The 2024–25 Houston Rockets season was 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.
The Rockets also won West Group A in the 2024 NBA Cup with a 3–1 record and advanced to the knockout stage. They defeated the Golden State Warriors in the quarterfinals, but were eliminated by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the semifinals.
On April 2, 2025, the Rockets clinched their first playoff berth and Southwest Division title since 2020. They finished the regular season with a 52–30 record, placing 2nd in the West. This marked an 11-game improvement over the previous season. In the first round of the playoffs, the Rockets faced the 7th-seeded Golden State Warriors. Despite going down 3–1 in the series, they ended up winning the next two games to force a Game 7. Despite mounting a near-comeback, they could not keep their momentum and lost the game and the series.
The Houston Rockets drew an average home attendance of 17,482, the 19th-highest of all NBA teams.
Draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege / Club13Reed SheppardSG United StatesKentucky244Pelle LarssonSG SwedenArizona
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, both acquired through previous trades. The Rockets had traded their original selections to the Oklahoma City Thunder in separate trades; the original second-round pick was eventually held by the Charlotte Hornets on draft night.
Roster
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Standings
Division
Conference
Game log Preseason
|- style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 7 | @ Utah | | Jalen Green (21) | Jabari Smith Jr. (5) | Fred VanVleet (8) | Delta Center14,288 | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc" | 2 | October 9 | @ Oklahoma City
| Alperen Şengün (17) | Alperen Şengün (9) | Cam Whitmore (4) | Paycom Center | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc" | 3 | October 15 | New Orleans | | Jalen Green (19) | Steven Adams (11) | Fred VanVleet (9) | Toyota Center15,528 | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc" | 4 | October 17 | San Antonio | | Jalen Green (30) | Alperen Şengün (10) | Fred VanVleet (5) | Toyota Center16,424 | 3–1
Regular season
|- style="background:#fcc | 1 | October 23 | Charlotte | | Jalen Green (28) | Alperen Şengün (18) | Fred VanVleet (6) | Toyota Center18,055 | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc | 2 | October 25 | Memphis | | Jalen Green (22) | Jabari Smith Jr. (16) | Ja. Green, Smith Jr. (4) | Toyota Center18,055 | 1–1 |- style="background:#fcc | 3 | October 26 | @ San Antonio | | Jalen Green (29) | Jabari Smith Jr. (7) | Fred VanVleet (7) | Frost Bank Center18,715 | 1–2 |- style="background:#cfc | 4 | October 28 | @ San Antonio | | Jalen Green (36) | Alperen Şengün (12) | Fred VanVleet (9) | Frost Bank Center17,519 | 2–2 |- style="background:#cfc | 5 | October 31 | @ Dallas | | Jalen Green (23) | Ja. Green, Şengün (12) | Ja. Green, Şengün, VanVleet (4) | American Airlines Center20,011 | 3–2
|- style="background:#fcc | 6 | November 2 | Golden State | | Tari Eason (27) | Amen Thompson (11) | Fred VanVleet (5) | Toyota Center18,055 | 3–3 |- style="background:#cfc | 7 | November 4 | New York | | Alperen Şengün (25) | Alperen Şengün (14) | Şengün, VanVleet (5) | Toyota Center16,417 | 4–3 |- style="background:#cfc | 8 | November 6 | San Antonio | | Ja. Green, VanVleet (21) | Fred VanVleet (7) | Fred VanVleet (10) | Toyota Center16,208 | 5–3 |- style="background:#fcc | 9 | November 8 | @ Oklahoma City | | Dillon Brooks (17) | Alperen Şengün (9) | Alperen Şengün (6) | Paycom Center18,203 | 5–4 |- style="background:#cfc | 10 | November 10 | @ Detroit | | Alperen Şengün (27) | Alperen Şengün (10) | Fred VanVleet (7) | Little Caesars Arena18,744 | 6–4 |- style="background:#cfc | 11 | November 11 | Washington | | Alperen Şengün (27) | Alperen Şengün (17) | Brooks, Şengün (3) | Toyota Center15,998 | 7–4 |- style="background:#cfc | 12 | November 13 | L.A. Clippers | | Jalen Green (21) | Şengün, Thompson (11) | Alperen Şengün (6) | Toyota Center16,493 | 8–4 |- style="background:#cfc | 13 | November 15 | L.A. Clippers | | Jabari Smith Jr. (28) | Jabari Smith Jr. (11) | Şengün, VanVleet (10) | Toyota Center18,055 | 9–4 |- style="background:#cfc | 14 | November 17 | @ Chicago | | Fred VanVleet (28) | Şengün, Thompson (11) | Alperen Şengün (11) | United Center20,667 | 10–4 |- style="background:#fcc | 15 | November 18 | @ Milwaukee | | Fred VanVleet (26) | Tari Eason (14) | Şengün, VanVleet (5) | Fiserv Forum17,341 | 10–5 |- style="background:#cfc | 16 | November 20 | Indiana | | Alperen Şengün (31) | Alperen Şengün (12) | Fred VanVleet (6) | Toyota Center16,087 | 11–5 |- style="background:#cfc | 17 | November 22 | Portland | | Dillon Brooks (28) | Amen Thompson (11) | Fred VanVleet (8) | Toyota Center15,546 | 12–5 |- style="background:#fcc | 18 | November 23 | Portland | | Alperen Şengün (22) | Jabari Smith Jr. (8) | Şengün, VanVleet (5) | Toyota Center16,102 | 12–6 |- style="background:#cfc | 19 | November 26 | @ Minnesota | | Fred VanVleet (27) | Alperen Şengün (10) | Şengün, VanVleet (11) | Target Center18,978 | 13–6 |- style="background:#cfc | 20 | November 27 | @ Philadelphia | | Jalen Green (41) | Alperen Şengün (14) | Alperen Şengün (7) | Wells Fargo Center19,765 | 14–6 |- style="background:#cfc
|- style="background:#cfc | 21 | December 1 | Oklahoma City | | Fred VanVleet (38) | Şengün, Smith Jr. (14) | Alperen Şengün (9) | Toyota Center18,055 | 15–6 |- style="background:#fcc | 22 | December 3 | @ Sacramento | | Jalen Green (28) | Tari Eason (12) | Alperen Şengün (6) | Golden 1 Center15,019 | 15–7 |- style="background:#fcc | 23 | December 5 | @ Golden State | | Alperen Şengün (16) | Şengün, Thompson (8) | Şengün, VanVleet (5) | Chase Center18,064 | 15–8 |- style="background:#cfc | 24 | December 8 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Jalen Green (31) | Jabari Smith Jr. (12) | Alperen Şengün (6) | Intuit Dome14,782 | 16–8 |- style="background:#cfc | 25 | December 11 | Golden State | | Alperen Şengün (26) | Alperen Şengün (11) | Fred VanVleet (7) | Toyota Center18,055 | 17–8 |- style="background:#fcc | 26 | December 14 | @ Oklahoma City | | Amen Thompson (19) | Alperen Şengün (11) | Fred VanVleet (7) | T-Mobile Arena17,937 | 17–9 |- style="background:#cfc | 27 | December 19 | New Orleans | | Jalen Green (34) | Alperen Şengün (9) | Fred VanVleet (9) | Toyota Center18,055 | 18–9 |- style="background:#cfc | 28 | December 22 | @ Toronto | | Dillon Brooks (27) | Alperen Şengün (10) | Şengün, VanVleet (5) | Scotiabank Arena19,305 | 19–9 |- style="background:#cfc | 29 | December 23 | @ Charlotte | | Jabari Smith Jr. (21) | Smith Jr., Thompson (11) | Fred VanVleet (6) | Spectrum Center19,134 | 20–9 |- style="background:#cfc | 30 | December 26 | @ New Orleans | | Jalen Green (30) | Alperen Şengün (13) | Alperen Şengün (6) | Smoothie King Center16,052 | 21–9 |- style="background:#fcc | 31 | December 27 | Minnesota | | Alperen Şengün (38) | Alperen Şengün (12) | Fred VanVleet (7) | Toyota Center18,055 | 21–10 |- style="background:#fcc | 32 | December 29 | Miami | | Dillon Brooks (22) | Alperen Şengün (18) | Şengün, VanVleet (6) | Toyota Center18,055 | 21–11
|- style="background:#cfc | 33 | January 1 | Dallas | | Alperen Şengün (23) | Brooks, Şengün (6) | Fred VanVleet (7) | Toyota Center18,055 | 22–11 |- style="background:#fcc | 34 | January 3 | Boston | | Jalen Green (27) | Alperen Şengün (7) | Şengün, VanVleet (3) | Toyota Center18,055 | 22–12 |- style="background:#cfc | 35 | January 5 | L.A. Lakers | | Jalen Green (33) | Amen Thompson (16) | Ja. Green, Şengün (4) | Toyota Center18,055 | 23–12 |- style="background:#cfc | 36 | January 7 | @ Washington | | Jalen Green (29) | Amen Thompson (15) | Fred VanVleet (12) | Capital One Arena12,930 | 24–12 |- style="background:#cfc | 37 | January 9 | @ Memphis | | Alperen Şengün (32) | Alperen Şengün (14) | Şengün, Thompson (5) | FedExForum16,298 | 25–12 |- style="background:#ccc | — | January 11 | @ Atlanta | colspan="6" | Postponed due to a winter storm, rescheduled to January 28. |- style="background:#cfc | 38 | January 13 | Memphis | | Jalen Green (42) | Amen Thompson (13) | Fred VanVleet (9) | Toyota Center18,055 | 26–12 |- style="background:#cfc | 39 | January 15 | @ Denver | | Jalen Green (34) | Şengün, Thompson, Whitmore (9) | Şengün, VanVleet (8) | Ball Arena19,837 | 27–12 |- style="background:#fcc | 40 | January 16 | @ Sacramento | | Jalen Green (28) | Şengün, Thompson (10) | Amen Thompson (5) | Golden 1 Center18,227 | 27–13 |- style="background:#cfc | 41 | January 18 | @ Portland | | Jalen Green (26) | Alperen Şengün (15) | Alperen Şengün (6) | Moda Center17,077 | 28–13 |- style="background:#fcc | 42 | January 20 | Detroit | | Fred VanVleet (20) | Alperen Şengün (8) | Şengün, Thompson (5) | Toyota Center18,055 | 28–14 |- style="background:#cfc | 43 | January 22 | Cleveland | | Fred VanVleet (26) | Amen Thompson (16) | Ja. Green, VanVleet (5) | Toyota Center16,719 | 29–14 |- style="background:#cfc | 44 | January 25 | @ Cleveland | | Ja. Green, Şengün (26) | Amen Thompson (15) | Amen Thompson (10) | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse19,432 | 30–14 |- style="background:#cfc | 45 | January 27 | @ Boston | | Dillon Brooks (36) | Şengün, Thompson (9) | Alperen Şengün (9) | TD Garden19,156 | 31–14 |- style="background:#cfc | 46 | January 28 | @ Atlanta | | Jalen Green (25) | Alperen Şengün (10) | Fred VanVleet (6) | State Farm Arena15,553 | 32–14 |- style="background:#fcc | 47 | January 30 | @ Memphis | | Jalen Green (25) | Tari Eason (12) | Ja. Green, VanVleet (5) | FedExForum16,257 | 32–15
|- style="background:#fcc | 48 | February 1 | Brooklyn | | Jalen Green (29) | Amen Thompson (10) | Amen Thompson (7) | Toyota Center18,055 | 32–16 |- style="background:#fcc | 49 | February 3 | @ New York | | Amen Thompson (25) | Steven Adams (13) | Amen Thompson (11) | Madison Square Garden19,812 | 32–17 |- style="background:#fcc | 50 | February 4 | @ Brooklyn | | Alperen Şengün (24) | Alperen Şengün (20) | Amen Thompson (8) | Barclays Center16,564 | 32–18 |- style="background:#fcc" | 51 | February 6 | @ Minnesota | | Jalen Green (28) | Alperen Şengün (10) | Alperen Şengün (7) | Target Center18,978 | 32–19 |- style="background:#fcc" | 52 | February 8 | @ Dallas | | Alperen Şengün (30) | Steven Adams (12) | Jalen Green (6) | American Airlines Center20,303 | 32–20 |- style="background:#cfc" | 53 | February 9 | Toronto | | Dillon Brooks (19) | Thompson, Landale (10) | Amen Thompson (5) | Toyota Center16,829 | 33–20 |- style="background:#cfc | 54 | February 12 | Phoenix | | Tari Eason (25) | Alperen Şengün (13) | Amen Thompson (11) | Toyota Center16,227 | 34–20 |- style="background:#fcc | 55 | February 13 | Golden State | | Aaron Holiday (25) | Alperen Şengün (13) | Amen Thompson (5) | Toyota Center18,055 | 34–21 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Game |- style="background:#cfc | 56 | February 21 | Minnesota | | Jalen Green (35) | Alperen Şengün (13) | Amen Thompson (6) | Toyota Center18,055 | 35–21 |- style="background:#fcc" | 57 | February 22 | @ Utah | | Alperen Șengün (27) | Alperen Şengün (12) | Jalen Green (10) | Delta Center18,175 | 35–22 |- style="background:#cfc | 58 | February 25 | Milwaukee | | Jalen Green (25) | Alperen Şengün (11) | Amen Thompson (6) | Toyota Center18,055 | 36–22 |- style="background:#cfc | 59 | February 26 | San Antonio | | Amen Thompson (25) | Alperen Şengün (11) | Adams, Thompson (5) | Toyota Center18,055 | 37–22
|- style="background:#fcc | 60 | March 1 | Sacramento | | Alperen Şengün (30) | Amen Thompson (11)