Rockets nip Kings as NBA travels to China
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Hometown hero Yao Ming scored 14 points to lead the Houston Rockets to an 88-86 win over the Sacramento Kings Thursday night in the first ever NBA game played in China.
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Two NBA basketball teams, the Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings have arrived in Shanghai preparing for China&#39;s inaugural NBA game, with both teams having a Chinese player.
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Yao made good on 13-of-16 field goal attempts and hit 14-of-18 shots from the foul line as the Rockets posted their sixth triumph in eight games.
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Bobby Jackson hit a pair of late three-pointers Sunday to lift the Sacramento Kings to a 91-89 preseason victory over the Houston Rockets, as the NBA wrapped up its first games in China.
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The wonderful performance of Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady gifted Houston Rockets another win overthe Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday, which was Rockets&#39; seventh win in 10 NBA games.
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Tracy McGrady scored 34 points and Yao Ming added 23 as the Houston Rockets blasted the Washington Wizards 123-93 Tuesday, extending their season-high winning streak to eight games.
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Yao Ming's Houston Rockets squeezed past the Sacramento Kings on Thursday in the first NBA game to be played in China, a country the fast-growing basketball league deems a potential marketing mecca.
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Yao Ming scored 28 points, Tracy McGrady added 19 points and matched a career high with 13 assists, and the Houston Rockets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 85-76 on Saturday night.
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BEIJING: Chinaâs basketball hopeful Liu Wei improved his chances of becoming the first Asian point guard to make the NBA after putting in a spirited performance with the Sacramento Kings in the defeat by the Yao Ming-led Houston Rockets.
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So we caught most of the Rockets-Kings exhibition game in Shanghai, China this morning. It felt damn good to be watching NBA hoops again.
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The NBA tips off its new season as the defending champions, the Detriot Pistons, overpowered the Houston Rockets 87-79. Rasheed Wallace led the offensive, scoring 24 points while
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Yao Ming&#39;s Houston Rockets squeezed past the Sacramento Kings on Thursday in the first NBA game to be played in China, a country the fast-growing basketball league deems a potential marketing mecca.
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Houston Rockets center Yao Ming   believes more of his Chinese team mates need to gain experience   abroad for the national team to be competitive at the 2008   Beijing Olympics, state media reported on Tuesday.
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Yao Ming has 37 points and four blocked shots in his biggest game since returning to the lineup, leading the Rockets to a 103-92 victory over the Magic on Sunday.
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Houston's giant Chinese centre Yao Ming scored 22 points and had 12 rebounds to lift the Rockets past the Cleveland Cavaliers 92-77 on Thursday.
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The second edition of Yao vs. Yi didn't quite live up to its billing, as Yao Ming's Houston Rockets beat Yi Jianlian and the Milwaukee Bucks 91-83 on Saturday despite relatively quiet nights by both of China's biggest basketball exports.
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The NBA has come to booming, basketball-crazy China &#151; but it doesn't expect to make any money soon. The league flew more than 100 people halfway around the world for its first games in China, featuring the Houston Rockets &#151; with Chinese-born star Yao Ming &#151; and the Sacramento Kings.