Yao Ming Returns to China to NBA Exhibition Game
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National Basketball Association star Yao Ming, from China, received a warm welcome and responded with 13 points, but it was not enough as the Sacramento Kings edged the Houston Rockets 91-89 in a preseason game played in Beijing.
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Yao Ming has cemented his stature as one of the dominant big men in the National Basketball Association, and now he has a chance to become an integral part of the league's most explosive one-two tandem.
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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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The local newspapers had already spent several days building it up as The Return of the Legend - Yao Ming&#39;s homecoming to China with the 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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The NBA will return to Europe for pre-season training camps and exhibition games, Commissioner David Stern said on Saturday.
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Chinese center Yao Ming scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in his first game since December 23 but could not lift the Houston Rockets past LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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National Basketball Association star Yao Ming of China thrilled his hometown fans with 14 points to lead the Houston Rockets to an 88-86 win over the Sacramento Kings in Shanghai.
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Built in the days of Mao Zedong's 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, Shanghai's rundown city gymnasium is getting the full NBA treatment for next month's exhibition game between the Sacramento Kings and the Houston Rockets.
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Center Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets' Chinese import, has all but clinched a third straight start in the National Basketball Association All-Star Game, according to fan ballotting figures.
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The NBA is considering playing some of its regular season games in China, commissioner David Stern said Friday.
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China&#39;s All Star NBA centre Yao Ming will wed his teenage sweetheart from Shanghai in August, after an eight-year courtship, state press reported Monday.
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Yao Ming led China to one of the biggest upsets in men&#39;s Olympic basketball on Tuesday, netting 27 points as his team beat Serbia and Montenegro 67-66 to knock the world champions out of the tournament.
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The US National Basketball Association (NBA) has spent &quot;several millions&quot; of dollars staging its first ever exhibition games in China as it bids to tap the rapidly expanding market, its commissioner said.
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Pacers forward Ron Artest will return to practice next week for the first time since being suspended for the remainder of the season.
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Houston Rockets centre Yao Ming is the early overall leader in fan voting for the NBA All-Star Game. The Chinese star collected 881,223 votes in the first returns announced Thursday.
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Yao Ming had 25 points and seven rebounds as the Houston Rockets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 95-83 on Monday night for their seventh straight win.