja. Green, VanVleet (5) FedExForum 16,257 32–15
February: 5–7 (home: 5–2; road: 0–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 48 February 1 Brooklyn L 98–110 Jalen Green (29) Amen Thompson (10) Amen Thompson (7) Toyota Center 18,055 32–16 49 February 3 @ New York L 118–124 Amen Thompson (25) Steven Adams (13) Amen Thompson (11) Madison Square Garden 19,812 32–17 50 February 4 @ Brooklyn L 97–99 Alperen Şengün (24) Alperen Şengün (20) Amen Thompson (8) Barclays Center 16,564 32–18 51 February 6 @ Minnesota L 114–127 Jalen Green (28) Alperen Şengün (10) Alperen Şengün (7) Target Center 18,978 32–19 52 February 8 @ Dallas L 105–116 Alperen Şengün (30) Steven Adams (12) Jalen Green (6) American Airlines Center 20,303 32–20 53 February 9 Toronto W 94–87 Dillon Brooks (19) Thompson, Landale (10) Amen Thompson (5) Toyota Center 16,829 33–20 54 February 12 Phoenix W 119–111 Tari Eason (25) Alperen Şengün (13) Amen Thompson (11) Toyota Center 16,227 34–20 55 February 13 Golden State L 98–105 Aaron Holiday (25) Alperen Şengün (13) Amen Thompson (5) Toyota Center 18,055 34–21 All-Star Game 56 February 21 Minnesota W 121–115 Jalen Green (35) Alperen Şengün (13) Amen Thompson (6) Toyota Center 18,055 35–21 57 February 22 @ Utah L 115–124 Alperen Șengün (27) Alperen Şengün (12) Jalen Green (10) Delta Center 18,175 35–22 58 February 25 Milwaukee W 100–97 Jalen Green (25) Alperen Şengün (11) Amen Thompson (6) Toyota Center 18,055 36–22 59 February 26 San Antonio W 118–106 Amen Thompson (25) Alperen Şengün (11) Adams, Thompson (5) Toyota Center 18,055 37–22
March : 12–5 (home: 7–2; road: 5–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 1 Sacramento L 103–113 Alperen Şengün (30) Amen Thompson (11) Şengün, VanVleet (5) Toyota Center 18,055 37–23 61 March 3 @ Oklahoma City L 128–137 Cam Whitmore (27) Cam Whitmore (11) Reed Sheppard (5) Paycom Center 17,714 37–24 62 March 4 @ Indiana L 102–115 Alperen Şengün (25) Tari Eason (14) Alperen Şengün (7) Gainbridge Fieldhouse 15,513 37–25 63 March 6 @ New Orleans W 109–97 Alperen Şengün (22) Amen Thompson (11) Green, Şengün (8) Smoothie King Center 17,636 38–25 64 March 8 New Orleans W 146–117 Dillon Brooks (27) Amen Thompson (9) Amen Thompson (11) Toyota Center 18,055 39–25 65 March 10 Orlando W 97–84 Jabari Smith Jr. (20) Steven Adams (17) Jalen Green (8) Toyota Center 16,665 40–25 66 March 12 Phoenix W 111–104 Jalen Green (29) Tari Eason (10) Alperen Şengün (7) Toyota Center 18,055 41–25 67 March 14 Dallas W 133–96 Tari Eason (30) Alperen Şengün (15) Jalen Green (5) Toyota Center 16,612 42–25 68 March 15 Chicago W 117–114 Jalen Green (28) Alperen Şengün (15) Fred VanVleet (7) Toyota Center 18,055 43–25 69 March 17 Philadelphia W 144–137 (OT) Green, Smith Jr. (30) Alperen Şengün (11) Jalen Green (13) Toyota Center 16,648 44–25 70 March 19 @ Orlando W 116–108 Jalen Green (26) Alperen Şengün (12) Eason, Şengün (4) Kia Center 19,609 45–25 71 March 21 @ Miami W 102–98 Fred VanVleet (37) Alperen Şengün (10) Amen Thompson (5) Kaseya Center 19,700 46–25 72 March 23 Denver L 111–116 Jalen Green (30) Alperen Şengün (14) Alperen Şengün (10) Toyota Center 18,055 46–26 73 March 25 Atlanta W 121–114 Jalen Green (32) Tari Eason (14) Alperen Şengün (5) Toyota Center 16,817 47–26 74 March 27 @ Utah W 121–110 Alperen Şengün (33) Şengün, Thompson (10) Green, VanVleet (6) Delta Center 18,175 48–26 75 March 30 @ Phoenix W 148–109 Jalen Green (33) Amen Thompson (10) Amen Thompson (9) PHX Arena 17,071 49–26 76 March 31 @ L.A. Lakers L 98–104 Amen Thompson (20) Alperen Şengün (7) Fred VanVleet (9) Crypto.com Arena 18,997 49–27
April: 2–0 (home: 2–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 77 April 2 Utah W 143–105 Jalen Green (22) Şengün, Smith Jr. (14) Alperen Şengün (9) Toyota Center 18,055 50–27 78 April 4 Oklahoma City W 125–111 Jalen Green (34) Jabari Smith Jr. (17) Thompson, VanVleet (6) Toyota Center 18,055 51–27 79 April 6 @ Golden State Chase Center 80 April 9 @ L.A. Clippers Intuit Dome 81 April 11 @ L.A. Lakers Crypto.com Arena 82 April 13 Denver Toyota Center
2024–25 season schedule

Playoffs

See also: 2025 NBA playoffs

2025 playoff game log Total: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
First Round: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April TBD Toyota Center 2 April TBD Toyota Center 3 April @ TBD TBD 4 April @ TBD TBD 5* April TBD Toyota Center 6* May @ TBD TBD 7* May TBD Toyota Center
2025 playoff schedule

NBA Cup

Main article: 2024 NBA Cup

The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.

West Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Houston Rockets	4	3	1	454	414	+40	Advance to knockout stage
2	Los Angeles Clippers	4	2	2	427	411	+16
3	Minnesota Timberwolves	4	2	2	418	431	−13
4	Portland Trail Blazers	4	2	2	430	457	−27
5	Sacramento Kings	4	1	3	429	445	−16

Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Transactions

Main article: List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions

Trades

June 26, 2024	To Houston Rockets 2025 PHX first-round pick swap right 2027 PHX first-round pick 2029 first-round pick 2029 first-round pick swap right	To Brooklyn Nets 2025 BKN first-round pick swap right relinquished 2026 BKN first-round pick returned
June 27, 2024	Three-team trade
	To Houston Rockets AJ Griffin (from Atlanta)	To Atlanta Hawks Draft rights to Nikola Djurišić (No. 43) (from Miami)
	To Miami Heat Draft rights to Pelle Larsson (No. 44) (from Houston) Cash considerations (from Atlanta)
February 6, 2025	To Houston Rockets Jaden Springer 2027 protected second-round pick 2030 second-round pick	To Boston Celtics 2031 protected second-round pick

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team	Ref.
September 20, 2024	AJ Griffin	Waived	— (Retired)