2013–14 Houston Rockets season

The 2013–14 Houston Rockets season was the 47th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 43rd based in Houston. The season is best remembered for acquiring All-Star Dwight Howard from the Los Angeles Lakers. With Howard teamed up with team captain James Harden, they gelled their first season together, being named as starters for the 2014 NBA All-Star Game. With Howard now as co-captain, the Rockets improved on last season and finished with a 54–28 record, finishing 4th in the Western Conference. They met the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round, but the presences of Howard and Harden were not enough as Houston fell in six games, thanks to a Damian Lillard series-clinching three pointer in Game 6.

2013–14 Houston Rockets season
Head coach	Kevin McHale
General manager	Daryl Morey
Owners	Leslie Alexander
Arena	Toyota Center
Results
Record	54–28 (.659)
Place	Division: 2nd (Southwest) Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	First Round (Lost to Trail Blazers 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CSN Houston
Radio	Sportstalk 790
< 2012–13 2014–15 >

Point guard Jeremy Lin, who was co-captain last year, was moved to a sixth man role, as Patrick Beverley earned the starting position. After the season, Lin was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, and his two-year tenure with Houston came to an end.^[1] Along with Lin was Chandler Parsons who became a free agent and later signed with the Dallas Mavericks and center Omer Asik who, after two seasons with the team, was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans.

Draft picks

Main article: 2013 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
2	34	Isaiah Canaan	PG	United States	Murray State

Roster

2013–14 Houston Rockets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From C 3 Aşık, Ömer 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1986–07–04 Turkey G 2 Beverley, Patrick 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–07–12 Arkansas G 1 Canaan, Isaiah 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1991–05–02 Murray State F 18 Casspi, Omri 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1988–06–22 Israel F 33 Covington, Robert 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1991–07–15 Virginia Commonwealth G/F 32 García, Francisco 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1980–12–31 Louisville G/F 5 Hamilton, Jordan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990–06–10 Texas G 13 Harden, James 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–08–26 Arizona State C 12 Howard, Dwight 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1985–12–08 SW Atlanta Academy (GA) F 6 Jones, Terrence 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 252 lb (114 kg) 1992–01–09 Kentucky G 7 Lin, Jeremy 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 25 Parsons, Chandler 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1988–10–25 Florida F/C 21 Powell, Josh 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1983–01–25 NC State

Head coach Kevin McHale Assistant coach(es) J. B. Bickerstaff Chris Finch Dean Cooper Greg Buckner Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate   Injured Roster Last transaction: 2014–04–22

Pre-season

2013 pre-season game log Total: 6–1 (home: 3–1; road: 3–0)
Pre-season: 6–1 (home: 3–1; road: 3–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 5 New Orleans L 115–116 James Harden (21) Dwight Howard (9) Patrick Beverley (5) Toyota Center 15,049 0–1 2 October 10 @ Indiana W 116–96 James Harden (21) Omri Casspi (10) Jeremy Lin (5) Mall of Asia Arena 12,885 1–1 3 October 13 Indiana W 107–98 James Harden (21) Omri Casspi (9) Patrick Beverley (5) Taipei Arena 13,686 2–1 4 October 16 Orlando W 108–104 James Harden (21) Patrick Beverley (9) Casspi & Brooks (5) Toyota Center 12,341 3–1 5 October 21 Dallas W 100–95 James Harden (19) Dwight Howard (17) Jeremy Lin (8) Toyota Center 13,380 4–1 6 October 24 @ San Antonio W 109–92 James Harden (22) Dwight Howard (16) James Harden (11) AT&T Center 16,247 5–1 8 October 23 @ Memphis W 92–73 Omri Casspi (11) Dwight Howard (10) Chandler Parsons (5) FedExForum 12,271 6–1
2013–14 season schedule

Regular season

Game log

2013–14 game log Total: 54–28 (home: 33–8; road: 21–20)
October: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 30 Charlotte W 96–83 James Harden (21) Dwight Howard (26) James Harden (5) Toyota Center 18,083 1–0
November : 12–5 (home: 7–2; road: 5–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 November 1 Dallas W 113–105 James Harden (34) Dwight Howard (16) Jeremy Lin (4) Toyota Center 18,142 2–0 3 November 2 @ Utah W 104–83 Chandler Parsons (24) Chandler Parsons (12) Chandler Parsons (6) EnergySolutions Arena 19,498 3–0 4 November 4 @ L.A Clippers L 118–137 Omri Casspi (19) Howard & Casspi (9) Jeremy Lin (8) Staples Center 19,404 3–1 5 November 5 @ Portland W 116–101 James Harden (33) Dwight Howard (13) Omri Casspi (5) Moda Center 17,491 4–1 6 November 7 L.A Lakers L 98–99 James Harden (35) Dwight Howard (14) James Harden (5) Toyota Center 18,133 4–2 7 November 9 L.A Clippers L 94–107 Chandler Parsons (23) Howard & Parsons (8) Jeremy Lin (7) Toyota Center 18,108 4–3 8 November 11 Toronto W 110–104 Jeremy Lin (31) Dwight Howard (24) James Harden (10) Toyota Center 18,134 5–3 9 November 13 @ Philadelphia L 117–123 (OT) Jeremy Lin (34) Dwight Howard (15) Jeremy Lin (12) Wells Fargo Center 11,671 5–4 10 November 14 @ New York W 109–106 James Harden (36) Dwight Howard (15) Jeremy Lin (3) Madison Square Garden 19,812 6–4 11 November 16 Denver W 122–111 Dwight Howard (25) Terrence Jones (12) James Harden (9) Toyota Center 18,147 7–4 12 November 19 Boston W 109–85 Terrence Jones (24) Dwight Howard (12) Chandler Parsons (6) Toyota Center 18,232 8–4 13 November 20 @ Dallas L 120–123 Dwight Howard (33) Dwight Howard (11) Chandler Parsons (11) American Airlines Center 20,045 8–5 14 November 23 Minnesota W 112–101 Aaron Brooks (26) Dwight Howard (13) Lin & Brooks (5) Toyota Center 18,196 9–5 15 November 25 @ Memphis W 93–86 Chandler Parsons (17) Ömer Aşık (10) Lin, Beverley, Jones & García (2) FedExForum 15,246 10–5 16 November 27 Atlanta W 113–84 Brooks & García (21) Ömer Aşık (9) Parsons, Howard & Brooks (4) Toyota Center 18,051 11–5 17 November 29 Brooklyn W 114–95 Chandler Parsons (21) Howard & Jones (7) Harden & Brooks (7) Toyota Center 18,138 12–5 18 November 30 @ San Antonio W 112–106 James Harden (31) Terrence Jones (16) James Harden (6) AT&T Center 18,581 13–5
December : 8–8 (home: 5–3; road: 3–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 19 December 2 @ Utah L 103–109 James Harden (37) Dwight Howard (9) James Harden (8) EnergySolutions Arena 15,801 13–6 20 December 4 Phoenix L 88–97 Aaron Brooks (17) Dwight Howard (18) Aaron Brooks (6) Toyota Center 18,151 13–7 21 December 6 Golden State W 105–83 James Harden (34) Dwight Howard (18) Chandler Parsons (5) Toyota Center 18,145 14–7 22 December 8 Orlando W 98–88 James Harden (27) Dwight Howard (22) James Harden (10) Toyota Center 16,407 15–7 23 December 12 @ Portland L 104–111 Dwight Howard (32) Dwight Howard (17) James Harden (7) Moda Center 19,997 15–8 24 December 13 @ Golden State W 116–112 James Harden (26) Dwight Howard (11) James Harden (9) Oracle Arena 19,596 16–8 25 December 15 @ Sacramento L 91–106 James Harden (25) Dwight Howard (10) Chandler Parsons (5) Sleep Train Arena 15,606 16–9 26 December 18 Chicago W 109–94 Dwight Howard (23) Howard & Parsons (9) Harden & Jones (6) Toyota Center 18,242 17–9 27 December 20 @ Indiana L 81–114 Dwight Howard (19) Dwight Howard (12) Harden, Howard & Parsons (2) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 17–10 28 December 21 @ Detroit W 114–97 Dwight Howard (35) Dwight Howard (19) Brooks & Casspi (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,606 18–10 29 December 23 Dallas L 104–111 Dwight Howard (29) Dwight Howard (15) Francisco García (6) Toyota Center 18,328 18–11 30 December 25 @ San Antonio W 111–98 James Harden (28) Dwight Howard (20) Jeremy Lin (8) AT&T Center 18,581 19–11 31 December 26 Memphis W 100–92 James Harden (27) Chandler Parsons (11) Harden & Parsons (5) Toyota Center 18,201 20–11 32 December 28 New Orleans W 107–98 Dwight Howard (24) Dwight Howard (18) Jeremy Lin (5) Toyota Center 18,233 21–11 33 December 29 @ Oklahoma City L 86–117 Aaron Brooks (17) Howard & Jones (9) James Harden (3) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 21–12 34 December 31 Sacramento L 106–110 James Harden (38) Terrence Jones (11) Jeremy Lin (6) Toyota Center 18,232 21–13
January : 10–4 (home: 6–2; road: 4–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 35 January 3 New York W 102–100 James Harden (37) Chandler Parsons (11) James Harden (6) Toyota Center 18,304 22–13 36 January 8 L.A Lakers W 113–99 James Harden (38) Howard & Jones (13) Harden, Lin & Casspi (4) Toyota Center 18,229 23–13 37 January 10 @ Atlanta L 80–83 James Harden (25) Dwight Howard (11) James Harden (7) Philips Arena 13,115 23–14 38 January 11 @ Washington W 114–107 James Harden (25) Dwight Howard (11) Jeremy Lin (8) Verizon Center 17,454 24–14 39 January 13 @ Boston W 104–92 Dwight Howard (32) Dwight Howard (12) Jeremy Lin (9) TD Garden 17,750 25–14 40 January 15 @ New Orleans W 103–100 James Harden (26) Dwight Howard (11) James Harden (7) New Orleans Arena 15,918 26–14 41 January 16 Oklahoma City L 92–104 James Harden & Terrence Jones (16) Terrence Jones (13) James Harden (8) Toyota Center 18,231 26–15 42 January 18 Milwaukee W 114–104 Terrence Jones (36) Dwight Howard (14) Harden, Lin & Brooks (4) Toyota Center 18,082 27–15 43 January 20 Portland W 126–113 Chandler Parsons (31) Dwight Howard (12) Chandler Parsons (7) Toyota Center 18,135 28–15 44 January 22 Sacramento W 119–98 Dwight Howard (26) Dwight Howard (13) James Harden (9) Toyota Center 16,488 29–15 45 January 24 Memphis L 87–88 Chandler Parsons (34) Dwight Howard (12) James Harden (13) Toyota Center 16,998 29–16 46 January 25 @ Memphis L 81–99 James Harden (16) Dwight Howard (12) Harden, Lin & Jones (3) FedExForum 17,512 29–17 47 January 28 San Antonio W 97–90 Dwight Howard (23) Dwight Howard (16) Jeremy Lin (8) Toyota Center 18,314 30–17 48 January 29 @ Dallas W 117–115 Chandler Parsons (26) Donatas Motiejūnas (13) Jeremy Lin (7) American Airlines Center 19,359 31–17
February : 8–2 (home: 3–0; road: 5–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 49 February 1 Cleveland W 106–92 James Harden (28) Jeremy Lin (11) Jeremy Lin (10) Toyota Center 18,309 32–17 50 February 5 Phoenix W 122–108 Dwight Howard (34) Dwight Howard (14) Chandler Parsons (6) Toyota Center 18,217 33–17 51 February 8 @ Milwaukee W 101–95 Dwight Howard (27) Dwight Howard (13) Dwight Howard (5) BMO Harris Bradley Center 15,923 34–17 52 February 10 @ Minnesota W 107–89 Chandler Parsons (20) Dwight Howard (15) Jeremy Lin (7) Target Center 12,002 35–17 53 February 12 Washington W 113–112 James Harden (35) Dwight Howard (16) Harden & Parsons (6) Toyota Center 18,314 36–17 All-Star Break 54 February 19 @ L.A Lakers W 134–108 James Harden (29) Dwight Howard (13) James Harden (11) Staples Center 18,997 37–17 55 February 20 @ Golden State L 99–102 James Harden (39) Dwight Howard (21) Harden & Parsons (5) Oracle Arena 19,596 37–18 56 February 23 @ Phoenix W 115–112 Dwight Howard (25) Dwight Howard (9) Harden & Parsons (7) US Airways Center 15,510 38–18 57 February 25 @ Sacramento W 129–103 James Harden (43) Dwight Howard (11) James Harden (8) Sleep Train Arena 16,057 39–18 58 February 26 @ L.A Clippers L 93–101 Dwight Howard (23) Dwight Howard (11) Harden, Lin & Parsons (3) Staples Center 19,258 39–19
March : 10–4 (home: 7–1; road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 59 March 1 Detroit W 118–110 Terrence Jones (22) Terrence Jones (10) James Harden (12) Toyota Center 18,330 40–19 60 March 4 Miami W 106–103 Dwight Howard (22) Dwight Howard (16) James Harden (11) Toyota Center 18,523 41–19 61 March 5 @ Orlando W 101–89 James Harden (31) Dwight Howard (13) Chandler Parsons (7) Amway Center 16,012 42–19 62 March 7 Indiana W 112–86 James Harden (28) Dwight Howard (7) Chandler Parsons (6) Toyota Center 18,332 43–19 63 March 9 Portland W 118–113 James Harden (41) Dwight Howard (12) James Harden (6) Toyota Center 18,321 44–19 64 March 11 @ Oklahoma City L 98–106 James Harden (28) Dwight Howard (10) James Harden (9) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 44–20 65 March 13 @ Chicago L 87–111 Jeremy Lin (21) Dwight Howard (10) Lin & Beverley (3) United Center 21,747 44–21 66 March 16 @ Miami L 104–113 James Harden (30) Dwight Howard (14) Parsons, Howard & Beverley (5) American Airlines Arena 19,666 44–22 67 March 17 Utah W 124–86 Terrence Jones (30) Aşık & Motiejūnas (11) Jeremy Lin (9) Toyota Center 18,156 45–22 68 March 20 Minnesota W 129–106 James Harden (28) Chandler Parsons (9) Jeremy Lin (10) Toyota Center 18,315 46–22 69 March 22 @ Cleveland W 118–111 James Harden (37) Ömer Aşık (9) James Harden (11) Quicken Loans Arena 19,058 47–22 70 March 24 @ Charlotte W 100–89 James Harden (31) Dwight Howard (10) James Harden (5) Time Warner Cable Arena 15,511 48–22 71 March 27 Philadelphia W 120–98 James Harden (26) Dwight Howard (13) James Harden (10) Toyota Center 18,334 49–22 72 March 29 L.A Clippers L 107–118 James Harden (32) Ömer Aşık (11) James Harden (6) Toyota Center 18,337 49–23
April : 5–5 (home: 4–0; road: 1–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 73 April 1 @ Brooklyn L 96–105 James Harden (26) Ömer Aşık (23) James Harden (7) Barclays Center 17,732 49–24 74 April 2 @ Toronto L 103–107 James Harden (26) Ömer Aşık (15) Jeremy Lin (7) Air Canada Centre 18,294 49–25 75 April 4 Oklahoma City W 111–107 James Harden (39) Ömer Aşık (12) James Harden (7) Toyota Center 18,407 50–25 76 April 6 Denver W 130–125 (OT) James Harden (32) Ömer Aşık (23) James Harden (10) Toyota Center 18,325 51–25 77 April 8 @ L.A Lakers W 145–130 Harden & Jones (33) Aşık & Motiejūnas (15) James Harden (12) Staples Center 18,131 52–25 78 April 9 @ Denver L 116–123 Jeremy Lin (18) Ömer Aşık (12) Harden, Lin & Canaan (6) Pepsi Center 15,322 52–26 79 April 11 @ Minnesota L 110–112 James Harden (33) Ömer Aşık (15) James Harden (10) Target Center 16,689 52–27 80 April 12 New Orleans W 111–104 James Harden (33) Ömer Aşık (8) James Harden (13) Toyota Center 18,372 53–27 81 April 14 San Antonio W 104–98 Chandler Parsons (21) Dwight Howard (17) James Harden (7) Toyota Center 18,406 54–27 82 April 16 @ New Orleans L 100–105 Troy Daniels (22) Donatas Motiejūnas (10) Troy Daniels (5) Smoothie King Center 17,421 54–28
2013–14 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

2014 playoff game log Total: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
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 20 Portland L 120–122 (OT) Harden, Howard (27) Dwight Howard (15) James Harden (6) Toyota Center 18,240 0–1 2 April 23 Portland L 105–112 Dwight Howard (32) Dwight Howard (14) Jeremy Lin (5) Toyota Center 18,331 0–2 3 April 25 @ Portland W 121–116 (OT) James Harden (37) Dwight Howard (14) Harden, Lin (6) Moda Center 20,302 1–2 4 April 27 @ Portland L 120–123 (OT) James Harden (28) Dwight Howard (14) James Harden (6) Moda Center 20,246 1–3 5 April 30 Portland W 108–98 Dwight Howard (22) Ömer Aşık (15) James Harden (7) Toyota Center 18,230 2–3 6 May 2 @ Portland L 98–99 James Harden (34) Chandler Parsons (12) James Harden (6) Moda Center 20,204 2–4
2014 schedule

Standings

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
z-San Antonio Spurs	62	20	.756	–	32‍–‍9	30‍–‍11	12–4	82
x-Houston Rockets	54	28	.659	8.0	33‍–‍8	21‍–‍20	11–5	82
x-Memphis Grizzlies	50	32	.610	12.0	27‍–‍14	23‍–‍18	4–12	82
x-Dallas Mavericks	49	33	.598	13.0	26‍–‍15	23‍–‍18	9–7	82
New Orleans Pelicans	34	48	.415	28.0	22‍–‍19	12‍–‍29	4–12	82

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-San Antonio Spurs *	62	20	.756	–	82
2	y-Oklahoma City Thunder *	59	23	.720	3.0	82
3	y-Los Angeles Clippers *	57	25	.695	5.0	82
4	x-Houston Rockets	54	28	.659	8.0	82
5	x-Portland Trail Blazers	54	28	.659	8.0	82
6	x-Golden State Warriors	51	31	.622	11.0	82
7	x-Memphis Grizzlies	50	32	.610	12.0	82
8	x-Dallas Mavericks	49	33	.598	13.0	82
9	Phoenix Suns	48	34	.585	14.0	82
10	Minnesota Timberwolves	40	42	.488	22.0	82
11	Denver Nuggets	36	46	.439	26.0	82
12	New Orleans Pelicans	34	48	.415	28.0	82
13	Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	34.0	82
14	Los Angeles Lakers	27	55	.329	35.0	82
15	Utah Jazz	25	57	.305	37.0	82

Transactions

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team	Ref.
Dwight Howard	July 13, 2013	Los Angeles Lakers	^[2]

References

1. "Lakers Acquire Jeremy Lin and Draft Choices in Trade with Rockets". NBA. July 13, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
2. Howard Selects Houston in Free Agency

• Houston Rockets (NBA.com)

External links