Rockets' Yao Goes Back to School in China
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A day before starring in the NBA's first China game, Yao Ming went back to school. All the way back. The 7-foot-6 center visited his old elementary school Wednesday as part of an NBA sponsored program to promote reading. That was just one part of the league's promotional juggernaut that has descended on Yao's hometown ahead of Thursday's exhibition game against the Sacramento Kings, the first NBA game in China.
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Chinese center Yao Ming had 29 points and nine rebounds but he could not save the Houston Rockets from the 102-96 defeat by the Sacramen to Kings Tuesday.
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SHANGHAI, China - Yao Ming was the star in the NBA&#39;s first China game, scoring 14 points and grabbing seven rebounds to lead the Houston Rockets past the Sacramento Kings 88-86 on Thursday.
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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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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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The Houston Rockets have exercised the fourth-year option on the contract of Chinese center Yao Ming, General Manager Carroll Dawson announced.
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Yao Ming scored 23 of his season-high 38 points in the fourth quarter and the Houston Rockets ended the Washington Wizards' winning streak at three games with a 114-109 victory Saturday night.
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Yao Ming snatched a season-high 40 points to lead the Houston Rockets to a 114-102 victory over the Toronto Raptors. The Chinese star center had 10 rebounds en route to recording his eighth double-double of the season.
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Chinese star center Yao Ming is excited about making a homecoming with his NBA teammates next week when he and the Houston Rockets play two exhibitions against Sacramento, reported Shenzhen Daily.
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Bee Columnist. BEIJING - The stories of Yao Ming and Liu Wei are told here, of course. They tell the stories here just as they do in Shanghai, if with a bit less of the obvious pride that
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E' il cinese Yao Ming, centro degli Houston Rockets, il giocatore piÃ¹ votato dai tifosi per l'All St...
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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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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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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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SHANGHAI : Hometown fans of Chinese basketball star Yao Ming will see their hero in action for no more than 28 minutes when the NBA&#39;s first ever tip-off in China takes place this week.
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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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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.