Rockets center Yao cleared to play in NBA clash with Cavs
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Houston Rockets center Yao Ming has been cleared to play Monday against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Houston Chronicle reported on Sunday.
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Yao Ming struggled in his first game after missing more than two months because of a leg injury and the Cavaliers held off the Houston Rockets, 91-85, last night in Cleveland, led by LeBron James's 32 points, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists.
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Yao Ming scored 22 points and  pulled down 12 rebounds to lead the Houston Rockets to a 92-77  victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday.
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Sacramento Kings guard Bobby Jackson, right, tries to shoot over the outstretched arm of Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, of China, left, during the fourth quarter in Sacramento, Calif.
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CLEVELAND (Sports Network) - Cleveland Cavaliers guard  LeBron James left Wednesday night's game against Houston after  a collision with Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo late in the  first half.
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At the apex of the rampant Chinese interest in the NBA are stars Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, whose teams face off on Saturday. That's why a televised game between the Bucks and Rockets is expected to be seen by more fans in China than Sunday's Super Bowl.
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Cleveland Cavaliers guard LeBron James left Wednesday night's game against Houston after a collision with Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo late in the first half.
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Yao Ming had 22 points and 12 rebounds as the Houston Rockets overcame a poor night from ailing All-Star Tracy McGrady to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 92-77 on Thursday night.
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Yao Ming is expected to play for the first time in almost three months when the Houston Rockets face the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday, team officials said.
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Kevin Garnett and LeBron James lead the way among voters for the National Basketball All-Star Game in balloting announced Thursday while Chinese center Yao Ming sets the pace among non-US players.
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SHANGHAI - Yao Ming&#39;s Houston Rockets squeezed past the Sacramento Kings on Thursday in the first National Basketball Association game to be played in China, a country the fast-growing basketball league deems a potential marketing mecca.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets  leads all players in the Western Conference, while Shaquille  O'Neal of the Miami Heat continues to pace all Eastern  Conference players after the third returns of votes in the 2005  NBA All-Star balloting program.
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Tracy McGrady says Chinese center Yao  Ming has come of age as an NBA player and expects the two of  them to make this a big year for the Houston Rockets.
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Tracy McGrady says Chinese center Yao   Ming has come of age as an NBA player and expects the two of   them to make this a big year for the Houston Rockets.
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By The Associated Press. Tracy McGrady scored 29 points, Yao Ming added 20 and the Houston Rockets did not have to contend with LeBron James after halftime in a 98-87 victory over the Cavaliers last night in Cleveland.
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China&#39;s basketball star Yao Ming is to take centre stage in the first National Basketball Association game to be played in China, later on Thursday.
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CLEVELAND The Cleveland Cavaliers played the second half without LeBron James and lost to Houston 98-to-87. James bruised a bone near his left eye when he was accidentally struck in the face by Rockets center